D. Serikbayev East Kazakhstan Technical University
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D. Serikbayev East Kazakhstan Technical University (Kazakh, Däulet Serıkbaev atyndağy Şyğys Qazaqstan tehnikalyq universitetı) is located in Oskemen, Kazakhstan. Founded in 1958 as Ust-Kamenogorskij stroitelno-dorozhnyj institut, UKSDI (literally: Ust-Kamenogorsk Road Construction Institute), the university is named after the first rector Serikbayev Daulet Mirkasymovich, a public figure and social activist who ensured the status of a leading science and technology university. According to the Republican Ranking Agency, the university is ranked second among technical universities of Kazakhstan. The D. Serikbayev EKTU is the only university in Kazakhstan preparing specialists for the nuclear industry. Additionally, it is the only university in Kazakhstan that received a large amount of state funding for ongoing scientific research and development projects. As of May 2019, the university consists of three schools, six faculties, a military sub-department, and Higher IT College. As of 2018, the total number of students enrolled is over 6,000. The D. Serikbayev EKTU offers 81 educational programs at the bachelor's, master's, and doctorate levels, in addition to 20 experimental programs. In the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Unive
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