M. Auezov South Kazakhstan University

Некоммерческое акционерное общество "Южно-Казахстанский университет имени М.Ауэзова"

State university · Shymkent

Students

22,249

From abroad

10.5%

2,334 students

Taught in English

2.3%

On a state grant

53.1%

10,433 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's17,902 · 80.5%
Specialist2,525 · 11.3%
Master's1,461 · 6.6%
Doctoral361 · 1.6%

By language of instruction

Kazakh17,110 · 76.9%
Russian4,527 · 20.3%
English510 · 2.3%

Graduates recorded, 2025

4,617

Graduates recorded, 2026

4,594

Teaching staff

1,616

4 from abroad

Fields taught (151 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
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
B020Special pedagogy
B027Performing Arts
B028Choreography
B030Fine arts
B031Fashion design
B032Philosophy and ethics
B033Religion and theology
B034History
B036Translation studies
B037Philology
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
B057Information technologies
B059Information and communication technologies
B060Chemical engineering and processes
B061Materials science and technologies
B062Electrical Engineering and Electrical Power Engineering
B063Electrical engineering and automation
B064Mechanics and metal working
B065Transport equipment and technology
B068Food production
B069Production of materials (glass, paper, plastic, tree)
B070Textiles: clothes, footwear and leather products
B071Mining and mineral extraction
B072Pharmaceutical production technology
B073Architecture
B074Urban planning, construction work and civil engineering
B075Cadastre and land management
B076Standardization, certification and metrology (by industries)
B077Crop production
B078Animal production
B082Water resources and water use
B083Veterinary
B090Social work
B091Tourism
B092Leisure
B093Restaurant business and hotel management
B094Sanitary preventive measures
B095Transport services
B134Archeology and ethnology
B140International relations and diplomacy
B171Metallurgy
B183Agroengineering
B271Oil and gas major

Master's

M001Pedagogy and psychology
M002Pre-school education and upbringing
M003Teacher training without subject specialization
M005Teacher training in physical education
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
M031Choreography
M035Fashion, design
M050Philosophy and ethics
M053History
M057Linguistics
M060Philology
M063Political science and conflictology
M064International relations
M066Psychology
M067Journalism and reportorial major
M070Economics
M072Management
M073Audit and taxation
M074Finance, banking and insurance
M075Marketing and advertising
M078Law
M080Biology
M082Biotechnology
M084Geography
M087Environmental protection technology
M089Chemistry
M090Physics
M092Mathematics and statistics
M094Information technologies
M097Chemical engineering and processes
M099Energy and electrical engineering
M100Automation and management
M103Mechanics and metal working
M104Transport, transport equipment and technologies
M111Food production
M114Textiles: clothes, footwear and leather products
M115Oil engineering
M119Pharmaceutical production technology
M122Architecture
M124Civil engineering
M125Production of building materials, products and structures
M127Engineering systems and networks
M128Land Management
M130Standardization, certification and metrology (by industry)
M146Social work
M147Tourism
M150Sanitary measure

Doctoral

D001Pedagogy and psychology
D007Teacher training in artistic production, graphics and design
D010Teacher training in mathematics
D012Teacher training in informatics (Kazakh, Russian, English)
D060Philology
D070Economics
D072Management and administration
D073Audit and taxation
D074Finance, banking and insurance
D082Biotechnology
D087Environmental protection technology
D092Mathematics and Statistics
D097Chemical engineering and processes
D099Energy and electrical engineering
D100Automation and management
D103Mechanics and metal working
D111Food production
D114Textiles: clothes, footwear and leather products
D115Oil engineering
D117Metallurgical engineering
D124Civil engineering
D125Production of building materials, products and structures
D144Leisure
D146Sanitary preventive measures

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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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