Written by: Zinaida Rumleanscaia
Published: 09/20/2007

Kazakhstan Completes Major Shakedown of Higher Education Institutions

The Kazakhstan Ministry of Education and Science together with the representatives from the National Security Committee and the Prosecutor General’s Office have concluded a compliance inspection of higher education institutions, the state-owned Kazakh Information agency has reported on June 16, 2007.

At the time a total of 176 higher education institutions and 81 branches were operating in the country, of which 9 were national, 46-state owned or partially state-owned, 14 military and 107 private institutions, as well as 76 and 5 branches 5 of Kazakh and Russian institutions respectively.

The ministry inspected a total of 143 institutions of higher education and 66 branches, excluding medical or military institutions, as well as institutions accredited in 2007 and those that lost their licenses to operate.

The results of the inspection revealed numerous violations of the current legislation and educational standards, the agency reports. Poor library resources, insufficient number of professors with advanced degrees and qualifications required for a higher education institution, the scarcity of qualified teaching staff in institutions offering legal and economic majors resulted in a significant drop in student performance and the quality of education.

In May of 2007, the Ministry closed 33 higher education institutions and 57 branches, at the same time enforcing probation with the impending re-examination for others or merging them.

Higher education institutions that were closed

   

Name in English	Transliteration of the name in Russian	Location
Karaganda Financial Institute	Karagandinskij finansovyj institut	Karaganda
Kazakhstan Institute of Law and International Relations	Kazakhstanskij institut pravovedenija i mezhdunarodnyh otnoshenij	Almaty
International Academy of Labor	Mezhdunarodnaja akademija truda	Aktau
Institute of International Professions	Institut mezhdunarodnyh professij	Almaty
Humanitarian-Technical Institute	Gumanitarno-tekhnicheskij institut	Karatau
Kazakhstan University of Economics and Consulting	Kazakhstanskij universitet ekonomiki i konsaltinga	Almaty
Academy of Finance and Economics	Finansovo-ekonomicheskaja akademija	Almaty
Kazakh Academy of Commerce and Finance	Kazakhskaja kommerchesko-finansovaja akademija	Almaty
Higher Education Institution “Unat”	Vysshee uchebnoe zavedenie “Unat”	Almaty
Northern Kazakhstan Academy of Law	Severno-Kazakhstanskaja juridicheskaja akademija	Petropavlovsk
Humanitarian-Pedagogical Institute	Gumanitarno-pedagogicheskij institut	Turkestan

The following institutions merged with other institutions and no longer operate under the following names:

Name in English	Transliteration of the name in Russian	Location
Kyzylorda Academic University of Economics, Ecology and Law	Kyzylordinskij akademicheskij universitet ekonomiki, ekologii i prava	Kyzylorda
Social Humanitarian Institute “Daryn”	Sotsial’no-gumanitarnyj institut “Daryn”	Almaty
Almaty University of Technology and Business	Almatinskij universitet tekhnologii i biznesa	Almaty
Academy of Legal Studies – Higher School of Law “Edilet”	Akademija jurisprudentsii – Vysshaja shkola prava “Edilet”	Almaty
Southern Kazakhstan Open University	Yuzhno-Kazakhstanskij otkrytyj universitet	Shymkent
Southern Kazakhstan Pedagogical Institute	Yuzhno-Kazakhstanskij pedagogicheskij universitet	Shymkent
Eastern Humanitarian Institute	Vostochnyj gumanitarnyj institut	Ust’-Kamenogorsk
Institute of International Law and International Business “Daneker”	Institut mezhdunarodnogo prava i mezhdunarodnogo biznesa “Daneker”	Astana
“Otyrar” University	Universitet “Otyrar”	Shymkent
Academy of Languages	Akademija yazykov	Shymkent
“Ulagat” Academy	Akademija “Ulagat”	Shymkent
Central Asian Institute of Humanities and Economics	Tsentral’no-Aziatskij gumanitarno-ekonomicheskij institut	Shymkent
Almaty University of Economics	Almatinskij ekonomicheskij universitet	Almaty
Karaganda Pharmaceutical Institute	Karagandinskij farmatsevticheskij institut	Karaganda

