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Auezov South Kazakhstan University (SKU)

Location

Street Tauke-Khana, 5, Shymkent, KZ, Shymkent Kazakhstan

Ranking

# 621-630QS World University Rankings

stars

4QS stars

About Auezov South Kazakhstan University (SKU)

       Auezov South Kazakhstan  University (SKU) is  one of the oldest educational institutions of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Nowadays SKU is committed to excellence in teaching and research, distance education and the active promotion of young scientists. 

       SKU is located in South region of the Republic of Kazakhstan, one of the biggest industrial, trade and cultural centres of the country. 

       SKU regularly rangs among the best univesities of Kazakhstan - according to the results of national ratings, the university is in the top three universities in the country. Moreover, in 2020 the university is among the 500 best universities in the world according to QS World University Ranking. 

       SKU provide a good scientific and educational environment for 25560 students: bachelor's - 24 247, master's - 1171, doctorate - 142. 300 educational programs is developed by academic staff of the University and successfully implemented for bachelors, masters and doctorate students in the following fields of knowledge: Engineering, IT, History, Economics, Business, Chemistry, Bioligy, Biotechnology, Food Science, Pedagogy and many others. 9 undergraduate ang 7 graduate specialties are accredited by German agency ASIIN. 

       SKU is a member of Erasmus+ program, ECTN, EURASHE, Eurasian Association, CIS Networking Universities. The University signed agreements on collaboration with mora than 160 HEIs and scientific-research institutions. Our students has an opportunity to study in Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, Malaysia, Spain, Russia and others countries.

       SKU provides a great opportunity for research. The university is implementing 45 research pprojects having a budget of KZT 703.726 million. Commercialization of the results of scientific and technical activities is carried out  in the framework of 6 projects with the budget of KZT 342.669 million. Annually the results of these research works are published in over 150 articles in scientific journals included in Web of Science and Scopus databases. The University independently publishes 5 scientific journals. 



 


About Auezov South Kazakhstan University (SKU)

       Auezov South Kazakhstan  University (SKU) is  one of the oldest educational institutions of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Nowadays SKU is committed to excellence in teaching and research, distance education and the active promotion of young scientists. 

       SKU is located in South region of the Republic of Kazakhstan, one of the biggest industrial, trade and cultural centres of the country. 

       SKU regularly rangs among the best univesities of Kazakhstan - according to the results of national ratings, the university is in the top three universities in the country. Moreover, in 2020 the university is among the 500 best universities in the world according to QS World University Ranking. 

       SKU provide a good scientific and educational environment for 25560 students: bachelor's - 24 247, master's - 1171, doctorate - 142. 300 educational programs is developed by academic staff of the University and successfully implemented for bachelors, masters and doctorate students in the following fields of knowledge: Engineering, IT, History, Economics, Business, Chemistry, Bioligy, Biotechnology, Food Science, Pedagogy and many others. 9 undergraduate ang 7 graduate specialties are accredited by German agency ASIIN. 

       SKU is a member of Erasmus+ program, ECTN, EURASHE, Eurasian Association, CIS Networking Universities. The University signed agreements on collaboration with mora than 160 HEIs and scientific-research institutions. Our students has an opportunity to study in Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, Malaysia, Spain, Russia and others countries.

       SKU provides a great opportunity for research. The university is implementing 45 research pprojects having a budget of KZT 703.726 million. Commercialization of the results of scientific and technical activities is carried out  in the framework of 6 projects with the budget of KZT 342.669 million. Annually the results of these research works are published in over 150 articles in scientific journals included in Web of Science and Scopus databases. The University independently publishes 5 scientific journals. 



 


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Rankings & ratings

Auezov South Kazakhstan University (SKU) is one of the top public universities in Shymkent, Kazakhstan. It is ranked #621-630 in QS World University Rankings 2025.

QS World University Rankings

  • 2012
    #601+
  • 2014
    #651-700
  • 2015
    #651-700
  • 2016
    #701+
  • 2017
    #601-650
  • 2018
    #501-550
  • 2019
    #480
  • 2020
    #491
  • 2021
    #490
  • 2022
    #=482
  • 2023
    #=443
  • 2024
    #611-620
  • 2025
    #621-630
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