Selection Process
- The Admissions Office reviews applications and verifies whether applicants meet the minimum entry requirements within the selected category. Applicants under the NUET category who meet the minimum entry requirements will be invited to take the NUET test.
- Applicants who do not pass the previous stage of the selection process are not allowed to proceed to the next stage.
- Applicants’ ranking is formed based on the results obtained in accordance with the chosen admission category (NUET, SAT/ACT, IB, A-level, etc.) and IELTS or TOEFL results.
- Depending on the number of available places for NUFYP and Undergraduate programs, applicants who meet the established requirements and achieve the highest results receive an admission offer for study under an educational grant according to their ranking.
The official admission offer is displayed in the applicant’s Personal Account.
- Based on the final ranking, a Waiting List is created, which includes applicants who do not receive an educational grant at this stage of the selection process. Vacant educational grants that become available during the selection process are awarded to applicants from the Waiting List according to their ranking position. Applicants from the Waiting List may also be offered study on a fee-paying basis, depending on program capacity.
Important: Successful completion of all stages of the selection process does not guarantee enrollment at Nazarbayev University.
Enrollment
The enrollment of applicants is carried out in the following order:
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Recommendation for Admission
Applicants who are recommended for admission will have their status changed to “Recommended for admission.” By logging into the “Admission Results” section of their Personal Account, applicants will see the admission offer and Instructions for submitting documents to the University, including deadlines and requirements.
- Applicants’ Consent for Enrollment
Applicants are required to sign the Enrollment confirmation form and the Form of Consent on Guarantee Fee Payment , and to pay a Guarantee Fee of 100,000 KZT via their Personal Account.The Guarantee Fee will be refunded to the enrolled student after the following conditions are met:
- Bilateral signing of the Service Agreement for Education at Nazarbayev University;
- Participation in the Orientation Week;
- Progression to the second semester.
- Submission of Enrollment Documents and Signing of the Agreement
Applicants must carefully review the admission offer and strictly comply with all requirements and deadlines specified therein. All documents, in both electronic and hard copy formats, must be provided to the relevant NU departments within the specified deadlines. In addition, applicants must sign the Agreement on Provisions of educational services at Nazarbayev University.
- Participation in Orientation Week
Before the start of studies, all applicants who have accepted the offer to enrollment must participate in Orientation Week. Applicants must participate in Orientation Week to be enrolled to NU.
- Enrollment
Upon completion of the above requirements applicants are officially enrolled to the University.
List of the Applicants’ documents to be provided by the applicant to the Admissions Office for enrollment to the University is specified in the Instructions for Document Submission. If the original certificate/diploma with transcript is not issued in Kazakh, Russian, or English, a scanned copy of a notarized English translation of the document must also be provided. Failure to provide the complete set of documents within the established deadlines will result in the applicant losing the right to commence studies. The University is entitled to request any additional documents from foreign citizens and stateless persons. All documents provided by enrolled applicants to NU are non-returnable. The only exception is the original official document of general secondary education (certificate with a transcript) or technical and vocational education (diploma with transcript), which is returned by the Office of the Registrar upon completion of studies or withdrawal from NU.
Useful resources
- NUET materials are available here.
Rules of conduct for the NU Entrance Test are sent by email.
- To help to prepare for admission to NU, this website contains many useful links to courses, webinars, interviews, books and lectures. You can also find information about standardized tests with links to preparation materials, schedule, registration, and standardized test results.
- Please find the video instruction for submitting an online application for the NUFYP and undergraduate programs here.
Please find the video instruction for downloading IELTS/TOEFL results here.
Transcript verification
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Applicants recommended for admission must verify their final transcripts of a degree diploma based on one of the following options:
- Official hard copy sent directly to the Admissions Office via postmail by the previous institution of study.
- Official soft copy sent directly to the Admissions Office’s email* from the corporate email address of the previous institution of study.
- The final transcript verified by the official digital credential services (for instance: WES, Parchment, Scholaro, etc.), provided to the Admissions Office’s email* directly by the service.
- Graduates of NU do not need to verify their transcripts.
*The email is indicated in the application form of an applicant in the upper right corner.
Enrollment
Enrollment of the applicants is implemented in the following sequence:
– Recommendation for admission. Applicants recommended for admission by the NU Admissions Committee will have their application status changed to «Recommended for admission to program» or «Recommended for conditional admission». By visiting the «Admission results» section in the Personal Account and clicking on the application status, applicants will see an admission offer and an enrollment confirmation form.
