Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University

Некоммерческое акционерное общество "Казахский национальный медицинский университет имени С. Д. Асфендиярова"

National university · Almaty

Students

14,361

From abroad

12.6%

1,810 students

Taught in English

12.6%

On a state grant

34.9%

9,350 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's10,441 · 72.7%
  • Residency & internship3,590 · 25.0%
  • Master's226 · 1.6%
  • Doctoral104 · 0.7%

By language of instruction

  • Kazakh7,181 · 50.0%
  • Russian5,367 · 37.4%
  • English1,813 · 12.6%

Graduates recorded, 2025

2,940

Graduates recorded, 2026

3,097

Teaching staff

2,164

20 from abroad

Fields taught (73 programme groups)

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

Bachelor's

  • B044Management and administration
  • B063Electrical engineering and automation
  • B072Pharmaceutical production technology
  • B084Nursing
  • B085Pharmacy
  • B086General medicine
  • B087Dentistry
  • B088Pediatrics
  • B089Public health
  • BM086Medicine
  • BM087Dentistry
  • BM088Pediatrics
  • BM089Preventive medicine

Master's

  • M072Management
  • M119Pharmaceutical production technology
  • M139Healthcare management
  • M140Public Health
  • M141Nursing
  • M142Pharmacy
  • M143Biomedicine
  • M144Medicine
  • M145Preventive medicine

Doctoral

  • D119Pharmaceutical production technology
  • D139Public health
  • D140Pharmacy
  • D141Medicine
  • D151Nursing science

Medical residency

  • R001Adult, children's cardiology
  • R002Adult, children's rheumatology
  • R003Allergology and immunology for adults, children
  • R004Adult, children's gastroenterology
  • R005Adult hematology
  • R006Children's oncology and hematology
  • R007Adult, children's pulmonology
  • R008Endocrinology for adults, children
  • R009Nephrology for adults, children
  • R011Infectious diseases for adults, children
  • R012Dermatovenereology for adults, children
  • R013Psychiatry for adults and children
  • R014Radiology
  • R015Radiation oncology
  • R017Anesthesiology and resuscitation for adults, children
  • R018Adult, children's cardiac surgery
  • R019Angiosurgery for adults, children
  • R020Neurosurgery for adults, children
  • R021Maxillofacial surgery for adults, children
  • R022Plastic surgery for adults, children
  • R023Pediatric surgery
  • R024Adult oncology
  • R025Traumatology-orthopedics for adults and children
  • R026Urology and andrology for adults, children
  • R027Ophthalmology for adults, children
  • R028Otorhinolaryngology for adults, children
  • R030Pediatrics
  • R031Neonatology
  • R032Obstetrics and gynecology for adults, children
  • R033Medical genetics
  • R034Forensic-medical expertise
  • R036General surgery
  • R037Adult, children's neurology
  • R038Family medicine
  • R039Therapy
  • R040Physical medicine and rehabilitation for adults, children
  • R041Emergency medicine for adults, children
  • R042Clinical pharmacology
  • R043Therapeutic dentistry
  • R044Surgical dentistry
  • R045Orthopedic dentistry
  • R046Pediatric dentistry
  • R047Orthodontics
  • R049Chemotherapy oncology
  • R050Pathological anatomy
  • R051Phthisiology (adult, children's)

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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.