
The Management of Educational Institutions program requires students to earn 30 credits per semester, totaling 60 credits per academic year. The duration of the program is 2 years, and students must accumulate 120 credits by the end of the program.
For a Master’s degree, one ECTS credit equals 30 academic hours, and a student’s annual academic workload consists of 60 credits, equivalent to 1800 academic hours. This is divided equally between 50% classroom hours and 50% independent study hours. The credits to be earned during a semester include both mandatory and elective courses as specified in the course catalog.
The specialty 70110103 – Management of Educational Institutions represents the set of requirements for all higher education institutions in the Republic of Uzbekistan training personnel in the field of pedagogy, ensuring the implementation of the curriculum and course programs.
Fields of professional activity:
- 70110103 – Management of Educational Institutions is a specialty in the field of education, encompassing teaching subjects related to the specialty in all educational institutions, engaging in scientific research, and designing and managing processes in ministries, their branch departments, and institutions implementing education in relevant fields, covering a range of complex issues.
- Types of professional activities:
- Scientific research activities;
- Pedagogical activities;
- Spiritual-educational;
- Organizational-management;
- Pedagogical activities in higher education, professional development, retraining, and secondary specialized professional education systems.
In accordance with the 7th qualification level of the National Qualifications Framework and the fields, objects, and types of professional activities for the specialty 70110103 – Management of Educational Institutions, Master’s graduates must be capable of performing the following professional duties:
In pedagogical activities:
– Utilizing modern achievements of the discipline and pedagogical technologies, organizing lessons based on the principles of the educational process, and creating necessary conditions for students to thoroughly acquire knowledge by considering their interests, abilities, and needs;
– Motivating and activating the process of comprehensive development of students, ensuring the logical and emotional progression of all stages of the educational process, effectively using didactic tools; forming necessary knowledge, skills, competencies, and rational methods of thinking and activity, fostering the need to continuously enrich existing knowledge, and thoroughly diagnosing, forecasting, and designing each lesson;
– Clearly defining the educational objectives of each session, enriching lessons with information, optimizing content by considering social and personal needs, applying the latest perception and learning technologies, and appropriately using various forms, methods, and tools;
Possessing skills in conducting scientific and applied research, processing experimental results, drawing scientifically grounded conclusions, preparing and editing scientific articles, organizing and conducting scientific seminars, conferences, and symposia, and developing scientific projects;
Possessing a culture of thinking, a specific style of reasoning, and the ability to clearly express oral and written speech;
Critically reviewing and analyzing acquired knowledge and using it in scientific activities;
Having a developed sense of social responsibility oriented toward the outcomes of their scientific activities;
Using the fundamental laws of acquired disciplines in professional activities, classifying methods, and applying methodological principles in scientific activities;
Knowing how to use information and pedagogical technologies in pedagogical activities;
Knowing how to adopt an innovative approach to improving the quality and effectiveness of education;
Possessing skills in preparing projects to participate in initiatives announced domestically and internationally based on the results of scientific activities;
Possessing skills in preparing projects to participate in initiatives announced by state, non-governmental, and non-profit organizations;
Possessing skills in organizing and managing production processes.
Students’ acquisition of general and professional competencies, knowledge, and skills is achieved through mastering mandatory and elective courses integrated logically into the curriculum, as well as completing other academic activities and tasks. Mandatory courses are a set of disciplines aimed at directly acquiring general and professional competencies, providing foundational knowledge and skills. Elective courses are a set of disciplines designed to provide in-depth specialization within the Master’s program, offer additional knowledge, expand competencies necessary for the specialty, support additional qualifications, and foster students’ personal interests, creative approaches, and talents.
Structure of the Course Catalog
| Course Code | Qualification Code | Names of Academic Subjects, Blocks, and Activity Types | Hours | Credits | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.00 | Mandatory Courses | 840 | 28 | ||
| 1.01 | Research Methodology | 150 | 5 | ||
| 1.02 | Reforms in the Education Sector in the Development Strategy of New Uzbekistan | 150 | 5 | ||
| 1.03 | Fundamentals of Educational Management | 150 | 5 | ||
| 1.04 | Managing Innovations in Education | 150 | 5 | ||
| 1.05 | Professional Ethics | 90 | 3 | ||
| 1.06 | Quality Management in Education | 150 | 5 | ||
| 2.00. | Elective Courses | 960 | 32 | ||
| 3.00. | Scientific Activity | 1800 | 60 | ||
| Total: | 3600 | 120 |
