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Top research institutions in Kazakhstan

Nazarbayev University ranks first in Kazakhstan on research quality in 2022-now (#1,646 worldwide), followed by Suleyman Demirel University and L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University.

Ranked by research quality, 2022-now

#InstitutionWorld rankTop-10% rateWorksAll time
1Nazarbayev UniversityUniversity · Astana #1,646 14.3% 3,067 #1
2Suleyman Demirel UniversityUniversity · Almaty #3,207 5.8% 2,864 #4
3L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National UniversityUniversity · Astana #3,316 7.3% 3,148 #2
4Astana Medical UniversityUniversity · Nur-Sultan #3,505 7.4% 1,792 #6
5Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical UniversityUniversity · Almaty #3,747 8.9% 1,177 #7
6Ahmet Yesevi UniversityUniversity · Turkestan #3,857 7.6% 795 #8
7M.Auezov South Kazakhstan State UniversityUniversity · Shymkent #4,295 7.6% 809 #13
8International Information Technologies UniversityUniversity · Almaty #4,441 8.3% 384 #9
9Al-Farabi Kazakh National UniversityUniversity · Almaty #4,626 7.5% 3,857 #5
10Satbayev UniversityUniversity · Almaty #4,907 7.0% 1,518 #17
11Toraighyrov UniversityUniversity · Pavlodar #5,313 7.5% 436 #14
12University of International BusinessUniversity · Almaty #5,644 9.3% 361 #10
13Kazakh-British Technical UniversityUniversity · Almaty #6,195 8.5% 496 #11
14Abylkas Saginov Karaganda Technical UniversityUniversity · Karaganda #6,292 5.4% 592 #21
15Turan UniversityUniversity · Almaty #6,363 4.7% 599 #25
16Narxoz UniversityUniversity · Almaty #6,460 6.4% 378 #23
17Aktobe Regional State University named after K.ZhubanovUniversity · Aktobe #6,504 9.2% 420 #19
18S.Seifullin Kazakh Agro Technical UniversityUniversity · Nur-Sultan #6,607 7.0% 892 #15
19South Kazakhstan Medical AcademyUniversity · Shymkent #6,818 9.7% 378 #20
20National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of KazakhstanResearch facility · Almaty #6,932 9.6% 281 #79
21Manash Kozybayev North Kazakhstan UniversityUniversity · Petropavl #6,944 4.8% 403 #31
22Shakarim UniversityUniversity · Semey #6,949 5.4% 441 #24
23Sarsen Amanzholov East Kazakhstan UniversityUniversity · Ust-Kamenogorsk #7,278 7.1% 275 #35
24Caspian UniversityUniversity · Almaty #7,325 5.9% 423 #30
25Institute of ZoologyResearch facility · Almaty #7,567 8.6% 276 #3
26D. Serikbayev East Kazakhstan State Technical UniversityUniversity · Ust-Kamenogorsk #7,738 7.5% 344 #26
27Kazakh National Agrarian Research UniversityUniversity · Almaty #7,774 7.6% 464 #33
28Almaty Technological UniversityUniversity · Almaty #7,788 4.9% 532 #38
29M. Kh Dulati Taraz State UniversityUniversity · Taraz #7,960 5.3% 272 #41
30Almaty Management UniversityUniversity · Almaty #8,128 7.0% 239 #27
31KIMEP UniversityUniversity · Almaty #8,475 8.3% 297 #12
32Kazakh National Women's Teacher Training UniversityUniversity · Almaty #8,746 7.0% 266 #32
33Zhetysu University named after Ilyas ZhansugurovUniversity · Taldıqorğan #8,858 10.5% 236 #47
34Kostanay State University A BaitursynovUniversity · Kostanay #8,934 5.7% 262 #42
35Institute of Mathematics and Mathematical ModelingGovernment institution · Almaty #9,015 5.7% 338 #16
36Mukhametzhan Tynyshbayev ALT UniversityUniversity · Almaty #9,281 3.9% 246 #56
37Zhangir Khan West Kazakhstan Agrarian Technical UniversityUniversity · Oral #9,301 6.2% 229 #48
38KazMunayGas (Kazakhstan)Company · Astana #9,331 7.9% 214 #34
39Kazakh National Medical UniversityUniversity · Almaty #9,726 5.2% 660 #44
40Karaganda Buketov UniversityUniversity · Karaganda #9,763 7.2% 924 #71
41Korkyt Ata Kyzylorda State UniversityUniversity · Kyzylorda #9,800 9.7% 358 #36
42Private Institution “Karaganda University of Kazpotrebsoyuz”University · Karaganda #10,038 6.2% 206 #51
43Economic Research InstituteResearch facility · Nur-Sultan #10,103 5.4% 233 #40
44Kazakhstan Medical UniversityUniversity · Almaty #10,137 4.8% 285 #49
45Institute of GeographyResearch facility · Almaty #10,361 10.2% 268 #22
