Research plan for an independent researcher
Independent research (mustaqil izlanuvchilik) has no entrance examination and no stipend, and applications are accepted year-round. The plan is therefore usually spread over a longer span and run alongside the researcher’s main employment.
- Free
- Your plan is saved to your account
- Matches OAK Regulation No. 2894
- 7
- Total works
- 3
- Journal articles
- 5 years
- Plan period
What the plan covers
Plan period: 5 years
- 1Topic registration
- 2Literature review
- 3Methodology
- 4Data collection
- 5Publications(Runs in parallel)
- 6Writing the dissertation
- 7Preliminary defence (seminar)
- 8Official defence
- 9OAK approval
OAK requirements: how many articles do you need?
| Total works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Journal articles | 3 |
| In a foreign journal | 1 |
| Conference materials | 2 |
| Monograph | No |
Source: OAK Presidium Regulation No. 2894 — lex.uz 2894
How you enter this route
Independent researcher
| Degree awarded | PhD or DSc | VMQ 304 · clause 38 |
|---|---|---|
| How you are selected | Neither an examination nor an interview | VMQ 304 · clause 40 |
| Articles to apply | No count fixed | VMQ 304 · clause 38 |
| Conference theses to apply | No count fixed | VMQ 304 · clause 38 |
| State quota | No | VMQ 304 · clause 30 |
| Stipend | Not paid | VMQ 304 · clause 30 |
| Counts towards service record | Does not count | VMQ 304 · clause 38 |
The documents below were read in full text on lex.uz. Every figure links to its own clause.
Admission and defence requirementsPlans for the other routes
- Research plan for a basic doctoral studentFor candidates admitted to basic doctoral study by entrance examination
- Research plan for a trainee researcherFor candidates admitted as trainee researchers by interview
- Research plan for a Doctor of Science (DSc)For PhD holders preparing a Doctor of Science defence
- Research plan for a master’s dissertationFor master’s students working on a dissertation
- Research Plan
Sources
The documents below were read in full text on lex.uz. Every figure links to its own clause.
- Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 304 — Regulation on post-graduate education
304-son · May 22, 2017 · 2-ilova — «Oliy taʼlimdan keyingi taʼlim toʻgʻrisidagi Nizom»
- OAK Presidium Regulation No. 2894 — On the procedure for awarding academic degrees
2894-son (MoJ roʻyxati) · June 23, 2017 · «Ilmiy darajalar berish tartibi toʻgʻrisidagi nizom»
- Presidential Decree PF-98 — training of scientific personnel and the attestation system
PF-98-son · May 26, 2026
- Presidential Decree PF-81 — higher-education admission and foreign-language certificate levels
PF-81-son · May 24, 2024
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