Shakarim University

Некоммерческое акционерное общество "Шәкәрім университет"

State university · Abai Region

Students

6,880

From abroad

1.5%

102 students

Taught in English

0.5%

On a state grant

46.7%

3,670 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's6,196 · 90.1%
  • Master's380 · 5.5%
  • Specialist207 · 3.0%
  • Doctoral97 · 1.4%

By language of instruction

  • Kazakh5,826 · 84.7%
  • Russian1,022 · 14.9%
  • English32 · 0.5%

Graduates recorded, 2025

2,067

Graduates recorded, 2026

2,044

Teaching staff

524

8 from abroad

Fields taught (85 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
  • 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
  • B031Fashion design
  • B034History
  • B036Translation studies
  • B037Philology
  • B041Psychology
  • B042Journalism and reporting studies
  • B044Management and administration
  • B045Auditing and taxation
  • B046Finance, economics, banking and insurance
  • B050Biological and related sciences
  • B051Environment
  • B053Chemistry
  • B054Physics
  • B057Information technologies
  • B062Electrical Engineering and Electrical Power Engineering
  • B063Electrical engineering and automation
  • B064Mechanics and metal working
  • B068Food production
  • B074Urban planning, construction work and civil engineering
  • B076Standardization, certification and metrology (by industries)
  • B077Crop production
  • B078Animal production
  • B079Forestry
  • B083Veterinary
  • B094Sanitary preventive measures
  • B095Transport services 
  • B134Archeology and ethnology
  • B162Thermal power engineering
  • B174Geodesy and cartography

Master's

  • M001Pedagogy and psychology
  • M002Pre-school education and upbringing
  • M003Teacher training without subject specialization
  • M005Teacher training in physical education
  • M006Teacher training in music
  • 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
  • M016Teacher training in history
  • M017Teacher training in Kazakh language and literature
  • M018Teacher training in Russian language and literature
  • M019Teacher training in foreign language
  • M066Psychology
  • M070Economics
  • M072Management
  • M073Audit and taxation
  • M082Biotechnology
  • M089Chemistry
  • M090Physics
  • M094Information technologies
  • M098Thermal power generation
  • M099Energy and electrical engineering
  • M100Automation and management
  • M103Mechanics and metal working
  • M111Food production
  • M130Standardization, certification and metrology (by industry)
  • M131Crop production
  • M132Animal production
  • M138Veterinary

Doctoral

  • D016Teacher training in history
  • D089Chemistry
  • D090Physics
  • D100Automation and management
  • D103Mechanics and metal working
  • D111Food production
  • D138Veterinary

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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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