Technical School of Innovation of the American University of Central Asia (TSI AUCA) is a private tuition-based not-for-profit non-denominational secondary professional education institution operating under the law of the Kyrgyz Republic (KR) located in Bishkek.

Education at TSI AUCA lasts three years, one year of a secondary general education program and two years of professional education, equivalent to bachelor programs.

TSI AUCA curricula are designed according to the international standards of education. The load of 3-year curriculums at TSI is 247 ECTS and more.

We offer a unique program in “Design Management and Design Thinking” that prepares students to develop and implement new commercial and social products based on methods of design thinking, offering solutions that comply with the needs of society and meet the ethical principles and requirements of sustainable development.

Program graduates have professional skills in collecting and analyzing large amounts of diverse data related to living conditions, attitudes, desires, values, interests of consumers, as well as methods of organizing teamwork of specialists of different profiles to generate ideas and immerse themselves in the life of the user in order to identify ways to improve consumer well-being and develop ideas for new products.

Graduates are proficient in prototyping, experimentation, and product testing techniques to understand consumer experience and refine products.

At the end of the 2nd year students start to work on the Final Inter-disciplinary startup Project (FIP) that requires to mobilize the whole variety of skills acquired in different subjects during their studies. FIP is realized by teams of students who are composed randomly from representatives of 6 majors. The process of FIP is organized through the Design Thinking stages. During 14-month students are working to identify the consumer needs, propose solutions, calculate financial forecast, raise money create prototypes, start sales of refined products.

All students may apply to the Civic Engagement Minor program (CEM) while studying. At the end of the program the most successful students get certificate and transcripts for CEM program separately from the main TSI AUCA Diploma.