Urgench State University
named after Abu Rayhan Biruni

Environmental Education

At Urgench State University, a wide range of educational programs, including Bachelor, Master and Postgraduate (Ph.D.) degrees, are available, all of which are closely aligned with global sustainability objectives. These programs are provided across various faculties, ensuring comprehensive coverage of critical sustainability concepts. These concepts encompass areas such as hunger, poverty, health, education, gender equality, aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, environmental stewardship, sustainability, climate change, energy, innovation, and infrastructure, as well as the development of sustainable cities.

BSc in Ecology

The purpose of the Ecology and Environmental Protection program is to promote sound scientific research, spanning from molecular to macro-ecological levels, to support the protection and preservation of the environment for current and future generations. Our graduates advance the science necessary to sustain biodiversity, improve resilience in the face of global change, and re-establish healthy ecological systems.

MSc in Renewable Energy and Sustainable Environmental Physics

A Master's program in Renewable Energy and Sustainable Environmental Physics is an advanced academic program that focuses on the application of physics principles to solve energy and environmental challenges. It combines interdisciplinary knowledge from physics, engineering, and environmental science to address the global need for sustainable energy solutions and environmental protection.
Core Topics and Areas of Study
Renewable Energy Technologies:
     - Solar energy (photovoltaics, solar thermal systems)
     - Wind energy (aerodynamics, turbine design)
     - Biomass and bioenergy
Energy Storage and Conversion:
     - Batteries and supercapacitors
     - Fuel cells
     - Energy storage technologies
Sustainable Environmental Physics:
     - Environmental monitoring and modeling
     - Climate change science and physics
     - Atmospheric physics and pollution control
     - Sustainability metrics and lifecycle analysis
   Physics of Energy Systems:
     - Thermodynamics and heat transfer in energy systems
     - Material science for energy efficiency
     - Quantum physics in energy technologies

MSc in Biotechnology

The Master's degree programme in Biotechnology equips students with specialist knowledge of various aspects of biotechnology. Students get to know the molecular basis of biological processes, as well as receive advanced knowledge on disciplines such as bioinformatics, bioethics, plant and microbial biotechnology.

The programme focuses also on the use of different experimental techniques in various types of laboratories, which makes our students stand out in the biotechnology industry.

Offered courses:

Our university offers courses specifically focused on climate science and environmental sustainability. Furthermore, we provide Bachelor's and Master's programs in Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Science. The table below provides the total number of courses that incorporate these key concepts, which amounts to 86 courses related to sustainability.

