Kazakh National Pedagogical University

Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University (Kazakh: Абай атындағы Қазақ ұлттық педагогикалық университеті), commonly called KazNPU, is a public pedagogical university in the city of Almaty in Kazakhstan.阿拜哈萨克国立教育大学（哈萨克语 Абай атындағы Қазақ ұлттық педагогикалық университеті，通称 KazNPU）是哈萨克斯坦阿拉木图市的一所公立师范教育大学。

It is the first higher education institution in the country, founded in October 1928, and it has trained more than 175,000 graduates over its nearly century-long history.它是该国最早的高等教育机构，创办于 1928 年 10 月，在其近一个世纪的历程中已培养逾 175000 名毕业生。

In the QS World University Rankings 2027 it is placed joint 634th in the world, and it ranks first among the country's pedagogical universities in the national IQAA ranking.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中并列全球第 634 位，并在 IQAA 全国排名中位居该国师范类大学之首。

History

• The opening of the Kazakh State University was officially held in October 1928, by decision of the Council of People's Commissars of the Kazakh ASSR of 23 March 1928.哈萨克国立大学的开办仪式于 1928 年 10 月正式举行，其依据是哈萨克苏维埃社会主义自治共和国人民委员会 1928 年 3 月 23 日的决定。

• It had originally been intended to establish three faculties, pedagogical, agricultural and medical, but it was decided to develop the new institution as an independent pedagogical institute for the intensive development of national education.最初曾计划设立师范、农业与医学三个学院，但最终决定把这一新机构办成一所独立师范学院，以推动民族教育的快速发展。

• The institute began with a single faculty divided into three departments, namely physics and mathematics, natural science, and linguistic-pedagogical studies.学院初创时仅设一个学院，下分物理与数学、自然科学、语言与师范三个系。

• The university was renamed the Kazakh State Pedagogical University in 1930, and in 1935 the name of the great poet Abai was awarded to it.该校于 1930 年更名为哈萨克国立师范大学，并于 1935 年获授伟大诗人阿拜之名。

• Building a qualified academic staff was a serious problem in the early years, and distinguished Kazakh figures such as Oraz Zhandosov, Saken Seifullin, Akhmet Baitursynov and Temirbek Zhurgenov taught at the institute.在创办初期，组建合格的师资队伍是一大难题，奥拉兹·詹多索夫、萨肯·赛富林、阿赫梅特·拜图尔瑟诺夫与捷米尔别克·茹尔格诺夫等哈萨克杰出人物都曾在学院任教。

• Libraries, equipment for classrooms and visiting specialists were donated by the universities of Moscow and Leningrad, which generously shared their resources with the young Kazakh institute.莫斯科与列宁格勒的大学捐赠了图书、教室设备并派出专家，把其资源慷慨地分享给这所年轻的哈萨克学院。

• Sanzhar Asfendiyarov, a statesman and scientist fluent in Arabic, Persian, English and French, took charge of the organisational work of the first university of Kazakhstan and accepted its first students.通晓阿拉伯语、波斯语、英语与法语的政治家兼学者桑扎尔·阿斯芬迪亚罗夫，主持了哈萨克斯坦第一所大学的组建工作，并录取了首批学生。

• In 1930 Asfendiyarov helped to open the Alma-Ata Medical Institute and became its first rector, later serving as People's Commissar of Health and Deputy People's Commissar of Education.1930 年，阿斯芬迪亚罗夫协助创办阿拉木图医学院并出任首任院长，其后又任人民卫生委员与人民教育副委员。

• Mukhtar Auezov, Kudaibergen Zhubanov and Alimkhan Ermekov were among the scholars who lectured at the institution during its early decades.穆赫塔尔·奥埃佐夫、库代别尔根·茹巴诺夫与阿利姆汗·叶尔梅科夫，都是该校早期数十年间在此授课的学者。

• By 1939 the accumulated teaching experience and improved facilities had made the institute a large scientific and educational centre, credited with preparing the ground for a whole network of higher schools.至 1939 年，积累的教学经验与不断改善的设施使该学院成为一座大型科教中心，并被视为为全国高等教育网络奠定了基础。

