Dear colleagues and students!

The 2018/2019 academic year for Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University was very successful and fruitful. I want to note our achievements in the world and national rankings.

- So, Abai KazNPU is in the top five Kazakhstani leading universities in the QS World University Rankings. On June 6, 2018, the QS World University Rankings 2019 was published. According to the rating, our university entered the top 800 best universities in the world, finishing #481st, improving its last year`s figure by 10 positions. We entered the top five Kazakhstani leading universities from 51 higher educational institutions of the republic represented in the ranking, and among the pedagogical high schools we took the 1st place.

- In the world ranking «Webometrics Ranking of World Universities» in January 2019, according to the results of the new ranking, published on the website of the research laboratory Laboratorio de Internet (Edition 2019.1.0), Abai KazNPU took the 4th (!) place among 122 Kazakhstani universities. Among the pedagogical universities of the country, the site of Abai KazNPU in this rating took the 1st place!

In January 2018, the KazNPU website ranked 15th among the universities of Kazakhstan in the Webometrics (Ranking Web of Universities) website ranking, and the 8686th in the world rankings.

- Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University entered the General ranking of the TOP-20 universities of the country, and it is in 5th place.

- On May 23, 2019, on the website of the Independent Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (IQAA-Ranking) the results of the ranking of the best higher educational institutions of the country for the current year were published. In the institutional rating, Abai KazNPU took the 1st place among pedagogical universities, having high positions in the nominations «Leader in the reputational assessment of experts» and «Leader in the reputational assessment of employers».

- In addition, IQAA assessed a number of parameters on the work of the websites of Kazakhstani universities and presented a rating of websites of universities of the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2019. According to the IQAA rating, the official site of our university took the honorable 5th place among 116 universities of the country, and in the category of pedagogical universities - 1st place.

In 2018, the site of Abai KazNPU entered the top ten university sites, ranking ninth (in 2016, the site was in 26th place, 2014 - 20th place, 2013 - 25th place).

- The educational programs of our university have passed the international specialized accreditation, in particular, the recertification audit in the Certification Association «Russian Register». On July 3, 2018, Abai KazNPU was awarded certificates of the «Russian Register»: 1. Certificate of compliance with the requirements of MS ISO 9001: 2015 RR No. 18.0790.026 of 03.03.2018; 2. Certificate IQNet PP МС ISO 9001: 2015 РР №18.0790.026 dated 03.22.2018.

We managed to achieve significant success in the field of education, thanks to which Abai KazNPU takes pride of place among the leading universities of Kazakhstan. Today our university is a recognized center of innovation in education and research, a modern educational organization with all its inherent qualities: a wide range of specialties, highly qualified teaching staff, modern industry technologies, the introduction of innovative programs, including double degree programs with leading foreign universities, rapid development fundamental science, integration into the international educational and scientific community.

Such high rates are our common victory! Congratulations to the entire team of Abai KazNPU with deserved success. I wish the university staff prosperity, great creative achievements, courageous projects and new discoveries, increasing their positions in world and national rankings.

Respectfully,
Takir Balykbayev,
Rector of Abai KazNPU