Narxoz University

Narxoz University is a private, not-for-profit university in Almaty, Kazakhstan, offering bachelor, master and doctoral programmes in economics, business, finance, law, digital technologies and the social sciences.纳尔霍斯大学是一所位于哈萨克斯坦阿拉木图的私立非营利大学，开设经济、商科、金融、法律、数字技术及社会科学等本科、硕士与博士专业。

Founded in 1963 as the Almaty Institute of National Economy, it ranks among the oldest economics-oriented higher schools in Kazakhstan and Central Asia, it has carried its present name since 2016, and it is the direct successor of a Soviet-era institute that trained planners and bookkeepers for the republic.该校创办于1963年，初名阿拉木图国民经济学院，是哈萨克斯坦与中亚历史最悠久的财经类高校之一，2016年起使用现名，其前身是苏联时期为共和国培养计划与核算人才的院校。

The university enrols around 5,800 students (2024/25) across four academic schools and one business school, and in the 2027 QS World University Rankings it was placed in the 1001-1200 band.2024/25学年在校生约5800人，分布于四个学术学院和一个商学院，在2027年QS世界大学排名中该校被列入第1001-1200位区间。

History

• The Almaty Institute of National Economy was created by a decree of the Government of the Soviet Union dated 9 May 1963 and formally opened in August 1963 on the basis of the economics faculty of Kazakh State University.1963年5月9日苏联政府颁布决议，同年8月以哈萨克国立大学经济系为基础组建阿拉木图国民经济学院并正式开学。
• In its first years the institute had three faculties and trained economists for both day-time and correspondence study, and its diploma quickly became one of the most recognised economics credentials in Soviet Kazakhstan.建院初期设有三个系，兼招全日制与函授生，其文凭很快成为苏联时期哈萨克斯坦最有认可度的经济学资历之一。
• Academician Kabi Okaev, remembered as one of the founders of Kazakhstan's first economics university, led its Planning-Economics and Accounting-Economics faculties for more than twenty years.院士卡比·奥卡耶夫被视为哈萨克斯坦第一所财经类高校的创办者之一，曾主持计划经济系与核算经济系二十余年。
• After the break-up of the Soviet Union the institute was renamed the Almaty Institute of National Economy once again in 1991 and began rebuilding its curricula around a market economy.苏联解体后，学院于1991年复名阿拉木图国民经济学院，并围绕市场经济重建课程体系。
• In 1993 the school was reorganised as the Kazakh State Academy of Management, a status that reflected its growing role in training managers for the new republic.1993年该校改组为哈萨克国立管理学院，这一地位反映出它在新共和国管理人才培养上日益重要的作用。
• In 1999 a campus was opened in Astana, the new capital, and it was later reorganised into an independent institution, the Kazakh University of Economics, Finance and International Trade.1999年在新首都阿斯塔纳开设分校，该分校后来独立为哈萨克经济、金融与国际贸易大学。
• In 2001 it was renamed the Turar Ryskulov Kazakh Economic University, honouring Turar Ryskulov (1894-1938), a Soviet-era Kazakh statesman and economist.2001年更名为图拉尔·雷斯库洛夫哈萨克经济大学，以纪念苏联时期的哈萨克政治家与经济学者图拉尔·雷斯库洛夫（1894-1938）。
• The university began a long reform programme in 2002 aimed at restructuring its teaching and research around the new realities of a market economy and digital technology.2002年学校启动长期改革计划，围绕市场经济与数字技术的新现实重塑教学与科研。
• On 3 December 2014, as part of a rebranding, the institution became the Turar Ryskulov New Economic University.2014年12月3日，作为品牌重塑的一部分，学校改称图拉尔·雷斯库洛夫新经济大学。
• In 2016 it adopted the short name Narxoz University, dropping the personal name and signalling its ambition to become a regional, English-medium business school.2016年改用简称纳尔霍斯大学，去掉个人姓名，昭示其成为区域性英语授课商学院的雄心。
• Krzysztof Rybiński, a former deputy president of the National Bank of Poland, served as rector of the university between 2015 and 2018.曾任波兰国家银行副行长的克日什托夫·雷宾斯基在2015至2018年间出任该校校长。
• The American scholar Andrew Wachtel was president of the university from 2018 to 2020, and he led its drive to internationalise.美国学者安德鲁·瓦赫特尔于2018至2020年担任校长，主导了学校的国际化进程。
• Stanislav Buyanskiy held office as acting rector in 2020-2021, and Miras Daulenov was president from 2021 to 2024.2020至2021年由斯坦尼斯拉夫·布扬斯基任代理校长，2021至2024年由米拉斯·道列诺夫任校长。
• Kanat Kozhakhmet became president of Narxoz University in 2024, continuing the institution's emphasis on sustainability and employability.卡纳特·科扎赫梅特于2024年出任纳尔霍斯大学校长，延续学校对可持续发展和就业力的重视。
• In 2022 the university completed a full reconstruction of its main building and received institutional and programme accreditation from FIBAA, a German-based quality agency.2022年学校完成主楼的整体重建，并取得德国认证机构FIBAA的院校与专业认证。
• In January 2023 the university adopted an ambitious development document, Strategy 2030, setting targets for research, internationalisation and sustainability.2023年1月学校通过远景文件《2030战略》，为科研、国际化与可持续发展设定目标。
• In February 2025 Narxoz became vice-chair for teaching and education of the UN Academic Impact Global Hub for SDG 16 on peace, justice and strong institutions for 2025-2027.2025年2月纳尔霍斯成为联合国学术影响关于和平、正义与强大机构的第16项可持续发展目标全球中心的2025-2027年度教学与教育副主席。
• In January 2025 Narxoz signed an agreement with Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago to launch a dual-degree STEM programme in computer engineering.2025年1月纳尔霍斯与芝加哥的伊利诺伊理工学院签署协议，合作开设计算机工程双学位理工项目。
• In 2023 the university marked sixty years since its foundation, presenting itself as a sixty-year contribution to the development of society.2023年学校迎来建校六十周年，并以服务社会六十载作为自我定位。
• Also in 2023, QS awarded the university four stars overall and five stars for teaching, employability and inclusiveness.同样在2023年，QS给该校综合四星评级，并在教学质量、就业力与教育包容性上给出五星。
• By 2024 Narxoz counted more than 140,000 alumni, among them senior figures in government, banking and business across Kazakhstan and Central Asia.到2024年该校校友已逾十四万名，其中不乏哈萨克斯坦与中亚政界、银行业与商界的要角。
• In 2025 the university obtained specialised accreditation from the NAAR for doctoral programmes in finance, public administration, economics and management.2025年学校在金融、公共管理、经济学与管理学的博士项目上获得NAAR专业认证。

