🇰🇿 How to apply to university in Kazakhstan
There is no central application system: you apply to each institution directly. Programmes usually start: September.
Checked on 20 October 2026 against the official sources listed below.
The essentials
- Application system
- None — apply to each institution on its own website.
- When programmes start
- September.
- International applicants
- Foreign students apply to each university, which sets its own procedure for fee-paying students; places funded by the government scholarship are applied for centrally through studyin.kz, run by the Center for International Programs.
- Language
- Proof of the language of instruction (Kazakh, Russian or English), as each university asks.
Key dates
Each university sets its own admission procedure and dates for fee-paying foreign students. The government scholarship programme for foreign students has its own window — in 2026 it ran 30 March–31 May on the studyin.kz portal (490 bachelor's places); the 2027 call is not yet published.
The dates for the next intake haven't been published yet. We add them once the official source does.
Your checklist
The usual steps for an international student applying to a bachelor's in Kazakhstan, in order. Tick them off as you go — your ticks stay in this browser, with no account.
Next steps
Sources
Written by CollegeMatcher in our own words from these official pages, checked on 20 October 2026. Dates change every year.