UniCEN Highlights

🇺🇸🇺🇿 Mr. Adrian Erlinger – Senior Program Manager for Innovation and Capacity Building programs at American Councils for International Education met with partners at the National University of Uzbekistan and Graduate School of Business and Economics.

🔹 Within the framework of the Central Asia University Partnerships (UniCEN), funded by the U.S. Embassy in Tashkent and administered by American Councils for International Education, researchers from National University of Uzbekistan and University of California, Davis have launched a partnership to advance genomics and bioinformatics.

🔹 Mr. Adrian Erlinger met with the administration of Graduate of School of Business and Economics (GSBE) to discuss promising areas of interaction, including strengthen business ties between organizations and expand opportunities in the field of education. GSBE shared their interest of cooperation with U.S. universities, including the development and implementation of joint educational programs to improve the qualifications of employees and students of GSBE.

📌 UniCEN is a platform to create sustainable ties and increase opportunities for collaboration between U.S. and Central Asian higher education institutions. The program supports strategic partnerships among university administrators, faculty, students, and other stakeholders in higher education across the US and in Central Asia. UniCEN builds expertise in the areas of strategic planning, administration, student mobility, marketing, curriculum development, faculty support, and alumni relations.

Through UniCEN, select Central Asian universities improve their knowledge of US higher education practices and implement action plans for partnerships with US higher education institutions. US faculty and administrators may compete for seed grants to activate partnerships with Central Asian counterparts.