As my second academic year began, I finally realized that UMFT does not live up to its title of “university.” Ironically, I received better education in school than I do here. Sometimes it genuinely feels like my school teachers were far more competent than many of the instructors at this university.

Problems That Completely Threw Me Off

The biggest disappointment is the way the educational process is organized. Almost 90% of the instructors don’t speak Russian. And yes, I’m Uzbek and I understand Uzbek perfectly well. But if I wanted to study in Uzbek, I would have chosen the national (Uzbek-language) track. I enrolled in the Russian-language stream, yet ended up with teachers who either speak only Uzbek or mix languages so chaotically that the material becomes incomprehensible. Add to that the fact that many of them barely know their own subject - and the picture becomes complete.

The First Year

The first year was at least somewhat tolerable. There were a few decent instructors - philosophy and religious studies, English, programming (first semester), and physics. They knew their subjects and knew how to teach. Everyone else either didn’t know Russian, didn’t understand their own field well enough, or had no teaching skills at all.

The Second Year - The Breaking Point

The second year made things significantly worse. Most of the instructors behave like professionals only on paper. One example stands out: the math instructor. His behavior is its own separate story - unfortunately, not a funny one. He doesn’t know how to communicate with students, argues for no reason, scolds people one-on-one, and acts as if he’s someone who finished a six-month crash course and now, in the body of an adult, is “teaching” us math. This is not university-level behavior, and certainly not what you expect when entering higher education.

I originally thought: fine, the first year isn’t specialized, it happens. But now it feels like by the end of this program I’ll walk away with nothing but a piece of paper - a diploma - and zero real skills for my field.

Expectations vs. Reality

I entered university hoping for motivation, development, and a real academic environment. I imagined staying after classes, reading in the university library, learning new disciplines. None of that happened.

About 85% of the books in the library are in Uzbek, and there are very few books overall. When we ask where to find proper study materials, we’re pushed toward a free electronic library that contains nothing original and nothing in Russian. Even the presentations uploaded to Hemis are often completely off-topic - and, again, mostly in Uzbek. And I’ll repeat: I am in the Russian-language stream.

University-Level Organization

The condition of the university and its infrastructure is far below what you would expect from an institution with such a name. But this is not the main issue. The core problem is the instructors: Uzbek-only learning materials, lack of Russian proficiency, and weak subject knowledge. Every day the same thought comes back to me: I regret choosing this university.

The Strange Situation with Majors

At the beginning of the academic year, our stream had four majors: Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity, and Multimedia Technologies. Now only two remain - Software Engineering and Cybersecurity. The administration claims this is temporary, but looking at how things are going, it’s clearly not. And even then, there’s no real difference between the two - we have the same classes, same instructors, same schedule. It’s two majors in name only.

Final Feeling

I have a constant sense that I am silently wasting both my time and my money - and there is nothing I can do to stop it or change it. I’m not getting the education I hoped for, and I can’t influence the system in any meaningful way