🚀 Applications for membership in the AFRASIAB UNIVERSITY Startup Club are now open!
📣 Dear professors and lecturers, young researchers, doctoral students, master’s students, and proactive students!
Pursuant to Resolution No. PQ-59 of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated February 11, 2026, “On Measures to Introduce a Comprehensive Ecosystem for Supporting Startups”; Order No. 287 of the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated July 9, 2026, “On the Establishment of ‘Startup Clubs’ for Talented Youth and the Introduction of Their Innovative Developments into Manufacturing Enterprises”; and University Order No. 75-A dated July 29, 2026, “On Ensuring the Implementation of Order No. 287 of the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation dated July 9, 2026”.
The main objective of the Club is to identify innovative ideas proposed by students and researchers, transform them into promising startup projects, and create an environment that connects these initiatives with practical application and the real sector of the economy.
🎯 Main areas of the Club’s activities:
💡 Supporting innovative ideas — identifying and developing promising scientific, technological, and practical initiatives.
🤝 Integration of science and practice — connecting scientific developments with manufacturing, business, and the needs of the real sector.
🚀 Startup development — supporting ideas from the initial concept stage through to a ready-to-implement project, further improvement, and commercialization.
📈 Development of innovation activities — building a startup ecosystem within the university and supporting proactive young people.
🔬 The Startup Club accepts projects in the following promising areas:
💻 Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence
🌱 Agro-industry and Green Economy
🧬 Biotechnology
🏭 Industry and Engineering
🔬 Other innovative and promising fields
🟢 Opportunities for Club members:
✔️ working with qualified mentors, academic supervisors, and industry experts;
✔️ participating in pitching sessions, startup forums, and hackathons;
✔️ taking part in innovation seminars and mentoring programs;
✔️ developing projects with the involvement of experts and business representatives;
✔️ preparing promising projects for funding and implementation in the real sector.
When selecting startup projects, consideration will be given to their level of innovation, technological readiness, relevance to real-sector needs, commercialization potential, team capabilities, as well as the project’s economic and social impact.
👩💻👨💻👨🏫 Membership in the Startup Club is open to bachelor’s and master’s students, doctoral students, independent researchers, professors and lecturers, as well as young researchers.
🤝 Develop your scientific and innovative ideas, create new projects, and turn them into real results.
🚀 AFRASIAB UNIVERSITY — an environment for new ideas and new opportunities.
