Uzbekistan State University of World Languages (abbreviated as UzSWLU, Uzbek: Oʻzbekiston davlat jahon tillari universiteti; abbreviated as OʻzDJTU) is a public university located in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Islam Karimov established this university by merging two language institutions in 1992. The University is organised into 7 faculties: Roman & German Philology, Journalism, Translation Studies, Russian Philology and three English faculties and offers bachelor, master degrees in language-related fields. It has also the main national responsibility for training and requalification ESL teachers, creating and updating language textbooks, teaching methods, strategies in Uzbekistan. In addition to that, the University also maintains its own printing service and coordinates the Centre for Development of Language Teaching Methods. History UzSWLU is relatively young institution, established by Islam Karimov, former Uzbekistan's President. In its current form, It was created in 1992 by the merger of two higher institutes in Tashkent as follows: Tashkent Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages, established in 1949. Russian Language and Literature Institute, established in 1963. In 2007, the University established a lyceum that prepares middle school students to enter the University and also teaches language and humanitarian subjects in depth. Prior to this 2017, the University contained three lyceums, but with the introduction of an eleven-year educational school, this number was reduced to one. This lyceum is located on Bobur Street in Tashkent. Faculties UzSWLU mainly focuses on language-related fields and it's divided into 7 faculties. The faculties are listed as follows: First English language faculty Second English language faculty Third English language faculty Roman and German Philology Russian Philology Translation Studies International Journalism The University has three English faculties but they cover different fields, for example, the first faculty is aimed at training interpreters. First English faculty This faculty was firstly established on 12 May 1992 by President Karimov. The history of the faculty is directly linked to the history of the university as it was opened in the same year with the establishment of the university. This faculty actually trains ESL teachers and also gives them a choice to learn second language. The list of the second languages which are taught are given as follows, and the student can choose which language to learn: French, German, Arab, Spanish, Turkish and Chinese. It also cooperates with some international companies and institutions. The partners of the faculty are given as follows: British Council in Uzbekistan, American Embassy in Uzbekistan, "ITEC" program of Indian Embassy,