General provisions

1. Organizations of education the Republic of Kazakhstan realizing the professional curriculums of higher education, (further - higher educational institutions) admit citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan, foreign citizens and persons without citizenship, having a secondary general (general secondary), primary professional (technical and professional), secondary professional (after-secondary) and higher education.

2. Formation of students’ contingent of higher educational institutions is carried out by means of budgetary financing, accommodation of the state educational order for training specialists (educational grants), and also payment of training due to own means of citizens and other sources.

Equally with citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan, educational grant is given to persons of the Kazakh nationality, being citizens of other states, to foreign citizens and persons without citizenship, constantly living in the Republic of Kazakhstan, and also to citizens of Russian Federation, Republic Belarus, Republic Tajikistan and Kyrgyz Republic.

Other foreign citizens and persons without citizenship are accepted to higher schools by way established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and also international contracts ratified by the Republic of Kazakhstan.

3. Admittance of citizens to higher educational institutions is carried out under the applications of citizens on a competitive basis according to the score of the certificate which was given out by the results of Uniform National Testing (further - UNT) or the complex testing conducted by the technologies developed by National Center of State Standards of Education and Testing of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan (further – NCSSET).

4. UNT is conducted for graduates of the organizations of the general secondary education of the current year.

Complex testing is organized for graduates of organizations of the secondary general education of past years; graduates of primary and secondary professional educational institutions (Technical and professional, post secondary); graduates of comprehensive schools trained in the line of international exchange of schoolchildren abroad, who did not take part in UNT; graduates of comprehensive schools with the Uzbek, Uigur and Tadjik languages of training; graduates of the RK music boarding schools; and also the citizens who graduated from educational institutions abroad.

5.Admission of citizens for training on a paid basis is carried out by the higher educational institutions.

6. Admittance of citizens to higher educational institutions subordinated to Committee of National Security of the Republic of Kazakhstan, to Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Committee of Criminal Executive system of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Republic of Kazakhstan Economic and Corruption Criminality Agency, Ministry of Emergency Measures of the Republic of Kazakhstan according to appendix 1 is conducted in accord with the score of UNT certificate or certificate of complex testing.

7. Admittance to higher educational institutions of citizens who have technical and professional, post secondary education in related specialties for training within reduced terms on a paid basis is carried out by selection committees of higher schools, except for medical specialties.

Admittance to related specialties is conducted according to the approved list.

Admittance to higher educational institutions of citizens who have got a higher professional education on reduced terms training on a paid basis is carried out by selection committees of higher schools.

8. Admittance of foreign citizens on the allocated quota on the basis of state educational order in the international higher educational institutions created by interstate agreements of two or more countries is carried out by higher schools independently.

9. Admittance on training in educational institutions is based on a quota approved by the governmental order of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated March, 28th, 2008, No. 296 “About establishment of a quota of enrollment for study in organizations of education realizing professional curriculums of technical and professional, past secondary and higher education”.

The list of specialties of a bachelor degree and higher special education for which graduates of village high schools are granted a quota of admission to higher educational institutions of the Republic of Kazakhstan is established according to appendix 2 of the present typical rules of admission.

10. Admittance to training under the state educational order in certain specialties of higher education demanding work with state secrets is carried out in organizations of education having the sanction of national security bodies.

11. Admittance of citizens to the specialties demanding special or creative preparation (further – creative specialties), is carried out in view of special or creative examinations (further – creative examinations).

12. Admittance of applications for participation in complex testing is conducted by the selection committees of higher educational institutions from June, 20th till July, 9th.

Admittance of applications for creative specialties is conducted by selection committees of higher schools from June, 20th till July, 1st.

The citizens applying for creative specialties specify only one creative specialty.

Terms of admission of applications to higher educational institutions subordinated to the state bodies, specified in item 6, are established by the respective state bodies.

13. The citizens applying for creative specialties pass creative examinations which are conducted by the selection committees of the higher schools selected by them. The number of creative examinations is two.

Creative examinations are conducted in the period from July, 2 till July, 7th.

The maximum score for one creative examination is 25. The entrants, who received less than 10 points for the creative examination or were not present at it, are not allowed to complex testing for entering this specialty.

Repeating a creative examination is not allowed.

14. Admittance to creative specialties, as well as to higher educational institutions subordinated to the state bodies specified in item 6, except for the higher educational institutions subordinated to Committee of National Security of the Republic Kazakhstan, is carried out with the reception of applications on the location of the higher school.