Peoples Friendship University named after Academician A. Kuatbekov

Учреждение "Университет дружбы народов имени академика А.Куатбекова"

Private · Shymkent

Students

14,442

From abroad

0.9%

131 students

Taught in English

0.0%

On a state grant

0.6%

14,300 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's13,895 · 96.2%
Specialist287 · 2.0%
Master's229 · 1.6%
Doctoral31 · 0.2%

By language of instruction

Kazakh14,418 · 99.8%
Russian23 · 0.2%
English1 · 0.0%

Graduates recorded, 2025

4,634

Graduates recorded, 2026

4,780

Teaching staff

413

6 from abroad

Fields taught (42 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
B005Teacher training in physical education
B006Teacher training in music
B009Teacher training in mathematics
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
B031Fashion design
B044Management and administration
B045Auditing and taxation
B046Finance, economics, banking and insurance
B047Marketing and advertizing
B049Law
B057Information technologies
B059Information and communication technologies
B060Chemical engineering and processes
B062Electrical Engineering and Electrical Power Engineering
B073Architecture
B074Urban planning, construction work and civil engineering

Master's

M001Pedagogy and psychology
M010Teacher training in mathematics
M012Teacher training in informatics (Kazakh, Russian, English)
M013Teacher training in chemistry (Kazakh, Russian, English)
M014Teacher training in biology (Kazakh, Russian, English)
M016Teacher training in history
M017Teacher training in Kazakh language and literature
M019Teacher training in foreign language
M070Economics
M073Audit and taxation
M078Law
M096Information and communication technologies

Doctoral

D001Pedagogy and psychology
D013Teacher training in chemistry (Kazakh, Russian, English)
D014Teacher training in biology (Kazakh, Russian, English)

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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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