Admission conditions

You will need to score over 50 points 

Exception:

Law – 75 points

Business Administration – 80 points

The pass mark for paid admission is 60 points and a minimum of 5 points in each subject (except for mathematics and reading literacy – 3 points).

A link to register for entrance exams for applicants who have not scored a threshold score:

https://almau4u.kz/admission

1.Identity document (original and copy)

2.Original document on general secondary, technical and vocational education (certificate/diploma with attachment);

3.6 photos (size 3×4);

4.Medical certificate of the form 075-U (with a fluorography photo);

5.Health passport (or vaccination card of 063 form);

6.Certificate of Unified National Testing – UNT;

7.Enrolment certificate (for young men);

8.Copy of the child’s birth certificate when signing the agreement on educational services by one of the parents for a child under 18 years of age;

9.EDS.

You will also need to scan all of the above documents to expedite the application process.

Application Periods:

From June 20 to August 10, 2025 – for applicants applying on a paid (self-funded) basis

From June 20 to July 7, 2025 – for applicants applying for a state grant

Creative Exam Dates:

First session: July 8 and 10, 2025

During the summer admission period (18 June – 25 August).

1.It is necessary to pass an online interview via Zoom, MS Teams platform with representatives of the Schools you plan to apply to;

2.After you will need to submit a full list of original documents to us in the Admissions Committee in person.

List of required documents:

1. Application to the Rector (to be filled in at the Admissions Committee);
2. Document on general secondary, technical and vocational, post-secondary or higher education (original) with a notarized translation into Kazakh (state) and/or Russian;
3. A foreign passport and its copy with a notarized translation into Kazakh and/or Russian;
4. 6 photo cards of 3 x 4 centimeters in size;
5. Medical certificate in the form 075-U (with a fluorography photo);
6. A certificate on the presence or absence of a criminal record.

Note:

Documents submitted in a foreign language must have a notarized translation into the Kazakh, English or Russian language. Documents on education, issued by foreign educational organizations, undergo the procedure of nostrification in the order established by the legislation after enrolment of persons, during the first semester of study.

Please note!

Foreign citizens are admitted without entrance examinations or UNT on the basis of an interview!

After a successful interview you will have to leave the country during the period of stay in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan without a residence permit, and when we make an official invitation for you, you, having received it by mail, come back to the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan already in the status of a student.

Link to register for an interview for international students:

https://almau4u.kz/internationalstudents

Minimum threshold score for admission to the English Department:

IELTS – 5.5

TOEFL ITP – 460

TOEFL IBT – 87

TOEFL – 560

In case these certificates are not available, an internal language examination is taken at the University.

Exam format: offline/online

Admission in a major:

If the chosen major is related to one that you graduated from college, admission is carried out through an internal exam (essay, interview or testing).

Length of schooling – 2-3 years depending on the major.

Internal exams are held from June 20 to August 25.

Changing the major:

If you plan to change your major, admission is carried out in the same way as for school graduates who have passed the Unified National Testing (UNT) in five subjects.

Length of schooling – 3 years.

More information about this can be found on the website testcenter.kz.

Submission of documents:

From June 20 to August 25 in offline format at the address: 227 Rozybakiev Str., Almaty.

Stages of registration:

• Conclusion of the contract;
• Payment for tuition (the first tranche until August 25);
• Start of studying.

Application period: from June 1 to July 8, 2026.

Registration is carried out on the official website of the National Testing Center: https://testcenter.kz

Testing period: from July 20 to August 10, 2026.

For Research and Teaching Masters (RTM)

25 points in a foreign language;

7 points in other subjects and/or creative exams.

Will need to pass:

1.Foreign language test includes:

a. listening;

b. vocabulary-grammar;

c. reading.

2.Test to determine readiness for learning:

a. Critical thinking;

b. Analytical thinking.

3.Test on the profile of the group of educational programs: 2 profile disciplines.

Number of test tasks – 130

Testing time – 235 minutes (3 hours 55 minutes)

Passing score – 75 points out of 150

Profile Masters (PM).

Passing score – 30 points out of 70.

The CT consists of:

Test on the profile of the group of educational programs: 2 profile disciplines.

Number of test tasks – 70

Testing time – 160 min (2 hours 40 min)

Management

Project Management

Urban Planning

Finance

Marketing

Jurisprudence

Supply Chain Management

Please note!

The study format is hybrid (online + offline). In-person classes are held during the 1st, 8th, and 15th weeks of study.

If your first higher education is in a different field, you will need to additionally complete and pass the prerequisite courses during your studies. Training for the prerequisites is provided free of charge.

Management and Administration – 36

Management and Administration – 104

Finance – 30

Finance – 108

Marketing – 32

Marketing – 90

Law – 30

Law – 108

Supply Chain Management – 96

1. Higher education diploma with transcript (original);
2. Copy of an identity document;
3. 3×4 photo (2 pcs);
4. Medical certificate in form 075-U (with a fluorography image);
5. Certificate of passing a foreign language test (if available);
6. Certificate of passing the Complex Testing (KT);
7. Military registration certificate / certificate from eGov (for male applicants).

1.Masters of scientific and pedagogical direction;

2.Masters of profile education, who have mastered the OP of pedagogical profile.

1.Registration for the entrance exam on the NCT website and submission of documents to the university;

2.Passsing the entrance exams;

3.Enrolment.

1.Copy of the identity document

2.Education documents

3.International certificate confirming foreign language proficiency:

English:

• IELTS (Academic) – 5,0;
• TOEFL IBT –  35;
• TOEFL ITP –  417;
• TOEIC –  550;
• Duolingo English Test – 80.

Germany:

• DSH – B1;
• TestDaF – B1.

France:

• TFI – B1 ;
• DELF/DALF B2, TCF – B1.

4.Medical certificate in form 075-U

5.Photo 3*4

6.Personal sheet on personnel records

7.List of research papers for the last 3 calendar years (scientific publications, imprints, research plan, essays)

8.Official KAZTEST certificate

1.Online interview;

2.Readiness to learning test;

3.Exam questions on profile;

4.ESSAY.

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