Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University

Некоммерческое акционерное общество "Казахский национальный педагогический университет имени Абая"

National university · Almaty

Students

22,961

From abroad

11.2%

2,563 students

Taught in English

6.4%

On a state grant

65.4%

7,946 paying

Figures are the live counts on the Ministry's higher-education platform (ЕПВО) when we last retrieved them. “State-funded” is students on a state educational grant; the rest pay tuition. “Foreign” is students without Kazakh citizenship. Retrieved 2026-10-01.

By level

Bachelor's20,663 · 90.0%
Master's1,645 · 7.2%
Doctoral653 · 2.8%

By language of instruction

Kazakh17,194 · 74.9%
Russian2,454 · 10.7%
English1,463 · 6.4%

Graduates recorded, 2025

4,506

Graduates recorded, 2026

3,637

Teaching staff

1,159

10 from abroad

Fields taught (131 programme groups)

The national programme groups — the Ministry's classification of educational programmes — in which the platform lists this institution.

Bachelor's

B001Pedagogy and psychology
B002Pre-school education and upbringing
B003Pedagogy and primary education methodology
B004Teacher training in basic military training
B005Teacher training in physical education
B006Teacher training in music
B007Teacher training in artistic production and technical drawing
B008Teacher training in fundamentals of law and economics
B009Teacher training in mathematics
B010Teacher training in physics
B011Teacher training in informatics
B012Teacher training in chemistry
B013Teacher training in biology
B014Teacher training in geography
B015Teacher training in humanitarian subjects
B016Teacher training in Kazakh language and literature
B017Teacher training in Russian language and literature
B018Teacher training in foreign language
B019Training of social educators
B020Special pedagogy
B028Choreography
B029Audio-visual equipments and media production
B030Fine arts
B031Fashion design
B032Philosophy and ethics
B033Religion and theology
B034History
B036Translation studies
B037Philology
B038Sociology
B039Cultural studies
B040Political science
B041Psychology
B044Management and administration
B045Auditing and taxation
B046Finance, economics, banking and insurance
B047Marketing and advertizing
B049Law
B050Biological and related sciences
B051Environment
B052Earth Science
B053Chemistry
B054Physics
B055Mathematics and statistics
B057Information technologies
B091Tourism
B092Leisure
B093Restaurant business and hotel management
B140International relations and diplomacy
B145State audit

Master's

M001Pedagogy and psychology
M002Pre-school education and upbringing
M003Teacher training without subject specialization
M004Teacher training in basic military training
M005Teacher training in physical education
M006Teacher training in music
M007Teacher training in arts, graphics and design
M010Teacher training in mathematics
M011Teacher training in physics (Kazakh, Russian, English)
M012Teacher training in informatics (Kazakh, Russian, English)
M013Teacher training in chemistry (Kazakh, Russian, English)
M014Teacher training in biology (Kazakh, Russian, English)
M015Teacher training in geography
M016Teacher training in history
M017Teacher training in Kazakh language and literature
M018Teacher training in Russian language and literature
M019Teacher training in foreign language
M021Special pedagogy
M035Fashion, design
M036Printing
M050Philosophy and ethics
M051Religion and theology
M056Translation studies, simultaneous interpretation
M057Linguistics
M058Literature
M060Philology
M061Sociology
M062Cultural studies
M063Political science and conflictology
M064International relations
M066Psychology
M070Economics
M071State and local government
M072Management
M073Audit and taxation
M075Marketing and advertising
M078Law
M080Biology
M084Geography
M087Environmental protection technology
M089Chemistry
M090Physics
M092Mathematics and statistics
M148Leisure

Doctoral

D001Pedagogy and psychology
D002Pre-school education and upbringing
D003Teacher training without subject specialization
D004Teacher training in basic military training
D005Teacher training in physical education
D006Teacher training in music
D007Teacher training in artistic production, graphics and design
D010Teacher training in mathematics
D011Teacher training in physics (Kazakh, Russian, English)
D012Teacher training in informatics (Kazakh, Russian, English)
D013Teacher training in chemistry (Kazakh, Russian, English)
D014Teacher training in biology (Kazakh, Russian, English)
D015Teacher training in geography
D016Teacher training in history
D017Teacher training in Kazakh language and literature
D018Teacher training in Russian language and literature
D019Teacher training in foreign languages
D021Special pedagogy
D050Philosophy and ethics
D051Religion and theology
D053History
D057Linguistics
D058Literature
D060Philology
D061Sociology
D062Culture Studies
D063Political science and conflictology
D064International relations
D065Regional studies
D066Psychology
D070Economics
D080Biology
D084Geography
D089Chemistry
D090Physics
D092Mathematics and Statistics
D094Information technologies

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Source: Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan — Unified Higher Education Platform (ЕПВО), epvo.kz, public statistics. English institution names cleaned by CollegeMatcher.

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