Top research institutions in Kazakhstan
Nazarbayev University ranks first in Kazakhstan on research quality in 2022–2025 (#825 worldwide), followed by L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University and Al-Farabi Kazakh National University.
Ranked by research quality, 2022–2025
| # | Institution | World rank | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nazarbayev UniversityUniversity · Astana | #825 | 25.3% | 3,067 | #1 |
| 2 | L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National UniversityUniversity · Astana | #2,521 | 10.4% | 3,148 | #3 |
| 3 | Al-Farabi Kazakh National UniversityUniversity · Almaty | #2,572 | 11.1% | 3,857 | #2 |
| 4 | Satbayev UniversityUniversity · Almaty | #2,866 | 8.6% | 1,518 | #4 |
| 5 | Astana Medical UniversityUniversity · Nur-Sultan | #3,487 | 10.6% | 1,792 | #8 |
| 6 | Suleyman Demirel UniversityUniversity · Almaty | #3,874 | 10.1% | 2,864 | #7 |
| 7 | Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical UniversityUniversity · Almaty | #4,644 | 12.9% | 1,177 | #9 |
| 8 | Kazakh-British Technical UniversityUniversity · Almaty | #5,522 | 13.4% | 496 | #10 |
| 9 | National Nuclear Center of the Republic of KazakhstanResearch facility · Kurchatov | #5,585 | 11.8% | 434 | #5 |
| 10 | Kazakh National Medical UniversityUniversity · Almaty | #5,939 | 6.8% | 660 | #16 |
| 11 | Aktobe Regional State University named after K.ZhubanovUniversity · Aktobe | #7,015 | 11.9% | 420 | #17 |
| 12 | Karaganda Buketov UniversityUniversity · Karaganda | #7,278 | 8.7% | 924 | #15 |
| 13 | M.Auezov South Kazakhstan State UniversityUniversity · Shymkent | #7,389 | 8.3% | 809 | #14 |
| 14 | Ahmet Yesevi UniversityUniversity · Turkestan | #7,479 | 11.4% | 795 | #21 |
| 15 | Toraighyrov UniversityUniversity · Pavlodar | #8,191 | 8.7% | 436 | #26 |
| 16 | Institute of Mathematics and Mathematical ModelingGovernment institution · Almaty | #8,351 | 9.8% | 338 | #13 |
| 17 | D. Serikbayev East Kazakhstan State Technical UniversityUniversity · Ust-Kamenogorsk | #8,891 | 8.4% | 344 | #22 |
| 18 | West Kazakhstan Marat Ospanov State Medical UniversityUniversity · Aktobe | #9,145 | 7.8% | 368 | #30 |
| 19 | Abylkas Saginov Karaganda Technical UniversityUniversity · Karaganda | #9,277 | 5.0% | 592 | #11 |
| 20 | S.Seifullin Kazakh Agro Technical UniversityUniversity · Nur-Sultan | #9,333 | 6.1% | 892 | #25 |
| 21 | Narxoz UniversityUniversity · Almaty | #10,501 | 11.4% | 378 | #20 |
| 22 | University of International BusinessUniversity · Almaty | #10,857 | 15.9% | 361 | #23 |
| 23 | Institute of GeographyResearch facility · Almaty | #11,081 | 20.7% | 268 | #12 |
| 24 | International Information Technologies UniversityUniversity · Almaty | #11,622 | 14.8% | 384 | #33 |
| 25 | Institute of ZoologyResearch facility · Almaty | #11,913 | 16.3% | 276 | #6 |
| 26 | Karaganda State Industrial UniversityUniversity · Temirtau | #12,070 | 4.1% | 194 | #35 |
| 27 | Kokshetau State UniversityUniversity · Kokshetau | #12,180 | 9.9% | 240 | #44 |
| 28 | National Research Center for Maternal and Child HealthHospital / health system · Nur-Sultan | #12,194 | 11.8% | 202 | #29 |