№ Courses Department The objective of the course
1. Organic Foods Food Technology To introduce organic foods that are of increasing importance today and will be more important in the future. To inform students about the steps to be followed in the process, from growing animal and vegetable organic products to reaching the table. It is also aimed to provide information about the production processes of organic foods, additives to be used, packaging materials, and the interactions between them and products.
2. Environmental Protection Food Technology To develop an ability to learn the rules for saving the health of humans and the environment
3. Local Dairy Products Technology Food Technology The importance and properties of local products and different local products according to the regions are taught within the scope of the course.
4. Solar Energy Physics It is about knowing solar power, which is one of the most important renewable energy sources and obtaining detailed information about the working principles of systems that work by this power.
5. Energy Management Physics To learn converting principles of chemical, mechanical, thermal energies from one to another. To understand modern converting technologies and working principles of instruments. To make main calculations.
6. Environmental Problems Ecology and safety of life activity Understanding the importance of the environment, the primary pollutants of the environment, air, water, soil, and radioactive pollution and the factors that cause this pollution, the effects of environmental pollution on nature and human health, environmental problems in our country, and the measures to be taken.
7. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Fruit and vegetables Botanical characteristics and culture of medicinal and aromatic plants; climate and soil requirements, planting-planting times, maintenance and fertilization, harvest, consumption, plant parts used, active ingredients.
8. Organic Farming Department of chemical technology The aim of the course is to provide students with the basic knowledge and skills that can improve the diversity and cycles in the agro-ecosystem in all applications of organic agriculture, provide equal and healthy living conditions for all entities and take care in making decisions.
9. Good Agricultural Practice in Horticulture Agronomy It is to be able to comprehend the basic knowledge of the processes that must be applied to make the agricultural production system socially viable, economically profitable and efficient, protect human health, care about animal health and welfare and the environment, and to ensure that they can recommend and apply appropriate methods.
10. Renewable Energy Systems Physics Understanding of renewable energy (alternative energy) types.
11. Water Pollution and Control Ecology and safety of life activity The main goals of the course are to solve water quality problems of watercourses deteriorating due to mankind activities. For this purpose, physical, chemical and biological components of the receiving medium and interactions between them are explained in detail.
12. Drinking Water Treatment Ecology and safety of life activity Defining of physical, chemical, biological features of water resources in nature, design of suitable treatment alternatives which obtains TS 266 criteria.
13. Compatible with the Environment of Renewable Energy Sources Physics Societies, which is an indicator of development in the energy supply of clean and renewable energy sources and evaluating the environmental perspective in terms of technology, energy efficiency and conservation, and environmental impacts of energy use issues and the skills to give students an analytical understanding.
14. Recycling of Wastes Ecology and safety of life activity To build environmental consciousness, to comprehend the relationship between environmental pollution and human factor and to raise awareness for wastes, recovery and recycling issues.
15. Pollution Prevention and Waste Minimization Ecology and safety of life activity To teach the basic knowledge about waste minimization, pollution prevention methods, the benefits of pollution prevention strategies, possible barriers against pollution prevention strategies, and legal regulations necessary for creating sustainable solid waste management.
16. The Reuse Methods of Wastewater Ecology and safety of life activity The environmental benefits of recovery and reuse of wastewater, and to highlight the importance related technologies and applications.
17. Environmental Management System and Standarts Ecology and safety of life activity The main goals of the course are to explain main principles and tools of Environmental Management System
18. Natural Systems and Design Architecture It is aimed to explain designing along with all the components of nature and the conceptual approach about it. It is aimed to tell the usage of landforms, topography, planting elements, and water, ecological design and natural landscape systems.
19. Landscape Nursery Technique and Afforestation Architecture It is aimed to give planning of plantation and nursery, techniques of nursery organization, care, marketing, etc.
20. Nature Conservation and National Parks Architecture The aim of this course is to give the definition of nature conservation, the relationship between nature conservation and environment protection, the legal basis for defining protected areas, the planning criteria of protected areas, the management of protected areas.
21. Green Space Planning Architecture The importance of planning of open green areas and planning principles and the examples which has been carried out according to planning of these principles are aimed to be introduced.
22. Ecotourism Tourism It is aimed to teach ecotourism planning and environmental and social effects to protect ecological system balances.
