Nazarbayev University
Автономная организация образования "Назарбаев Университет"
Autonomous educational organisation · Astana
Students
8,443
From abroad
4.2%
356 students
Taught in English
100.0%
On a state grant
81.5%
1,558 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's6,343 · 75.1%
- Master's1,435 · 17.0%
- Doctoral602 · 7.1%
- Residency & internship63 · 0.7%
By language of instruction
- English8,443 · 100.0%
Graduates recorded, 2025
1,639
Graduates recorded, 2026
1,849
Fields taught (75 programme groups)
The national programme groups — the Ministry's classification of educational programmes — in which the platform lists this institution.
Bachelor's
- B034History
- B038Sociology
- B039Cultural studies
- B044Management and administration
- B046Finance, economics, banking and insurance
- B050Biological and related sciences
- B052Earth Science
- B053Chemistry
- B054Physics
- B055Mathematics and statistics
- B057Information technologies
- B060Chemical engineering and processes
- B063Electrical engineering and automation
- B064Mechanics and metal working
- B071Mining and mineral extraction
- B074Urban planning, construction work and civil engineering
- B084Nursing
- B134Archeology and ethnology
- B140International relations and diplomacy
- B271Oil and gas major
- BM086Medicine
Master's
- M008Teacher training in vocational subjects
- M055Oriental studies
- M063Political science and conflictology
- M064International relations
- M070Economics
- M071State and local government
- M072Management
- M074Finance, banking and insurance
- M080Biology
- M082Biotechnology
- M089Chemistry
- M090Physics
- M092Mathematics and statistics
- M094Information technologies
- M097Chemical engineering and processes
- M099Energy and electrical engineering
- M103Mechanics and metal working
- M115Oil engineering
- M116Mining engineering
- M121Geology
- M124Civil engineering
- M127Engineering systems and networks
- M140Public Health
- M142Pharmacy
- M144Medicine
Doctoral
- D008Teacher training in vocational subjects
- D055Oriental Studies
- D063Political science and conflictology
- D072Management and administration
- D080Biology
- D082Biotechnology
- D089Chemistry
- D090Physics
- D092Mathematics and Statistics
- D094Information technologies
- D097Chemical engineering and processes
- D099Energy and electrical engineering
- D102Robotics and mechatronics
- D103Mechanics and metal working
- D115Oil engineering
- D116Mining engineering
- D121Geology
- D124Civil engineering
- D127Engineering systems and networks
Medical residency
- R013Psychiatry for adults and children
- R014Radiology
- R017Anesthesiology and resuscitation for adults, children
- R025Traumatology-orthopedics for adults and children
- R027Ophthalmology for adults, children
- R030Pediatrics
- R032Obstetrics and gynecology for adults, children
- R036General surgery
- R039Therapy
- R050Pathological anatomy
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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.