In 2012, the process of creating shyrdaks was included in UNESCO's List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safekeeping. AUCA alumna Aliya Rakhman co-founded Nakta Designs to sell handmade rugs (shyrdak) and accessories created by talented artisans from Kyrgyzstan, investing and directly contributing to a sustainable development of the small businesses led by women artisans in low-income rural communities.

The couple met in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, in May 2014. At the time, she was an associate professor of law at the American University of Central Asia in Bishkek, and he was the chief financial officer of an international energy company that sponsored a scholarship program at American University there.

American University of Central Asia will present Masters programs MBA, LLM and MSc in Economics in Dushanbe and Khudjand! Dushanbe, 25th of May, 17:30, conference hall in "Rudaki Plaza", Rudaki Avenue 113.Khudjand, 27th of May, 10:00, conference hall in "Kohi Matbuot" building, Micro region 20.

AUCA would like to provide students and university community with information about our professors. Professors are a critical resource within the University community, possessing a range of skills and knowledge which can contribute significantly to the quality of the institution in a variety of ways. Professors in AUCA provide leadership in their research discipline within a national and international context.

AUCA extends a very warm welcome to international students.  As an international student, you have the opportunity of a life time to attain well-rounded education that goes beyond the academic.  An international education imbues you with, amongst others, attributes of adaptability, flexibility, and cultural fluency: the soft skills so sought after by employers world-wide. 

Before coming to teach at AUCA, Raphael Dagold was teaching at the University of Utah, where he got his PhD in Creative Writing and Literature. Raphael is also a practicing poet, with his first book of poetry published in 2014.

From April 19 to May 1, 2017, AUCA Library hosted Ms. Anita Walz, Open Education, Copyright, and Scholarly Communication Librarian at Virginia Tech.  Ms. Walz came to AUCA under the Fulbright Specialist Program, funded by the U.S. Department of State. 

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April 21 and 22, the program in Environmental Management and Sustainable Development (EM&SD) sent professors Orozbaev and Asanov along with four students two Bard exchange students on a site tour at the Kumtor Mining Area in Issyk-Kul.

On March 24 to 25, 2017, the American University of Central Asia (AUCA) in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, hosted the conference ‘Reimagining Civil Society in a Period of “Uncivil Societies”. Out of dozens of submitted abstracts, 20 works were selected to present at the conference.