M. Auezov South Kazakhstan University
Некоммерческое акционерное общество "Южно-Казахстанский университет имени М.Ауэзова"
State university · Shymkent
Students
22,249
From abroad
10.5%
2,334 students
Taught in English
2.3%
On a state grant
53.1%
10,433 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's17,902 · 80.5%
- Specialist2,525 · 11.3%
- Master's1,461 · 6.6%
- Doctoral361 · 1.6%
By language of instruction
- Kazakh17,110 · 76.9%
- Russian4,527 · 20.3%
- English510 · 2.3%
Graduates recorded, 2025
4,617
Graduates recorded, 2026
4,594
Teaching staff
1,616
4 from abroad
Fields taught (151 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
- 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
- B020Special pedagogy
- B027Performing Arts
- B028Choreography
- B030Fine arts
- B031Fashion design
- B032Philosophy and ethics
- B033Religion and theology
- B034History
- B036Translation studies
- B037Philology
- B040Political science
- B041Psychology
- B042Journalism and reporting studies
- B043Library science, information processing and archival 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
- B057Information technologies
- B059Information and communication technologies
- B060Chemical engineering and processes
- B061Materials science and technologies
- B062Electrical Engineering and Electrical Power Engineering
- B063Electrical engineering and automation
- B064Mechanics and metal working
- B065Transport equipment and technology
- B068Food production
- B069Production of materials (glass, paper, plastic, tree)
- B070Textiles: clothes, footwear and leather products
- B071Mining and mineral extraction
- B072Pharmaceutical production technology
- B073Architecture
- B074Urban planning, construction work and civil engineering
- B075Cadastre and land management
- B076Standardization, certification and metrology (by industries)
- B077Crop production
- B078Animal production
- B082Water resources and water use
- B083Veterinary
- B090Social work
- B091Tourism
- B092Leisure
- B093Restaurant business and hotel management
- B094Sanitary preventive measures
- B095Transport services
- B134Archeology and ethnology
- B140International relations and diplomacy
- B171Metallurgy
- B183Agroengineering
- B271Oil and gas major
Master's
- M001Pedagogy and psychology
- M002Pre-school education and upbringing
- M003Teacher training without subject specialization
- M005Teacher training in physical education
- 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
- M031Choreography
- M035Fashion, design
- M050Philosophy and ethics
- M053History
- M057Linguistics
- M060Philology
- M063Political science and conflictology
- M064International relations
- M066Psychology
- M067Journalism and reportorial major
- M070Economics
- M072Management
- M073Audit and taxation
- M074Finance, banking and insurance
- M075Marketing and advertising
- M078Law
- M080Biology
- M082Biotechnology
- M084Geography
- M087Environmental protection technology
- M089Chemistry
- M090Physics
- M092Mathematics and statistics
- M094Information technologies
- M097Chemical engineering and processes
- M099Energy and electrical engineering
- M100Automation and management
- M103Mechanics and metal working
- M104Transport, transport equipment and technologies
- M111Food production
- M114Textiles: clothes, footwear and leather products
- M115Oil engineering
- M119Pharmaceutical production technology
- M122Architecture
- M124Civil engineering
- M125Production of building materials, products and structures
- M127Engineering systems and networks
- M128Land Management
- M130Standardization, certification and metrology (by industry)
- M146Social work
- M147Tourism
- M150Sanitary measure
Doctoral
- D001Pedagogy and psychology
- D007Teacher training in artistic production, graphics and design
- D010Teacher training in mathematics
- D012Teacher training in informatics (Kazakh, Russian, English)
- D060Philology
- D070Economics
- D072Management and administration
- D073Audit and taxation
- D074Finance, banking and insurance
- D082Biotechnology
- D087Environmental protection technology
- D092Mathematics and Statistics
- D097Chemical engineering and processes
- D099Energy and electrical engineering
- D100Automation and management
- D103Mechanics and metal working
- D111Food production
- D114Textiles: clothes, footwear and leather products
- D115Oil engineering
- D117Metallurgical engineering
- D124Civil engineering
- D125Production of building materials, products and structures
- D144Leisure
- D146Sanitary preventive measures
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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.