| Nazarbayev University | |
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| Kazakh: Назарбаев Университетi (Nazarbaev Universiteti) Russian: Назарбаев Университет (Nazarbayev University) |
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| Motto | To lead.To innovate. |
| Established | 2010 |
| Type | Public, non-profit (in future 'for profit') |
| President | Shigeo Katsu |
| Students | 997 (undergraduate) |
| Location | Astana, Kazakhstan |
| Website | http://eng.nu.edu.kz/ |
Nazarbayev University is a higher education institution situated in Astana, the national capital, opened as a result of the personal initiative of the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev.
Nazarbayev University has an established partnership with University College London (UCL), University of Wisconsin-Madison, and iCarnegie. All students are required to pass a foundation year as a first year of study under the UCL UPC programme. Afterwards they are to choose in which department to study for a Bachelor's degree among Engineering, Science & Technology or the Social Sciences and Humanities departments. The Engineering department as a part of University College London offers three branches of engineering, which are Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Chemical Engineering. The Science & Technology department offers Applied Physics, Applied Mathematics, Biological Science & Technology, Pre-medicine, Robotics & Mechatronics, and Computational Science.[1] The Social Sciences and Humanities department under the University of Wisconsin-Madison offers International Relations, Economics, Political Science, Sociology, and Anthropology. The Master's degree will be available to study at in 2012.[2]
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