Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University
Некоммерческое акционерное общество "Казахский национальный педагогический университет имени Абая"
National university · Almaty
Students
22,961
From abroad
11.2%
2,563 students
Taught in English
6.4%
On a state grant
65.4%
7,946 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's20,663 · 90.0%
- Master's1,645 · 7.2%
- Doctoral653 · 2.8%
By language of instruction
- Kazakh17,194 · 74.9%
- Russian2,454 · 10.7%
- English1,463 · 6.4%
Graduates recorded, 2025
4,506
Graduates recorded, 2026
3,637
Teaching staff
1,159
10 from abroad
Fields taught (131 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
- B004Teacher training in basic military training
- B005Teacher training in physical education
- B006Teacher training in music
- B007Teacher training in artistic production and technical drawing
- B008Teacher training in fundamentals of law and economics
- 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
- B019Training of social educators
- B020Special pedagogy
- B028Choreography
- B029Audio-visual equipments and media production
- B030Fine arts
- B031Fashion design
- B032Philosophy and ethics
- B033Religion and theology
- B034History
- B036Translation studies
- B037Philology
- B038Sociology
- B039Cultural studies
- B040Political science
- B041Psychology
- B044Management and administration
- B045Auditing and taxation
- B046Finance, economics, banking and insurance
- B047Marketing and advertizing
- B049Law
- B050Biological and related sciences
- B051Environment
- B052Earth Science
- B053Chemistry
- B054Physics
- B055Mathematics and statistics
- B057Information technologies
- B091Tourism
- B092Leisure
- B093Restaurant business and hotel management
- B140International relations and diplomacy
- B145State audit
Master's
- M001Pedagogy and psychology
- M002Pre-school education and upbringing
- M003Teacher training without subject specialization
- M004Teacher training in basic military training
- 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
- M021Special pedagogy
- M035Fashion, design
- M036Printing
- M050Philosophy and ethics
- M051Religion and theology
- M056Translation studies, simultaneous interpretation
- M057Linguistics
- M058Literature
- M060Philology
- M061Sociology
- M062Cultural studies
- M063Political science and conflictology
- M064International relations
- M066Psychology
- M070Economics
- M071State and local government
- M072Management
- M073Audit and taxation
- M075Marketing and advertising
- M078Law
- M080Biology
- M084Geography
- M087Environmental protection technology
- M089Chemistry
- M090Physics
- M092Mathematics and statistics
- M148Leisure
Doctoral
- D001Pedagogy and psychology
- D002Pre-school education and upbringing
- D003Teacher training without subject specialization
- D004Teacher training in basic military training
- D005Teacher training in physical education
- D006Teacher training in music
- D007Teacher training in artistic production, graphics and design
- D010Teacher training in mathematics
- D011Teacher training in physics (Kazakh, Russian, English)
- D012Teacher training in informatics (Kazakh, Russian, English)
- D013Teacher training in chemistry (Kazakh, Russian, English)
- D014Teacher training in biology (Kazakh, Russian, English)
- D015Teacher training in geography
- D016Teacher training in history
- D017Teacher training in Kazakh language and literature
- D018Teacher training in Russian language and literature
- D019Teacher training in foreign languages
- D021Special pedagogy
- D050Philosophy and ethics
- D051Religion and theology
- D053History
- D057Linguistics
- D058Literature
- D060Philology
- D061Sociology
- D062Culture Studies
- D063Political science and conflictology
- D064International relations
- D065Regional studies
- D066Psychology
- D070Economics
- D080Biology
- D084Geography
- D089Chemistry
- D090Physics
- 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.