The University of Central Asia was founded in 2000 by the governments of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan, and His Highness the Aga Khan, to foster economic and social development in Central Asia and its mountain regions in particular.
World-class education will be offered at fully-residential campuses currently under construction in the three countries: Tekeli in Kazakhstan, Naryn in the Kyrgyz Republic, and Khorog in Tajikistan. Each campus will provide state-of-the-art teaching ahd library facilities, and residential and dining facilities for students, faculty and staff, with an integrated role for information technologies. Undergraduate and graduate programmes will be launched when the facilities are completed.
As construction continues, the following UCA programmes are currently active in all three countries: the School of Professional and Continuing Education, the Aga Khan Humanities Project, Research and Knowledge Management programmes, and the Central Asian Faculty Development Programme.
The UCA works with the Cambridge Overseas Trust to offer the University of Central Asia Cambridge Scholarship.
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