The delegation, led by Károly Pető, Vice-Rector General and Okszána Kiszil, Director of Coordination and Strategy, and consisting of the heads of the Faculties of Pharmacy, Economics, Agriculture, Food Science and Environmental Management, met with the Deputy Head of the Department for International Cooperation at the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation of Uzbekistan. Shohruh Akbarov stressed that the Ministry fully supports the existing cooperation of the University of Debrecen and the establishment of further partnerships.
The delegation visited four Uzbek higher education institutions, the Tashkent Institute of Chemical Technology, the Tashkent Pharmaceutical Institute, the University of Digital Economics and Agrotechnologies, and the Branch of RHTU named after D. I. Mendeleev in the city of Tashkent.
The Faculty of Pharmacy has a joint BSE (Bilateral Science and Technology) project with the Tashkent Institute of Pharmacy. During the visit, the research of the project was discussed under the leadership of Ildikó Bácskay, Dean of the Faculty. The parties see great potential for cooperation in joint training and RDI activities in the pharmaceutical industry. They agreed to negotiate cooperation in these areas, and to give priority to student, lecturer and PhD student mobility, and also to organise joint conferences. At the end of the programme, this was set out in a joint statement of intent.
László Stündl, Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, Food Science and Environmental Management, and Péter Sipos, Deputy Dean of Education, represented the Faculty of Agriculture, Food Science and Environmental Management and discussed educational and R&D cooperation with the leadership of two institutions involved in the field of agriculture (the Tashkent Institute of Chemical Technology, Faculty of Food technologies and the University of Digital Economics and Agriculture). As a first step, the implementation of a part-time training for undergraduate students or a short-term work experience and research project for PhD students was identified, followed by the development and launch of a joint training (dual degree). To this end, the management of the Faculty of Food technologies has already started to harmonise the structure and subjects of the education system with the basic training in food engineering at the Faculty of Agriculture in Debrecen. R&D cooperation is possible not only in the Uzbek agriculture (especially viticulture) and food industry but also in the cosmetics sector.
The Uzbek partners also consider the research conducted at the University of Debrecen's Mád Wine Academy to be outstanding, and two Uzbek researchers have recently arrived in Mád to familiarize themselves with it.
László Erdey, Deputy Dean for International Affairs, representing the Faculty of Economics, visited the Tashkent Pharmaceutical Institute to discuss the economic, business and regulatory environment of the pharmaceutical industry and the possibilities of utilising innovations, and then discussed the possibilities of dual training in rural development agricultural engineering and agribusiness with the Tashkent Institute of Chemical Technology. As a result of earlier discussions held in Debrcen with the University of Digital Economics and Agricultur, a work plan was already drawn up during the recent visit to Tashkent, including joint research, conferences, online student projects, mutual faculty and student mobility. The Uzbek Ministry of Science has offered its support for the development of this cooperation, as well as the possibility of establishing contacts with universities in other cities (Samarkand, Bukhara).
In each of the institutions visited, the members of the university delegation signed a letter of intent setting out a precise schedule for future cooperation.
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