NUMBER OF AMERICAN STUDENTS TO INCREASE AT KAZNU

A delegation of the American Councils for International Education (ACCELS) visited Al-Farabi Kazakh National University on a working visit.

The delegation included President of the American Councils for International Education David Patton, Director of American Councils Research Center Dr. Dan Davidson, Director of Programs for Strategic Languages, Culture and Regions Sam Eisen.

According to Board member – Vice-Rector for Operations Assel Ualieva, KazNU has signed a cooperation agreement with 13 universities in the USA. Work in this direction will continue in the future.

It should be noted that under the academic mobility program over the past five years, 44 doctoral students and one undergraduate student have completed scientific internship in American universities. In addition, 33 members of academic staff of KazNU visited the USA in order to implement research projects. Currently, 51 students from the USA study at the university.

During the meeting, Board member – Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs Lyazzat Yerkinbayeva proposed to open a branch of the US University on the basis of KazNU and open a special center for the study of Kazakh and Russian languages in the US.

In turn, the President of the American Council on International Education, David Paton, thanked the university management and expressed readiness to further strengthen partnerships that will contribute to the development of higher education and science. He also supported the proposals put forward by the leadership of the KazNU. Dan Davidson and Sam Eisen expressed their views on increasing the contingent of American students studying at KazNU under the Flagship program.

Press Service of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University