– Enrollment confirmation. Applicants must fill out the Enrollment confirmation form and Form of consent on guarantee fee payment in their Personal account. Then, in case they accept an admission offer, they should pay a refundable Guarantee Fee in the amount of 100,000 tenge. The Guarantee Fee shall be paid online through the payment options available in the Personal account. The use of other payment methods for the Guarantee Fee is not acceptable. The Guarantee Fee will be returned to the admitted student after the following conditions are met:
1) Bilateral signing of the Agreement on Provision of Education Services at NU;
2) Participation in the Orientation week;
3) Progression to the second semester.
– Signing an agreement. Applicants sign an agreement with the NU School to which they were recommended for admission or with the Bursar’s Department in case of admission on a fee-paying education. Information will be provided to applicants by the School or the Bursar’s Department.
– Participation in the Orientation week. Before the start of classes, all invited applicants participate in a mandatory Orientation week.
– Enrollment. Enrollment to the University is legalized by the decision of the University Provost.
Useful resources
We present to your attention additional information that will be useful for applicants to NU:
- To help to prepare for admission to NU, this website contains many useful links to courses, webinars, interviews, books and lectures. You can also find information on standardized tests with links to preparation materials, schedule, registration, and standardized test results.
- You can find the Guide here
- The instructions for submitting an online application can be found here
- You can find the Instruction for submission of recommendation letters here
- Please find the video instruction for submitting an online application for the Master’s programs here.
Please find the video instruction for downloading IELTS/TOEFL results here. - You can find answers to frequently asked questions here
- To learn more about the Terms for provision of education services at NU, click here
- The official electronic tests results should be sent to NU via the Test Administrator using the code (Institutional Code) of the University:
* Code for IELTS (except IELTS Online test): NU, Admissions Department
* Code for TOEFL iBT (except TOEFL Home Edition): 6762
* Code for GRE: 6496
* Code for GMAT: H6m-R7-93
Transcript verification
Applicants recommended for admission must verify their final transcripts of a Master’s degree or Doctor of Medicine diploma (or equivalent) based on one of the following options:
1. Official hard copy sent directly to the Admissions Department via postmail by the previous institution of study.
2. Official soft copy sent directly to the phd_admissions@nu.edu.kz from the corporate email address of the previous institution of study.
3. The final transcript verified by the official digital credential services (for instance: WES, Parchment, Scholaro, etc.), provided to the phd_admissions@nu.edu.kz directly by the service.
4. Graduates of NU master’s program do not require transcript verification.
Enrollment
Enrollment of the applicants is implemented in the following sequence:
– Recommendation for admission. Applicants recommended for admission by the NU Admissions Committee will have their application status changed to «Recommended for admission to program», or «Recommended for conditional admission». By visiting the «Admission results» section in the Personal Account and clicking on the application status, applicants will see an admission offer and an enrollment confirmation form.
– Enrollment confirmation. Applicants must fill out the Enrollment confirmation form and Form of consent on guarantee fee payment in their Personal account. Then, in case they accept an admission offer, they should pay a refundable Guarantee Fee in the amount of 100,000 tenge. The Guarantee Fee shall be paid online through the payment options available in the Personal account. The use of other payment methods for the Guarantee Fee is not acceptable. The Guarantee Fee will be returned to the admitted student after the following conditions are met:
1) bilateral signing of the Agreement on Provision of Educational Services at Nazarbayev University;
2) student’s participation in Orientation week;
3) student’s progression to the second semester (for Residency programs – after finishing the first six months of the program).
– Signing an agreement. Applicants sign an agreement with the NU School to which they were recommended for admission or with the Bursar’s Office in case of admission on a fee-paying education. Information will be provided to applicants by the School or the Bursar’s Office.
– Participation in the Orientation week. Before the start of classes, all invited applicants participate in a mandatory Orientation week.
– Enrollment. Enrollment to the University is legalized by the decision of the University Provost.
Useful resources
We present to your attention additional information that will be useful for applicants to NU:
- To help to prepare for admission to NU, this website contains many useful links to courses, webinars, interviews, books and lectures. You can also find information on standardized tests with links to preparation materials, schedule, registration, and standardized test results.
- The instructions for submitting an online application can be found here.
- You can find the Instruction for submission of recommendation letters here.
- Please find the video instruction for submitting an online application for the PhD programs here.
Please find the video instruction for downloading IELTS/TOEFL results here.
Please find the video instruction for accepting admission offer for the PhD programs here. - You can find answers to frequently asked questions here.
- To learn more about the Terms for provision of education services at NU, click here.
- The official electronic tests results should be sent to NU via the Test Administrator using the code (Institutional Code) of the University:
* Code for IELTS (except IELTS Online test): NU, Admissions Department
* Code for TOEFL iBT (except TOEFL Home Edition): 6762
* Code for GRE: 6496
* Code for GMAT: H6m-R7-93
