
Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University
Overview
Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University – located in the historical district of Almaty – was the first university in Kazakhstan, celebrating its 90th anniversary in 2018.
The main languages of instruction at Abai University are Kazakh, Russian, English and French.
To find out more about Abai University, please visit its social media accounts: Facebook; Instagram; Vkontakte; Twitter; Telegram.
Or the Rector’s social media: Facebook; Instagram; Twitter; Vkontakte.
Abai University has six campuses. Find out more about the institutes here.
The university campuses feature academic buildings, scientific laboratories, sports and socio-cultural facilities, and student halls. A large number of shops, cafes, repair shops, and bank branches are located nearby too.
All university campuses have canteens, printing and photocopying services, and ATMs.
The university provides teaching and learning for 406 international students, 3.9 percent of the total number of students. 33 nationalities are represented at Abai University.
The university has a system of student self-government: The Youth Affairs Committee, the student administration, the student self-government Council, and other university youth organizations have been established.
Abai University launched the music studio “Zhastar” and O. Dosbosynov’s Centre for young singing improvisers which both help students develop singing and public speaking skills.
The Smart Students (Instagram page) coworking center hosted more than 31 events in 2019. The center has dombyra, chess, book clubs. Traditionally, the center organizes intellectual games, meetings with famous personalities Star Friday, Charity fairs.
The following events are particularly popular among students:
•The Rector Cup (football)
•Nauryz Holiday
•New Year's masquerade ball
•Start Project contest
•Young singing improvisers competition “My angel - Suyinbay”
•The Rector’s Cup debate tournament
•Student Week
•Kazakh Wrestling Championship among universities of Almaty “Tuye paluan”;
Students live on campus and off.
Students who live in halls actively participate in the social life of the university and city:
•In charity and social events
•On the welfare and landscaping of the city
Various competitions, the Miss KazNPU contest, the annual student spring festival, and the Autumn ball are held each year as well as team building, trekking, hiking in the mountains. As part of the historical and educational excursion "by the great Silk Road", students visited historical sites, Issyk Kurgan, lake Kolsay, Butakovsky gorge. The “Medeo” high-altitude sports complex is also organized annually for mass skating.
4,900 students received tickets to 56 cultural events during the 2019/20 academic year.
Admission is carried out according to:
•Abai KazNPU accepts international students with general secondary, technical and professional education
•There is a special discount “Otandastar” of 30 percent for ethnic Kazakhs for their first year of study
•50 percent discount "for special achievements" for the first year of training (winners of international competitions, Olympiads, masters of sports etc.)
•“Excellent student” (50 percent) and “Altyn Belgi” (100 percent) discounts are provided to applicants who have a certificate of education with honors and awarded the “Altyn Belgi” badge for the first year of study.
Find out more about applications at Abai University here.
Graduate employability from 2020 shows out of 1,954 graduates, 1,857 were employed. Visit the graduate section of the website here.
Since 2010 during the summer holidays, the student construction team and the republican labor team “Green Country” has enabled more than 100 socially vulnerable students to get temporary employment each year.
Active members of the student self-government Council are temporarily employed in the Admissions Committee and are provided with free accommodation in halls.
Meetings, conferences, forums, and online meetings are held for graduates where they share ideas and strengthen future ties.
Abai KazNPU has a mobile app "Mansap" which is tailored to Abai University graduate employability. Find it on the App Store and Play Store.