Academics

• Narxoz is organised into four academic schools alongside a graduate business school: the School of Economics and Management, the School of Digital Technologies, the School of Law and Public Policy and the School of Arts and Social Sciences.纳尔霍斯下设四个学术学院和一个研究生商学院：经济与管理学院、数字技术学院、法律与公共政策学院、人文与社会科学学院。
• The School of Economics and Management is the largest, built on a deep legacy in accounting and audit, finance and financial risk management, marketing, management and economics.经济与管理学院规模最大，在会计与审计、金融与金融风险管理、市场营销、管理与经济学方面积淀深厚。
• The School of Digital Technologies is the newest and fastest-growing, offering mathematics, statistics, data science, digital engineering and cybersecurity.数字技术学院最新且增长最快，开设数学、统计学、数据科学、数字工程与网络安全等专业。
• The School of Law and Public Policy teaches law, public administration, customs and international relations, and it runs a Free Legal Clinic for the public.法律与公共政策学院教授法律、公共管理、海关与国际关系，并面向公众开设免费法律诊所。
• The School of Arts and Social Sciences covers social work, social policy, psychology, sociology, tourism and hospitality, ecology and first-year liberal arts education, and it also coordinates the university's language teaching in the first year.人文与社会科学学院涵盖社会工作、社会政策、心理学、社会学、旅游与酒店管理、生态学以及一年级博雅课程，并统筹该校一年级的语言教学。
• Narxoz Business School offers MBA, Executive MBA and DBA degrees as well as short executive courses, concentrating on artificial intelligence, entrepreneurship, leadership and sustainability.纳尔霍斯商学院提供工商管理硕士、高级工商管理硕士与工商管理博士项目以及高管短训课程，聚焦人工智能、创业、领导力与可持续发展。
• The university also maintains a PhD Department awarding doctorates in management, marketing, finance, accounting and audit, public policy, economics, human resource management and law.学校另设博士部，授予管理、市场营销、金融、会计与审计、公共政策、经济学、人力资源管理与法律等博士学位。
• Teaching is delivered in three languages, English, Kazakh and Russian, and the university is transforming itself into a largely English-medium institution.教学以英语、哈萨克语和俄语三种语言进行，学校正转型为一所以英语授课为主的高校。
• More than 55 degree programmes are offered, its mobility network spans about 74 partner countries and roughly 1,000 international students study on campus.该校开设逾55个学位项目，海外交流网络覆盖约74个伙伴国，在校国际学生约一千人。
• Programmes in accounting, auditing and taxation were accredited by FIBAA in 2022, and the marketing programme received NAOKO accreditation in 2023.会计、审计与税务项目于2022年获FIBAA认证，市场营销项目于2023年获NAOKO认证。
• Professional qualifications from ACCA, CIM and CIMA are embedded in several business degrees, strengthening the employability of graduates.多个商科学位嵌入ACCA、CIM与CIMA职业资格，提升毕业生的就业竞争力。
• Research is concentrated in five units: the Sustainable Kazakhstan Research Institute, the Eurasian Institute for Economic and Legal Research, the AI and Digital Transformation Institute, the SDG 16 Centre and the Gender Economics Research Center.科研集中于五个单位：可持续哈萨克斯坦研究所、欧亚经济与法律研究所、人工智能与数字化转型研究所、可持续发展目标第十六项中心以及性别经济学研究中心。
• Between 2019 and 2025 the university won 35 research projects worth about 5.5 million US dollars from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, plus industrial contracts worth 5.2 million dollars.2019至2025年间，学校从科学和高等教育部获得价值约550万美元的35个科研项目，另有价值520万美元的产业合同。
