UN Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 4 — Quality Education

Advancing Inclusive Education and Lifelong Learning

The University of World Economy and Diplomacy contributes to Sustainable Development Goal 4 through academic excellence, educational research, lifelong learning initiatives, community outreach, and its commitment to inclusive access to educational opportunities.

SDG 4: Quality Education

Our Contribution to Quality Education

SDG 4 progress reports

2025SDG 4 Progress Report 20252024SDG 4 Progress Report 2024
2025First-Generation Student Survey Report
THE 4.3

Lifelong Learning Beyond the Classroom

UWED supports opportunities for continuous learning through educational initiatives, professional development, public engagement, and community-oriented programmes.

4.3.1

Public Resources

4.3.2

Public Events

UWED opens its campus to the wider community for learning. On 26 November 2025 it held a Hangul Day open to everyone with free admission, attended by more than 60 people of different ages. The annual Environmental Awareness Day brought pupils from neighbouring schools and communities onto campus, and the Sports Club hosted residents of four neighbouring mahallas. SDG UWED Week seminars admitted students of other Tashkent universities, and UWED hosted international conferences such as BDAIM-2025 and the Constitution and SDGs conference with external scholars, officials and UN agencies.

4.3.3

Vocational Training Events

UWED delivers short professional training to people who are not its students. From 7 to 11 July 2025 the Diplomatic Academy at UWED ran a free five-day retraining course in diplomatic protocol, correspondence and negotiation for employees of the state enterprise Uztextreyd, who received certificates. The Faculty of Executive Education runs non-degree programmes for officials and executives, several with partners such as LUISS and Senteo. UWED faculty also train public servants elsewhere, as at the Ministry of Sports in June 2025; externally hosted events like this, and staff training such as the 2025 Summer Institute in Moscow, are shown as context only.

4.3.4

Education Outreach Beyond Campus

In 2025 UWED staff and students took learning into Tashkent schools and mahallas. In schools they trained teachers on information security and AI, taught financial literacy to third-graders, ran child-rights activities for blind and visually impaired children, held an SDG Awareness Day at boarding school No. 101 and explained the Constitution to pupils; one visit reached about 100 pupils of School No. 250. In mahallas, faculty held round tables with residents and local leaders on the SDGs, the Constitution and gender equality.

4.3.5

Lifelong Learning Access Policy

Equal Access to Lifelong Learning

Learning at UWED is open to everyone. Our Policy on Ensuring Equal Access to Lifelong Learning Opportunities guarantees access to the university's lectures, courses, public events and educational programmes, whoever you are.

Read the Official Inclusive Access Policy

Open to all, regardless of

Every lecture, course and public event at UWED is open on equal terms.

  • Ethnic origin
  • Religion
  • Disability
  • Immigration status
  • Gender
THE 4.4

Opening Doors to Higher Education

First-generation students are the first in their family to attend university. Their share of new entrants shows how far a university widens access beyond families with a tradition of higher education.

Students who began study in 2025

532began study in 2025
191first-generation
35.9%first-generation share

First-generation share by programme

World Economy and IEMR: 88 of 21740.6%World Economy and IEMR88 of 217
International Relations: 50 of 13138.2%International Relations50 of 131
Law: 42 of 12334.1%Law42 of 123
Political Science: 11 of 6118.0%Political Science11 of 61
first-generationnot first-generation

First-generation share by gender

Male: 128 of 36235.4%Male128 of 362
Female: 63 of 17037.1%Female63 of 170