Kazakhstani universities in international rankings
University rankings are an important source of comparative information to help prospective students decide on school choices.
There are many world rankings of universities in different countries with different research methodology. Some of the largest rankings are QS World University Rankings and Times Higher Education, which annually include Kazakhstani universities.
QS World University Rankings is a worldwide research and annual ranking of the best universities of world importance according to the British company Quacquarelli Symonds (QS).
Kazakhstani universities in QS World University Rankings 2019-2021:
| № | Universities |
Ranking place 2019 |
Ranking place 2020 |
Ranking place 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kazakh National University named after al-Farabi | 220 | 207 | 165 |
| 2 | Eurasian National University named after L.N. Gumilyov | 394 | 418 | 357 |
| 3 | South Kazakhstan State University named after M.Auezov | 480 | 491 | 490 |
| 4 | Abay Kazakh National Pedagogical University | 481 | 561-570 | 601-650 |
| 5 | Satbayev University | 464 | 561-570 | 541-550 |
| 6 | Kazakh National Agrarian University | 651-700 | 651-700 | 591-600 |
| 7 | E.A.Buketov Karaganda State University | 651-700 | 801-1000 | - |
| 8 | Karaganda State Technical University | 751-800 | 801-1000 | 801-1000 |
| 9 | Kazakh Ablai khan University of International Relations and World Languages | 801-1000 | 801-1000 | 801-1000 |
| 10 | Kazakh-British Technical University | 651-700 | - | 751-800 |
| 11 | KIMEP University | - | - | 751-800 |
| 12 | Saken Seifullin Kazakh Agrocultural Technical University | - | - | - |
In 2010, Times Higher Education, spun off from Quacquarelli Symonds, partnered with Thomson Reuters to create a separate global rankings for universities in the world based on a new set of assessment criteria.
Kazakhstani universities in Times Higher Education Rankings 2019-2021:
| № | Universities |
Ranking place 2019 |
Ranking place 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kazakh National University named after al-Farabi | 801-1000 | 1001+ |
| 2 | Eurasian National University named after L.N. Gumilyov | 1001+ | 1001+ |