Zhezkazgan University named after O.A. Baikonurov

Акционерное общество "Жезказганский университет имени О.А.Байконурова"

Joint-stock university (corporatised) · Ulytau Region

Students

1,537

From abroad

2.4%

37 students

Taught in English

0.0%

On a state grant

8.7%

1,389 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's1,497 · 97.4%
Master's40 · 2.6%

By language of instruction

Kazakh1,064 · 69.2%
Russian398 · 25.9%

Graduates recorded, 2025

425

Graduates recorded, 2026

468

Teaching staff

109

1 from abroad

Fields taught (20 programme groups)

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

Bachelor's

B003Pedagogy and primary education methodology
B005Teacher training in physical education
B007Teacher training in artistic production and technical drawing
B009Teacher training in mathematics
B013Teacher training in biology
B016Teacher training in Kazakh language and literature
B017Teacher training in Russian language and literature
B018Teacher training in foreign language
B046Finance, economics, banking and insurance
B062Electrical Engineering and Electrical Power Engineering
B063Electrical engineering and automation
B064Mechanics and metal working
B065Transport equipment and technology
B071Mining and mineral extraction
B074Urban planning, construction work and civil engineering
B094Sanitary preventive measures
B171Metallurgy

Master's

M116Mining engineering
M117Metallurgical Engineering
M121Geology

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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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