Kazakh National Women’s Teacher Training University
Master in Defectology
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Master degree
DURATION
2 years
LANGUAGES
Russian, English,
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: Master in Defectology at Kazakh National Women's Teacher Training University in Almaty trains education professionals within a four-stage model (vocational school–undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate) using credit-based training technology. The program sits in Almaty, Kazakhstan, noted for Tien Shan scenery and safe urban life; keywords: defectology, special education, inclusive education, developmental support, rehabilitation, pedagogical research.
Career Outcomes: Graduates work in state bodies, general and special preschools and schools, rehabilitation centers, social institutions, healthcare and research organizations. Employment - 100%. Professional activities include pedagogical, teaching-educational, technological, socio-pedagogical, research, and organizational-managerial; roles may include special educator, early intervention specialist, rehabilitation coordinator, education researcher.
The purpose of the educational program is to train highly skilled specialists who have a creative, critical type of thinking, a developed worldview culture, are ready to solve actual scientific and practical problems in the field of special and inclusive education, who possess labor functions: teaching, educating, correctional, methodological, research, social and communicative in the conditions of updating the system of special education.
Welcome to Almaty – city of thousand colors!
Almaty is no longer the capital of Kazakhstan, but it remains its largest, most happening and most enjoyable city.
It’s also Central Asia’s most beautifully situated city. The snow-capped mountains of the Tien Shan serve as a constant backdrop to city life.
Almaty is a safe place, during the day and at night: feel free to walk alone without undue fear (take your usual precautions).
ALMATY – What does it mean?
Its name is derived from the word apple. Apple translated to the Kazakh language means alma. It is not a coincidence that the name of the city comes from apples; it is believed that apples originated in this region and one can still find wild apples in the Almaty region.
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Employment - 100%:
State structures; private general educational, special preschool and school educational organizations; rehabilitation centers; correction rooms; social institutions; institutions related to the problems of upbringing and development of the younger generation in the public environment; health care facilities; research organizations.
The rating of the educational program:
- IААR – 1 place, 2019.
Types of professional activities
Masters of the educational program 7M01901 - «Defectology» can perform the following types of professional activities:
- Educational (pedagogical);
- Teaching-educational;
- Educational and technological;
- Socio-pedagogical;
- Research;
- Organizational and managerial.