23. Organic Farming in Horticulture Fruit and vegetables Giving information about the relationship between plant and nature, human plant relationship. Legal applications related to organic agriculture. Soil, water, plant, animal relations and preservation of balance in natural life. Informing about organic production and competitiveness of cultivated plants in agriculture. It is aimed to teach control methods in organic agriculture and organic production techniques in selected species.
24. Good Agricultural Practice in Horticulture Agronomy The aim of the course is to enable the students to comprehend the basic information about the good agricultural practices required for agricultural production by protecting the natural resources, by protecting the natural resources, by protecting the environment, human and animal health, and to be able to recommend and apply the appropriate methods.
25. Organic Animal Husbandry Agronomy To teach the basic knowledge about animal husbandry in ecological farming.
26. Plant Protection in Organic Farming Agronomy The objective of this course is to introduce the general principles and methods of plant protection in organic farming, the legal and certification aspects and the ecological methods used for control of plant diseases and pests in organic crops.
27. Organic Farming Economy and Marketing Agronomy Contribute to the development of sustainable agriculture, organic agriculture is one of the options in the coming period, and this contribution is contributing substantially to the country's economy is expected to increase even more. The purpose of this course, the economic structure of organic agriculture (production, marketing, certification) to examine different ways.
28. Organic Culture in Field Crops Agronomy The aim of this lecture is to explain methods of agriculture system which doesn't harm the nature (human, animal, plant, underground and surface sources)
29. Good Agricultural Practices in Field Crops Agronomy To provide the students to comprehend basic information on good agricultural practices, to recommend proper methods and to apply
30. Waste Management in Food Industry Food technology It is to provide students with theoretical and practical knowledge about the use of waste and by-products obtained from various branches of the food industry in different industries and making them harmless to the environment and human health.
31. Organic Animal Husbandry Biology To teach; Introduction, basic principles, and future perspectives in organic farming, husbandry management practices in organic milk, red meat, broiler and egg production, control, certificate and regulations in organic production, description of organic feed, classification and specification of organic feeds, using of conventional feeds in organic – ecologic farms, using of feed additives in organic – ecologic animal nutrition.
32. Sustainable Poultry Production Veterinary Medicine To educate qualified students in the field of production techniques in sustainable layer and broiler production
33. Water Pollution and Human Health Food technology The aim of the course is to provide understanding of the effects on human health of key types of water pollution. The goals are to teach the specific water pollutant types, their damage of ecosystem and relationships with human health.
34. Water Supply and Environmental Health Ecology and safety of life activity To teach the planning and design methods of water supply and wastewater systems.
35. Environmental Problems and Geography Geography The aim of this course is to investigate today's environmental problems from a geographical perspective and to investigate the pressure on the earth in a wider scope with human and physical elements
36. Natural Products of Plants Biology What is plant derived natural compounds, how and where they are obtained, their features, identification, quality controls, where and how to use, the effect mechanism of them and widely-used drugs are given in the frame of the course.
37. Sustainability and Architecture Architecture The aim of the course is to explain the meaning and inclusion of the concept of "sustainability" and to make the students of architecture aware of their responsibilities to achieve sustainable development. To understand the relations of the term sustainability with architecture.
38. Sustainable Urban Development and Residential Areas Geodesy, cartography and cadastre The aim of the course is to gain awareness about the importance of the housing areas with their different specifications and meanings. To make the architecture students conscious about the meaning of quality of life and quality of space especially in housing areas.
39. Energy Use in Agriculture Agronomy Some energy issues are given in more details in this course which is not given in Undergraduate education.
40. Agricultural Applications of Wind Energy Department of chemical technology Today, renewable energy sources, which are taking firm steps towards becoming an alternative to fossil-based energies, attract the attention of people from almost every branch. In this context, the aim of this course is to provide the student with the opportunity to benefit effectively from the knowledge he / she obtained on solar energy applications by creating a solid foundation on the basic concepts and principles of climate change and solar energy.
41. Recycle and Reuse Techniques on Industrial Wastewaters Department of chemical technology The objective of the course is to teach the main concepts and the principles of dimension peculiar to treatment technologies which can be applied intended for the reclamation and beneficial usage for different purposes of waste water.
42. Energy Efficiency in Environmental Pollution and Control Department of chemical technology Having knowledge about energy sources and environmental impacts, provide technical, practical, and economic solutions related to energy use in industrial plants and house, Teaching the fundamentals of energy efficiency and saving in industry and everyday life, understanding the relationship between energy and greenhouse gas emissions and energy efficiency is the creation of awareness.
