Professional Development Centre
The Centre for the Retraining and Professional Development of Architecture and Construction Specialists runs professional development courses for the managers, specialists and engineering staff of design and construction organisations.
Establishment
The centre was established at the university under Resolution No. 969 of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan of 27 November 2018.
Its structure and charter were approved by the Ministry of Construction, in agreement with the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialised Education, on 11 January 2019, and the centre was registered by the Public Services Centre on 18 January 2019.
Premises and equipment
To set up the centre and strengthen its teaching and material base, the university allocated classrooms and offices with a total area of 195 m² in its third academic building. They were furnished and fitted with information and communication equipment and technical teaching aids, and 25 computers were connected to the internet.
Twenty places in the university's student residence were set aside to accommodate trainees during their courses.
Curricula and programmes
The curricula and programmes of the specialist courses were endorsed, in agreement with the Ministry of Construction, by the Council for Coordinating the Educational and Methodological Associations of Higher, Secondary Specialised and Vocational Education (minutes No. 2 of 19 April 2019) and approved by the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialised Education.
Under Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 451 of 31 May 2019, “On further improving the system of professional development of specialists in design and construction”, the curricula and programmes were revised to reflect current developments and reforms in the construction sector and approved in the established manner.
Classes are taught by leading members of the university's teaching staff and by leading specialists of design and construction organisations in Samarkand.
Who the courses are for
Training schedules were drawn up for the managers, specialists and engineering staff of the following organisations working in the regions, and sent to the regional administrations (khokimiyats) and the organisations concerned:
- construction contractors and design organisations;
- regional and district construction departments;
- the Engineering Company of the regional administration;
- the engineering company “Qishloq Qurilish Invest” LLC;
- the regional branches of the state unitary enterprise “Engineering Company for Infrastructure Development”.
Results (2019–2020)
- In 2019, 128 trainees in 12 groups attended the professional development courses.
- In January–March 2020, 228 managers, specialists and engineering staff of design and contracting organisations completed courses in 9 groups.
