Mission: Formation of personnel potential – highly qualified specialists competitive on domestic and international labor market.
Vision: Enter the world’s TOP-200 leading research universities.
Purpose: Transformation from the classical national university into research university of a world class.
There are 6 strategic directions are defined in the Strategic plan of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University for 2015-2020:
Strategic direction 1 To improve quality of educational activities.
Strategic direction 2 To develop and improve quality of scientific research and innovative activity.
Strategic direction 3 Extension of the international cooperation.
Strategic direction 4 To improve welfare activity, involve youth into social and economic development of the country.
Strategic direction 5 Development of the infrastructure and implementation of the latest information technologies.
Strategic direction 6 To improve the efficiency of financial and economic activities.

Vision Enter the world’s TOP-200 leading research universities.
Purpose:
Transformation from the classical national university into research university of a world class.
There are 6 strategic directions are defined in the Strategic plan of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University for 2015-2020:
Strategic direction 1 To improve quality of educational activities.
Strategic direction 2
To develop and improve quality of scientific research and innovative activity.
Strategic direction 3 Extension of the international cooperation.
Strategic direction 4 To improve welfare activity, involve youth into social and economic development of the country.
Strategic direction 5
Development of the infrastructure and implementation of the latest information technologies.
Strategic direction 6 To improve the efficiency of financial and economic activities.

Founded as Aktauskij Universitet im. Š. Yesenova (Sh. Yesenov Aktau State University), acquired present title 2008.
Accrediting Agency
Ministry of Education and Science

Main values of “Yessenov University” are oriented on the meeting of demands and needs of teachers and students.
1. Transparency. The administration always supports the implementation of works and projects conducted within the university.
2. Sincerity. Providing sincerity in carrying out of all types of work, if it is done or planned.
3. Creativity. Supporting of new ideas of teachers and students

Created 1944 as Kazakh Institute of Physical Culture. Acquired current title and status 1998.

The history of the Kazakh Academy of Sport and Tourism begins on November 14, 1944, when the Council of People’s Commissars of the USSR adopted a resolution on the opening of the Kazakh State Institute of Physical Culture in Almaty. From the moment of its foundation to the present time KazIFK – KazAST is the main head educational, scientific and sports center in the field of physical culture and sports in Kazakhstan and one of the leading sports universities of CIS countries. Over the years of its activity the Institute, and further the Academy has trained more than 19000 specialists in physical culture, sports and tourism. Graduates of our university can be found in different countries of the far and near abroad. Many specialists who received an education in KazAST (KazIFK), became outstanding sportsmen, coaches, scientists, leaders of the sports movement.

In the formation and development of the university, the great merit of its leaders, who have done much to improve the educational process, training specialists, multiplying the scientific and sports traditions.

Today, the Academy’s task is to keep the traditions of the older generation, multiplying the accumulated positive experience, gradually introduce world standards of education, solve the problems of physical perfection of a person, his spiritual and moral health, show the importance of physical culture in modern society, educate worthy citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan. This is the guarantee of the development of the Kazakh Academy of Sports and Tourism.

Mission of the Academy:

Ensuring the high quality of training specialists in various fields in the spheres of physical culture, sports, tourism, hotel and restaurant business that are in demand in the society, capable of actively influencing the social and economic development of the Republic of Kazakhstan, meeting the demand of the labor market and meeting the international standard of education.

The goal is to enter the number of leading specialized universities of the countries of the Eurasian space by 2020 to train specialists with a high level of professional knowledge, innovative approaches and scientific and research skills.

Tasks:

– Conformity of the presented educational services with national and international standards;

– formation of the international image of the Academy as the leading educational, scientific and sports center of the country;

– Ensuring effective personnel management, which contributes to raising the level of competence of employees, their interest in the results of their work, increasing the overall welfare;

– active promotion of the development of the tourism and hospitality industry in Kazakhstan through the implementation of scientific projects and training of qualified personnel;

– Creation of a modern educational, scientific and sports facilities and conditions that ensure the high quality of the presentation of educational and social services.

Mission

Regional multidisciplinary university as an educational, scientific and cultural center, generator of innovations and the source of human potential of high level of competence.

Vision

It is a university which has an impeccable image in society, achieved stable development on the market of educational services, maintains broad academic contacts with partners abroad to carry out joint educational, scientific and cultural programs, and provides implementation of innovations and scientific achievements into production and other spheres of social life.

Strategic aim of development

Strategic aim of development is to form unified scientific and educational space of northern region of Kazakhstan that provides its dynamic, continuous and stable social and economic development