43. Access to the audit Business and management The main goal of the subject is to form students theoretical and practical knowledge on auditing the financial and economic activities of business entities, issuing an audit conclusion and report on financial statements, and providing professional audit services.
44. Accounting in business Economy The purpose of this subject is to develop students knowledge and understanding of accounting techniques to support management in planning, controlling and monitoring in various business environments.
45. Application of laser photonics in medicine Physics The purpose of teaching is to teach areas of wide application in oncology, plastic surgery and many other areas of medicine and biomedical research.
46. Archeology History «The purpose of teaching the subject is to familiarize students with the general features of the ancient and medieval periods, archaeological monuments and the problems of their study, as well as with the material and spiritual culture, settlements, traditional way of life and religious beliefs of the peoples of the world; it is to teach knowledge about the role and significance of archaeological monuments in covering the history and culture of the ancient period of our country. The purpose of the subject is to study the formation of early urbanization, local cultures of antiquity and their characteristics, the development of urbanization, economics, production, material and spiritual culture of antiquity and the Middle Ages.
47. B2B marketing Business and management The goal is to form and develop the thinking of masters about the features of organizing marketing activities in the B2B market, developing skills in applying marketing in the B2B sector, teaching the place and role of business marketing in the economy, as well as building skills and qualifications based on the knowledge gained
48. Design of energy devices and stations based on alternative energy sources Electrotechnics and energy The purpose of teaching this subject in industry, agriculture, transport and all production processes The purpose of teaching is to teach the use of fuel heat and electricity.
49. Developing intercultural communication Architecture The purpose of teaching the subject is to develop students speech etiquette, international cultural competence, reflect Korean culture in public speech, form students public speech, build the understanding of speech differences between cultures, study linguistic, historical, social factors that influenced the formation of the foreign language being studied as an international language, and cultural factors and aspects specific to the culture of the foreign language, including the creation, analysis and adaptation of existing materials.
50. Draftsman In this process, during the process of creating images using graphic tools in various conditions and environments, students learn the rules of the image law, the theory of depicting landscapes and various objects, features of the image, the plastic qualities of human anatomy, and describe them under conditions illuminated by certain natural or artificial light sources. they learn.
51. English for tourism English language and literature The purpose of teaching the subject is to teach students oral and written forms of language within the framework of a professional direction, to develop their sociocultural communication skills, in particular the functional and theoretical features of the foreign language being studied. improving language knowledge and ensuring the opportunity to freely use acquired knowledge, skills and qualifications in professional and scientific activities.
52. Financial basics Economy The purpose of teaching the subject is to familiarize students with finance, financial policy, financial relations, financial management, financial theories, financial infrastructure, financial news, cash flow movement, periodic value of money and discounted cash flow analysis, financial statements, financial activities of state and non-state financial institutions. , financial risks, small business finance, startup financing, insurance, international financial relations and other similar financial concepts, is the formation of relevant knowledge, skills and competence.
53. Forest reclamation Geodesy, cartography and cadastre Tree and shrub seedlings to the students in farms that grow decorative seedlings growing, giving them shape, growing flower seedlings in modern greenhouses planning and implementation of work
54. Historical Geography Geography It is devoted to theoretical and practical issues of the subject Historical Geography», taught in higher educational institutions, the history of science, the tasks and features of the study of historical geography and the past of mankind, types of historical geography (natural, demographic, historical - drawings of political, economic, territorial division, historical events, military campaigns, wars, popular movements); the importance of such issues as the emergence of geographical maps, sources of historical geography, historical geography of the main regions of the world, historical cartography, its emergence and main features is revealed.
55. Historical topography of cities in Central Asia. Geography The purpose of the subject is to give students a general understanding of the subject and objectives of the science of historical topography of the cities of Central Asia. A scientific approach to the study of archaeological sources, monuments, topographic theories The objective of the subject is to study the history of the development of the science of periodization and chronology of cities, the historical topography of cities in Central Asia, and the growth of research volumes.
56. Human development Business and management Methodological developments described in global and regional reports of the United Nations Development Program and national reports of the Republic of Uzbekistan were used. This textbook is intended for students and teachers of higher educational institutions, specialists interested in problems of human development.
