Zhezkazgan University named after O.A. Baikonurov
Акционерное общество "Жезказганский университет имени О.А.Байконурова"
Joint-stock university (corporatised) · Ulytau Region
Students
1,537
From abroad
2.4%
37 students
Taught in English
0.0%
On a state grant
8.7%
1,389 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's1,497 · 97.4%
- Master's40 · 2.6%
By language of instruction
- Kazakh1,064 · 69.2%
- Russian398 · 25.9%
Graduates recorded, 2025
425
Graduates recorded, 2026
468
Teaching staff
109
1 from abroad
Fields taught (20 programme groups)
The national programme groups — the Ministry's classification of educational programmes — in which the platform lists this institution.
Bachelor's
- B003Pedagogy and primary education methodology
- B005Teacher training in physical education
- B007Teacher training in artistic production and technical drawing
- B009Teacher training in mathematics
- B013Teacher training in biology
- B016Teacher training in Kazakh language and literature
- B017Teacher training in Russian language and literature
- B018Teacher training in foreign language
- B046Finance, economics, banking and insurance
- B062Electrical Engineering and Electrical Power Engineering
- B063Electrical engineering and automation
- B064Mechanics and metal working
- B065Transport equipment and technology
- B071Mining and mineral extraction
- B074Urban planning, construction work and civil engineering
- B094Sanitary preventive measures
- B171Metallurgy
Master's
- M116Mining engineering
- M117Metallurgical Engineering
- M121Geology
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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.