Programs available
Undergraduate Faculties/Departments and Programs
Institute of arts, culture and sports
- Art criticism
- Art education, graphics and design
- Basic military training
- Basic military training– Physical education and sport
- Choreography
- Cultural and leisure work
- Decorative art (ceramics)
- Decorative art. Textile design
- Decorative art.Wood processing and jewelry
- Design. Architectural design
- Design. Fashion design
- Design. Graphic design
- Graphic
- Music education (Choral conducting)
- Music education (Special music instrument)
- Music education:Variety vocal
- Musical education
- Musical education (double-diploma)
- Painting
- Physical culture and sport-Initial military training
- Physical education and sport
- Polygraphy
- Vocational training (Artistic processing of wood and other materials)
Institute of history and law
- Basics law and economics: basics of entrepreneurship and business
- Basics law and economics: educational law and business fundamentals in digitalization)
- Cultural studies
- Cultural studies and cultural policy
- Digital history
- History
- History – Religious Studies
- History- basics of Law and Economics
- History-Archive science and document science
- History-Fundamentals of Law
- History-geography
- History-Jurisprudence
- Innovative technologies in political science
- Jurisprudence
- Jurisprudence-Legal support of public administration and business
- Jurisprudence: Investigative and forensic activities
- Jurisprudence: Judicial Prosecutor
- Philosophy
- Philosophy - Sociology
- Political science
- Political science and leadership skills
- Regional studies
- Regional studies-Oriental studies
- Religious studies and Bases of the right
- Religious studies and Policy
- Sociology
- Sociology and socio-cultural modernization
- Training of teachers of the basics of law and Economics
Institute of mathematics. physics and computer science
- Computer science
- Computer science
- Computer science and robotics
- Computer science and Web design
- Computer Science in English
- Information system
- Mathematical and computer modeling
- Mathematics
- Mathematics-Computer Science
- Mathematics-Physics
- Physics
- Physics in English
- Physics-Computer Science
- Physics-Computer Science in English
- Technology and robotics
Institute of multilingual education and philology
- Foreign language: two foreign languages
- Foreign language: two foreign languages (second eastern language)
- Foreign philology: Eastern (Arabic, Chinese, Turkish) language
- Foreign philology: Uigur language and literature-Kazakh language and literature
- Foreign philology: Uigur language and literature-Primary Education
- Foreign philology:Uigur language and literature
- Foreign philology:Uigur language and literature-history
- Foreign philology:Uigur language and literature-russian language and literature
- Kazakh as a foreign language
- Kazakh language and literature
- Kazakh language and literature in schools with non-Kazakh language of instruction
- Philology
- Russian language and literature
- Russian language and literature in schools with non-Russian language of instruction
- Russian like a Foreign Language
- The teacher of the Uyghur language and literature
- Translation studies
- Uighur language and literature-geography
- Uigur language and literature-English language
- Western philology (English language)
Institute of natural science and geography
Institute of pedagogy and psychology
- Defectology: Training of specialists for children with a hearing disorders
- Defectology: Training of specialists for children with a intellectual disorders
- Defectology: Training of specialists for children with a speech disorders
- Defectology: Training of specialists for children with a visual disorders
- Defectology: Training of specialists of special preschool pedagogy
- Pedagogy and psychology
- Pedagogy of preschool education and training (English)
- Preschool education and upbringing
- Preschool education and upbringing:Preschool preparation
- Primary education
- Primary education in English
- Primary education with business innovation
- Primary education with information and communication technologies
- Primary education with multilingualism
- Psychology: Business psychology
- Psychology: Mediation
- Psychology: Training of a practical psychologist
- Social pedagogics and self-cognition
Postgraduate Faculties/Departments and Programs
Institute of arts, culture and sports
- Art criticism
- Art education, graphics and design
- Basic military training
- Choreography
- Cultural and leisure work
- Decorative art
- Design. Architectural design
- Design. Fashion design
- Design. Graphic design
- Graphic
- Music (double degree)
- Musical education
- Painting
- Physical education and sport
- Polygraphy
- Vocational training
- Vocational training (Artistic processing of wood and other materials)
- Vocational training (Designing and modeling of garments)
Institute of history and law
- Basics of law and economics
- Cultural studies
- History
- History
- History-memory Research: Kazakhstan and Central Asia
- History: Digital technologies in historical education
- History: Social history of modern and contemporary Kazakhstan
- Jurisprudence
- Philosophy
- Political science
- Regional studies
- Regional studies-Oriental studies
- Religious studies
- Sociology
Institute of mathematics. physics and computer science
Institute of multilingual education and philology
- Foreign language: two foreign languages
- Foreign philology: english
- Kazakh language and literature
- Kazakh language and literature in schools with non-Kazakh language of instruction
- Linguistics
- Literature study
- Orientalism
- Philology
- Russian language and literature
- Russian language and literature in schools with non-Russian language of instruction
- Russian like a Foreign Language
- Translation studies
- Turkology
Institute of natural science and geography
Institute of pedagogy and psychology
The Institute Sorbonne-Kazakhstan
University Highlights
Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University is one of the top universities in Almaty, Kazakhstan. It is ranked #601-650 in QS Global World University Rankings 2021.