For the first time, 30 higher educational institutions of Uzbekistan were included in the rating, the Ministry of Higher Education said.

The highest result among the universities of the republic in this ranking was received by the Tashkent Agrarian Institute (801 place). The top three among the universities of Uzbekistan also included the Tashkent State University of Law and the Tashkent Medical Academy.

Last year, 10 higher educational institutions of the country made it to the ranking. Back then, the list included about one thousand universities from 94 countries and this year the figure reached 1.5 thousand universities from 110 countries.

The best world universities this year according to the ranking are Western Sidney University (Australia), Arizona State University (USA) and Western University (Canada).