Mansurov Djalolidin Shamsidinovich

Head of the Department, DSc, Associate Professor

Staff of the Department of Education Quality Control

Negmatov Ismatillo Savriddinovich

Chief Specialist

Qosimova Sarvinoz Sanjarovna

Chief Specialist

History of the Education Quality Control System

  The establishment of the education quality control system in Uzbekistan went through several key stages. The legal foundation was laid by the laws of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On Education” and “On the National Personnel Training Program”. The first step toward creating a specialized body was Presidential Resolution No. PP-2909 of April 20, 2017 “On Measures for the Further Development of the Higher Education System”, on the basis of which the State Inspectorate for Supervision of Education Quality under the Cabinet of Ministers was established.

  Subsequently, Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 515 of July 18, 2017 “On Organizing the Activities of the State Inspectorate for Supervision of Education Quality under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan” was adopted. Pursuant to this document, education quality control departments were created within all higher education institutions of the republic and began their work on October 1, 2017.

  In 2023, the system was improved: by Order No. 72 of the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation of March 27, 2023 “On Improving the Activities of the Education Quality Control Department in State Higher Education Institutions”, the updated core tasks and functions of the department were developed and approved.

  The final and most significant stage of the reform came in 2025. The President of Uzbekistan signed Decree No. UP-76 of May 5, 2025 “On Additional Measures to Ensure the Quality of Education and Improve the System of Educational Services”. The new body — the National Agency for Education Quality Assurance under the Presidential Administration — became the specially authorized state body for external quality control of secondary specialized, professional, higher and postgraduate education. Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 515 of 2017 ceased to be in force on November 7, 2025.

National Agency for Education Quality Assurance

  The Agency was established on the basis of the Project Office “Center for Educational Projects” pursuant to Presidential Resolution No. PP-275 of September 8, 2025, and is the specially authorized state body for external quality control of secondary specialized, professional, higher and postgraduate education, as well as in the fields of personnel retraining, professional development and qualification assessment.

Main areas of the Agency’s activity:

• - State accreditation of all educational institutions: comprehensive accreditation is conducted once every 5 years, while special accreditation covers newly introduced personnel training programs before the start of the educational process.
• - Maintaining the national ranking of educational organizations based on a comparative analysis of the quality of educational and research processes.
• Conducting the National Employer Survey to assess the knowledge and skills of graduates and to study their compliance with the requirements of the modern labor market.
• - Conducting the National Student Survey to study students’ opinions on the quality of education.
• - Conducting extraordinary reviews based on risk analysis — in response to citizens’ appeals and shortcomings identified through surveys, media reports and social networks.
• - Conducting scientific and practical research, as well as surveys, to assess the effectiveness of measures in the field of education quality assurance.

Tasks of the Education Quality Control Department of SamSMU

  The Department is an integral part of the university and operates in accordance with the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Law “On Education”, and the resolutions and instructions of the President and the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Quality control is carried out on the basis of orders of the National Agency for Education Quality Assurance and the Rector of Samarkand State Medical University, as well as the Regulation on the Activities of the Education Quality Control Department of SamSMU approved by the Rector of the university.

1. Internal monitoring of students’ knowledge compliance with state standards. Systematic control over the fulfillment of the teaching workload each semester — the educational-methodological, research, organizational and moral-educational work of teachers.

2. Organizing and conducting the attestation of teaching staff. According to the approved schedule, the attestation of professors and teachers of all 86 departments of the university is conducted, covering the entire teaching staff.

3. Supporting state and international accreditation. The Department ensures the preparation of the necessary documentation and organizational support for state accreditation procedures, as well as cooperation with international accreditation organizations.

4. Monitoring the introduction of innovative teaching technologies. The Department oversees the integration of modern electronic educational technologies into the educational process and ensures their compliance with the requirements of state educational standards.

5. Monitoring the material and technical infrastructure and students’ practical training. The provision of classrooms and lecture halls with modern equipment, computer technology and internet access is monitored. The university operates a Simulation Training Center equipped with modern medical equipment for practicing clinical skills. An experimental laboratory is also currently being established, which will expand opportunities for students’ practical training.

6. Coordinating academic mobility and international cooperation. The participation of teaching staff in international academic mobility programs is monitored, as well as the involvement of foreign specialists in conducting master classes and lectures at the university.

7. Independent knowledge monitoring and transparent assessment. The Department ensures independent monitoring of students’ knowledge and oversees the use of transparent assessment methods employing modern electronic technologies.

8. Cooperation with the National Agency for Education Quality Assurance. The Department submits the results of internal attestation and monitoring data to the Rector and the Agency, and participates in the national student and employer surveys organized by the Agency.

9. Maintaining ranking indicators. The Department collects, analyzes and submits the data required for the university’s participation in national and international rankings of educational organizations.

10. Overseeing the KPI system. The Department organizes the assessment of teaching staff performance across four blocks of key performance indicators: educational-methodological, research, organizational and moral-educational work.

Ranking Activities

  Participation in international rankings is one of the key areas of the Department’s work, as ranking positions reflect the real level of quality of the educational and research processes.

