INSTITUTE HISTORY

Jizzakh Polytechnic Institute is a true child of independence. Jizzakh Polytechnic Institute was established in 1992 by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan of 28 February 1992 and Resolution No. 125 of the Cabinet of Ministers of 11 March 1992, on the basis of the Jizzakh branch of the Tashkent Institute of Architecture and Construction, the Jizzakh branch of the Tashkent Institute of Chemical Technology and the Jizzakh branches of the Tashkent Automobile and Road Institute, and is part of the organizational structure of the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan. In 1977 the Jizzakh "General Technical" faculty of Tashkent Polytechnic Institute was opened in the city of Jizzakh; a school building for 1,818 places, a student dormitory for 100 places, a 16-room house for teachers and 3 cottages were allocated for the faculty. Associate Professor N.Yu. Tashlanov was appointed dean of the faculty. The faculty began work on the basis of the departments of "General Education Subjects" and "General Technical Subjects" with 21 teachers, 4 of them candidates of sciences. The Jizzakh Construction Trust was designated by the regional leadership as patron of the newly established "General Technical" faculty. For the 1977-78 academic year 100 students were admitted to the full-time department, 75 to the evening department and 25 to the part-time department, and 100 trainees to the preparatory department. Over these years the institute supplied many leading sectors of our republic's economy — industry, transport, construction, agriculture, the economy, electric power and chemical technology — with qualified specialists with bachelor's and master's degrees. In the early years the faculty and branch were headed by Associate Professor N.Yu. Tashlanov (1977-1983), Professor F.H. Kurbanov (1983-1986), Candidate of Technical Sciences S.I. Ikromov (1986-1988), Associate Professor U.Yu. Yuldashev (1988-1990) and Associate Professor A.Yu. Salimov (1991). In the first period after the branch was turned into an independent institute, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor M.T. Turopov was appointed acting rector. Under the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan of 25 December 1992, Academician N.R. Rashidov was appointed rector of Jizzakh Polytechnic Institute. During the leadership of Nosir Rashidovich Rashidov — Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Academician of the republic's Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Honored Machine Operator of Uzbekistan, Honored Scientist of Uzbekistan and laureate of the Beruni State Prize — the institute's educational, scientific and material-technical base was further enriched with modern technical equipment. In that period, as the training of specialists in new specialties was established at the institute, departments and faculties of new directions were created. From April 2002 to July 2003, Associate Professor B.I. Matniyazov served as acting rector. From July 2003, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Ibrohim Solihovich Sodiqov was appointed rector of Jizzakh Polytechnic Institute. In this period the quality of education and teaching was raised on the basis of innovative programs and investment projects. At the institute, certain work was carried out in spiritual and educational activity, educational and educational-methodological work, the use of advanced pedagogical technologies in the educational process, the training of research and scientific-pedagogical staff, the improvement of the material-technical base and financial position, methodological assistance to the region's academic lyceums and vocational colleges, and retraining and professional development of their teaching staff on a contract basis. By the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the republic of 29 June 2012 "On improving the activity of Jizzakh Polytechnic Institute", a bright future of the university was determined. From 2012 to 2016 the institute was headed by Ergash Alibekovich Saliev. In those years large-scale work was carried out at the institute in all areas. In particular, a wide path was opened for the rapid development of science, education, technology and technologies. The adoption of Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 187 of 29 June 2012 became an unforgettable page in the institute's history and caused very great positive changes. All conditions were created at the institute for teaching staff and students. In particular, lecture rooms and auditoriums were equipped with modern technical teaching aids (video projectors), which played an important role in the effective use by teachers of electronic educational-methodological complexes in subjects and in raising the quality of classes; 43 classrooms and laboratories were equipped with the latest laboratory equipment, including: the Department of "Electric Power Engineering" received modern laboratory equipment worth 50 million soums from the "O'zEnergo" state joint-stock company, the Department of "Operation of Vehicles" received new laboratory equipment worth 58 million soums from the "O'zavtosanoat" state joint-stock company, and a new laboratory was formed at the Department of "Metrology and Standardization" using 34 million soums allocated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources of the Republic of Uzbekistan. At the Department of Electric Power Engineering, in cooperation with the "Uzbekenergo" state joint-stock company, an ASKUE (automated system of commercial electricity metering) installation worth 50 million soums and wind and solar power plants (18 million soums) were brought and installed. The laboratory was newly equipped with 9 computers and tables and chairs. The Department of "Electric Power Engineering" was provided with a 300 W solar photovoltaic station, a 2,500 W wind electric generator, 2 "Suv-10" solar water heaters, a 300 W micro hydropower plant, and hydraulic rams in two versions (lifting water to a height of 15-20 meters through its mechanical energy without consuming any energy). In addition, courses for retraining and professional development of engineering staff of the regional electricity-network enterprises of 4 regions (Jizzakh, Syrdarya, Samarkand, Bukhara) in ASKUE (automated system of commercial electricity metering) were organized in the laboratory. Laboratory room 107 of the Department of "Operation of Vehicles" of the Faculty of Motor Transport was equipped by the "O'zAvtosanoat" concern with spare parts and engine running gear of "Nexia", "Spark", "Matiz" and "Cobalt" cars produced at the Asaka automobile plant in Andijan region, worth 37 million soums. In this classroom, laboratory classes were held in the subjects of the programs "Ground transport systems and their use" and "Transport organization and transport logistics". To ensure the implementation of Resolution No. 187 of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan of 29 June 2012 "On improving Jizzakh Polytechnic Institute" and taking into account the needs of the economic sectors of Jizzakh region for specialists in this field, from 2013 the admission figures for the program "Metrology, standardization and product quality management" almost tripled. In 2013 a total of 60 students were admitted, including 20 on a grant basis and 40 on a contract basis. These admission figures were maintained in 2014 as well. To train qualified, competitive specialists in this program and to ensure the implementation of Resolution No. 157 of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan of 12 June 2014, the Department of "Metrology and Standardization" was established on 27 July 2014. For high-quality laboratory classes in specialty subjects for students of the program, modern equipment and installations worth 34 million soums were brought under the sponsorship of the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources of the Republic of Uzbekistan. With the help of this equipment, 5 laboratory works in specialty subjects were organized, and the equipment brought is used in classes as visual aids. In particular, 5 practical and laboratory classes in the subjects "Physico-chemical measurements", "Electrical measurements", "Verification and calibration of measuring instruments", "Linear-angular and acoustic measurements" and "Thermal engineering measurements". Together with the Royal University of Sweden, under the international Tempus program, a project "Modernization of higher engineering education for solving technological problems" was designed in Georgia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan, for which 1 million 200 thousand euros were allocated, of which 100 thousand euros belong to Jizzakh Polytechnic Institute. 680 thousand euros were allocated with the University of Birmingham of England for developing curricula on "Highways and motorways and motorway routes". In this laboratory room, laboratory work on designing modern car parts is mainly carried out, and our students also carry out their course papers and course projects with the help of computer technology. During this period there was unprecedented growth in the construction and repair of sports facilities. At our institute in 2012-2014, changing rooms, shower rooms and sports facilities meeting world standards were built. Artificial-surface fields, a sports hall, a gym, a wrestling hall and other sports facilities could only be dreamed of in the recent past. Our institute became known not only for talented sportsmen and sportswomen but also as an institute where major tournaments and competitions are held. For teaching staff, employees and students, physical education and measures to strengthen their health were carried out as independent exercise, mass health improvement and participation in various types of physical culture and sport in sports clubs. After the Cabinet of Ministers' resolution "On improving the activity of Jizzakh Polytechnic Institute", attention to developing physical education and sports at the institute sharply increased. To ensure implementation of Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 187, the private enterprise "Odina Skarlet tekstil" was established in the student dormitory and a cooperation agreement was concluded. Sewing machines were purchased with credit funds of 126,000 euros from Ipoteka Bank for 5 years at 14 percent interest, and men's and women's sweaters were produced. In these years the institute's scientific-pedagogical staff carried out a number of scientific-technical programs and research related to international projects. These include the international HIGHVEC project 544061-TEMPUS-1-2013-1-UK-TEMPUS-JPCR "Improving curricula on motorway construction engineering and transport mechanical engineering", planned for 2015-2017 within the European Union's international Tempus program (total value 837,996.69 euros); an international project "Adaptation to climate change in the inhabited areas of Uzbekistan" (total amount 99,900 euros) in cooperation with Hamburg University of Technology in Germany; an applied research project funded from the republican budget on "Creating algorithms and software for image processing and analysis based on fuzzy set theory" (64 million soums); fundamental research projects "Theoretical foundations of improving the quality and structure of services in the conditions of modernizing the economy" (47.5 million soums) and "Social and psychological features of forming assertive behavior in students" (42.5 million soums); and many research works, developments and projects. Within the international grant on "Adaptation to climate change in the inhabited areas of Uzbekistan" (total amount 99,900 euros) carried out in cooperation with Hamburg University of Technology in Germany, solar panels with a capacity of 10 kW were brought and installed, and research work continues to this day. Since 29 September 2016 the institute has been headed by Doctor of Technical Sciences Alisher Kadirkulovich Usmankulov. During these years a great deal of work is being done at the institute in spiritual and educational activity, educational-methodological and research work, and landscaping. In accordance with Resolution of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan No. PK-2458 of 25 December 2015, this year construction and installation work worth 6.2 billion soums on the construction of a 700-seat academic building and the reconstruction of the dormitory building was carried out and put into operation. Resolution No. 699 of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan of 5 September 2017 "On measures to further improve the activity of Jizzakh Polytechnic Institute in training and upgrading the qualifications of specialists in architecture and construction" was adopted. In execution of the resolution the institute's structure was reviewed, the number of faculties became 5 and the number of departments 22, and a regional center for retraining and professional development of architects-designers and builders was established within the Faculty of "Architecture and Construction". In accordance with Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 699 of 5 September 2017, changes were made to the structure of Jizzakh Polytechnic Institute. The number of faculties was brought to 5, including: "Architecture and Construction", "Industrial Technology", "Motor Transport", "Electromechanics and Radio Electronics" and the Faculty of "Service". A regional center for retraining and professional development of architects-designers and builders and a department of education quality control were established.