Visang Education enters second Uzbek national university with AI Korean-language platform

Visang Education is pushing deeper into Uzbekistan's higher education market by supplying an AI-based education platform to a second national university in the country.

The company announced Monday that it signed a supply contract for its global education platform AllviA with Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies on June 30. Under the agreement, Visang Education's Korean-language program klass will be introduced into the university's Korean-language curriculum starting with the local semester beginning in September.

The deal came roughly five months after the two sides began reviewing the possibility of adopting the platform. Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies had previously disclosed that its officials met with Visang Education representatives on Feb. 6 to discuss the features of AllviA Connect Learning and how it could be integrated into existing curricula.

Students using klass can study Korean before and after class through AI conversation learning and an AI tutoring function. Instructors can manage learning progress, content operations and individual student activity records through the platform.

AllviA is a software-as-a-service education platform combining a learning management system, video classes, e-learning content creation and AI conversational learning services. It is designed to allow external educational content and functions to be added in modular form.

Visang Education had previously supplied AllviA to Uzbekistan National University of Pedagogical Sciences. With the latest contract, the company has expanded its roster of partner universities in the country to two, broadening its platform footprint in higher education after earlier inroads into primary and secondary public schooling.

Uzbekistan is considered one of the countries with the strongest demand for Korean-language learning, driven by job seekers and students aiming to study in South Korea. According to the King Sejong Institute Foundation, seven King Sejong Institutes operate in Uzbekistan as of 2025. The number of Uzbek students enrolled at South Korean universities stands at 12,025 — the fourth largest foreign student group after those from China, Vietnam and Mongolia. The number of TOPIK test-takers in the country has also been on the rise.

Yeon Sang-heum, head of the Korean studies department at the Institute of Advanced Korean Studies at Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies, said he expects AllviA to "provide students with a self-directed learning experience and a Korean-language learning environment unconstrained by location."

Roh Jung-il, chief executive of Visang Education's global division, described AllviA as "an operating system that runs offline and online classes together," adding that the company would "use AI and the platform to narrow gaps in educational opportunity and expand the overseas supply of K-edtech."