Kokshetau University named after Sh. Ualikhanov
Некоммерческое акционерное общество "Кокшетауский университет имени Ш.Уалиханова"
State university · Akmola Region
Students
8,980
From abroad
4.7%
425 students
Taught in English
4.1%
On a state grant
46.6%
4,797 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's8,306 · 92.5%
- Master's448 · 5.0%
- Residency & internship144 · 1.6%
- Doctoral51 · 0.6%
- Specialist31 · 0.3%
By language of instruction
- Kazakh5,073 · 56.5%
- Russian3,540 · 39.4%
- English367 · 4.1%
Graduates recorded, 2025
2,045
Graduates recorded, 2026
2,076
Teaching staff
665
9 from abroad
Fields taught (80 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
- B005Teacher training in physical education
- B007Teacher training in artistic production and technical drawing
- 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
- B031Fashion design
- B033Religion and theology
- B034History
- B036Translation studies
- B037Philology
- B041Psychology
- B042Journalism and reporting studies
- B044Management and administration
- B045Auditing and taxation
- B046Finance, economics, banking and insurance
- B049Law
- B050Biological and related sciences
- B051Environment
- B053Chemistry
- B054Physics
- B057Information technologies
- B064Mechanics and metal working
- B065Transport equipment and technology
- B068Food production
- B071Mining and mineral extraction
- B074Urban planning, construction work and civil engineering
- B077Crop production
- B078Animal production
- B079Forestry
- B086General medicine
- B089Public health
- B091Tourism
- B094Sanitary preventive measures
- B183Agroengineering
- BM086Medicine
Master's
- M001Pedagogy and psychology
- M002Pre-school education and upbringing
- M003Teacher training without subject specialization
- 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
- M017Teacher training in Kazakh language and literature
- M018Teacher training in Russian language and literature
- M019Teacher training in foreign language
- M053History
- M070Economics
- M072Management
- M074Finance, banking and insurance
- M078Law
- M080Biology
- M082Biotechnology
- M087Environmental protection technology
- M090Physics
- M094Information technologies
- M131Crop production
- M136Agricultural machinery and technologies
- M144Medicine
- M147Tourism
- M150Sanitary measure
Doctoral
- D010Teacher training in mathematics
- D019Teacher training in foreign languages
- D053History
- D060Philology
- D087Environmental protection technology
- D131Crop production
Medical residency
- R001Adult, children's cardiology
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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.