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We asked graduates of NU to recollect the work on the most vivid and interesting projectsFrom the first year at NU, students are taught teamwork when working with projects. In the future, this model will contribute to the development of more complex start-ups with a business-oriented potential.

A bill has been submitted to the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan providing the autonomy for all higher education Institutions with increasing responsibility of the guardian supervisory boards. In many respects this document takes into account the experience of NU.

On May 31, under the auspices of the sixth annual Eurasian Forum of Leaders of Higher Education (EHELF) in NU a professional seminar “Library Interaction: Modern World Trends in the Development of the University Library (Library Connect – 2017)” will be held on. Leading experts and heads of university libraries in Kazakhstan are waiting for this event.

As we have already reported earlier, on the 31st of May, VI Eurasian Higher Education Leaders’ Forum starts. David Lock – Secretary-General of the ‘Magna Charta Observatory’ – was invited to this event.

NU has got a new prominent piece of architecture in its territory. It consists of two buildings that look like pyramids reflecting one another.

Nurlan Karimzhanov, the alumni of School of Engineering at NU, tells how NU helps students to reach their goals. Nurlan Karimzhanov is the alumni of School of Engineering at NU.

As part of the larger theme taken by NUFYP in 2016-2017 academic year to highlight the importance of renewable energy resources to combat global warming and support sustainable economy, the physics team launched the Solar Car Project to be performed by Physics Students during the second half of the first semester (only 7 weeks). The physics cohort is divided into teams of 3 or 4 students each.

In one application users in real-time will be able to track the movement of public transport, departure and arrival status of international and domestic flights, as well as to get acquainted with the schedule of trains, electric trains and intercity buses. Application is convenient for metropolitan motorists students; the function to check fines traffic rules is available.

On May 24, Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, spoke with NU staff and students on the current and prospective global and regional environment, as well as the challenges and opportunities for Kazakhstan, the Caucasus, and the Central Asia region. Lagarde said that Kazakhstan needs to implement a new generation of reforms which will make Kazakhstan’s economy more productive.

On March 17, 2016 Ms. Dariga Nazarbayeva, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan, paid her visit to NU.