• During the Second World War of 1941 to 1945 many teachers and students received state awards, among them Malik Gabdullin, who was made a Hero of the Soviet Union for defending Moscow against the Nazi invaders.在 1941 至 1945 年的第二次世界大战期间，许多师生获得国家级表彰，其中马利克·加布杜林因保卫莫斯科抵御纳粹入侵者而被授予苏联英雄称号。

• Malik Gabdullin, a hero, literary critic and scientist, later led the institute and made an invaluable contribution to its development.身兼英雄、文学批评家与学者的马利克·加布杜林其后领导该学院，并为其发展作出不可估量的贡献。

• In the post-war years demand for specialised teachers grew sharply, and the correspondence department expanded rapidly, with 362 first-year full-time students in 1946 against only 60 graduates that year.战后对专业教师的需求急剧增长，函授部迅速扩大，1946 年全日制一年级招生 362 人，而当年毕业生仅 60 人。

• By 1956 the institute enrolled 567 full-time students and 594 correspondence students, reflecting the strong growth of teacher training in the post-war period.至 1956 年，学院全日制在校生达 567 人、函授生达 594 人，反映出战后师范培训的强劲增长。

• In 1978 the institute celebrated its 50th anniversary, and on 12 October 2011 it was awarded the Order of the Red Banner for its achievements in training pedagogical specialists.1978 年，学院庆祝建校 50 周年，并在 2011 年 10 月 12 日因培养师范专业人才的成就而获授红旗勋章。

• On 25 October 1990 the first Kazakh university was reorganised and gained university status, taking the name Kazakh State Pedagogical University named after Abai.1990 年 10 月 25 日，哈萨克斯坦第一所大学完成重组并获得大学地位，改称阿拜哈萨克国立师范大学。

• By a decision of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Kazakhstan on 24 November 1992, the institute was transformed into the Almaty State University named after Abai.依哈萨克斯坦共和国部长会议 1992 年 11 月 24 日的决定，学院改组为阿拜阿拉木图国立大学。

• On 26 September 2003, by Decree of President Nursultan Nazarbayev No. 1201, the university was renamed the Kazakh National Pedagogical University named after Abai and acquired national status.2003 年 9 月 26 日，依总统努尔苏丹·纳扎尔巴耶夫第 1201 号令，学校更名为阿拜哈萨克国立教育大学，并获得「国立」地位。

• In 2007 the university won international awards such as United Europe and European Quality at the Oxford Summit of Leaders of Higher Education, and it also received the President's Prize for achievements in quality.2007 年，学校在牛津高等教育领袖峰会上获得「联合欧洲」与「欧洲质量」等国际奖项，并获总统质量成就奖。

• The opening of the Sorbonne-Kazakhstan Institute, a branch of the eight-hundred-year-old Sorbonne Paris University, was an important event in the life of the university.索邦-哈萨克斯坦研究所的设立是学校发展中的一件大事，该研究所是有八百年历史的索邦巴黎大学的附属机构。

Academics

• The university is organised into seven institutes, namely Pedagogy and Psychology, Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science, Philology, Arts, Culture and Sports, Natural Sciences and Geography, History and Law, and Sorbonne-Kazakhstan.学校下设七个学院级研究所，即教育与心理、数学物理与计算机科学、语文学、艺术文化与体育、自然科学与地理、历史与法学，以及索邦-哈萨克斯坦。

• It has 34 chairs, including three university-wide departments, namely the Military Department, the UNESCO Pedagogical Department and the Department of the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan.学校设有 34 个教研室，其中包括三个校级部门，即军事教研室、联合国教科文组织教育教研室与哈萨克斯坦人民大会事务教研室。

• The university maintains 15 dissertation councils, a Council of Young Scientists, a Scientific Library and the Ulagat Publishing House.学校设有 15 个学位论文答辩委员会、青年学者委员会、科学图书馆以及「Ulagat」出版社。

• It has established a Centre of Advanced Studies and Distance Learning and a Centre for Digital Services for Students called Shapagat.学校设立了进修与远程教育中心，以及名为「Shapagat」的学生数字服务中心。

• An International Scientific Laboratory of the Technologies of Education Informatisation and Education was also created at the university.学校还创设了教育信息化与教育技术国际科学实验室。

• The Sorbonne-Kazakhstan Institute offers programmes in partnership with the Sorbonne Paris University, and it enrolled 625 students in a recent year, most of them undergraduates.索邦-哈萨克斯坦研究所与索邦巴黎大学合作开设课程，近一年注册学生 625 人，其中多数为本科生。

