A branch of the Moscow Energy Institute (MEI) will be opened this year in Tashkent. The corresponding resolution was signed on June 4 by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

The main activities of the branch are:

- training of highly qualified engineering-technical personnel for the energy industry of the country;

- development and implementation of modern educational programs and forms of education, introduction of advanced pedagogical and information technologies, the latest achievements of science and technology in the educational process, support for the development of teaching-pedagogical potential;

- carrying out fundamental, applied scientific and innovative research in the field of energy, electrical engineering, heat engineering, improving the efficiency of operation of electrical equipment and systems, developing and implementing innovative projects aimed at improving the efficiency, reliability and sustainability of electric power systems;

- improving the system of training specialists and scientific-pedagogical personnel by improving the quality, continuity of education and science, targeted integration into the world educational and scientific community, creating conditions for the close integration of educational, research and production-industrial activities;

- development and strengthening of long-term relations with leading educational institutions, research centers of foreign countries in the educational and scientific-technical spheres.

According to the resolution, the branch is a separate structural unit of the university - the highest educational institution. It provides training, retraining and advanced training for specialists at all levels, including the training of scientific-pedagogical personnel, on the agreed basic directions of undergraduate education (graduate programs), taking into account the need for personnel;

Training in it will be carried out in Russian, and later in other languages   in accordance with federal educational standards of the Russian Federation on the basis of curricula and educational programs approved by the University in coordination with the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan.