Kazakhstan’s Higher Education Transformation – Minister Sayasat Nurbek on Attracting Global Talent and Driving Innovation

Kazakhstan is moving quickly to reposition its universities for a more competitive, tech-driven future and to become Central Asia’s study destination of choice. In an interview with The Times of Central Asia, Minister of Science and Higher Education of Kazakhstan, Sayasat Nurbek, explained that a flagship target captures this ambition: to attract 150,000 international students by 2029, nearly five times today’s level, while deepening partnerships with global universities, expanding research in critical minerals, and backing student entrepreneurship and AI talent pipelines.

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