• The Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics has four departments, where in 2023-24 there were an academician, a corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences, 17 doctors of science, 40 candidates of science and 23 PhD holders.数学、物理与信息学院设有四个系，2023 至 2024 学年共有 1 名院士、1 名国家科学院通讯院士、17 名科学博士、40 名副博士与 23 名哲学博士。

• The Faculty of Philology trains teachers of language and literature, and its Department of Russian Language and Literature taught 540 bachelor's students, 17 master's and 16 doctoral students in 2024-25.语文学学院培养语言与文学教师，其俄语语言文学系 2024 至 2025 学年培养本科生 540 人、硕士生 17 人、博士生 16 人。

• The Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology prepares teachers and educational psychologists for schools across Kazakhstan.教育与心理学院为哈萨克斯坦各地学校培养教师与教育心理学工作者。

• The Faculty of Natural Sciences and Geography covers biology, geography and related fields, and its students run science outreach projects such as a zoo-information project.自然科学与地理学院涵盖生物学、地理学及相关领域，其学生开展「动物园信息」等科普项目。

• The Faculty of History and Law trains teachers in history, law and the social sciences for the country's schools.历史与法学学院为全国学校培养历史、法学与社会科学教师。

• The Faculty of Arts, Culture and Sports trains music and art teachers and specialists in physical education.艺术、文化与体育学院培养音乐与美术教师以及体育专业人才。

• The Faculty of Physical Education and Primary Military Training offers teacher training in physical education and in the basics of military preparation.体育与初级军事训练学院提供体育教育及军事基础知识的师资培训。

• The university offers programmes at bachelor's, master's and doctoral levels, with a mandate to train teachers for all regions of Kazakhstan.学校开设学士、硕士与博士层次的课程，其使命是为哈萨克斯坦各地区培养师资。

• It operates an Abai Endowment Fund, created on the university's initiative, to support advanced educational programmes and the next generation of teachers.学校设有由校方倡议创建的阿拜捐赠基金，用以支持先进教育项目与下一代教师。

• The university runs the Univer 2.0 information and software complex to improve the quality of the educational process and to support the needs of students and teachers.学校运行「Univer 2.0」信息与软件系统，以提升教育质量并满足师生需求。

• It provides a psychological support service called Senim, offering professional and confidential consultations to students and staff.学校设有名为「Senim」的心理支持服务，为学生与教职员提供专业且保密的咨询。

• OpenAlex records about 6,425 research works and more than 22,600 citations for the university, a modest output consistent with a specialised pedagogical institution.OpenAlex 记录该校约 6425 件研究作品、被引逾 22600 次，产出规模与一所专业师范院校相称。

• The university's academic work has been recognised on the international stage through its UNESCO Pedagogical Department and its partnership with the Sorbonne Paris University.学校的学术工作通过其联合国教科文组织教育教研室与同索邦巴黎大学的合作，在国际舞台上获得认可。

Campus

• The university's main campus is in Almaty, the largest city of Kazakhstan, and it carries memorial plaques dedicated to the founders of the institution.学校主校区位于哈萨克斯坦最大城市阿拉木图，校区内设有纪念其创办者的纪念牌匾。

• The plaques commemorate the founders Akhmet Baitursynov, Sanzhar Asfendiyarov, Oraz Zhandosov, Saken Seifullin, Baimen Almanov, Halel Dosmukhamedov, Kudaibergen Zhubanov, Ilyas Kabylov and Alimkhan Ermekov.这些牌匾纪念的创办者有阿赫梅特·拜图尔瑟诺夫、桑扎尔·阿斯芬迪亚罗夫、奥拉兹·詹多索夫、萨肯·赛富林、拜门·阿尔马诺夫、哈列尔·多斯穆哈梅多夫、库代别尔根·茹巴诺夫、伊利亚斯·卡贝洛夫与阿利姆汗·叶尔梅科夫。

• The university operates student dormitories, with five dormitories under its administrative control and additional rented accommodation for students.学校运营学生宿舍，其中五座由其行政管理，另租用若干宿舍供学生住宿。

