Central Asian University

Key Highlights

• Founded in 2019 and renamed from AKFA University in June 2023
• Listed by Uzbekistan’s National Quality Assurance Agency as a higher-education institution
• Updated license number 223409 covers bachelor’s fields and an MBA
• Operating in Tashkent with active 2026/2027 recruitment and tuition information

Student Life & Environment

CAU provides an on-campus setting where academic, residential, and recreational facilities are grouped together. The university’s facilities page describes a dormitory for both local and international students, with single and triple rooms. Rooms include a bed, refrigerator, private bathroom and toilet, and Wi-Fi; shared kitchens are available on each floor, and laundry use is free apart from detergent. The institution reports capacity for 600 residents, so applicants should confirm availability rather than assume that housing is guaranteed. Recreation facilities include an indoor multipurpose hall used for basketball, volleyball, and futsal, a fitness center, and outdoor fields. The campus also has informal student spaces, including a chill zone, coworking and meeting areas, and a social room. The Student Council represents student concerns, supports student-led initiatives, organizes events and workshops, and offers guidance for clubs. Accessibility features described by CAU include tactile ground tiles, elevators with Braille-marked buttons, and adapted toilets and bathrooms. These are useful indicators of physical access, but students with particular accommodation needs should discuss the exact buildings, services, and support arrangements with the university before committing. International and exchange students can also seek assistance through the university’s international-relations and Erasmus+ functions, including guidance connected with arrival and campus accommodation.

Location & Surroundings

Central Asian University is located at 264 Milliy bog Street in Tashkent, Uzbekistan’s capital. The national quality-assurance register places its legal address in Tashkent’s Mirzo Ulugbek district, and the same address appears throughout the university’s official website. This gives students access to a capital-city environment while retaining a consolidated campus with teaching, residential, social, and sports spaces. Living on campus can reduce daily travel because the dormitory is within the university grounds and close to classrooms, laboratories, and other facilities. Students who plan to live elsewhere should independently check commute times and transport options from a prospective address; the reviewed official sources do not provide dependable route or travel-time guidance. For international applicants, Tashkent is also the point of arrival for many journeys to Uzbekistan, but visa and registration requirements depend on nationality and can change. CAU says its international-relations function provides visa-support and international-student assistance. Applicants should use current Uzbek government guidance and confirm university procedures before arranging travel. They should also budget separately for transportation, food, insurance, immigration formalities, and personal expenses because CAU’s published tuition and housing prices do not represent a complete cost-of-living budget.

Costs & Career Outcomes

CAU publishes program-specific tuition for the 2026/2027 intake and separates local students, international students from Central Asia, and other international students. Local annual fees shown include UZS 54,000,000 for English Language Teaching and Educational Management, UZS 81,000,000 for several business, engineering, architecture, and hospitality programs, UZS 94,500,000 for International Business, UZS 108,000,000 for Dentistry, and UZS 135,000,000 for Medicine. Students should use the amount attached to their exact program and category rather than treating these figures as one university-wide price. For international students outside the university’s Central Asia category, published annual tuition generally ranges from USD 5,000 for English Language Teaching and Educational Management to USD 11,000 for Medicine. Several programs are USD 7,000, while Dentistry is USD 9,000 and the listed dual-diploma programs reach USD 10,000. The university’s housing page lists annual single and triple-room prices of UZS 30,000,000 and UZS 15,000,000 for local students, or USD 3,000 and USD 1,500 for international students. The housing page does not label these prices by academic year, so applicants should reconfirm them before contracting. CAU operates a Career Center established in 2024. Its services include an online portal for jobs and internships, career advising, CV and cover-letter feedback, workshops, and mock interviews. These services can support career preparation, but the reviewed materials do not provide independently verified salary or placement outcomes suitable for comparison. Students in regulated clinical professions should separately verify licensing and recognition requirements in the country where they intend to practise.