2022 Fall

Admissions Guide for Local

Applicants

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 CONTENTS

1. Admissions Timeline 3

2. Programs Offered 4

3. Admission Quota 5

4. Things to Know Before Application 5

5. Admissions Eligibility and Requirements 6

6. How to Apply 8

7. Admissions Criteria 9

8. Scholarships 10

9. Contract Basis 10

10. Things to Know When Admitted 10

11. Tuition Fee 11

12. Contact Information 12

AU Admissions: https://akfauniversity.org/

CONTACT ADDRESS Telephone: +998 71 200 01 23

E-mail: info@akfauniversity.org
Address: National Park Street, Barkamol MFY,
Yangiabad village, Mirzo-Ulugbek district,
Tashkent.
Office Hours: Monday ~ Friday, 9:30AM ~ 6PM

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01/ Admissions Timeline
No Step Timeline
● January 10 (Mon),10:00 - February 1 (Tue), 17:00 2022 (First
Admission – Contract basis)
● January 10 (Mon),10:00 - March 1 (Tue), 17:00 2022 (Second
Admission– Contract basis)
● January 10 (Mon),10:00 - April 1 (Fri), 17:00 2022
1 (Third Admission – Contract basis)
● January 10 (Mon),10:00 - May 1 (Sun),17:00 2022
(Fourth Admission – Contract basis)
Online
● January 10 (Mon),10:00 - June 1 (Wed),17:00 2022
Application
(Fifth Admission – Contract basis)
&
● January 10 (Mon),10:00 - July 1 (Fri),17:00 2022
Counselling
(Sixth Admission – Scholarship basis)
● July 11 (Mon),10:00 - August 20 (Sat),17:00 2022
(Seventh Admission –Contract basis)
● Visit Akfa University website https://akfauniversity.org/ and click ‘for locals’ in the
homepage, then click “ apply now ” given at the bottom of the page and create an
account on the online application system
● The online application can be time-consuming. We strongly suggest applicants
complete the online application at least three days before the online application
deadline. (You may modify the contents of the application before each admission
deadline)
● 10:00 ~ 16:00, February 7 (Mon), 2022
(Entrance Exam 1 - Contract basis)
● 10:00 ~ 16:00, March 7 (Mon), 2022
(Entrance Exam 2 - Contract basis)
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● 10:00 ~ 16:00, April 7 (Thu), 2022
(Entrance Exam 3 - Contract basis)
Entrance ● 10:00 ~ 16:00, May 7 (Sat), 2022
Examination (Entrance Exam 4 - Contract basis)
● 10:00 ~ 16:00, June 7 (Tue), 2022
(Entrance Exam 5 - Contract basis)
● 10:00 ~ 16:00 July 7 (Thu), 2022
(Entrance Exam 6 - Scholarship basis)
● 10:00 ~ 16:00 August 25 (Thu), 2022
(Entrance Exam 7 - Contract basis)
● The examination is conducted to select prospective students for Admission
by evaluating Applicants’ knowledge of particular areas of study
● Passport will be required to attend the entrance examination
● Each applicant will be able to check his/her answers with solutions for exam questions
on the same day via email.
Results are released on the entrance exam day
Announcement
of Admissions ● Results will be posted on the AU website and will be informed with
3 Individual Announcement by email https://akfauniversity.org/
Decision
● Applicants will be ranked based on Entrance Exam scores

Available for 14 days after the Entrance Exam results are

Registration
released in each Admission
4 (Tuition Fee ● Please consult the Admission Office for further details regarding the registration
Payment) process
※ Entrance Exam in August may not be administered if the admission quota is all filled. The scheduled
dates above are subject to change. Please make sure to check the AU website for any changes in dates .
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02/ Programs Offered
• All courses are offered in English Language only.
• For detailed information on the curriculum, please refer to the https://akfauniversity.org/

Program
Faculty Department Duration Degree Conferred
(years)

Medical School 6 M.D.

Dental School 6 D.D.S.

Pharmacy School 6 D.P.

Nursing School 3 B.N.

Dept of Civil Engineering 4 B.S.

Dept of Electrical and

4 B.S.
Electronics Engineering
School of Engineering
Dept of Computer Science 4 B.S.

Dept of Architecture & Design 4 B.S.

Dept of Applied Mathematics 4 B.S.

Dept of English Education 3 B.A.

School of Education

Dept. of Journalism 4 B.A

Dept of Accounting & Finance 4 B.S.

