🔴 Today, on July 11, the delegation of the National University of Uzbekistan (NUUz) visited the University of Salzburg in Austria.

🔴 It is known that cooperation agreements with this university began in 2019 to launch a joint educational program. After implementing the five stages of cooperation — student exchange, exchange of PhD students and teachers, participation in Erasmus programs, joint international conferences, and the establishment of the “E-learning Center DSinGIS: Doctoral Studies in Geoinformation Sciences” in 2020 — significant progress has been made.

🔴 This collaboration is the result of many years of effective partnership between the two leading universities. Today, a formal agreement was signed to launch a dual-degree master’s program in “Applied Geoinformatics” (1+1 format).

🔴 The university’s rector, Dr. Bernhard Fügenschuh, a Doctor of Geological Sciences, highly praised the 7-year active partnership between the two universities — including cooperation on international scientific and educational platforms, participation in Erasmus+ and other international projects, exchange of professors and teachers, sharing of experiences, and regular participation in international conferences and forums on geoinformatics and related fields.

Background Information:
The University of Salzburg (Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg) is internationally recognized as a leading institution due to the innovative research activities of its Z_GIS Center for Geoinformation Sciences.

Established in 1622, the university is ranked 601–610 in the QS Rankings for 2025, 601–800 in the Times Higher Education Rankings, and holds 372nd place in the QS Sustainability Rankings.