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Yandex ML School Uzbekistan starts second cohort with 31 students
More than 60 people applied for each place on the program, according to Izzat Shukurov. The first cohort finished with 19 graduates.
Tokhum AI · 1 min read · reviewed by Leyla
Key facts
- Yandex ML School Uzbekistan has started its second cohort
- 31 students were admitted to the program
- Competition was more than 60 applicants per place
- The first cohort graduated 19 students
- Three student teams reached the top five of ML Community Hackathon
The second cohort of Yandex ML School Uzbekistan started, Izzat Shukurov said in a post on 7 November 2026. Thirty-one students were admitted, with more than 60 applicants for each place.
Students face a year of intensive study, practice and work on real tasks with industry experts, according to the post.
The program ran for the first time a year earlier. That cohort finished with 19 graduates, Shukurov said, and some of them now use the skills in real technology projects. Three student teams reached the top five of the ML Community Hackathon.
Shukurov said he hopes the second cohort will be as important a start in the profession for its students as the first was for its graduates.
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