Dept of Digital Marketing 4 B.A.

Dept of Startup Management 4 B.A.

Business School
Dept of International Business 4 B.A.

Dept of Economics 4 B.S.

Law School Dept. of Commercial Law 4 B.A.

M.D. (Medical Doctor), D.D.S. (Doctor of Dental Surgery), D.P. (Doctor of Pharmacy), B.Eng. (Bachelor of Engineering), B.S.
(Bachelor of Science), B.A. (Bachelor of Arts), B.N. (Bachelor of Nursing).

※ There may be changes in names of faculties or departments if they are combined or divided. Applicants
should check programs offered during the application process.

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03/ Admission Quota
• The quota for local admissions is determined as 100 for each department.
- Scholarship based – 42
- Contract-based – 58
• The quota for international admissions is determined as 50 for each department.

※ In case the number of admitted students will not exceed 60% of the Admission Quota for a department,
this program will not be opened in the upcoming Fall 2022 semester.

04/ Things to Know Before Application

[ Application Process]

• You must make sure to input correct personal information and all other documents. When a whole
set of required documents are uploaded by you, the admissions office immediately starts
verification by checking all information you provided. Before the admissions office starts verification,
you can modify your data or documents. But, once your application is verified and approved, you
cannot change it.
• You are not permitted to submit multiple applications and will be disqualified for admission if found
doing so. Multiple applications are defined as having more than one registration number due to
submitting multiple applications.
• AU is not able to check the arrival status of application verification in your email. Thus, please
check your registered email until you get the message about your application’s successful
submission.
• The admissions staff reserves the right to require additional documents from you, should there be
any need to clarify the eligibility or verify the authenticity of the submitted materials. You are fully
responsible for any disadvantages there may incur due to errors and omissions in the information
provided in the application.

[ Admission and Registration]

• Successful Applicants who are expected to graduate from High Schools/Lyceum/College (Bachelor
applicants) must prove their graduation after the entrance exam results are released. If not, the
admission offer for you will be cancelled.
• If an admitted student wishes to select another university that offers additional selection, he/she
must contact AU (info@akfauniversity.org) as soon as possible and express to cancel the
registration at AU.
• If you get admission from two universities, you must choose one. You cannot enroll at two or more
universities at the same time. If you do not comply with this regulation, the admissions offer for you
will be cancelled.
• If you are a student at some other university, you have to leave or graduate from your current
university before the AU’s entrance date (September 12, 2021). Failure to comply with this
regulation will result in cancellation of the admissions offer for you.
• AU does not disclose any information related to admission decisions such as eligibility of each
applicant, the evaluation contents, and the reason for rejection or disqualification.
• Admissions offers will be cancelled if you are found to submit false information, fake documents, or
try unfair practice or cheating for admissions at any time during the application process. This rule
applies even after admission or enrollment at AU.
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05/ Admissions Eligibility and Requirements
• Each applicant must meet the admissions eligibility for local admissions by July 1, 2022.
• If there is any ambiguity in admissions eligibility, the decision will be made by the Admissions
Committee.

[ Local applicants]

1. Eligibility:

Both applicant and his/her parents should be citizens of Uzbekistan.

The requirement for applicant’s prior education:

• Undergraduate program: The applicant must hold a High school/Lyceum/College diploma or higher;
2. Proof of Language Proficiency:

• English Proficiency: TOEFL iBT 55, IELTS 5.5, Duo Lingo 90 or higher for Medical Studies
(Medical School, School of Pharmacy, School of Dentistry);
• English Proficiency: TOEFL iBT 50, IELTS 5.0, Duo lingo 80 or higher for other departments;
• The certificate must be valid at the date of submission;
• IEPTE(Akfa University Internal English Proficiency Testing Exam) is for those who do not have any
of the above English Proficiency Certificates. The applicants who scored more than 40% of highest
score in IEPTE will be allowed to take the entrance examination. Furthermore, those applicants who
passed the IEPTE will be directly accepted on a contract-basis to the Dept. of English Education.
3. Required Documents:
The scanned copies of the following documents must be attached to the online application form:

• Passport with the residence permit;

• Diploma from lyceum/college/high school or verification certificate including enrollment certificate
from lyceum/college/high school;
• Official English proficiency test certificate (IELTS/ TOEFL iBT/ Duo Lingo/IEPTE);
• The electronic photo was taken within the last three months – 3.5 cm × 4.5 cm.

