1. TOOLS FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN KAZAKHSTANI UNIVERSITIES Akmaral Kairbayeva – Associate Professor, Head of International Cooperation department S. TORAIGHYROV PAVLODAR STATE UNIVERSITY 2015

3. Quick Facts Full Name: Republic of Kazakhstan Independence: Dec 16, 1991 Population: 17.417.5 (source: www.stat.kz, data valid for January 1, 2015) Capital: Astana Borders: Russia, China, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan Largest cities: Almaty, Karaganda, Shymkent Major languages: Kazakh and Russian

4. Higher Education in Kazakhstan Number of HEI: 126 (49 public universities) Student body: 477 387 Faculty: 40 320 Source: Committee on Statistics of the Ministry of National Economy (www.stat.kz)

5. S. TORAIGHYROV PAVLODAR STATE UNIVERSITY Established in 1960Student body: 5200Faculty: 5678 faculties, 34 departments, 17 research centers

6. TOOLS FOR UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION Joint programsDouble diploma programsJoint research programsMembership in international organizations and associationsInternational programs, contests, forumsAgreementsAcademic mobility of studentsAcademic mobility of faculty

7. Membership of S. Toraighyrov Pavlodar state university in international associations European University Association (ЕUA), since October, 2014International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience (IAESTE), since November, 2003Association of Educational and Research Institutions “Siberian Open University”, since September, 2005Central Asian Foundation for Management Development (CAMAN), since November, 2006Academy of Electro-Technical Sciences of Russian Federation, since November, 2007Association of Asian Universities – since 2013Member of the Magna Charta of Universities (Bologna, Italy), since September, 2009Shanghai Cooperation Organization, since 2009

8. Cooperation with universities from near and far abroad Agreements

9. TEMPUS projects in PSU Methodology for the Formation of Highly Qualified Engineers at Masters Level in the Design and Development of Advanced Industrial Informatics Systems Project Coordinator and Leading Organization: Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain) Development and Implementation of Masters Programs in Food Safety and the Production and Marketing of Traditional Food Products in Russia and Kazakhstan Project Coordinator and Leading Organization: Montpellier SUPAGRO (France) Promoting Educational Organization through People Project Coordinator and Leading Organization: Kazakh Economic University (Kazakhstan) PSU is a partner university in 3 TEMPUS projects

10. Visit purposes lecturing, seminars, workshops, advising Russia Poland Ukraine Azerbaijan Belarus Uzbekistan USA Canada Germany Ireland Turkey Czech Spain Bulgaria Hungary Slovenia Latvia United Kingdom Romania Foreign scholars at PSU Number of scholars Funding Italy

11. Presidential scholarship BOLASHAK In the period between 2010-2014, 33 faculty members and students of PSU have been awarded Bolashak scholarship 2011201220132014 10 869

12. Research internships of graduate and postgraduate students Graduate students Czech Poland Russia Germany Latvia Austria Kirgizstan Korea Postgraduate students Lithuania Turkey Great Britain Mongolia China

13. External academic mobility Students Czech Poland Russia Germany Latvia Austria Lithuania China USA Italy Malta Since 2011, Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan annually funds the “Academic Mobility” program 325 credits 950 credits 1188 credits

14. International students 103 international students are studying in PSU in 2014-2015 14

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