By order of the rector of the institute No. 33-x dated May 3, 2002, the "Center for Information Technologies and Distance Learning" was established. O'tkir Jamolov was appointed head of the center. The center employs 13 people. The center has set itself the goal of updating and improving all computers at the institute. At the time of the center's establishment, the institute had 82 computers. Currently, at the initiative of the rector of the institute and the center, the institute has 510 computers, including 19 computer rooms. The speed of Internet access at the institute is 100 Mbit/s. The institute has created sufficient conditions for professors, teachers, postgraduates and students to use the Internet. The institute has a website (www.jizpi.uz). A separate group is working in the center to supplement the website with new information and enrich it with a modern design. A local network is operating in the educational institution. It connects the rectorate, institute departments, faculty deans' offices and the "Information Technologies and Distance Learning" center. This network was created by the center's employees under the leadership of the rector of the institute with their own efforts. The network is controlled directly by the center. Currently, the network is connected to the ministry's network. The professors and teachers of the institute have created electronic textbooks on "Computer Systems" and "Working with the EXM Application Package" and other subjects. Providing the institute's library with computers and technical equipment for the electronicization. Work is underway to create an electronic library. Electronic versions of lecture texts prepared in the subjects have been collected in the institute's library. Currently, work is underway to prepare electronic catalogs. Professors and teachers, deans of faculties and heads of departments are being trained on the basis of the program to improve their literacy in information and communication technologies and working with computers. The center has established close ties with academic lyceums, vocational colleges and schools. Academic lyceums and colleges are being assisted in the development of information technologies and distance learning. In addition, a "Multimedia" laboratory has been established under the center. This laboratory is fully equipped with the necessary modern technologies, and electronic textbooks and manuals are being created there.