Westminster International University in Tashkent (WIUT) was founded on 16th January 2002 in partnership with the University of Westminster (UK, London) and the UMID Foundation of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan and became the first international university of Uzbekistan. WIUT provides internationally recognized higher education at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. All programmes and courses of WIUT are designed in partnership with the University of Westminster and are subject to the same quality assurance and control regulations as those taught in the UK.