Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University

Некоммерческое акционерное общество "Казахский национальный медицинский университет имени С. Д. Асфендиярова"

National university · Almaty

Students

14,361

From abroad

12.6%

1,810 students

Taught in English

12.6%

On a state grant

34.9%

9,350 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's10,441 · 72.7%
Residency & internship3,590 · 25.0%
Master's226 · 1.6%
Doctoral104 · 0.7%

By language of instruction

Kazakh7,181 · 50.0%
Russian5,367 · 37.4%
English1,813 · 12.6%

Graduates recorded, 2025

2,940

Graduates recorded, 2026

3,097

Teaching staff

2,164

20 from abroad

Fields taught (73 programme groups)

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

Bachelor's

B044Management and administration
B063Electrical engineering and automation
B072Pharmaceutical production technology
B084Nursing
B085Pharmacy
B086General medicine
B087Dentistry
B088Pediatrics
B089Public health
BM086Medicine
BM087Dentistry
BM088Pediatrics
BM089Preventive medicine

Master's

M072Management
M119Pharmaceutical production technology
M139Healthcare management
M140Public Health
M141Nursing
M142Pharmacy
M143Biomedicine
M144Medicine
M145Preventive medicine

Doctoral

D119Pharmaceutical production technology
D139Public health
D140Pharmacy
D141Medicine
D151Nursing science

Medical residency

R001Adult, children's cardiology
R002Adult, children's rheumatology
R003Allergology and immunology for adults, children
R004Adult, children's gastroenterology
R005Adult hematology
R006Children's oncology and hematology
R007Adult, children's pulmonology
R008Endocrinology for adults, children
R009Nephrology for adults, children
R011Infectious diseases for adults, children
R012Dermatovenereology for adults, children
R013Psychiatry for adults and children
R014Radiology
R015Radiation oncology
R017Anesthesiology and resuscitation for adults, children
R018Adult, children's cardiac surgery
R019Angiosurgery for adults, children
R020Neurosurgery for adults, children
R021Maxillofacial surgery for adults, children
R022Plastic surgery for adults, children
R023Pediatric surgery
R024Adult oncology
R025Traumatology-orthopedics for adults and children
R026Urology and andrology for adults, children
R027Ophthalmology for adults, children
R028Otorhinolaryngology for adults, children
R030Pediatrics
R031Neonatology
R032Obstetrics and gynecology for adults, children
R033Medical genetics
R034Forensic-medical expertise
R036General surgery
R037Adult, children's neurology
R038Family medicine
R039Therapy
R040Physical medicine and rehabilitation for adults, children
R041Emergency medicine for adults, children
R042Clinical pharmacology
R043Therapeutic dentistry
R044Surgical dentistry
R045Orthopedic dentistry
R046Pediatric dentistry
R047Orthodontics
R049Chemotherapy oncology
R050Pathological anatomy
R051Phthisiology (adult, children's)

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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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