• In preparing for a recent academic year the university signed contracts for five rented dormitories offering 1,550 places, and negotiated three further dormitory agreements.在为某一学年做准备时，学校签署了五座租用宿舍、共 1550 个床位的合同，并洽谈另外三座宿舍的协议。

• The Scientific Library of Abai KazNPU serves students and staff and houses the university's core collections, while the Ulagat Publishing House issues its academic output.阿拜 KazNPU 科学图书馆服务师生并收藏学校核心文献，而「Ulagat」出版社负责刊行其学术成果。

• The Akhmet Baitursynov Auditorium was opened on campus, named after one of the university's founders and a leading Kazakh intellectual.校区内开设了以学校创办者之一、哈萨克杰出知识分子阿赫梅特·拜图尔瑟诺夫命名的「拜图尔瑟诺夫讲堂」。

• The recorded geographic position of the university is latitude 43.25249 and longitude 76.9115, placing it in the city of Almaty in south-eastern Kazakhstan.学校登记的地理坐标为北纬 43.25249、东经 76.9115，位于哈萨克斯坦东南部的阿拉木图市。

• Almaty, set against the mountains of the Trans-Ili Alatau, is the cultural and scientific centre of the country, giving the university an urban setting.阿拉木图背倚外伊犁阿拉套山脉，是全国的文化与科学中心，赋予该校以城市化的环境。

• The university's named auditorium and its scientific library stand on the main campus, alongside the teaching buildings that house its seven institutes.学校以名人命名的讲堂与科学图书馆均设于主校区，与其七个学院级研究所所在的教学楼相邻。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 the university is placed joint 634th in the world, the position it holds in the table to which this entry belongs.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，该校并列全球第 634 位，即其在本条目所属榜单中的名次。^[1]

• In the 2025 QS Asia University Rankings the university was ranked 131st in Asia, its highest regional position in recent years.在 2025 年 QS 亚洲大学排名中，该校列亚洲第 131 位，为其近年来的最佳地区名次。

• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 place the university in the 2001+ band among the world's universities.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名把该校列入第 2001+ 档。

• No position is recorded for the university in the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities or in the 2026-2027 US News Best Global Universities table.2026 年软科世界大学学术排名与 2026-2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名，均未录该校名次。

• In the IQAA National Ranking of leading universities of Kazakhstan for 2024, the university was placed first among the country's pedagogical universities.在 IQAA 2024 年哈萨克斯坦顶尖高校全国排名中，该校位居全国师范类大学第一。

• As the first higher education institution in Kazakhstan, it has supplied the country with highly qualified teachers for its primary and secondary schools since its earliest years.作为哈萨克斯坦最早的高等教育机构，它自创办之初便为全国中小学输送高素质教师。

• OpenAlex records about 6,425 works and 22,620 citations, a modest output consistent with a specialised pedagogical institution rather than a broad research university.OpenAlex 记录约 6425 件作品、22620 次被引，产出规模与一所专业师范院校而非综合性研究型大学相称。

• In 2007 the university won international awards for quality at the Oxford Summit of Leaders of Higher Education, reflecting its drive for accreditation standards.2007 年，学校在牛津高等教育领袖峰会上获得国际质量奖项，反映其对认证标准的追求。

• Its UNESCO Pedagogical Department and its Sorbonne-Kazakhstan Institute reflect the university's national standing and its international partnerships in teacher education.其联合国教科文组织教育教研室与索邦-哈萨克斯坦研究所，体现该校在师范教育上的国家地位与国际合作。

Student life

• The university's identity is closely tied to Abai Kunanbayev, the Kazakh poet, composer and thinker of the nineteenth century after whom it is named.学校的身份与 19 世纪哈萨克诗人、作曲家与思想家阿拜·库南巴耶夫紧密相连，学校正以他命名。

• Students and undergraduates take part in Olympiads, competitions and sports events, and win prizes in them across subjects and disciplines.学生与本科生参加各学科、各领域的奥林匹克竞赛、比赛与体育活动，并屡获奖项。

• The university holds a fair of student clubs and celebrates Nauryz, Unity Day and other national festivals on campus, drawing together students from across the country.学校举办学生社团博览会，并在校园内庆祝纳吾鲁孜节、民族团结日等民族节日，汇聚来自全国各地的学生。