57. Human resource management Business and management The best practices of developed countries in the field of human resource management, in particular the USA, Japan and Western European countries, were scientifically analyzed. The enterprise also studies resource planning, labor market trends, methods of selection and hiring of personnel, theories of motivation, management methods, and methods for assessing employee performance.
58. Labor economy Economy The role and importance of marketing in the development of the economy and its main task is the development of social production aimed at increasing the material and cultural standard of living of the population in the national economy and increasing its efficiency, accelerating the development of science and technology. Technologies that increase labor productivity and radically improve the quality of labor in all sectors of the national economy. It teaches research through incremental implementation based on improvement.
59. Marketing Business and management Achieving the highest possible consumption, achieving maximum preservation of consumer demand, creating opportunities for consumers to choose a wide range of goods, increasing the standard of living of the population and training
60. Marketing of sales and services Business and management The socio-economic foundations, essence, classification, goals and objectives of marketing industrial goods and services are described. It includes industrial purchasing and buyer behavior, buyer-seller relationships, industrial market segmentation and positioning, new product development strategy, industrial product portfolio strategy, industrial distribution strategy, industrial sales management, industrial marketing communications, and industrial marketing planning issues.
61. Materials Science Transport Systems The main goal of the science is to study in depth the specific characteristics of the raw materials used in pottery and repair.
62. Materials science in painting Transport Systems In this subject, students have to analyze the stages of development of the science of «material science in painting», the works of great painters of the world and our own, and create knowledge in the subject.
63. Methods for determining semiconductor parameters Transport Systems The purpose of teaching this subject is to teach the relationship between science and practice of semiconductor physics, their parameters and manufacturing technologies.
64. Methods of linguistic analysis Roman-german philology The task of the science is the creation of linguistic analysis methods, the linguistic teachings of scientists who made a great contribution to the creation of these methods, their achievements, the types of linguistic analysis methods, the dynamics of the development of these methods, their comparative study, and scientific research on the methods used in modern linguistics development of practical skills.
65. Modern linguistics Theory of translation and practice The purpose of the study subject is to develop and improve the scientific knowledge, skills and qualifications of the master s students in accordance with the professional profile on the methodological principles, current problems and basic concepts of modern linguistics, as well as to develop the skills of conducting scientific research in the field of modern linguistic directions.
66. Modern methods of light diagnostics and therapy Light industrial technologies and equipment The goal of scientific education is the development of health care practice from year to year, training in new pedagogical technologies, diagnostic methods, and the use of modern computers in all areas of medicine.
67. Modern methods of mathematical physics Mathematical engineering To acquaint students with basic knowledge, concepts, statements and their proofs, modern methods of mathematical physics, methods for solving practical problems, theoretical basics of computer science and programming, basic and necessary knowledge for changing specialization, modern mathematical methods for solving practical problems.
68. Natural language processing Computer science The Natural Language Processing course delves into the fundamental principles and advanced techniques essential for understanding and processing human language by computers. The course begins with an exploration of basic concepts such as tokenization, stemming and part-of-speech tagging, providing students with a solid foundation in text preprocessing. As the course progresses, participants will delve into more sophisticated topics, including syntactic and semantic analysis, named entity recognition, and sentiment analysis.
69. Nuclear medicine Physics One of the main achievements of modern medicine today is the application of nuclear physics in medicine. At the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences teaches the production of radioisotopes for nuclear medicine.
70. Oral practice Russian language and literature To teach students the oral form of the foreign language studied within the framework of the professional direction, to form social and cultural communication skills in this language, to provide advanced practical and theoretical knowledge of the language, to see its functional forms and ways of using it. to show, to prepare the formed skills and qualifications to be able to freely apply them in professional and scientific activities
71. Paleoecology and dynamics of civilization History «The purpose of teaching is to provide students with a general understanding of the subject «Palaeoecology and Dynamics of Civilization», scientific training in the study of geology, ecology, geography, archaeological sources and monuments, as well as new theories, formation of knowledge, skills and qualifications related to the scene. The objective of the subject is to give students a general description of the science «Paleoecology and the dynamics of civilization,» periodization and chronology, the place of man in nature, historical events related to the process of climate change, the dynamics of civilization.
