WIUT formally joined forces with UN in Uzbekistan for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The declaration solidifies the existing co-operation between the two organisations and it also shows the way of partnership between the UN and the academic sector of Uzbekistan for creating a more sustainable and equitable future for the country where no citizen is left behind.

The 17 SDGs enable us to frame and bring together our extensive collective energies towards helping our part in addressing the needs of the region’s labour markets and environmental challenges.

“WIUT adopted the SDGs in 2022, and recently turned its focus on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). There are many examples of ESD already happening throughout WIUT curricula in one way or another, even it is not labelled or articulated as such. Through the official adoption of ESD – we must ensure:

• Early in their time at WIUT, all students are introduced to the concept of holistic sustainable development using the SDGs.
• All students are taught to connect their discipline to sustainable development throughout their studies.
• Teaching colleagues and the University, as an ecosystem, are consistently reinforcing and building on the two points above.

Empowering students to become sustainable citizens will only happen if they are taught about sustainable development and how their professional knowledge and skills and unique personal experiences can deliver a sustainable future. We will be demonstrating an excellent standard of ESD by doing the below:

• Teaching students a holistic view of sustainability
• Connecting that sustainability learning to their discipline in core modules throughout their education
• Reinforcing the former two points through assessment which arms them with the competencies to live and lead sustainably

Doing so in all courses across WIUT by 2025 is our goal and will mark the University out as a leader in ESD. To achieve this, an ESD Action Plan has been developed for by Academic Council in June 2024 to facilitate the rollout of ESD with targeting milestones from now through to the 2025-26 academic year.”

Sustainable Development Goals purposely linked with the WIUT Course Learning Outcomes, Module Learning Outcomes, Graduate Attributes, for the upcoming revalidation of Courses.

We have special guideline named SDG guide WIUT in PDF file.