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On June 16th, NU welcomed forty 10th and 11th grade pupils from the Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools of the Republic of Kazakhstan to participate in the Summer Research Program. The program’s welcome included speeches and participation by Loretta O’Donnell the Vice-Provost for Academic Affairs, as well as various deans and NU faculty.

Today the VIII Eurasian Higher Education Leaders’ Forum opened in NU. This year, the organizers have prepared interesting sessions, discussions, and seminars related to the main topic of the forum “Future Ready Graduates”.

Kadisha Nurduldinovna, what do you think makes a competitive graduate?One of the most important issues occupying the field of education and policy makers of the state, is how university graduates can be competitive in the labor market. Because today’s world is rapidly changing in almost all spheres of life modern conditions dictate new rules of conduct in the labor market, and this means that even more attention is paid to the creating competitive graduates.

Hong Kong City University conducts one of the modules of its Master program in Global Business Management at NU. Professors and students have classes and seminars with teachers of the Graduate School of Business, visit prominent Kazakh companies (i.

Due to the high public interest to the recent news about discoveries in physics, made by an international group of scientists from the USA, Kazakhstan and Russia composed of Professor Zinetula Insepov (USA, and Head of the Anchor Project of the International Level at NU), Professor Kurbangali Tynyshtykbaev (Kazakhstan, staff member of the Anchor Project of the International Level at NU), Dr. Evgeniy Emelin, Dr.

“Passion For Change” is the theme of this year’s conference by the Harvard College Project for Asian and International Relations (HPAIR) that will be hosted at Nazabayev University. The proposal put together by NU Students won a highly competitive process that HPAIR runs to determine which organization in Asia will host the conference.

The Alliance of Young Researchers in partnership with NURIS and NU organized the First Youth Research Forum “Science is My Choice”. The forum was attended by 200 young scientists, researchers, representatives of Kazakh universities, research institutes, international organizations, and government agencies.

Yevgeniya Kim, the Director of NU’s Career and Advising Center, has been working there since its inception in 2012. The main tasks of the Center are to work together with students on their career development and to advise students and graduates on issues related to their professional growth.

Our interviewee is Aizhamal Zhazykpaeva, acting director of the Admissions Department of NU, who has been admitting students to the University for 5 years. Aizhamal, tell us about the peculiarities of NU admissions office?The main feature I would highlight is openness and accessibility in our work.