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Top Private Universities in Kazakhstan

What are the top private Universities in Kazakhstan? uniRank answers this question by publishing a complete list of 50 private Kazakhstani higher education institutions ranked by the 2026 uniRank University Ranking and meeting uniRank's :

  • Official Recognition: institutions must be officialy chartered, licensed or accredited by the appropriate higher education-related organization in Kazakhstan.
  • Degree Authority: they must be authorised to grant bachelor's degrees of at least three years' duration and/or postgraduate master's or doctoral degrees.
  • Delivery Mode: they must deliver courses predominantly in a traditional, face-to-face, non-distance education format.

The uniRank University Ranking aims to provide a non-academic league table of the top private Kazakhstani Universities based on valid and unbiased web metrics provided by independent web intelligence sources rather than data submitted by the Universities themselves, which might not be independently audited.

Top Private Universities in Kazakhstan


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List of Kazakhstani private universities by university country ranking position
# University Town/City
9 Ahmet Yesevi Üniversitesi Turkistan
11 KIMEP University Almaty
13 Suleyman Demirel University Kaskelen
14 Kazakh-British Technical University Almaty
16 Maqsut Narikbayev University Astana
19 Narxoz University Almaty
25 Esil University Astana
26 Almaty Management University Almaty
29 Astana Medical University Astana
30 Kazakh-American Free University Oskemen
34 Turan University Almaty
38 Almaty Technological University Almaty
40 Deutsch-Kasachische Universität Almaty
43 Caspian University Almaty
47 Karaganda University of Economics Karaganda
48 University of International Business Almaty
49 Gumarbek Daukeev Almaty University of Energy and Communications Almaty
50 Kazakh University of Technology and Business Astana
52 Turan-Astana University Astana
56 Kokshetau University named after A. Myrzakhmetov Kokshetau
57 Innovative University of Eurasia Pavlodar
58 Almaty University of Humanities and Economics Almaty
59 Kazakhstan-Russian Medical University Almaty
61 Eurasian Institute for the Humanities Astana
62 Kazakh Academy of Sport and Tourism Almaty
63 International University of Engineering and Technology Almaty
66 Kostanay Engineering-Pedagogical University Kostanay
67 Bolashaq Academy Karaganda
69 University of Foreign Languages and Business Career Almaty
74 Almaty Transport College of KazATK named after M. Tynyshpayev Almaty
76 University of Innovation and Technology of Western Kazakhstan Oral
77 Management, Engineering, Technology and Analytics University Almaty
78 Sherkhan Murtaza University Taraz
79 Q University Almaty
80 Baishev University Aktobe
82 Kazakh-American University Almaty
83 Kostanay Social-Technical University Kostanay
84 Kazakh-Russian International University Aktobe
85 Kazakhstan Engineering and Pedagogical University of Friendship of Peoples Shymkent
86 Eurasian Academy of Law after D.A. Kunaev Almaty
88 University “Miras” Shymkent
90 Central Kazakhstan Academy Karaganda
91 Bolashak University Kyzylorda
92 Humanitarian-Technical Academy Kokshetau
93 Tashenov University Zhetisay
Un Atyrau Institute of Engineering and Humanities Atyrau
Un SILKWAY International University Shymkent
Un The Regional Social and Innovation University Shymkent
Un Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering Almaty
Un KazAtiso Academy Almaty
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