WNAM REPORT: Kazakhstani universities are implementing approximately 245 joint educational and dual-degree programs.
The Kazakh government annually allocates funds for the attraction of 200 foreign scholars for lecturing at the universities.
In 2023, Satbayev University and Serikbayev East Kazakhstan State Technical University piloted the Digital University Model.
Memorandums have been signed with such major companies as Coursera, Huawei Technologies Kazakhstan, Binance Kazakhstan to boost international cooperation and apply innovative technologies.
Huawei ICT Academy was set up on the ground of 40 Kazakhstani universities to enable the students undergo certified online courses.
With the support of Binance Kazakhstan, as many as 350 ICT lecturers of 22 universities’ ICT faculties have been trained in blockchain technology.
The Coursera project covered 93 universities countrywide providing access to online courses in in-demand skills. 152 courses were translated into the Kazakh and Russian languages, and 4,000 courses got machine-aided translation into Kazakh.
21 Kazakhstani universities were included in the list of the world’s top universities by the QS World University Rankings. Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 included 4 Kazakh universities in the world’s best universities list.