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Kazakh National Pedagogical University Abai

KazakhstanAsia

#628

QS World University Rankings 2026

27.4

QS 2026 overall score

QS World University Rankings data

Ranking data

QS World University Rankings source

#628

QS World University Rankings 2026

#671

QS World University Rankings 2025

27.4

QS 2026 overall score

QS 2026 indicators

Indicator-level data

Each card keeps the QS 2026 score and rank separate. A missing value is not estimated.

Academic reputation

QS 2026 score
31.7
QS 2026 rank
#387

Employer reputation

QS 2026 score
34.9
QS 2026 rank
#409

Faculty-student ratio

QS 2026 score
71.2
QS 2026 rank
#217

Citations per faculty

QS 2026 score
1.3
QS 2026 rank
#801

International faculty ratio

QS 2026 score
55.4
QS 2026 rank
#409

International student ratio

QS 2026 score
13.5
QS 2026 rank
#801

International student diversity

QS 2026 score
15.7
QS 2026 rank
#801

International research network

QS 2026 score
9
QS 2026 rank
#801

Employment outcomes

QS 2026 score
16.6
QS 2026 rank
#792

Sustainability

QS 2026 score
35.6
QS 2026 rank
#801
University profile

About Kazakh National Pedagogical University Abai

Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University is organised around seven institutes

Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University describes seven institutes: Pedagogy and Psychology; Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science; Philology; Arts, Culture and Sports; Natural Sciences and Geography; History and Law; and Sorbonne-Kazakhstan. The university also refers to thirty-four chairs and a range of university departments, including a UNESCO pedagogical department. This structure places teacher education alongside humanities, natural sciences, computing, law, arts, and international academic work. The institute and department pages are the key route for understanding a particular programme.

The university's public materials also identify a scientific library, Ulagat Publishing House, a Center of Advanced Studies and Distance Learning, a student digital-services centre called Shapagat, and an international laboratory for education informatisation. These units have different functions. A library or digital-services centre supports study, while an institute or laboratory may support research and teaching. Keeping those roles distinct helps an applicant avoid treating an institutional service as evidence about a specific academic project.

Abai research activity focuses on education, inclusion, and digital learning

The university's Department of Science coordinates research and development across departments, institutes, research institutes, centres, and laboratories. Its public description names priority areas in pedagogy and education, including national upbringing and psycho-pedagogical education, digitisation of education, inclusive education, innovative teaching methods, multilingual education, and work connected with the Latin script. The Department of Science also lists a Project Office, a Centre for Scientometrics and Scientific Publications, a commercialisation office, and Abai LABS with nine scientific laboratories and a STEM park.

Department-level pages show how the broad priorities become practical work. Pedagogy and psychology research includes theoretical and experimental studies, student scientific circles, graduate and doctoral work, and cooperation with universities and research institutions. Natural-science pages describe academic mobility and study in Kazakh, Russian, and English. These examples are useful leads, but a broad priority does not prove that every department or programme uses the same method or language.

A focused way to compare an Abai University route

Define the educational problem, learner group, material, or technical system you want to study. A project on inclusive education may need classroom observation, policy analysis, or educational psychology. A digital-learning project may require software, learning analytics, or instructional design. A science or mathematics route may use experiments and models, while philology, history, or law may need texts, archives, and legal interpretation. The institute map can then guide the search toward a suitable department and supervisor.

The data panel provides institutional background about Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University and does not assess one degree, institute, laboratory, or researcher. In your shortlist notes, record the programme, institute, department, project topic, methods, teaching language, and a live Abai University page carrying the route details. Keep the Department of Science and Abai LABS as research infrastructure context rather than programme-level proof. A clear record should also state whether the work is classroom-based, experimental, computational, cultural, or policy-oriented. Add the learner group, language setting, material, or digital tool involved, and distinguish a teaching activity from a research activity when both appear on the same page. This makes the education focus concrete. It also helps narrow the academic route for comparison. This narrows later route comparison.

Institution record

Country
Kazakhstan
Region
Asia
Status
Public
QS size code
L
Profile record updated
October 31, 2025

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