Nazarbayev University, mandated to become a Research University, conducts its activities based on principles of academic freedom, institutional autonomy, integrity, merit, integration of education, research, and industry, collegial decision-making, social responsibility, and transparency.
To accomplish excellence in research with high global significance and to serve national needs, we will focus our resources on selected five research thrusts and their priorities where a critical mass of researchers and state-of-the-art research infrastructure and facilities can be established.
Socio-economic Transformation
- High Quality and Equitable Education
- Inclusive Economic Growth and Rural Development
- Institutional and Leadership Development
Artificial Intelligence
- Artificial Intelligence and Data Science
- xG Technologies
- Medical Imaging and Diagnosis
- Smart City Technologies
- Industry 4.0
Health and Wellbeing
- Immunity, Infection, and Inflammation
- Precision Medicine
- Drug Discovery
- Population Health & Health Service Management
- Digital Medicine
New Materials and Technologies
- Nanomaterials and Electronics
- Biomaterials
- Energy Storage and Generation
- Mining, Metallurgical, and Petrochemicals
Energy and the Environment
- Renewable Energy
- Water Management
- Environmental Quality Management
- Water-Energy-Food Nexus
