Paper short abstract:

Winter intake is a relatively new phenomenon in Uzbekistan, which is being explored by the international Universities. The paper presents an analysis of examination results for winter intake applicants at International Digital University in Tashkent.

Paper long abstract:

A number of international English medium of instruction universities in Uzbekistan start exploring the winter intake options in Uzbekistan. International Digital University has conducted a student recruitment campaign for winter intake to its Foundation level programme in the fall of 2021. All applicants were subjected to a compulsory entrance examination, which was composed of two parts: English language examination and mathematics examination. Unlike many other institutions International Digital University has provided options for the applicants to sit mathematics examination in any of the three languages: English, Uzbek and Russian. A detailed analysis of language choices across the five examinations held in autumn 2021 has shown a consistent picture in the choice of languages indicating that the vast majority of applicants prefer Uzbek language, followed by Russian and then English. A binomial distribution model was used to predict the future choices of applicants for each subsequent examination, which led to some important implications to the examination administrations such as preparing optimal number of examination copies.

Further analysis was conducted to identify the relationship between the English Examination and Mathematics examination scores across the exam sessions. An independent samples t-test was made to compare performance of various cohorts of students accords the examinations as well as to identify the differences in English language examination scores based on the preferred choice of language for the mathematics examination. The results indicate that there is no statistically significant difference (p