| 29 | Sarsen Amanzholov East Kazakhstan UniversityUniversity · Ust-Kamenogorsk | #12,728 | 10.2% | 275 | #31 |
| 30 | South Kazakhstan Medical AcademyUniversity · Shymkent | #12,811 | 13.2% | 378 | #34 |
| 31 | National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of KazakhstanResearch facility · Almaty | #13,105 | 14.9% | 281 | #18 |
| 32 | KIMEP UniversityUniversity · Almaty | #13,656 | 20.5% | 297 | #19 |
| 33 | Caspian UniversityUniversity · Almaty | #13,742 | 7.9% | 423 | #36 |
| 34 | Institute of Plant Biology and BiotechnologyResearch facility · Almaty | #13,767 | 16.6% | 179 | #32 |
| 35 | Shakarim UniversityUniversity · Semey | #13,909 | 6.0% | 441 | #40 |
| 36 | International Finance CorporationGovernment institution · Almaty | #14,005 | 11.9% | 125 | #41 |
| 37 | Kazakh National Women's Teacher Training UniversityUniversity · Almaty | #14,563 | 6.3% | 266 | #51 |
| 38 | Karaganda Medical UniversityUniversity · Karaganda | #14,661 | 7.3% | 440 | #43 |
| 39 | Almaty University of Power Engineering and TelecommunicationsUniversity · Almaty | #14,691 | 7.5% | 307 | #37 |
| 40 | Korkyt Ata Kyzylorda State UniversityUniversity · Kyzylorda | #14,751 | 10.9% | 358 | #39 |
| 41 | Kazakh National Agrarian Research UniversityUniversity · Almaty | #15,094 | 8.0% | 464 | #50 |
| 42 | M. Kh Dulati Taraz State UniversityUniversity · Taraz | #15,516 | 6.0% | 272 | #65 |
| 43 | Kazakhstan Medical UniversityUniversity · Almaty | #15,540 | 6.5% | 285 | #49 |
| 44 | KazMunayGas (Kazakhstan)Company · Astana | #15,586 | 9.8% | 214 | #62 |
| 45 | National Center for BiotechnologyResearch facility · Astana | #15,627 | 13.8% | 194 | #24 |
| 46 | Global Health Research Center of Central AsiaResearch facility · Almaty | #15,669 | 13.7% | 144 | #45 |
| 47 | Turan UniversityUniversity · Almaty | #15,961 | 7.3% | 599 | #63 |
| 48 | Almaty Management UniversityUniversity · Almaty | #16,144 | 13.7% | 239 | #42 |
| 49 | Manash Kozybayev North Kazakhstan UniversityUniversity · Petropavl | #16,525 | 4.1% | 403 | #53 |
| 50 | Ionosphere InstituteResearch facility · Almaty | #17,211 | 15.0% | 88 | #48 |
| 51 | Almaty Technological UniversityUniversity · Almaty | #17,471 | 4.5% | 532 | #56 |
| 52 | Mahambet Otemiusly West Kazakhstan UniversityUniversity · Oral | #17,850 | 9.4% | 142 | #68 |
| 53 | Kazakh Ablai Khan University of International Relations and World LanguagesUniversity · Almaty | #17,946 | 8.9% | 263 | #61 |
| 54 | Semey Medical UniversityUniversity · Semey | #18,104 | 5.6% | 304 | #60 |
| 55 | Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of KazakhstanFunder · Astana | #18,184 | 9.8% | 202 | #27 |
| 56 | Kostanay State University A BaitursynovUniversity · Kostanay | #18,304 | 5.5% | 262 | #72 |
| 57 | Psychoanalytical AssociationInstitution · Almaty | #18,466 | 3.4% | 229 | #47 |
| 58 | Kazakh Institute of Oncology and RadiologyResearch facility · Almaty | #18,796 | 4.8% | 281 | #54 |
| 59 | Economic Research InstituteResearch facility · Nur-Sultan | #19,076 | 6.5% | 233 | #64 |
