SDU University

Учреждение "SDU University"

Private · Almaty Region

Students

8,823

From abroad

3.6%

315 students

Taught in English

78.6%

On a state grant

65.5%

3,041 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's8,463 · 95.9%
Master's289 · 3.3%
Doctoral71 · 0.8%

By language of instruction

English6,939 · 78.6%
Kazakh1,697 · 19.2%
Russian177 · 2.0%

Graduates recorded, 2025

1,738

Graduates recorded, 2026

1,807

Teaching staff

256

15 from abroad

Fields taught (45 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
B009Teacher training in mathematics
B010Teacher training in physics
B011Teacher training in informatics
B012Teacher training in chemistry
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
B019Training of social educators
B036Translation studies
B037Philology
B041Psychology
B042Journalism and reporting studies
B044Management and administration
B045Auditing and taxation
B046Finance, economics, banking and insurance
B047Marketing and advertizing
B049Law
B055Mathematics and statistics
B057Information technologies
B140International relations and diplomacy
B157Mathematical and computer modeling

Master's

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)
M017Teacher training in Kazakh language and literature
M019Teacher training in foreign language
M067Journalism and reportorial major
M072Management
M074Finance, banking and insurance
M078Law
M092Mathematics and statistics
M094Information technologies

Doctoral

D010Teacher training in mathematics
D017Teacher training in Kazakh language and literature
D019Teacher training in foreign languages
D072Management and administration
D078Law
D092Mathematics and Statistics
D094Information technologies

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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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