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7th - 8th April, 2015
A two-day workshop convened by Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Germany) and the Central Asian Studies Institute, AUCA (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan).
Co-funded by the VolkswagenStiftung (Germany) and USAID (Kyrgyzstan).
Program and abstracts.

American University of Central Asia is pleased to announce that it has successfully signed a bilateral agreement with Kansai University in Japan

Bishkek is a very progressive city. I was impressed by the level of education here and the cooperation of women alongside men in order to have a better quality of life. I like and appreciate the culture of tolerance and diversity here. I believe that education is the only thing which enlightens people’s hearts and minds.

April 2, 2015
Second Side of Sexism: Analysis of Benevolent Practices of Subjugation and Domestic Violence in Southern Kyrgyzstan
Presenter: Bermet Zhanybekova, Senior, Psychology Department, AUCA

AUCA is a home for democracy, freedom of speech, pluralism and diversity, opportunities and knowledge. Take the full knowledge that AUCA offers. That knowledge will help you to see how wonderful life is and how many opportunities it offers. Overall, take every opportunity and positive benefit from AUCA to your countries.

In March 8th, 2015 students of Business Administration from AUCA visited the World Business Dialogue in Cologne, Germany, which is one of the largest international student-run business conventions worldwide.

Within 1,5 month AUCA held a photo contest "Moments at AUCA" where more than 60 users of social media took part. March 28th was the last day of voting. Summing up all the votes, the winners of the contest became: 

Chess – became one of the famous sport classes at AUCA and students always enjoy learning and playing it. We have very good success and improvement on chess.  Last year, AUCA chess teams participated in the Republican Universiada and male team won 2nd place and female team 3rd place.

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I believe that AUCA is one of very few schools in Central Asia committed to inspire and give its students opportunities to achieve their goals.