What happened?

An operating student dormitory of Tashkent State Pedagogical University on Muqimiy Street has been put up for sale. However, the new owner will receive the building only after students are moved to new dormitories in New Tashkent. The head of the State Assets Management Agency (DABA), Sohibjon Murodov, announced this at a press conference on October 8.

Journalists asked why social facilities, including student dormitories, were included in the privatization program. Murodov confirmed the sale of the TDPU dormitory and pointed out that the university's buildings are scattered across roughly seven to nine districts of the capital. As a result, some students spend a long time commuting.

The new campus plan

The university is planned to be consolidated in a single area in New Tashkent. There, 50 hectares of land have been allocated, the teaching building is almost complete, and dormitory construction has begun. The new campus is being built on 40 hectares and is designed to educate 20,000 students and provide housing for 5,000 people.

According to the agency head, selling the current buildings will not reduce the number of dormitory places, because the sale terms require the property to keep its function. The dormitory will continue to admit students and will be handed over to the buyer only after they move to the new site.

Sale terms

The complex of dormitories No. 5, 7, 8 and 9 at 96 Muqimiy Street has been put up for auction with a starting price of 272.3 billion soums. The land area is one hectare, and the total floor area of the buildings is nearly 16,000 square meters. Under the terms, the property must be vacated by December 31, 2027, but this depends on the readiness of the new campus. Murodov did not give exact dates for the construction of new dormitories or disclose the starting price.

Earlier, three more university building complexes in Tashkent were put up for sale. The combined starting price of the four facilities, which include dormitories, is about 1.63 trillion soums.

The bigger picture: a housing shortage

According to the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, at the beginning of 2026, 58% of students in state higher education institutions who needed housing were provided with a dormitory place. In 2017, this figure was 28%. In September, the ministry reported 167,000 places in 408 dormitories.

As of September 2025, about 270,000 students needed housing, while state university dormitories were designed for 155,800 places. The shortage was estimated at 114,200 places. The government is expanding dormitory construction through public-private partnerships: as of July 2026, projects for 38,500 places are underway, and active construction is taking place at facilities for 30,700 of them.

Students who fail to get a dormitory place may receive help finding rental housing and partial compensation for their costs. The compensation can reach up to one base calculation value (BHM) in Tashkent and up to half of that in other regions.

Source: Gazeta.uz