• In the 2023-24 academic year the university provided tuition discounts of 10% to 100% for students in need of social support, and 938 students received such benefits.2023 至 2024 学年，学校为需要社会资助的学生提供 10% 至 100% 的学费减免，共有 938 名学生获得此类资助。

• The Senim psychological support service and the Shapagat digital services centre together support students' welfare and study throughout the academic year.「Senim」心理支持服务与「Shapagat」数字服务中心，在整个学年中共同保障学生的福祉与学习。

• The Abai Endowment Fund invites donations to create resources for educational programmes and to support the next generation of Kazakh teachers.阿拜捐赠基金募集捐款，为教育项目创造资源，并支持哈萨克斯坦的下一代教师。

• The university profiles prominent graduates such as the journalist Rauan Kenzhekhanuly as examples for its current students.学校推介知名毕业生如记者拉万·肯热哈努雷等人的事迹，以为在校学生树立榜样。

• Student life is set in Almaty, the country's largest city and its cultural capital, with the campus serving students drawn from every region of Kazakhstan.学生生活以哈萨克斯坦最大城市、文化之都阿拉木图为背景，校区服务于来自全国各地区的学子。

• The university's graduates number more than 175,000, and many of them now teach in schools across every region of Kazakhstan.该校毕业生已逾 175000 人，其中许多人如今在哈萨克斯坦各地区的学校任教。

Notable people

• Abai Kunanbayev, the nineteenth-century Kazakh poet, composer and philosopher, is the university's namesake and the inspiration for its educational mission.19 世纪哈萨克诗人、作曲家与哲学家阿拜·库南巴耶夫是学校的命名人物，也是其教育使命的灵感来源。

• Sanzhar Asfendiyarov, who organised the first university of Kazakhstan and accepted its first students, was its first rector and later People's Commissar of Health.组建哈萨克斯坦第一所大学并录取首批学生的桑扎尔·阿斯芬迪亚罗夫，是该校首任校长，其后任人民卫生委员。

• Akhmet Baitursynov, a founder of the institution, was a Kazakh intellectual, teacher and linguist who shaped the country's early education.学校创办者之一阿赫梅特·拜图尔瑟诺夫是哈萨克知识分子、教师与语言学家，形塑了该国早期教育。

• Saken Seifullin, a poet and writer who taught at the institute, is one of the founders commemorated by a plaque on campus.曾在学院任教的诗人与作家萨肯·赛富林，是校园牌匾所纪念的创办者之一。

• Oraz Zhandosov, a statesman who taught at the institute, is another of its founding figures honoured in the university's history.曾在学院任教的政治家奥拉兹·詹多索夫，是该校历史上受崇敬的另一位创办人物。

• Mukhtar Auezov, a classic of Kazakh literature, lectured at the institution during its formative decades.哈萨克文学经典作家穆赫塔尔·奥埃佐夫曾在学院的成长期授课。

• Kudaibergen Zhubanov, a linguist and academic, taught at the institute and contributed to Kazakh language studies.语言学家与学者库代别尔根·茹巴诺夫曾在学院任教，并推动哈萨克语研究。

• Alimkhan Ermekov, a mathematician, worked at the institute in its early years and advanced its teaching of mathematics.数学家阿利姆汗·叶尔梅科夫在学院创办初期工作，推动了其数学教学。

• Malik Gabdullin, a Hero of the Soviet Union, literary critic and scientist, long led the institute and contributed to its development.苏联英雄、文学批评家与学者马利克·加布杜林长期领导该学院，并为其发展作出贡献。

• Temirbek Zhurgenov, a statesman and educator, taught at the institute during the period when it supplied teachers across the republic.政治家与教育家捷米尔别克·茹尔格诺夫曾在学院任教，其时学院为共和国各地输送师资。

• Rauan Kenzhekhanuly, a Kazakh journalist and entrepreneur, is listed among the university's graduates and profiled by the institution.哈萨克记者与企业家拉万·肯热哈努雷被列入该校毕业生名录，并获校方推介。

• Serik Ospanov is another of the university's notable graduates, profiled on its list of alumni who have served the country.谢里克·奥斯帕诺夫是该校另一位知名毕业生，被列入其服务国家的校友名录。

• Bolat Tilep, the current chairman of the board and rector of the university, leads the institution and represents it in national education policy.现任校务委员会主席兼校长博拉特·蒂列普领导该校，并在国家教育政策中代表学校。