ECAQA International Accreditation

  The independent accreditation and rating agency ECAQA (Eurasian Centre for Accreditation and Quality Assurance in Education and Health Care) analyzed the compliance of SamSMU’s educational activities with international standards, after which the university was awarded a certificate of international institutional accreditation.

Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2025

  Samarkand State Medical University was recognized as the first higher education institution in Uzbekistan to enter the THE ranking among medical universities. According to the results of the THE Impact Rankings 2025, SamSMU was placed in the 601–800 band of the world’s best universities, entering the top 1,000. The ranking assessed universities’ contribution to achieving the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals. In total, 59 universities from Uzbekistan entered the ranking — the highest figure among the countries of the Central Asian region.

THE Sustainability Impact Ratings 2026

  In June 2026, the THE Sustainability Impact Ratings 2026 (the new name of the THE Impact Rankings) was published. SamSMU significantly improved its position, rising from the 601–800 band to the 301–400 band of the world’s best universities. The university is among the top three universities of Uzbekistan in this rating. In total, 50 higher education institutions of Uzbekistan were represented in the 2026 rating, 24 of which entered the top 1,000.

The Importance of Rankings for the University

  Starting from January 1, 2025, the quota for state-funded personnel training is allocated to universities according to their position in the ranking, and higher education organizations that have held the top 10 positions in the ranking for the past five years are exempt from the next comprehensive state accreditation.

KPI tizimi

 The key performance indicators (KPI) system is a tool for the objective assessment of the work of teaching staff and departments, introduced at SamSMU in 2024. It is based on the teaching staff reporting system organized in accordance with Ministry of Health Order No. 599 of October 2017 and University Rector’s Order No. 148/AF of January 29, 2021: at SamSMU, teaching staff submit reports for the corresponding period of activity.

  During the first half of the year, a working group reviews the reports of teaching staff on the fulfillment of the annual teaching workload. The attestation process reveals each teacher’s contribution to organizing the educational process at the departments, their contribution to improving the university’s ranking, and their pedagogical potential within the framework of the review.

The KPI system covers four blocks:

• - Educational-methodological work — the quality of teaching, curriculum development, provision of teaching materials.
• - Research work — publications, participation in grants, supervision of students’ research.
• - Organizational work — participation in accreditation procedures, committees and university events.
• - Moral-educational work — mentoring and working with students outside the educational process.

  The results of employer and student surveys conducted by the National Agency are also included in the system of indicators used to assess the performance of both the Department and the university as a whole.

Heads of the Department

  2018–2022 — Kurbaniyazov Zafar Babajanovich, DSc, Professor Under his leadership, the Department was established and developed: the ECTS-based credit-module system of education was introduced, the main mechanisms of internal education quality monitoring were built, and the teaching staff attestation system was formed.

  2022 – March 2024 — Kamalov Anvar Ibragimovich, PhD, Associate Professor During this period, Order No. 72 of the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation of March 27, 2023 “On Improving the Activities of the Education Quality Control Department in State Higher Education Institutions” was issued, approving the updated tasks and functions of the department.

  March – December 2024 — Akhmedov Gayrat Keldibaevich, PhD, Associate Professor A significant achievement of this period was the introduction at SamSMU of the key performance indicators (KPI) system for assessing the performance of teaching staff. The system covered four blocks of a teacher’s work, enabling a transition to an objective and transparent assessment of each employee’s contribution to the quality of the educational process.

  December 2024 – present — Mansurov Djalolidin Shamsidinovich, DSc, Associate Professor The Department operates amid a large-scale reform of the education quality control system: in May 2025, a Presidential Decree announced the creation of the National Agency for Education Quality Assurance under the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Uzbekistan (its activities were organized in September 2025), and in November 2025 the State Inspectorate for Supervision of Education Quality was abolished. Under his leadership, the Department is developing the established KPI system and restructuring its work in line with the Agency’s new requirements. A landmark achievement of this period was SamSMU’s entry into the THE Impact Rankings 2025 in the 601–800 band of the world’s best universities — a first among medical universities in Uzbekistan.

Legal Framework

•   Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan No. UP-76 of May 5, 2025 “On Additional Measures to Ensure the Quality of Education and Improve the System of Educational Services” — lex.uz/docs/7513059

•   Resolution of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan No. PP-275 of September 8, 2025 “On Organizing the Activities of the National Agency for Education Quality Assurance under the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Uzbekistan” — lex.uz/acts/7726518

•   Resolution of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan No. PP-200 of July 3, 2023 “On Measures for the Effective Organization of Public Administration in the Field of Higher Education, Science and Innovation”

•   Order of the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation of the Republic of Uzbekistan No. 72 of March 27, 2023 “On Improving the Activities of the Education Quality Control Department in State Higher Education Institutions”

•   Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan No. 515 of July 18, 2017 “On Organizing the Activities of the State Inspectorate for Supervision of Education Quality under the Cabinet of Ministers” (no longer in force as of November 7, 2025)

•   Resolution of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan No. PP-2909 of April 20, 2017 “On Measures for the Further Development of the Higher Education System”

•   Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan No. 775 of December 9, 2020 (application of performance indicators)