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 Online
# Required Documents for Application
submission
Proof of Language Proficiency (English)
1 Scan
• The issuing date must be before July 1, 2022.

Application for Admissions [Form 1]

• Please fill in the online application form in English language
2 Online
• Your name must match your English name on your Passport
• All sections must be filled in.

Diploma and Transcript from lyceum/college/high school or

official certificate of enrollment and expected graduation

• Please upload the exact scan version of your High school diploma on the
online application website
3 Scan • Applicants who graduated overseas high schools should submit the
Certificate of
• Graduation and Transcript
• Students who have not a diploma may submit their certificate of expected
graduation, certificate of enrollment

A copy of the Applicant’s Passport

4 Scan • The expiry date must be valid
• Please upload the transparent scanned file on the online application website

An Applicant’s Photo
5 Scan
• A clear electronic photo (3.5 cm × 4.5 cm) taken within the last three months

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06/ How to Apply
1 Proof of Language Proficiency (English, other languages not Compulsory
acceptable)

Proof of language proficiency is required as 1 or 2; test results must be acquired before June 27,
2022
1) English Proficiency: TOEFL iBT 55, IELTS 5.5, Duo lingo 90 or higher for Healthcare Studies
(Medical School, Dental School, School of Pharmacy)
2) English Proficiency: TOEFL iBT 50, IELTS 5.0, Duo lingo 80 or higher for other departments

3) Other official documents indicating proof of language proficiency

● School profile (if a school study is entirely in English, and in one of the following English
speaking countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize,
Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Ireland, Jamaica, New Zealand, St Kitts, and Nevis,
St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United
States of America)
● IEPTE(Akfa University Internal English Proficiency Testing Exam). Those applicants who
scored more than 40 in the IEPTE will be allowed to take the entrance examination.

2 Online Application Compulsory

• The Application for Admission should be submitted from January 10 until July 1.
• Online applications can be completed using Internet Explorer and Google Chrome. Applicants
must be aware that they may encounter errors if other browsers are used when completing the
online application.
• Submission by e-mail or fax is not accepted.
• Your application is considered as “complete” if you receive a verification email from the
Admissions Office. You cannot cancel or change the Admissions Type or the Admissions
Program after your application is verified.
• You can change Personal Information and the uploaded files before they are verified by the
Admissions Office and the application deadline (17:00 July 27, 2022), except the Admissions
Type or the Admissions Program.
• Online application for the Fall 2022 intake must be completed by 17:00, July 1 (Fri), 2022
(Uzbekistan Standard Time).
3 Document Submission Compulsory

• Applicants, who have been admitted to AU, must submit the following original documents
during the registration period of 14 days.
✜ A certificate of diploma from Lyceum/College or an equivalent certificate from the school
where applicants have studied

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07/ Admissions Criteria
Admissions decisions are made based on an overall score of the entrance examination for each
applicant, which are used to assess the applicant’s knowledge on particular areas of study depending
on each department. Each applicant must take two entrance examinations, one for contract and one
for the scholarship according to AU Admissions regulation, and the applicant’s knowledge of the
subjects is examined according to the following admissions criteria. Those applicants who scored
more than 40 out of 100 in the contract examination will only be allowed to take the scholarship
examination.

Faculties & Departments Entrance Examination

90 minutes
Medical School
Dental School ● Mathematics – 20 questions
School of Pharmacy ● Biology – 20 questions
● Chemistry – 20 questions
Nursing School
60 minutes (Scholarship exam)
Dept. of English Education
● English – 20~30 questions

※only students who have IELTS 6 or higher can

enter the scholarship examination for Dept. English
Dept. of Journalism
Education and Dept. of Journalism.

Dept. of Accounting and Finance

Dept. of Economics

Dept. of Applied Mathematics

Dept. of Civil Engineering

Dept of Computer Science
40 minutes
Dept of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
● Mathematics – 20 questions
Dept. of Architecture & Design
Dept. of Digital Marketing

Dept. of Startup Management

Dept. of International Business

Dept. of Commercial Law

※ Entrance Exam total score is calculated by the sum of the subjects' scores in each Department
Exam Criteria mentioned above. Each subject is on a 100 points scale. The Minimum entrance score
of the exam shall be 50% of the highest score in that department. Applicants getting less than 50% of
the highest score shall not be admitted. Applicants will be ranked based on Entrance Exam scores
only, whereby 100 applicants will be admitted to the study program in the 2022/2023 academic year.
When some of the 100 successful applicants resign to enroll, the empty positions will be taken by
applicants who ranked 101 or lower.

