Nazarbayev University

Автономная организация образования "Назарбаев Университет"

Autonomous educational organisation · Astana

Students

8,443

From abroad

4.2%

356 students

Taught in English

100.0%

On a state grant

81.5%

1,558 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's6,343 · 75.1%
Master's1,435 · 17.0%
Doctoral602 · 7.1%
Residency & internship63 · 0.7%

By language of instruction

English8,443 · 100.0%

Graduates recorded, 2025

1,639

Graduates recorded, 2026

1,849

Fields taught (75 programme groups)

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

Bachelor's

B034History
B038Sociology
B039Cultural studies
B044Management and administration
B046Finance, economics, banking and insurance
B050Biological and related sciences
B052Earth Science
B053Chemistry
B054Physics
B055Mathematics and statistics
B057Information technologies
B060Chemical engineering and processes
B063Electrical engineering and automation
B064Mechanics and metal working
B071Mining and mineral extraction
B074Urban planning, construction work and civil engineering
B084Nursing
B134Archeology and ethnology
B140International relations and diplomacy
B271Oil and gas major
BM086Medicine

Master's

M008Teacher training in vocational subjects
M055Oriental studies
M063Political science and conflictology
M064International relations
M070Economics
M071State and local government
M072Management
M074Finance, banking and insurance
M080Biology
M082Biotechnology
M089Chemistry
M090Physics
M092Mathematics and statistics
M094Information technologies
M097Chemical engineering and processes
M099Energy and electrical engineering
M103Mechanics and metal working
M115Oil engineering
M116Mining engineering
M121Geology
M124Civil engineering
M127Engineering systems and networks
M140Public Health
M142Pharmacy
M144Medicine

Doctoral

D008Teacher training in vocational subjects
D055Oriental Studies
D063Political science and conflictology
D072Management and administration
D080Biology
D082Biotechnology
D089Chemistry
D090Physics
D092Mathematics and Statistics
D094Information technologies
D097Chemical engineering and processes
D099Energy and electrical engineering
D102Robotics and mechatronics
D103Mechanics and metal working
D115Oil engineering
D116Mining engineering
D121Geology
D124Civil engineering
D127Engineering systems and networks

Medical residency

R013Psychiatry for adults and children
R014Radiology
R017Anesthesiology and resuscitation for adults, children
R025Traumatology-orthopedics for adults and children
R027Ophthalmology for adults, children
R030Pediatrics
R032Obstetrics and gynecology for adults, children
R036General surgery
R039Therapy
R050Pathological anatomy

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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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