31 Technology Degree Programs in Kazakhstan

The TVET (Technical and Vocational Education and Training) programs are comprehensive educational courses designed to provide students with practical skills and theoretical knowledge. Offered in collaboration with prestigious institutions in Ireland, France, United Kingdom, Austria, and Germany.

The goal of the program is to prepare specialists capable of using frontline analytical methods to solve business problems, with a focus on the application of artificial intelligence and business analytics tools.

Qualifications and positions are determined under the Qualification Reference Book of the Positions of Managers, Specialists, and Other Employees by the approved order of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Kazakhstan: Pharmacist-technologist; Process engineer; Lecturer; junior researcher; Director of operations.

The program intends to prepare graduates for jobs in growing priority sectors in Kazakhstan, including multiple manufacturing sectors, such as machinery, energy, chemistry, electronics, and innovation. Graduates of the program will have advanced research skills that would enable them to explore important questions in intelligent systems and make significant ongoing contributions in technologically diverse and dynamic economic environments, both in Kazakhstan and abroad.

The purpose of the educational program is to train competitive specialists in the education system of the Republic of Kazakhstan with the fundamental knowledge to implement pedagogical activities in the field of biology teaching.

The Master’s program in Food Biotechnology combines a Master’s program at the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan, and Master’s program at ISA Lille, France. It creates opportunities to gain more international knowledge and experience in food science, bioprocesses, and technologies of food manufacture.

The BEng in Electrical and Computer Engineering program follows the outcome-based teaching and learning approach.  Given the special emphasis of the Nazarbayev University to be a leader in the Education within Kazakhstan and to be respected internationally, the program will focus on skill development that enables our graduates to compete internationally in the job market, research, and to be entrepreneurs who lead change in the local contexts. The program positions itself as the leading ECE program in Kazakhstan, by integrating inquiry, research, and projects in solving relevant problems facing society today. The students in the program get exposed to the research activities in any of the four research groups in the department: (1) Circuits and Systems, (2) Communications and Signal Processing, (3) Power Systems, and (4) Computer Engineering.

The program is the first undergraduate Robotics and Mechatronics degree program in Kazakhstan. It is also one of the first Robotics and Mechatronics programs in the world. The program will educate young engineers for working with the latest intelligent robotics and mechatronics systems in different industries, creating local robotics and mechatronics companies and preparing them for graduate work.

Nazarbayev University School of Engineering and Digital Sciences aims to be the leading school of engineering in Kazakhstan as well as in the Central Asian region. The School’s objective is to ensure that its graduates are well-prepared to meet the growing demand for flexible professional practitioners in the fields of chemical, mechanical, civi and environmental, electrical and computer engineering, computer sciences and robotics to work as the good inventors, scientists, managers and advisers The School of Engineering and Digital Sciences provides a student-centered holistic approach to educating engineers who will be future leaders of Kazakhstani industry sectors.

Learning trajectories within the educational program: Aircraft control systems, space communication, and navigation systems, space robotics.

Masters of Engineering and Technology can occupy leading positions of the highest and middle level in industrial enterprises of various industries; in industry research and design organizations; in factory laboratories; to conduct pedagogical activities in secondary vocational educational institutions.

Applied Informatics is a broad-based profession that provides fundamental knowledge in informatics and professional expertise in economics, management, and marketing. Applied Informatics studies the design, development, and application of information and communication systems in business.

A graduate of a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Software is awarded the academic degree of Bachelor of Computer Engineering and Software. The sphere of professional activity of graduates in public and private enterprises and organizations that develop, implement and use computer technology and software in various fields.

An information security specialist provides comprehensive information protection, conducts an audit of the existing security system, analyzes information risks, and develops and implements measures to ensure the company's information security.

The Master of Science in Computer Science Program is a two-year program (120 ECTS credits) designed to provide students with an advanced mastery of the core CS disciplines along with exposure to emerging areas (such as mobile and pervasive computing, multi-factor authentication, privacy and security, persistent data collection, “big data” analysis and data mining).