The internationalization objectives of Samarkand State Medical University are aimed at strengthening the University's position in the international educational space, in accordance with the University's Development Concept. The main priorities of internationalization include increasing the number of international students, developing joint projects with higher education institutions and research centers abroad, increasing the number of researchers and teaching staff involved in teaching and academic activities at foreign universities, and expanding the number of joint programs with foreign higher education institutions that provide opportunities for obtaining double degrees.

  Samarkand State Medical University develops international cooperation in the fields of education and science with more than 60 countries, international organizations, foreign universities, and research centers, based on the principles of equality and mutual cooperation. Cooperation and academic dialogue with universities in Europe, Asia, North America, and the CIS countries are primarily based on joint educational programs and academic mobility.

  Every year, the number of highly qualified foreign specialists, professors, students, and researchers visiting Samarkand State Medical University for the purposes of establishing and developing cooperation, studying, professional development, and participating in scientific conferences continues to increase.

  Samarkand State Medical University is open to establishing and developing relations with educational and scientific centers, universities, and public organizations around the world. The University's doors are open to international applicants, students, researchers, and teaching staff..

  GEOGRAPHY OF COOPERATION: The Department maintains academic contacts and cooperation with more than five higher education institutions and research centers in near and far abroad countries.:

  Colleagues and academic partners from the CIS countries:

• Department of General Hygiene, I.P. Pavlov Ryazan State Medical University, Russian Federation.
• Department of Hygiene, Izhevsk State Medical Academy, Russian Federation.
• P.D. Utepov, Associate Professor, Department of Hygiene, South Kazakhstan Medical Academy, Republic of Kazakhstan.
• Department of General Hygiene, Khoja Akhmet Yassawi International Kazakh-Turkish University, Turkistan, Kazakhstan.
• Department of General Hygiene, S.D. Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan..

  ACADEMIC PARTNERS AND COLLABORATORS

  A.A. Dementev, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of General Hygiene, I.P. Pavlov Ryazan State Medical University, Russian Federation.

  V.A. Paramonova, Candidate of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor, Department of General Hygiene, I.P. Pavlov Ryazan State Medical University, Russian Federation.

  A.A. Burt, Candidate of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor, Department of Hygiene, Izhevsk State Medical Academy, Russian Federation.

  P.D. Utepov, Associate Professor, Department of Hygiene, South Kazakhstan Medical Academy, Republic of Kazakhstan.

  Raushan Kenesbaevna Quandikova, Candidate of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of General Hygiene, Khoja Akhmet Yassawi International Kazakh-Turkish University, Turkistan, Kazakhstan.

  Dr. Saloni Jain, Assistant Professor, Department of General Hygiene and Ecology, Samarkand State Medical University