Peoples Friendship University named after Academician A. Kuatbekov
Учреждение "Университет дружбы народов имени академика А.Куатбекова"
Private · Shymkent
Students
14,442
From abroad
0.9%
131 students
Taught in English
0.0%
On a state grant
0.6%
14,300 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's13,895 · 96.2%
- Specialist287 · 2.0%
- Master's229 · 1.6%
- Doctoral31 · 0.2%
By language of instruction
- Kazakh14,418 · 99.8%
- Russian23 · 0.2%
- English1 · 0.0%
Graduates recorded, 2025
4,634
Graduates recorded, 2026
4,780
Teaching staff
413
6 from abroad
Fields taught (42 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
- B006Teacher training in music
- B009Teacher training in mathematics
- 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
- B031Fashion design
- B044Management and administration
- B045Auditing and taxation
- B046Finance, economics, banking and insurance
- B047Marketing and advertizing
- B049Law
- B057Information technologies
- B059Information and communication technologies
- B060Chemical engineering and processes
- B062Electrical Engineering and Electrical Power Engineering
- B073Architecture
- B074Urban planning, construction work and civil engineering
Master's
- M001Pedagogy and psychology
- M010Teacher training in mathematics
- M012Teacher training in informatics (Kazakh, Russian, English)
- M013Teacher training in chemistry (Kazakh, Russian, English)
- M014Teacher training in biology (Kazakh, Russian, English)
- M016Teacher training in history
- M017Teacher training in Kazakh language and literature
- M019Teacher training in foreign language
- M070Economics
- M073Audit and taxation
- M078Law
- M096Information and communication technologies
Doctoral
- D001Pedagogy and psychology
- D013Teacher training in chemistry (Kazakh, Russian, English)
- D014Teacher training in biology (Kazakh, Russian, English)
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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.