Kokshetau University Named after Abay Myrzahmetov - KUAM
International relations, BACHELOR
Kokshetau, Kazakhstan
Bachelor's degree
DURATION
LANGUAGES
Kazakh, Russian
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2026
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: Bachelor in International Relations at Abay Myrzakhmetov Kokshetau University trains students for diplomatic and analytical roles. It covers history and theory of international relations, mechanisms of world order, and international institutions. It builds skills in information provision, trend forecasting for Kazakhstan's foreign policy, situational decision-making that accounts for national mentality and legal traditions, political forecasting, business etiquette, record keeping. Keywords: diplomacy, foreign policy, international organizations, national security.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can pursue diplomacy, foreign ministry or consular services, international organizations, policy analysis, national security agencies, public diplomacy, teaching. They’ll apply skills in research, negotiation, policy formulation, intercultural communication.
The profession of a diplomat refers to professions of exclusively mental (creative or intellectual labor). In work, sensory systems, attention, memory, activation of thinking, and the emotional sphere are essential. Diplomats are distinguished by their erudition, curiosity, rationality, and analytical mindset.
Tasks:
Instilling skills and abilities for timely provision of relevant and reliable information, generalization and forecasting of trends in the development of international relations and foreign policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
Formation of students' systemic knowledge of the history and theory of international relations, based on basic ideas about the mechanisms of the development of the world order, as well as on the experience of the activities of international institutional structures;
Developing students' ability to think and act in a situational mode (taking into account the peculiarities of the national mentality, typology of organizational structures, legal traditions, and the specifics of social mobility);
The acquisition by students of the skills of political and global forecasting, business etiquette, record keeping.
Sphere of professional activity:
The system of international relations, the activities of international organizations and associations, problems and trends in the development of world politics, issues of national security of the Republic of Kazakhstan and other states, the activities of government bodies and organizations of the Republic of Kazakhstan working in the field of foreign policy relations, pedagogical activities.
