Karaganda Buketov University

Некоммерческое акционерное общество "Карагандинский национальный исследовательский университет имени академика Е.А.Букетова"

National university · Karaganda Region

Students

14,977

From abroad

4.8%

722 students

Taught in English

0.0%

On a state grant

53.7%

6,879 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's13,806 · 92.2%
  • Master's857 · 5.7%
  • Doctoral192 · 1.3%
  • Specialist122 · 0.8%

By language of instruction

  • Kazakh11,369 · 75.9%
  • Russian3,607 · 24.1%
  • English1 · 0.0%

Graduates recorded, 2025

3,613

Graduates recorded, 2026

3,279

Teaching staff

976

6 from abroad

Fields taught (125 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
  • 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
  • B030Fine arts
  • B031Fashion design
  • B032Philosophy and ethics
  • B033Religion and theology
  • B034History
  • B036Translation studies
  • B037Philology
  • B038Sociology
  • B040Political science
  • B041Psychology
  • B042Journalism and reporting studies
  • 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
  • B056Mechanics
  • B057Information technologies
  • B059Information and communication technologies
  • B060Chemical engineering and processes
  • B062Electrical Engineering and Electrical Power Engineering
  • B063Electrical engineering and automation
  • B064Mechanics and metal working
  • B065Transport equipment and technology
  • B072Pharmaceutical production technology
  • B090Social work
  • B091Tourism 
  • B092Leisure
  • B093Restaurant business and hotel management
  • B094Sanitary preventive measures
  • B095Transport services 
  • B134Archeology and ethnology
  • B140International relations and diplomacy

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
  • 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
  • M020Training of social teachers
  • M021Special pedagogy
  • M050Philosophy and ethics
  • M053History
  • M056Translation studies, simultaneous interpretation
  • M059Foreign philology
  • M060Philology
  • M061Sociology
  • M063Political science and conflictology
  • M064International relations
  • M066Psychology
  • M067Journalism and reportorial major
  • M070Economics
  • M071State and local government
  • M072Management
  • M073Audit and taxation
  • M074Finance, banking and insurance
  • M075Marketing and advertising
  • M078Law
  • M080Biology
  • M082Biotechnology
  • M087Environmental protection technology
  • M089Chemistry
  • M090Physics
  • M092Mathematics and statistics
  • M093Mechanics
  • M094Information technologies
  • M097Chemical engineering and processes
  • M098Thermal power generation
  • M099Energy and electrical engineering
  • M104Transport, transport equipment and technologies
  • M108Nanomaterials and nanotechnologies (by application fields)
  • M146Social work
  • M147Tourism
  • M152Logistics (by industries)

Doctoral

  • D001Pedagogy and psychology
  • D003Teacher training without subject specialization
  • D017Teacher training in Kazakh language and literature
  • D019Teacher training in foreign languages
  • D050Philosophy and ethics
  • D053History
  • D060Philology
  • D070Economics
  • D071Public and local management
  • D074Finance, banking and insurance
  • D075Marketing and advertising
  • D078Law
  • D080Biology
  • D089Chemistry
  • D090Physics
  • D092Mathematics and Statistics
  • D093Mechanics

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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.