The following institutions merged into a new institution, location not given

Participants	Transliteration	New Institution	Transliteration
Western Kazakhstan Institute of Languages and Management “Eurasia” and Ural Academy of Labor and Social Relations	Zapadno-Kazakhstanskij institut yazykov i menedzhmenta “Evrazija” / Ural’skaja akademija truda	Educational-scientific-industrial complex “Eurasian Academy”	Uchebno-nauchno-proizvodstvennyj kompleks “Evraziyskaja akademija”
Kostanai University of Engineering and Economics named after M. Dulatov and Kostanai Humanitarian Institute	Kostanajskij inzhenerno-ekonomicheskij eniversitet imeni M. Dulatova / Kostanajskij gumanitarnyj institut	Kostanai Engineering and Pedagogical University	Kostanajskij inzhenerno-pedagogicheskij universitet
“Auli-Ata” University and “Taraz” Institute	Universitet “Aulie-Ata / Institut “Taraz”	Zhambylskij Humanitarian-Technical University	Zhambylskij gumanitarno-tekhnicheskijuniversitet
Kazakh Main Academy of Architecture and Construction and Kazakh-American University	Kazakhskaja golovnaja arkhitekturno-stroitel’naja Akademija / Kazakhsko-Amerikanskiy universitet	Joint stock company “International Educational Corporation”	Aktsionernoje obshchestvo “Mezhdunarodnaja obrazovatel’naja korporatsija”
Institute named after Academician U. A. Dzholdasbekov and Humanitarian and Economics Academy	Institut imeni. akademika U. A. Dzholdasbekova / Gumanitarno-ekonomicheskaja akademija	Academy of Economics and Law named after U. A. Dzholdasbekov	Akademija ekonomiki i prava imeni Akademika U. A. Dzholdasbekova
Western Kazakhstan University of Engineering and Technology and Kazakhstan University of Innovation and Telecommunication Systems and Western-Kazakhstan Academy of Humanities	Zapadno-Kazakhstanskij inzhenerno-tekhnologicheskij universitet / Kazakhstanskij Universitet Innovatsionnyh i telekommunikatsionnyh sistem / Zapadno-Kazakhstanskaja gumanitarnaja akademija	Western-Kazakhstan University of Engineering and Humanities	Zapadno-Kazakhstanskij inzhenerno-gumanitarnyj universitet
Multiprofile Humanitarian-Technical University and Institute of Language and Translation “Lingva”	Mnogoprofil’nyj gumanitarno-tekhnicheskij universitet / Institut yazyka i perevoda “Lingva”	Central Kazakhstan University	Tsentral’no-Kazakhstanskij universitet

The following higher education institutions were placed on 4-month probation and will be re-examined

Name in English	Transliteration of the name in Russian	Location
“Zhetysu” Institute	Institute “Zhetysu”	Taldykorgan
Kokshetau University	Kokshetauskij universitet	Kokshetau
Kokshetau Institute f Economics and Management	Kokshetauskij institut ekonomiki i menedzhmenta	Kokshetau
Kokshetau University named after A. Myrzakhmetov	Kokshetauskij universitet imeni A. Myzakhmetova	Kokshetau
Aktobinsk University “Dunie”	Aktobinskij universitet “Dunie”	Aktob
Kazakh-Russian International University	Kazakhsko-Russkij mezhdunarodnyj universitet	Aktob
“Miras” University	Universitet “Miras”	Shymkent
Southern-Kazakhstan Humanitarian Institute names after M. Saparbaev	Yuzhno-Kazakhstanskij gumanitarnyj institut imeni M. Saparbaeva	Shymkent
Karaganda University of Business, Management and Law	Karagandinskij universitet biznesa, upravlenija i prava	Karaganda
Kostanai Social Technical University named after Z. Aldamzhar	Kostanajskij sotsial’no-tekhnicheskij universitet Z. Aldamzhara	Kostanai
Kyzylorda Humanitarian University	Kyzylordinskij gumanitarnyj universitet	Kyzylorda
Academy of Assessment and Construction	Akademija otsenki i stroitel’stva	Almaty
Institute of Management	Institut upravlenija	Astana
Academy of Banking	Akademija bankovskogo dela	Not listed
Kyzylorda Academy “Seihun”	Kyzylordinskaja akademija “Seihun”	Kyzylorda
Kyzylorda Institute of Engineering and Economics	Kyzylordinskij inzhenerno-ekonomicheskij institut	Kyzylorda