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08/ Scholarships
• Merit Scholarships: Top 42 applicants achieving high scores in the Entrance Exam will be
granted with the following types of merit scholarships for the first semester.

Number of Entrance Exam Scholarship

Total Remarks
students rank amount

2 1-2 100%
2 3-4 75%
Merit Scholarships for successful
3 5-7 50% 42 students are valid for the first
semester only
15 8-22 20%
20 23-42 10%

• Academic Excellence Scholarships: From the 2nd semester, the same amount of scholarship
as above will be granted to the top ranked 42 students who obtained highest total scores from all
subjects they studied.

• English Proficiency Scholarships: Up to 20% Scholarship is offered to students based on their

IELTS score and its equivalent in TOEFL or Duo Lingo.

● 5% Scholarship – Based on an IELTS score of 7.0

● 10% Scholarship – Based on an IELTS score of 7.5
● 15% Scholarship – Based on an IELTS score of 8.0
● 20% Scholarship – Based on an IELTS score of 8.5 - above

※ Students should apply for 5-10% scholarships every semester with a valid certificate. But,
students of 15-20% scholarship do not need to re-apply for EPS. One-time application is good for
the entire period of study at AU.

09/ Contract Basis

• The successful applicants who scored higher than 50% of the highest total score in the
department will be admitted on a contract basis.

※Applicants who have IELTS 5 or higher will be exempted from the contract-based entrance exam
and directly accepted to the Dept. of English Education and Dept. of Journalism. But, they have to
take the scholarship exam, if they want to compete for the merit scholarship. Also, the applicants
who passed the IEPTE will also be directly accepted on a contract-basis to the Dept. of English
Education and Dept. of Journalism.

10/ Things to Know When Admitted

• Admitted students should complete the enrollment process by paying the tuition fee within the
designated period. For applicants who fail to do so, the offer for admission will be cancelled.
• In case you cannot start studying at AU from Fall 2022, you can secure your status as a student
at AU by paying tuition during the enrollment period, and then you can file for a Leave of Absence.
When you return to school for a later semester, you do not have to pay tuition for the first
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semester of returning.

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11/ Tuition Fee
• The tuition fee for domestic students (citizens of Uzbekistan) shall be paid in UZS and
international students (foreign passport holders) in USD.

SEMESTER TUITION FEE

Faculties & Departments Domestics Students (UZS) International Students (USD)

Pre-medical School 21,000,000 3,500

Medical School 29,000,000 5,000

Dental School 21,000,000 3,500

School of Pharmacy 21,000,000 3,500

Nursing School 10,000,000 1,500

Dept of Accounting & Finance 14,500,000 2,000

Dept of Economics 13,500,000 2,000

Dept of Architecture & Design 13,500,000 2,000

Dept of Civil Engineering 13,500,000 2,000

Dept of Computer Science 13,500,000 2,000

Dept of Electrical and Electronics 13,500,000 2,000

Engineering

Dept of English Education 12,000,000 1,500

Dept of Journalism 12,500,000 1,500

Dept of Applied Mathematics 12,000,000 1,500

Dept of Digital Marketing 12,500,000 1,500

Dept of Startup Management 12,500,000 1,500

Dept of International Business 12,500,000 1,500

Dept of Commercial Law 12,500,000 1,500

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12/ Contact Information

Queries Department Telephone Homepage/Email

Applicant AKFA University: Home

Office of Admissions + 998 71 200 01 23
eligibility

Visa for foreign

Office of Laws + 998 71 200 01 23 law@akfauniversity.org
students

Faculties All departments + 998 71 200 01 23 AKFA University: Home

Tuition payment, Office of Financial

+ 998 71 200 01 23 info@akfauniversity.org
refund Affairs

Office of Academic https://akfauniversity.org/scholarshi

Scholarship + 998 71 200 01 23
Affairs and Admissions ps/

Leave of
absence, Office of Academic https://akfauniversity.org/for-studen
+ 998 71 200 01 23
Course Affairs ts/
management

Course Office of Academic https://akfauniversity.org/course/ab

+ 998 71 200 01 23
registration Affairs out-puc/

Dormitory Office of Student Affairs + 998 71 200 01 23 info@akfauniversity.org

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