46T.K. Zhurgenov Kazakh National Academy of ArtsUniversity · Almaty #10,391 9.3% 171 #53
47Kokshetau State UniversityUniversity · Kokshetau #10,488 8.8% 240 #29
48Institute of Information and Computational TechnologiesResearch facility · Almaty #10,612 10.4% 191 #45
49Mahambet Otemiusly West Kazakhstan UniversityUniversity · Oral #10,916 7.5% 142 #54
50Almaty University of Power Engineering and TelecommunicationsUniversity · Almaty #11,223 6.1% 307 #28
51International Finance CorporationGovernment institution · Almaty #11,240 8.9% 125 #43
52Karaganda Medical UniversityUniversity · Karaganda #11,833 4.0% 440 #73
53Kazakh Scientific Research Veterinary InstituteResearch facility · Almaty #12,011 5.8% 189 #62
54Khalel Dosmukhamedov Atyrau UniversityUniversity · Atyrau #12,155 8.5% 132 #39
55Academy of Civil AviationUniversity · Almaty #12,219 5.2% 127 #60
56Kazakh Ablai Khan University of International Relations and World LanguagesUniversity · Almaty #12,275 7.6% 263 #58
57Semey Medical UniversityUniversity · Semey #12,328 4.2% 304 #55
58Psychoanalytical AssociationInstitution · Almaty #12,448 9.0% 229 #18
59Global Health Research Center of Central AsiaResearch facility · Almaty #12,764 9.0% 144 #52
60Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of KazakhstanFunder · Astana #12,772 7.7% 202 #83
61Pavlodar State Pedagogical UniversityUniversity · Pavlodar #12,780 7.1% 158 #63
62Kazakh University of Technology and BusinessUniversity · Nur-Sultan #12,965 8.2% 127 #67
63National Nuclear Center of the Republic of KazakhstanResearch facility · Kurchatov #13,078 7.4% 434 #37
64Karaganda State Industrial UniversityUniversity · Temirtau #13,284 5.7% 194 #61
65National Research Center for Maternal and Child HealthHospital / health system · Nur-Sultan #13,791 9.1% 202 #57
66West Kazakhstan Marat Ospanov State Medical UniversityUniversity · Aktobe #13,869 4.9% 368 #66
67Kazakh Institute of Oncology and RadiologyResearch facility · Almaty #14,326 3.8% 281 #77
68Yessenov UniversityUniversity · Aktau #14,353 10.9% 105 #74
69Maqsut Narikbayev UniversityUniversity · Astana #15,556 5.3% 132 #78
70Institute of Plant Biology and BiotechnologyResearch facility · Almaty #16,270 8.4% 179 #46
71Institute of SeismologyGovernment institution · Almaty #16,319 5.3% 112 #50
72Kazakh Research Institute of Agriculture and Plant growingResearch facility · Almaty #16,586 12.4% 151 #64
73Kazakh German UniversityUniversity · Almaty #17,165 11.1% 81 #68
74National Center for BiotechnologyResearch facility · Astana #17,396 8.7% 194 #59
75Ionosphere InstituteResearch facility · Almaty #19,670 7.4% 88 #81
76Institute of Philosophy, Political Science and Religious StudiesUniversity · Almaty #20,024 13.4% 70 #65
77Rudny Industrial InstituteUniversity · Rudnyy #20,732 8.2% 83 #82
78Kazakh Academy of Sport and TourismUniversity · Almaty #20,805 3.3% 65 #88
79Atyrau University of Oil and GasUniversity · Atyrau #21,210 4.9% 63 #87
80Eurasian Humanities InstituteUniversity · Nur-Sultan #21,383 9.3% 65 #85
81Institute of Physics and TechnologyResearch facility · Almaty #22,010 7.2% 61 #89
82Institute of Legislation and Legal Information of the Republic of KazakhstanGovernment institution · Aksay #22,110 2.0% 67 #92
83National Scientific Center for Surgery named after A.N. SyzganovHospital / health system · Almaty #22,268 3.6% 61 #91
84Fesenkov Astrophysical InstituteResearch facility · Almaty #22,322 4.3% 67 #80

Institutions above the volume floor, ranked within Kazakhstan on the quality score for 2022-now; research measures only, not teaching. The tick on each rate track is the average of all institutions, 10.0% (how it is set): 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%.

0%10%20%mean 7.27262%fractional works (log) →share in the world top 10% →Nazarbayev UniversityAstana Medical Unive…L. N. Gumilyov Euras…Suleyman Demirel Uni…
above the meannear itbelow it

One dot per institution in the table above.

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