Within the framework of initiative projects of the Nur Otan party to support people of the older generation, a pilot project «Silver University» was launched at the Karaganda Industrial University. In total, 27 people have expressed their desire to study at the Silver University since the launch of the project. The project participants were most attracted by such areas as computer literacy and the school of entrepreneurship.

On February 9, 2021, the first groups of students began training. Before the start of classes, representatives of KarIU conducted an excursion around the main and new buildings of the university. During the excursion, the guests of the university saw the KarIU museum, got acquainted with the laboratory of 3D-engineering, the laboratory of the engineering profile «Electron microscopy and nanotechnology».

At the introductory lesson held in the Digital Technologies competence center, teachers and training masters of the Artificial Intelligence Technologies Department introduced the Silver University cadets to the general structure of a computer, methods of working with a mouse and keyboard, a desktop, and using the taskbar. During the entire course, which will last a month, students will learn how to work in text editors, find the information they need on the Internet, use social networks, instant messengers and other mobile applications, and the services of the EGOV e-government portal.

Let us recall that in addition to computer literacy courses, within the framework of the Silver University project, groups are completed in such areas as financial literacy, an entrepreneurship school, and a chess club.