Internship at Oxford

Master students of Al-Farabi KazNU have been undergoing a scientific internship at the leading University in the world - Oxford University. The agreement on the development of partnership between the Universities was signed last year, during the visit of KazNU’s Rector, academician Galym Mutanov to this famous British University.

KazNU’s undergraduates have been undergoing an internship on a specially designed course «Introduction to Science» at the School of Geography and the Environment from this year. Its peculiarity in the synergy of theory and practice - the lectures of leading professors are accompanied by the presentations of research, and the methodology and planning of research projects are studied with concrete samples. Students of KazNU presented their own scientific developments and got acquainted with works on the study of sand migration in the Sahara deserts, the environment of Mongolia, the Bedouin life in Oman and Himalayan rocks.

Particular attention of Master students was paid to become acquainted with infrastructure of Oxford University. Kazakh students visited Laboratories, which unite the researchers from various fields of science - Geography, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Archeology. According to the Master students, the internship made it possible not only to listen to lectures by renowned Professors and gain practical knowledge and skills, but also to become familiar with the teaching system of a leading University in the world. They received more motivation for scientific activities as well as an unforgettable impressions.

Today, the internationalization of higher education is one of the main trends in the development of the higher education system in Kazakhstan. In addition, the training system is focused not only on increasing the academic mobility of students, but also on improving the quality indicators of such programs.

According to the QS International Agency, which annually publishes a ranking of Universities in the world, KazNU demonstrates a steady growth rate in this direction. The University actively participates in international projects such as Erasmus+, Mevlana, «Abai-Vern», and the IAESTE, etc. In the current academic year, more than 1,000 undergraduates and doctoral students of KazNU will be trained at leading foreign Universities that are leaders in education and science in the world.

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