Al-Farabi Kazakh National University

Некоммерческое акционерное общество "Казахский национальный университет имени Аль-Фараби"

National university · Almaty

Students

32,233

From abroad

17.2%

5,549 students

Taught in English

8.2%

On a state grant

58.1%

13,501 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's26,576 · 82.4%
Master's2,948 · 9.1%
Doctoral2,536 · 7.9%
Residency & internship173 · 0.5%

By language of instruction

Kazakh21,703 · 67.3%
Russian7,883 · 24.5%
English2,647 · 8.2%

Graduates recorded, 2025

7,721

Graduates recorded, 2026

6,044

Teaching staff

3,515

12 from abroad

Fields taught (247 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
B005Teacher training in physical education
B013Teacher training in biology
B015Teacher training in humanitarian subjects
B016Teacher training in Kazakh language and literature
B017Teacher training in Russian language and literature
B018Teacher training in foreign language
B029Audio-visual equipments and media production
B031Fashion design
B032Philosophy and ethics
B033Religion and theology
B034History
B035Turkology
B036Translation studies
B037Philology
B038Sociology
B039Cultural studies
B040Political science
B041Psychology
B042Journalism and reporting studies
B043Library science, information processing and archival studies
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
B056Mechanics
B057Information technologies
B058IT security
B059Information and communication technologies
B060Chemical engineering and processes
B061Materials science and technologies
B062Electrical Engineering and Electrical Power Engineering
B063Electrical engineering and automation
B067Air transport and technologies
B068Food production
B072Pharmaceutical production technology
B074Urban planning, construction work and civil engineering
B075Cadastre and land management
B076Standardization, certification and metrology (by industries)
B080Fisheries
B084Nursing
B085Pharmacy
B086General medicine
B087Dentistry
B089Public health
B090Social work
B091Tourism
B093Restaurant business and hotel management
B094Sanitary preventive measures
B095Transport services
B096Law enforcement
B098Sport
B134Archeology and ethnology
B135Oriental studies
B140International relations and diplomacy
B141International economic relations
B142Public Relations
B157Mathematical and computer modeling
B158Cryptology
B234Museum work and protection of monuments
BM086Medicine
BM087Dentistry

Master's

M001Pedagogy and psychology
M005Teacher training in physical education
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
M020Training of social teachers
M028Directing
M032Audio-visual arts and media production
M035Fashion, design
M036Printing
M050Philosophy and ethics
M051Religion and theology
M052Islamic studies
M053History
M054Turkology
M055Oriental studies
M056Translation studies, simultaneous interpretation
M057Linguistics
M058Literature
M059Foreign philology
M060Philology
M061Sociology
M062Cultural studies
M063Political science and conflictology
M064International relations
M065Regional studies
M066Psychology
M067Journalism and reportorial major
M068Public relations
M069Library science, information processing and archival studies
M070Economics
M071State and local government
M072Management
M073Audit and taxation
M074Finance, banking and insurance
M075Marketing and advertising
M078Law
M079Forensic examination
M080Biology
M081Genetics
M082Biotechnology
M083Geobotany
M084Geography
M085Hydrology
M086Meteorology
M087Environmental protection technology
M089Chemistry
M090Physics
M092Mathematics and statistics
M093Mechanics
M094Information technologies
M095IT Security
M096Information and communication technologies
M097Chemical engineering and processes
M098Thermal power generation
M099Energy and electrical engineering
M100Automation and management
M101Materials science and technology of new materials
M102Robotics and mechatronics
M107Space engineering
M108Nanomaterials and nanotechnologies (by application fields)
M115Oil engineering
M119Pharmaceutical production technology
M123Geodesy
M128Land Management
M130Standardization, certification and metrology (by industry)
M134Fisheries
M139Healthcare management
M140Public Health
M141Nursing
M142Pharmacy
M144Medicine
M146Social work
M147Tourism
M149Restaurant business and hotel industry
M150Sanitary measure
M152Logistics (by industries)
M153Archeology and ethnology
M173State audit
M195Cryptology

Doctoral

D001Pedagogy and psychology
D005Teacher training in physical education
D011Teacher training in physics (Kazakh, Russian, English)
D012Teacher training in informatics (Kazakh, Russian, English)
D014Teacher training in biology (Kazakh, Russian, English)
D015Teacher training in geography
D017Teacher training in Kazakh language and literature
D018Teacher training in Russian language and literature
D019Teacher training in foreign languages
D020Training personnel in social pedagogy
D050Philosophy and ethics
D051Religion and theology
D052Islamic studies
D053History
D054Turkology
D055Oriental Studies
D056Translation studies, simultaneous interpretation
D057Linguistics
D058Literature
D059Foreign philology
D060Philology
D061Sociology
D062Culture Studies
D063Political science and conflictology
D064International relations
D065Regional studies
D066Psychology
D067Journalism and reporting studies
D068Public relations
D069Library science, information processing and archival studies
D070Economics
D071Public and local management
D072Management and administration
D073Audit and taxation
D074Finance, banking and insurance
D075Marketing and advertising
D078Law
D080Biology
D081Genetics
D082Biotechnology
D083Geobotany
D084Geography
D085Hydrology
D086Meteorology
D087Environmental protection technology
D089Chemistry
D090Physics
D092Mathematics and Statistics
D093Mechanics
D094Information technologies
D095IT Security
D096Information and communication technologies
D097Chemical engineering and processes
D098Thermal power generation
D099Energy and electrical engineering
D100Automation and management
D101Materials science and technology of new materials
D102Robotics and mechatronics
D107Space engineering
D108Nanomaterials and nanotechnologies
D123Geodesy
D128Land management
D130Standardization, certification and metrology (by industry)
D134Fisheries
D139Public health
D140Pharmacy
D141Medicine
D142Social work
D143Tourism
D145Restaurant business and hotel industry
D148Logistics (by industry)
D151Nursing science
D153Archeology and ethnology
D194Mathematical and Computer Modeling
D195Cryptology

Medical residency

R001Adult, children's cardiology
R002Adult, children's rheumatology
R004Adult, children's gastroenterology
R007Adult, children's pulmonology
R008Endocrinology for adults, children
R011Infectious diseases for adults, children
R012Dermatovenereology for adults, children
R013Psychiatry for adults and children
R014Radiology
R018Adult, children's cardiac surgery
R026Urology and andrology for adults, children
R027Ophthalmology for adults, children
R028Otorhinolaryngology for adults, children
R032Obstetrics and gynecology for adults, children
R036General surgery
R037Adult, children's neurology
R052Nuclear medicine

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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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