72. Philosophy Social work and philosophy The relevance of the science of philosophy is determined by the need to solve pressing problems arising in the field of spirituality in the modern era of globalization, preserve and enhance the spiritual heritage of our people, form the philosophical thinking of young people, protect their minds from various harmful ideas and equip them with philosophical knowledge. This science embodies the socio-political and spiritual views of different eras, forms an understanding of the essence of events and phenomena, forms a reaction to them, creates analytical, synthetic, creative thinking.
73. Physics Physics Justify the profession of a physics teacher and his place in society at the present time; create lesson plans based on modern innovative technologies, show the methodology and sequence of teaching physics in the system of general secondary and secondary specialized education; learning methods for solving physical problems in different ways; and is aimed at considering, analyzing and studying physical phenomena from a modern point of view.
74. Physics of semiconductor devices Physics The purpose of teaching this subject is to develop in students self-awareness and correct thinking skills in the process of scientific activity, to teach them to adhere to the unity of theory and practice when creating a scientific research program.
75. Piano Art This subject aims to give students a clear idea of the timbre, structure, tuning, range, artistic and technical possibilities, and various performance styles of the instrument.
76. Plastic anatomy Art The goal of studying science is to develop students artistic thinking, creative ability, visual memory, spatial imagination, aesthetic attitude towards works of art, and love for beauty.
77. Practical grammar and phonetics Uzbek linguistics The purpose of teaching science is to improve students functional forms and methods of the foreign language studied within the professional direction, their practical and theoretical knowledge of the language, and freely apply the acquired knowledge, skills, and abilities in professional and scientific activities, ensure that they receive
78. Process research and optimal management Business and management The purpose of teaching science is to study the theory and application of searching for extrema of single- and multi-argument functions, linear programming, dynamic programming, differential equations, constructing mathematical models, game theory, theory of controlled objects, strategy search algorithms, scientific research. processes - providing knowledge on the search and application of complex scientific methods for solving problems in control systems; The task of science is to find extrema of functions, types of mathematical models, classes of games and methods for solving them, transport problems, problems of fast movement, and to give skills in applying sufficient conditions for optimal control.
79. Production management Business and management It is intended for students studying in the field of management education; in the process of using it, students learn the theoretical foundations of production management and acquire some skills for practice.
80. Protected land fruit and vegetable growing Students Protected land labor protection and life in the field of fruit and vegetables monitoring of production processes based on safety of activity, technical safety requirements control
81. Quality management Business and management The stages of development of quality management, product quality management systems, statistical methods of management and analysis of product quality, standardization, certification, the main tasks and organizational and legal foundations of metrology, mainly the theoretical aspects of modern quality management systems and production of products are based on international standards and studied in practice.
82. Small hydroelectric power stations Electrotechnics and energy The purpose of teaching this subject is unique to the energy sector and aims to analyze and study the achievements of education, science, technology, engineering and production in the field of energy, taking into account its characteristics.
83. Solar energy Electrotechnics and energy The purpose of teaching this subject is to explore the technical potential of QTEM resources, learn the basics of using energy devices, check reserves of geothermal energy resources, participate in round tables with industry scientists, and participate in scientific seminars.
84. Solar Thermal Devices and Systems Electrotechnics and energy The purpose of teaching this subject is to provide students with theoretical fundamental knowledge, practical skills, knowledge about solar and wind energy devices and the history of their development, and the basics of using energy devices. study.
85. Theory of Government and Rights Law The theory of state and law is a fundamental legal science of general theoretical significance. It has general scientific significance for jurisprudence due to its tasks, functions, subject matter and methods, and at the same time expresses the general theory of state and law, i.e. specific concepts and systems.
86. Traditional schools of historiography in the khanates of Central Asia. History «The purpose of teaching the subject is to acquire knowledge, skills and abilities related to the mission, subject and object of science, types of research and sources and research results, theoretical issues of science, internal and external analysis of sources, as well as a comprehensive scientific and comparative analysis of sources - the formation of skills . The objective of the subject is to give masters general information about the role of sources and historical research, forms of propaganda of historical knowledge, sources related to the history of the peoples of Central Asia, as well as the use of sources and scientific research on a small scale. scientific work during training.