Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan calls for foreign applicants, including persons of Kazakh nationality who are not citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan for full-time studying under Bachelor, Master and PhD educational programs.
Aim and Benefits of Kazakhstan Government Scholarship Undergraduate Scholarship
The scholarship includes:
Tuition fee
Monthly stipend
Number of grants:
Bachelor's degree – 490
Master's degree – 50
PhD doctorate - 10
Requirements for Kazakhstan Government Scholarship Undergraduate Scholarship Qualification
Requirements for applicants for the bachelor's degree program
The candidate will receive higher and (or) postgraduate education under the scholarship program if he/she is studying for the first time at each of these levels;
a copy of your identity document, including a copy of your refugee certificate (if applicable);
a copy of the document on the previous level of education with a transcript and annex (if any) and a notarized translation into Kazakh, Russian or English. For applicants for a bachelor's degree - the average score of the document on secondary education - at least "good" (except for persons with a refugee certificate). In their absence, the applicant must submit a certificate from the organization where he studies, information on grades for the current period, along with a notarized translation into Kazakh, Russian or English;
a motivational essay in Kazakh, Russian or English;
2 letters of recommendation in Kazakh, Russian or English from the educational institution or employer where the candidate studied;
a medical certificate of health for study abroad, issued by the official health authority of the applicant's place of residence, as well as a medical certificate confirming the absence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and AIDS;
Invitation letter from the Kazakhstani NGO (if available).
Requirements for applicants to the Master's degree program
The candidate will receive higher and (or) postgraduate education under the scholarship program if he/she is studying for the first time at each of these levels;
copy of identity document;
a copy of the document on the previous level of education with transcript and appendix (if any) and a notarized translation into Kazakh or Russian or English (Bachelor's or specialist's diploma with an average score of at least 3.0 (out of 4.0) GPA or its equivalent received at an educational institution;
a motivational essay in Kazakh, Russian or English;
2 letters of recommendation in Kazakh, Russian or English from the educational institution or employer where the candidate studied;
a medical certificate of health for study abroad, issued by the official health authority of the applicant's place of residence, as well as a medical certificate confirming the absence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and AIDS;
Invitation letter from the Kazakhstani UNRWA (if available);
International certificate confirming proficiency in a foreign language:
English proficiency: Test of English as a Foreign Language Institutional Testing Programm Internet-based Test (TOEFL IBT, minimum score - 46, Test of English as a Foreign Language Paper-based testing (TOEFL PBT) minimum score - 453, International English Language Tests System Academic (IELTS Academic), minimum score - 5.5;
for German language proficiency: Deutsche Sprachprufung fuer den Hochschulzugang (DSH, Niveau B2/B2 level), TestDaF-Prufung (Niveau B2/B2 level);
French language proficiency: Test de Français International (TFI) - not lower than level B2 in the reading and listening sections, Diplome d'Etudes en Langue français (DELF), level B2, Diplome Approfondi de Langue français (DALF), level B2, Test de connaissance du français (TCF) - not lower than 400 points;
Chinese language proficiency HSK – Hanyu Shuiping Kaushi, not lower than level 4;
An international certificate confirming proficiency in a foreign language is not required for individuals whose country of residence is the official or language of instruction at the previous levels of education and whose educational institution has been in operation for no more than 5 years.
Requirements for candidates for doctoral studies
The candidate will receive higher and (or) postgraduate education under the scholarship program if he/she is studying for the first time at each of these levels;
copy of identity document;
a copy of the document on the previous level of education with transcript and appendix (if any) and a notarized translation into Kazakh or Russian or English (Bachelor's or specialist's diploma with an average score of at least 3.0 (out of 4.0) GPA or its equivalent received at an educational institution;
a motivational essay in Kazakh, Russian or English;
2 letters of recommendation in Kazakh, Russian or English from the educational institution or employer where the candidate studied;
a medical certificate of health for study abroad, issued by the official health authority of the applicant's place of residence, as well as a medical certificate confirming the absence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and AIDS;
Invitation letter from the Kazakhstani UNRWA (if available);
International certificate confirming proficiency in a foreign language:
English proficiency: Test of English as a Foreign Language Institutional Testing Programm Internet-based Test (TOEFL IBT, minimum score - 46, Test of English as a Foreign Language Paper-based testing (TOEFL PBT) minimum score - 453, International English Language Tests System Academic (IELTS Academic), minimum score - 5.5;
for German language proficiency: Deutsche Sprachprufung fuer den Hochschulzugang (DSH, Niveau B2/B2 level), TestDaF-Prufung (Niveau B2/B2 level);
French language proficiency: Test de Français International (TFI) - not lower than level B2 in the reading and listening sections, Diplome d'Etudes en Langue français (DELF), level B2, Diplome Approfondi de Langue français (DALF), level B2, Test de connaissance du français (TCF) - not lower than 400 points;
Chinese language proficiency HSK – Hanyu Shuiping Kaushi, not lower than level 4;
An international certificate confirming proficiency in a foreign language is not required for individuals whose country of residence is the official or language of instruction at the previous levels of education and whose educational institution has been in operation for no more than 5 years.
justification for the topic of the dissertation research in the language of study (Kazakh or Russian or English).
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