For the third year in a row, the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of the Republic of Kazakhstan «Atameken» compiles the Rating of educational programs of universities by order of the Ministry of Education and Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The rating is based on 17 criteria included in three blocks «Career prospects of graduates», «Quality of the educational program» and «Achievements of students».

On the eve of the outgoing 2020, a briefing was held on the results of the Ranking of Bachelor’s Degree Programs for the Outgoing Year.

In 2020, the study covered 2,000 educational programs, analyzed the employment of 68,000 graduates, and involved more than 600 industry experts from all regions of Kazakhstan. As a result, 6 thousand expert opinions were received on 108 universities.

Employment for universities today is becoming one of the main indicators. The following EPs of the Karaganda Industrial University showed a 100 percent level of employment: Automation and Control (Engineering of Automation Systems), Computers and Software (Software Engineering), Heat Power Engineering (Heat Power Engineering of Industrial Enterprises and Housing and Communal Services).

It should be noted that over the three years of the rating’s existence, the quality of educational programs of Kazakhstani universities has improved significantly. According to the experts who took part in the study, the programs have become more adapted to the market.

Karaganda Industrial University in the ranking of educational programs of universities of Kazakhstan – 2020 for undergraduate programs took the following positions:

• educational program «Materials Science and Technology of New Materials» – 1st place;

• educational program «Heat Power Engineering» – 1st place;

• educational program «Metallurgy» – 6th place;

• educational program «Automation and Control» – 6th place;

• educational program «Chemical technology of organic substances» – 7th place;

• educational program «Mechanical Engineering» – 9th place.

Press service of KarIU