Languages and Literature
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Master degree
DURATION
LANGUAGES
English, Russian
PACE
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2026
STUDY FORMAT
Key Summary
About: The Languages and Literature programme is offered by a university created in 1997 in Almaty by Doctor of Philosophy Professor Zhumatai Aliyev. Aliyev later served in senior public roles and now chairs the board that oversees four universities, eight colleges and a manufacturing plant, including a London institute. The programme title reflects its subject area and scope.
Career Outcomes: Graduates with a Languages and Literature qualification can pursue teaching, translation and interpreting, publishing, editing, journalism, cultural management, research and further study in linguistics or literary studies; they may also work in public service, international relations, communications or media roles.
Created in 1997 in Almaty. The founder, president and first rector of the university is Doctor of Philosophy, Professor Aliyev Zhumatai Alievich.
Subsequently, Aliyev Zh.A was invited to the civil service in the Administration of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, where he worked as the Deputy Chairman of the Assembly of the Peoples of Kazakhstan, the head of the Secretariat of the Presidential Administration, a deputy of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
At present, Zh.A. Aliyev continues, as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, to actively manage the activities of the Corporation as part of four universities: Central Asian University (Almaty), Astana University (Astana), Kazakhstan Maritime University (Aktau) , London Institute of Technology and English (London, UK), 8 colleges, and a manufacturing plant.
