History
The idea of creating Kazakh-British Technical University was conceived by the former President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, who is now the leader of the nation. Further discussions on the establishment of the University were held during President Nazarbayev’s official visit to the United Kingdom in November 2000.
Education
All our programmes vary across all fields of economics, business, natural sciences and technology. They are modern and professionally attractive, which provides for intensive international mobility of students and staff. KBTU has exchange agreements with more than 80 international partner universities: US, UK, Europe, and Asia, including: China Petroleum University, Kozminski University in Poland, Reading University in the UK, Mississippi University in the USA, Sejong University in South Korea and many others. More than 70 students attend exchange programs and Erasmus+.
Research
Programmes are interdisciplinary and many more options are open for individual choices of study. Currently more than 70 international students studying at KBTU. Some of them studying under scholarship granted by the intergovernmental agreement between Ministry of Education Kazakhstan and Ministry of Education of China, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan.
Short Courses
University Ranking
QS World University Rankings by TopUniversities
2024
1001 -200
2023
801
2022
801
QS World University Rankings is one of the top international rankings measuring the popularity and performance of universities all over the world. They measure university reputation based on the impressions of higher education experts, companies who hire graduates, and teaching quality. QS also considers the ratio of international teachers and students present at universities, as well as the times research papers were mentioned by researchers. After calculating and comparing these criteria, QS ranks the universities accordingly.