Universities will get a unified management system for dormitories with enhanced security measures, a move approved at the gov’t meeting chaired by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev Sunday.
According to officials, Almazar district is currently home to 75,000 students, with roughly 18,000 young people living across 41 dormitories run by seven universities.
Authorities plan to create a dedicated directorate to oversee living conditions, the upkeep of grounds around dormitories, the development of green spaces and book cafes, and the organization of cultural events. The dormitories will also gain designated staff responsible for academic support and student development, employment, social welfare, and women's affairs.
The Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation Kongratbay Sharipov told Uzbekistan 24 that a new management model for dormitories had been presented to the president.
"Currently, services and management at each university are organized differently, which leads to unnecessary labor costs and expenses," he said, calling for a single directorate and a "smart" management system modeled on the practices of European and other foreign universities.
The minister said one of the new system's central goals is preventing crime among young people. He noted that the president had been briefed on situational command centers under the Safe City and Safe Student Housing initiatives, with smart cameras set to be installed and a monitoring system deployed to track any offenses within the complex.
The presidential press service noted that a situational command center already operating in the student housing complex allows officials to monitor entry and exit at universities and dormitories, as well as student attendance, in real time. The initiative is currently being piloted at four universities within the complex.
Sharipov also announced plans for a unified platform that would consolidate data on crime, class attendance, tuition payment issues, and student employment. He said the president had approved the project, with plans to eventually expand the platform into a single system covering all higher education institutions nationwide. Officials said the system is to be deployed in other Tashkent districts by year's end, with a nationwide rollout across all universities planned for 2027.
At the start of the 2025/2026 academic year, 741,500 students were enrolled full-time across 202 universities. Of these, around 441,000 lived at home or with relatives, 146,000 lived in dormitories — including those built under public-private partnerships — and more than 152,000 students, or about 20.5 percent, rented housing.
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