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Dear AUCA Family! An eventful year for the American University of Central Asia is drawing to a close, and I would like to take this opportunity to highlight remarkable moments and thank you for your tireless commitment and dedication to our university.

 

 
My name is Alina Baktybek kyzy. I am a second-year student of the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences. This semester, in the autumn of  2023, I took the Challenges of the 21st Century,  The Second Year Seminar course by Professor  Ekaterina Galimova.

PI Dr. Alan Fryar and Dr. Karen Rignall from the University of Kentucky's Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, in collaboration with AUCA professors Co-PI Dr. Sagynbek Orunbaev, Baktyiar Asanov, and Dr.

AUCA proudly announces Mira Dzhakshylykova, our Sustainability Coordinator, as a distinguished participant at the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP-28, the world's premier climate conference! By representing AUCA and the education sector, championing youth involvement in Kyrgyzstan.

On December 1, the Anthropology Department hosted  the Annual Anthropology Student Field Reports Session. This engaging event served as a platform for both Master's and Bachelor's students to present their field reports, unveiling a myriad of cultural narratives from diverse corners of the world.

The awarding ceremony was held in a joint event with the Japanese Club of AUCA @japanese_club_auca. Japanese Club announced the winners of the Saiki Creative Contest organized by the club. 

The top spot is the American University of Central Asia (AUCA) in Kyrgyzstan. This is the result of the QS World University Rankings Asia 2024 compiled by Quacquarelli Simmons (QS) of the UK. The American University of Central Asia received the highest evaluation among other universities of Kyrgyzstan and occupied the top 10 in Central Asia and the top 29% in the QS Asia University Rankings

During her recent business trip, Dr.Aizhana Dzhumalieva, the Dean of the Journalism and Mass Communications Department at the AUCA, visited Oslo and Gothenburg, to develop and expand a new partnership between JMC/AUCA and European partners for future projects.

The Open Society University Network supported CORUSUS project (2021-2024) lead by Dr. Brandon P. Anthony at CEU aims at strengthening teaching, learning and research by cultivating cooperation to address the sustainability of rural livelihoods in South Africa, Kyrgyzstan, and Lebanon, whilst bolstering the sharing of knowledge and experience between faculty and students of partner institutions.

During the Fall 2023 semester, the International and Comparative Politics Department faculty members actively take part in professional activities to enrich their professional experience and knowledge, enlarge the network of professional activities and further collaborations with European and American institutions, and bring new opportunities for the AUCA students and faculty by providing a high level of quality in teaching and research in the fields of Political Science and International Relations.