During the USSR, there were close scientific ties between MPEI, universities and organizations of Uzbekistan. Many MPEI graduates have worked in various fields of the national economy of Uzbekistan.

MPEI honorary graduates: Uzokboy Begimkulov (1987), Deputy Minister of Higher and Secondary Special Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan; staff of the Tashkent State Technical University (TSTU): Romen Zahidov and Kahramon Allaev, Academicians of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan;  H.G. Karimov, Dr.Sci (Techn), Professor; A.A. Khoshimov, Dr.Sci (Techn), Professor; A.S. Karimov,  Dr.Sci (Techn), Professor; A.D. Taslimov, Ph.D. (Techn), Associate Professor; U.B. Sharipov, Ph.D. (Techn), Associate Professor;  T.S. Mamarasulova, Ph.D. (Techn), Associate Professor and many others.

At the present stage, the active cooperation of the MPEI with the Republic of Uzbekistan resumed in 2017.

On May 16th, 2018 the roadmap was signed in the field of scientific research activities and development of cooperation between MPEI, Tashkent State Technical University named after I.Karimov (TSTU) and Djizakh Polytechnic Institute (DjizPI).

On October 9th, 2018, during the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Republic of Uzbekistan, a decision was made to establish MPEI branch in Tashkent. On the same day, a trilateral agreement was signed between the MPEI, Ministry of Higher and Secondary Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan and JSC “Uzbekenergo” on the establishment of MPEI branch in Tashkent. Nikolay Rogalev, MPEI Rector, Inomjon Majidov, Minister of Higher and Secondary Special Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Ulugbek Mustafoev, Chairman of the Board of Uzbekenergo JSC signed this agreement. A draft Roadmap has been prepared for the creation and development of MPEI branch in Tashkent for the period up to September 1st, 2023, and an agreement has been reached on improving the skills of teachers of TSTU on MPEI basis.

The cooperation of MPEI with TSTU is developing dynamically. TSTU was founded in 1920. Currently, TSTU is one of the largest technical universities in Central Asia in the fields of aviation, geology, mechanical engineering, energy, electrical engineering and automation. In 2018, MPEI and TSTU agreements were signed on a joint network bachelor's degree program in the following areas: "Electric Power Engineering and electrical Engineering", "Thermal Power Engineering and Thermal Engineering", "Nuclear Power Engineering and Thermophysics". An agreement was reached on the development of cooperation in the implementation of joint educational programs (hereinafter – JEP) for the preparation of bachelors in the "2+2" format, masters in the "1+1" format, and the training of Ph.D.-students at MPEI.

JEP in the direction of "Radio engineering and electronics" is successfully developing between MPEI  and DjizPI. In 2018, preparatory courses were opened in DjizPI to prepare applicants for admission to the JEP.

It is planned to continue and expand cooperation on exchange programs in the field of scientific researc​​h.​

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