{"id":34811,"date":"2026-04-23T11:02:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T09:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/nki\/?p=34811"},"modified":"2026-04-23T11:57:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T09:57:11","slug":"semmelweis-university-strengthens-ties-with-uzbekistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/nki\/en\/2026\/04\/23\/semmelweis-university-strengthens-ties-with-uzbekistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Semmelweis University Strengthens Ties with Uzbekistan"},"content":{"rendered":"

On 24 February, His Excellency Oybek Shakhavdinov, Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Hungary, visited Semmelweis University and met with Rector B\u00e9la Merkely. Their discussions focused on preparations for the 3rd Uzbek\u2013Hungarian Rectors\u2019 Forum, organised under the auspices of the Hungarian Rectors\u2019 Conference, currently chaired by Rector Merkely. At Semmelweis University, strengthening academic and diplomatic relations is key to creating new opportunities for cooperation between Hungarian and Uzbek higher education institutions.<\/p>\n

Semmelweis University was represented not only by Rector B\u00e9la Merkely, but also by Dr. Tam\u00e1s Heged\u00fcs, Director of International Relations and Alumni, and Dr. Klaudia Vivien Nagy, Chief Clinical Physician at the Department of Aviation and Space Medicine of the V\u00e1rosmajor Heart and Vascular Center.<\/p>\n

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The forum itself took place between 5\u20137 March 2026 in Samarkand<\/span><\/span>, Jizzakh<\/span><\/span>, and Tashkent<\/span><\/span>, bringing together participants, including a Hungarian delegation of more than thirty, and resulting in the signing of more than forty cooperation agreements among the participating institutions. Discussions centred on the future of higher education in the digital era, including artificial intelligence, innovative teaching models, and the development of globally competitive universities.<\/p>\n

Semmelweis University signed cooperation agreements with four Uzbek institutions\u2014Samarkand State Medical University, Tashkent State Medical University, Navoi State University, and International University of Turkic States\u2014aimed at expanding education and research collaboration, as well as enhancing student and staff mobility.<\/p>\n

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The programme also included site visits and continued in Jizzakh with the opening of the INNO Technopark, highlighting connections between academia and industry. The forum concluded in Tashkent with a visit to the Uzbek Olympic Village, where a further agreement was signed with the Ministry of Sport to promote joint initiatives in sports medicine, space medicine, and rehabilitation.<\/p>\n

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On 24 February, His Excellency Oybek Shakhavdinov, Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Hungary, visited Semmelweis University and met with Rector B\u00e9la Merkely. Their discussions focused on preparations for the 3rd Uzbek\u2013Hungarian Rectors\u2019 Forum, organised under the auspices of the Hungarian Rectors\u2019 Conference, currently chaired by Rector Merkely. At Semmelweis University, strengthening academic and diplomatic relations is …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102625,"featured_media":34814,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[302],"tags":[218],"class_list":["post-34811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ir-news-en","tag-international-relations"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/nki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/nki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/nki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/nki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102625"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/nki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34811"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/nki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34825,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/nki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34811\/revisions\/34825"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/nki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/nki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/nki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/nki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}