Green River College considers opening campus in Uzbekistan

Green River College is considering launching a campus in Uzbekistan

The Uzbek side informed the college about ongoing education reforms, steps to improve career guidance for young people, expand hands-on training, and build partnerships with foreign educational institutions. Green River College’s leadership welcomed the reforms and said it was ready to work with Uzbek partners.

Special focus was placed on a proposed “1+1+2” education model. Under this plan, students would study their first year at a Green River College campus in Uzbekistan, their second year at the college’s US campus, and their third and fourth years at an American university to earn a bachelor’s degree.

College representatives said the model could potentially enable students who have finished ninth grade to combine secondary education with college-level study and complete both school education and a bachelor’s degree within four years, if they satisfy admission, age, English-language proficiency and academic requirements.

The discussions also included joint programs in information technology, software development, cybersecurity, accounting and aviation, along with student and faculty exchanges.

Green River College officials said they were ready to establish direct cooperation with interested educational institutions in Uzbekistan.

Green River College started in 1945 as an evening education program for adults and was officially established as a community college in September 1964, offering technical and vocational programs.

Today, the college provides transfer programs, career and technical education, applied bachelor’s degrees, preparatory courses, and community and continuing education programs. It has about 15,000 students.