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Ualikhanov University is one of the leading regional universities in Northern Kazakhstan, a leader in the education system for more than 50 years. The University was established in 23.05.1996 on the basis of the Kokshetau Pedagogical Institute named after Valikhanov, Agricultural Institute and branch of the Karaganda Polytechnic Institute. Training of personnel with higher and postgraduate education is conducted in 56 bachelor's degree educational programs, 45 master's degree educational programs and 6 doctoral educational programs. For the first time Ualikhanov University entered the top 300 of the QS EECA rating in 2021, in 2022 it is planned to further participate in the QS EECA rating with the aim of entering the top 150 universities in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. In 2018, for the first time in northern Kazakhstan, the Faculty of General Medicine was opened on the basis of the university. To date, the faculty has 304 students, including 300 students from India and Pakistan. Since 2014, the university has been participating in the implementation of the program "Serpin - 2050. Mangilik el zhastary - industriyaga!". In the 2014 - 2015 academic year, 145 students from the southern regions studied at the university under this program. There are 1,327 students enrolled today. The teaching staff of the University includes 410 full-time teachers, including 20 doctors of sciences, 92 candidates of sciences, 17 PhD doctors, 214 masters. The University has implemented 26 grant research projects, 3 PPP projects, and 5 international research projects. The implementation of 23 scientific projects continues. University teachers have 86 active inventions, 216 articles have been published in journals with a non-zero impact factor, 33 teachers have a Hirsch index for Web of Science, 58 teachers - for Scopus. The University actively supports the development of international cooperation. Ualikhanov KU closely cooperates with 68 leading research centers and universities in 18 countries. According to the Bolashak program, 40 employees have completed international internships; grants and programs are being implemented by ERASMUS, TEMPUS, DAAD, LOGO, etc. According to the program "Attracting foreign specialists to universities of the Republic of Kazakhstan", 45 foreign professors from 15 countries of the world visited the university for lectures and scientific consultations. As part of the academic mobility program, 116 students and teachers were trained in foreign universities. 100 students from foreign universities have been trained at the university. Two-degree master's degree programs are being implemented at the Ualikhanov University under agreements with the Baltic International Academy, Latvia (in the field of training - "Private Law", "Organization of tourism business. Communication management in the leisure and entertainment industry") and Omsk State University named after Dostoevsky, Russia (in the field of training - "Mathematical modeling", "Methods of teaching foreign languages", "Programming and information Technology", "Organic Chemistry", "Organizational Psychology"). The material and technical base of the university is represented by 5 academic buildings, 2 dormitories, 3 student houses, a House of scientists, 2 sports and recreation complexes - a total of 13 objects. There is a sports and recreation complex "Tulpar" in the Zerendinsky resort area. For the organization of free medical care at the university there are 4 medical centers and a multidisciplinary medical and wellness complex "Arasan". The library has more than 700 thousand items of scientific and educational publications. The university has its own printing house. The university has a well-developed computer and interactive equipment park: the total number of computers is 830, connected by a common local network, there are 44 multimedia classrooms and 29 computer classes equipped with modern equipment.