On 18 December 2025, an Erasmus+ Information Day 2025 was held at Osh State University, organized by the Delegation of the European Union to the Kyrgyz Republic and the National Erasmus+ Office in Kyrgyzstan, with the active support of the Ministry of Science, Higher Education and Innovation of the Kyrgyz Republic and the administration of Osh State University.
The event served as an important platform for discussing opportunities for Kyrgyzstani higher education institutions to participate in EU international education programmes. Around 200 representatives from seven higher education institutions from the Osh, Batken, and Jalal-Abad regions took part in the event.
- Osh State Pedagogical University,
- Osh Technological University,
- Jalal-Abad State University,
- International University named after K. Sh. Toktomamatov,
- Central Asian International Medical University,
- Osh State University,
- Kyrgyz–Uzbek International University.
Participants included university leadership and staff of international relations offices, faculty members, Erasmus+ project coordinators, and students interested in academic mobility.
Welcome addresses were delivered by Ambassador of the European Union to the Kyrgyz Republic; Deputy Minister of Science, Higher Education and Innovation of the Kyrgyz Republic; and Vice-Rector of Osh State University. In their remarks, they emphasized the importance of international cooperation and digitalization in higher education and expressed support for the development of academic mobility and joint projects with EU universities.
National Erasmus+ Coordinator in Kyrgyzstan provided participants with detailed information on the Erasmus+ Programme for 2021–2027, including its key components:
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Capacity Building in Higher Education (CBHE) projects;
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International Credit Mobility (ICM);
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Jean Monnet Activities.
An important element of the event was practical presentations by Kyrgyzstani universities already participating in Erasmus+ projects, including the successful CBHE BERNICA project of Osh State University. The showcased cases inspired participants to actively engage in new calls for proposals and to expand partnership networks with European universities.
What is Erasmus+ and how can one participate?
Erasmus+ is the largest education programme of the European Union, aimed at supporting academic mobility, digital transformation, innovation, and sustainable development in education. Universities in Kyrgyzstan can participate in programme calls in cooperation with European universities by forming consortia and developing projects focused on the modernization and internationalization of higher education.
The event in Osh marked another step toward the active and equal participation of universities in southern Kyrgyzstan in the pan-European education area. The outcomes of the Information Day confirmed the growing interest in international cooperation and the readiness of regional universities to embrace new educational challenges and opportunities.
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