| 60 | Kazakh Scientific Research Veterinary InstituteResearch facility · Almaty | #19,182 | 5.1% | 189 | #55 |
| 61 | T.K. Zhurgenov Kazakh National Academy of ArtsUniversity · Almaty | #19,229 | 8.9% | 171 | #75 |
| 62 | Institute of Information and Computational TechnologiesResearch facility · Almaty | #19,448 | 11.8% | 191 | #57 |
| 63 | Zhetysu University named after Ilyas ZhansugurovUniversity · Taldıqorğan | #19,774 | 14.2% | 236 | #76 |
| 64 | Fesenkov Astrophysical InstituteResearch facility · Almaty | #20,052 | 9.0% | 67 | #28 |
| 65 | Zhangir Khan West Kazakhstan Agrarian Technical UniversityUniversity · Oral | #20,539 | 5.7% | 229 | #69 |
| 66 | Private Institution “Karaganda University of Kazpotrebsoyuz”University · Karaganda | #21,009 | 6.6% | 206 | #70 |
| 67 | Rudny Industrial InstituteUniversity · Rudnyy | #21,289 | 5.1% | 83 | #73 |
| 68 | Khalel Dosmukhamedov Atyrau UniversityUniversity · Atyrau | #21,486 | 10.2% | 132 | #52 |
| 69 | Kazakh University of Technology and BusinessUniversity · Nur-Sultan | #22,290 | 8.7% | 127 | #83 |
| 70 | Kazakh German UniversityUniversity · Almaty | #22,479 | 14.1% | 81 | #58 |
| 71 | Kazakh Research Institute of Agriculture and Plant growingResearch facility · Almaty | #22,712 | 11.7% | 151 | #71 |
| 72 | Pavlodar State Pedagogical UniversityUniversity · Pavlodar | #23,197 | 8.9% | 158 | #78 |
| 73 | Yessenov UniversityUniversity · Aktau | #23,241 | 13.2% | 105 | #84 |
| 74 | Institute of Physics and TechnologyResearch facility · Almaty | #23,249 | 9.8% | 61 | #59 |
| 75 | Atyrau University of Oil and GasUniversity · Atyrau | #23,467 | 8.0% | 63 | #82 |
| 76 | National Scientific Center for Surgery named after A.N. SyzganovHospital / health system · Almaty | #23,709 | 4.4% | 61 | #77 |
| 77 | Institute of Philosophy, Political Science and Religious StudiesUniversity · Almaty | #24,332 | 20.2% | 70 | #67 |
| 78 | Academy of Civil AviationUniversity · Almaty | #25,717 | 6.4% | 127 | #80 |
| 79 | Mukhametzhan Tynyshbayev ALT UniversityUniversity · Almaty | #25,959 | 1.4% | 246 | #90 |
| 80 | Maqsut Narikbayev UniversityUniversity · Astana | #26,383 | 6.8% | 132 | #89 |
| 81 | Institute of SeismologyGovernment institution · Almaty | #26,675 | 7.4% | 112 | #46 |
| 82 | Eurasian Humanities InstituteUniversity · Nur-Sultan | #27,263 | 9.2% | 65 | #79 |
| 83 | Kazakh Academy of Sport and TourismUniversity · Almaty | #27,967 | 4.6% | 65 | #93 |
| 84 | Institute of Legislation and Legal Information of the Republic of KazakhstanGovernment institution · Aksay | #27,978 | 4.0% | 67 | #92 |
Institutions above the volume floor, ranked within Kazakhstan on the quality composite for 2022–2025; research measures only, not teaching. The tick on each rate track is the world’s rate in this record, 16.5% — teal above it, red below; bars are scaled to the largest institution on this page.
Size against quality inside Kazakhstan
The upper left is the interesting corner: institutions that publish less than the national giants and land more of it in the world top 10%.
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One dot per institution in the table above.