• A research fund grant of 675,000 US dollars supports the commercialisation of academic work carried out at the university.一项67.5万美元的研究基金拨款用于支持校内学术成果的商业化。
• OpenAlex records about 1,645 research works and roughly 5,385 citations associated with the university.学术数据库OpenAlex记录到与该校相关的论文约1645篇、被引约5385次。
• Double-degree and exchange agreements link Narxoz with Queen's University Belfast, Mykolas Romeris University in Lithuania, La Rochelle in France, Penn State and Illinois Institute of Technology.双学位与交换协议将纳尔霍斯与贝尔法斯特女王大学、立陶宛米科拉斯·罗梅里斯大学、法国拉罗谢尔、宾夕法尼亚州立大学以及伊利诺伊理工学院相连结。
• The quality of Narxoz teaching has been assessed by the Central and East European Management Development Association and by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, two bodies whose seals appear on several of its business and accounting programmes.纳尔霍斯的教学质量由中欧与东欧管理发展协会以及特许公认会计师公会评估，其认证印于该校多个商科与会计项目。
• Brendan Duprey, a sustainability researcher, directs the Sustainable Kazakhstan Research Institute, while Maigul Nugmanova, an economist, heads the university's Gender Economics Research Center.可持续发展学者布伦丹·杜普雷执掌可持续哈萨克斯坦研究所，经济学家迈古尔·努格曼诺娃主持该校性别经济学研究中心。
• Undergraduate students account for 92.9 per cent of total enrolment, a proportion that reflects the university's emphasis on bachelor-level business, law and social-science education.本科生占在校生总数的92.9%，这一比例反映出该校对本科层次商科、法律与社会科学教育的侧重。

Campus

• The main campus stands at 55 Zhandosov Street in the Medeu district of Almaty, postal code 050035, in Kazakhstan's largest city.主校区位于哈萨克斯坦最大城市阿拉木图市麦德乌区的詹多索夫街55号，邮编050035。
• The campus building was completely reconstructed in 2022 and covers a total area of about 30,000 square metres, making it one of the most modern university buildings in Central Asia.校舍于2022年全面重建，总建筑面积约三万平方米，是中亚地区最现代化的大学建筑之一。
• It contains 112 classrooms with 2,320 seats and 30 IT laboratories equipped with 768 workstations.楼内设有112间教室，共2320个座位，还有30间配备768个工作站的IT实验室。
• Four student dormitories provide accommodation for more than 1,000 students and are fitted with study and leisure facilities.四栋学生宿舍可容纳一千余名学生，配备学习与休闲设施。
• Almaty itself lies in the foothills of the Trans-Ili Alatau mountains and is the commercial and financial centre of Kazakhstan.阿拉木图地处外伊犁阿拉套山麓，是哈萨克斯坦的商业与金融中心。
• The campus is fully digital, with a 3D virtual tour, the Narxoz Pay payment service and a range of online student services.校园实现全面数字化，提供三维虚拟漫游、纳尔霍斯支付服务以及一系列在线学生服务。
• An on-campus eco-laboratory, fitted with a gas analyser in 2025, allows ecology students to carry out air-quality measurements in the city.校内生态实验室于2025年配备气体分析仪，供生态学学生开展城市空气质量监测。
• The university library and reading facilities support the business, law and social-science programmes taught on site.校图书馆与阅览设施为在此开设的商科、法律与社会科学项目提供支撑。
• The compact single-site layout keeps teaching, administration, the business school and student services within walking distance of one another.紧凑的单校区布局使教学楼、行政楼、商学院与学生服务设施彼此步行可达。

