almau - Entry Exams

To enroll in master's degree programs, you must pass a comprehensive testing (CT).

Applications for participation in CT are accepted from June 1 to July 15 of the calendar year.

CT is performed from July 20 to August 10 of a calendar year

CT includes:

1) for applicants to the master's program with Kazakh or Russian language: test of foreign language (English,French,German), test on the profile of a group of educational programs (SEP), a test to determine readiness to learn in Kazakh or Russian (optional);

2) for applicants to the master's program with an English language of instruction: a test on the profile of a group of educational programs in English and a test to determine readiness to learn in Kazakh or Russian (optional).

The number of test tasks
for the master's program with Kazakh or Russian language of instruction:
The number of test tasks is 130
The test time is 235 minutes (3 hours and 55 minutes)

foreign language test	Listening	16	50
	Vocabulary-grammar	18
	Reading	16
test for determining readiness to learn	Critical thinking	15	30
	Analytical thinking	15
test for the profile of a group of educational programs	Profile discipline 1	30	50
	Profile discipline 2	20

For a master's degree program with English language of instruction:
The number of test tasks is 80
Testing time: 160 minutes (2 hours 40 minutes)

test for determining readiness to learn	Critical thinking	15	30
	Analytical thinking	15
test for the profile of a group of educational programs	Profile discipline 1	30	50
	Profile discipline 2	20

Persons who have one of the international certificates confirming their proficiency in a foreign language in accordance with the pan-European competences (standards) of foreign language proficiency are exempt from the CT foreign language test.

Profile disciplines:

Groups of educational programs		Profile disciplines
Groups of educational programs		Profile discipline 1	Profile discipline 2
M012	Training of computer science teachers	Programming	Computer science teaching methods
M072	Management and administration	Management	Business organization
M074	Finance, banking and insurance	Economic theory	Macroeconomics
M075	Marketing and advertising	Economic theory	Macroeconomics
M078	Law	Theory of state and law	Situational case
M152	Logistics (by industry)	Supply chain management	Transport logistics

Exemption from CT:

Individuals entering the master's program in the groups of educational programs of the fields of education "Pedagogical Sciences", as well as training areas "Business and management" are exempt from CT if they have an international certificate of passing the standardized test Graduate Record Examinations (GRE).

Scale for converting GRE test scores into CT scores:

GRE International standardized test			Comprehensive testing
Sections of the test	Scores for areas of education “Pedagogical Sciences”	Points for “Business and management" training courses”	Test types	Points
Quantitative Reasoning	at least 155 points	at least 160 points	Test for determining readiness to learn	30
			Test based on the profile of a group of educational programs	70
Verbal Reasoning	at least 145 points	at least 140 points	Foreign language test	50
Analytical Writing	at least 3 points	at least 2 points

Individuals entering the master's program in the group of educational programs of the personnel training in "Business and management" direction are exempt from CT in the master's program with Kazakh or Russian languages of instruction if they have an international certificate of passing the standardized test Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT).

Scale of translation of GMAT test scores into CT scores in the master's program with Kazakh or Russian language of instruction:

GMAT International standardized test		Comprehensive testing
Sections of the test	Scores for the training in “Business and management” direction	Test types	Points
Quantitative Reasoning	at least 40 points	Test for determining readiness to learn	30
Integrated Reasoning	at least 4 points	Test based on the profile of a group of educational programs	70
Verbal Reasoning	at least 20 points	Foreign language test	50
Analytical Writing	at least 3 points	Foreign language test	50