"FOUNDATION" faculty

Avdolkhan Almagul Avdolkhanzyzy Dean of the Faculty Master of science Telephone: +7 (7152) 493202, internal phone 1217; 87755481246 Room: 206, learning campus No. 5 E-mail: aavdolhan@ku.edu.kz

Deputy Dean Telephone: +7 (7152) 490093, internal phone 1220 Room: 206, learning campus No.5 E-mail:

Nurgalieva Bagdat Kenzhebaevna   Methodist Telephone: +7 (7152) 490093, internal phone 1220 Room:206, learning campus No.5 E-mail:

Tutoring room: No. 204, learning campus No. 5

Along with the educational process, ‘Foundation’ faculty students actively participate in various university events, such as sports competitions, KVN, Nauryz Meyramy, conferences, thematic seminars, etc. Attend wrestling, boxing trainings, swimming-pool, gym.

Warm psychologic climate, university’s developed infrastructure, its convenient location – its all affects making a choice of studying on preparatory courses of the ‘Foundation’ faculty.

 Necessary documents for being accepted on the ‘Foundation’ faculty:

• Application addressed to the rector;
• Original and notarized copy of the identity document;
• Original and notarized copy of the document on secondary education;
• 3*4 photos (6 pieces).

The procedure for admission of applicants to the faculty of "Foundation" in the 2023-2024 academic year

Foundation courses

Foundation courses are intended for persons of Kazakh nationality living abroad, oralmans and foreign citizens. The purpose of these courses is to adapt foreign citizens to life in Kazakhstan, prepare them for admission to universities of Kazakhstan, in-depth study of Kazakh and Russian languages.

For training to increase the level of general education, it is carried out in mathematical literacy and reading literacy in the language of instruction.

Education at the faculty is carried out in full-time form in the Kazakh and Russian languages both by state educational order and on a paid basis. Classes begin on October 1, the training period is 9 months.

Students of foundation courses are provided with a dormitory, students enrolled in the state educational order, students receive a scholarship. After training according to the test results, students receive the right to receive education in universities of Kazakhstan on a state educational grant.

Students of the department are provided with a dormitory, students on state orders receive a monthly stipend. According to the results of testing at the end of the school year, they receive the right to receive education in universities of Kazakhstan on a state educational grant.

During the academic year, students learn the following disciplines:

• Kazakh language;
• history of Kazakhstan;
• math
• profiling subjects.

Table of selection of profile disciplines

Additional disciplines:

• Kazakh language;
• Russian;
• English.

Conditions of admission to the preparatory Department

On the preparatory Department are accepted:

• school graduate;
• college graduate.

Representatives of the Kazakh diaspora, oralmans and foreign citizens were given the opportunity to study at the preparatory department on the basis of a state order - an educational grant, for which they pass a comprehensive exam in two subjects: mathematics and the language of instruction: Kazakh or Russian. For foreigners who do not speak Kazakh and Russian, the exam can be taken in English.

Persons wishing to study on a commercial basis are accepted without exams.

For admission to preparatory departments of universities, foreigners and stateless persons provide the following documents:

• Application in the given form
• Notarized translation of the document on education and its annexes into the state or Russian language
• Notarized translations of the passport and the identity document of the holder of the document of education

The submitted documents are scanned in .pdf format and an online application is submitted on the site https://enic-kazakhstan.kz/priem-dokumentov-na-podgotovitelnye-otdeleniya-vuzov/podacha-dokumentov

Language courses for citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan 

All persons without exception having secondary, specialized secondary, technical and vocational education are accepted for training at the Foundation faculty.

Applicants must have an education, confirmed by a document of the appropriate sample.

To study at the preparatory faculty with enhanced language training, testing is carried out in subjects "English" and in one of the following subjects of the natural mathematical cycle: "Biology", "Physics", "Chemistry".

Education at the Faculty of Foundation is:

• advanced multilingual training, which will provide: 

- admission to groups with a foreign language of instruction;

- academic mobility;

- participation in international programs;

- freedom of communication.

• targeted training in comprehensive testing subjects (Kazakh / Russian, mathematics, history of Kazakhstan and specialized subjects).

After participating in complex testing, students of the Foundation faculty, following the results of the competition for educational grants, are enrolled in the 1st year of M. Kozybaev NKU in the chosen specialty.  

Education at the department is carried out in full-time form in the Kazakh and Russian languages ​​by state educational order. Students of the above directions studying at the “Foundation” faculty at the expense of the republican budget within the framework of the state educational order are paid a scholarship. University students from other cities are provided with places in a hostel on the conditions provided for students of a budgetary form of education. Students of the “Foundation” faculty will be issued a “Student Ticket”, which allows you to enjoy the benefits provided for full-time students.

You can sign up for foundation courses or get detailed information at:

Petropavlovsk, International str., 26

Educational building № 5

Office number 206, tel. 49-00-93, cell. 87755481246

Evening foundation courses 

At the "Foundation" faculty of North Kazakhstan state University named after M. Kozybayev there are evening foundation courses, where training is conducted in all subjects necessary for passing the UNT and KTA.

Training on evening foundation courses is paid, the cost depends on the term and the number of selected subjects. You can enroll in 1, 2, 3 or all five subjects. Payment can be made monthly.

Classes are held in lecture-practical form, in the state and Russian languages by teachers who have extensive experience in preparing applicants. To control the knowledge of students, trial testing is regularly carried out.

Every month, starting from October until the 20th, a set of evening foundation courses is held, groups are formed based on the selected subjects and terms of training.

You can sign up for evening foundation courses or get detailed information at:

Petropavlovsk, International str., 26

Educational building № 5

Office number 206, tel. 49-00-93, cell. 87755481246