The branches of the following higher education institutions cancelled their licenses before the inspection

Institution	Transliterated Name	Localities were branches operated
University named after D.A. Kunaev	Universitet imeni D. Kunaeva	Karaganda
Kazakhstan University of People’s Friendship	Kazakhstanskij universitet druzhby narodov	city of Turkestan and village Asukent
Almaty Academy of Economics and Statistics	Almatinskaja akademija ekonomiki i statistiki	cities of Kostanai and Karaganda
Central Asian University	Tsentral’no-Aziatskij universitet	cities of Atyrau and Kyzylorda
University “Kainar”	Universitet “Kainar”	cities of Shymkent, Pavlodar and Aktob
Karaganda Economics University of the Kazakhstan Consumer Union	Karagandisnkij ekonomicheskij universitet Kazpotrebsojuza	Astana, Pavlodar, Shymkent and Kostanaj

The branches of the following higher education institutions lost their licenses

Institution	Transliterated Name	Localities were branches lost licenses
International Kazakh-Turkish University named after H. A. Yassaui	Mezhdunarodnyj Kazakhsko-Turetskij universitet imeni H. A. Yassaui	In Almaty, Kentau
Karaganda State University named after E. Buketov	Karagandinskiy gosudarstvennyj universitet imeni E. Buketova	In Aktau
Kazakh State Women’s Pedagogical Institute	Kazakhskij gosudarstvennyj zhenskij pedagogicheskij institut	In Ekibastuz
Kazakh Humanitarian- Law University	Kazakhskij gumanitarno-juridicheskij universitet	Pavlodar, Aktob, Shymkent, Semipalatisk
Kazakh Academy of Transport and Communications named after M. Tynyshpaev	Kazakhskaja akademija transporta i kommunikatsijimeni M. Tynyshpaev	Astana, Aktob, Shymkent
Kainar University	Universitet “Kainar”	Aktau, Astana
Kazakhstan University of Innovation and Telecommunication Systems	Kazakhstanskij universitet innovatsionnyh i telekommunikatsionnyh sistem	Almaty
Kazakhstan Russian University	Kazakhsko-Rossijskij universitet	Kokshetau, Petropavlovsk, Turkestan, Atyrau, Aktob
Almaty Academy of Economics and Statistics	Almatinskaja akademija ekonomiki i statistiki	Ust’-Kamenogorsk, Taraz, Kokshetau, Astana, Shymkent, Pavlodar
Kazakhstan Institute of Legal Studies and International Relations	Kazakhstanskij institut pravovedenija i mezhdunarodnyh otnoshenij	Pavlodar
Law Institute “Femida”	Juridicheskij insitut “Femida”	Kokshetau
Kazakh-Russian International University	Kazakhsko-Russkij mezhdunarodnyj universitet	Ural’sk
Almaty Economics University	Almatinskij ekonomicheskij universitet	Shymkent
Kazakhstan-Russian University	Kazakhstansko-Rossijskij universitet	Shymkent, Temirtau, Blakhash, Zhezkazgan, Ust’-Kamenogorsk, Pavlodar, Ekibastuz, Taraz
Central-Asian University	Tsentral’no-Aziatskij universitet	Shymkent, Karaganda, Semipalatinsk, Petropavlovsk, Taraz, Kokshetau