Reputation

• In the 2027 QS World University Rankings Narxoz University was placed in the 1001-1200 band, its strongest position in that global ranking so far and a result that confirmed its standing as Kazakhstan's leading private business-focused university.在2027年QS世界大学排名中，纳尔霍斯大学被列入第1001-1200位区间，是该校在该全球榜单上的最好位置，也印证了其作为哈萨克斯坦领先私立商科大学的地位。
• The university did not enter the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, having been placed in the 1001-1500 band in the 2024 edition of that ranking.该校未进入2027年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名，其在此前2024年该榜单中曾被列入第1001-1500位区间。
• It likewise did not appear in the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities ranking or in the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities, so Narxoz has concentrated on national standings and professional accreditations instead.该校同样未出现在2026-2027年度US News全球最佳大学排名以及2026年世界大学学术排名中，因此纳尔霍斯转而专注于本国位次与职业认证。
• In 2023 QS awarded Narxoz four stars overall and the maximum five stars for teaching quality, employability and inclusiveness of education.2023年QS给纳尔霍斯综合四星评级，并在教学质量、就业力与教育包容性上给出最高的五星。
• In the 2023 QS Sustainability Rankings the university placed in the top 25 per cent of universities worldwide for governance.在2023年QS可持续发展排名中，该校治理指标进入全球高校前25%。
• In the QS Asia University Rankings 2024 Narxoz was listed among the leading universities of Central Asia.在2024年QS亚洲大学排名中，纳尔霍斯被列为中亚地区领先高校之一。
• The university presents itself as Central Asia's most sought-after source of graduates for employers in finance, consulting and digital technology.该校自称为中亚地区金融、咨询与数字技术雇主最青睐的毕业生来源。
• Research output recorded by OpenAlex stands at about 1,645 works and roughly 5,385 citations, a modest but rising figure for a specialised business university.OpenAlex记录的科研产出约为1645篇论文、5385次被引，对一所专业性商学院而言这虽不高但呈上升趋势。
• Narxoz holds institutional and programme accreditation from FIBAA and professional accreditation from ACCA, CIM and CIMA, marking it out among Kazakhstani private universities.纳尔霍斯持有FIBAA的院校与专业认证以及ACCA、CIM、CIMA的职业认证，在哈萨克斯坦私立高校中特色鲜明。
• It belongs to several international networks, including EFMD, PRME, ENAI, CEEMAN and the American Chamber of Commerce in Kazakhstan.该校加入多个国际网络，包括EFMD、PRME、ENAI、CEEMAN以及哈萨克斯坦美国商会。
• Its president sits on a Business Advisory Council drawn from leading national and international employers, which advises on curriculum and graduate employability.该校校长参加一个由国内外知名雇主组成的商业咨询委员会，就课程设置与毕业生就业力提供建议。
• The QS institutional profile records that about 15 per cent of Narxoz students come from outside Kazakhstan, underlining the university's regional reach across Central Asia and beyond.QS院校档案显示约15%的纳尔霍斯学生来自哈萨克斯坦境外，凸显其横跨中亚内外的区域影响力。

Student life

• Narxoz has no formal Latin motto, and it is guided instead by stated values of academic freedom, integrity, respect and ethical conduct, transparency and involvement.纳尔霍斯没有正式的拉丁语校训，而以学术自由、诚信、尊重与伦理操守、透明与参与等明示价值为准则。
• Its mission is to contribute to the development of society through the training of leaders who take on and solve complex integral tasks in real life.其使命是通过培养能够承担并解决现实中复杂综合任务的领导者来贡献社会发展。
• Students are housed in four dormitories with a combined capacity of over 1,000 places, an important provision for those coming from other regions of Kazakhstan.学生住在四栋合计逾千个床位的宿舍中，这对来自哈萨克斯坦其他地区的学子尤为重要。
• The university runs an active mobility culture: more than 600 students have taken part in exchange, and more than 20 global impact projects have been carried out with partners abroad.学校交流氛围活跃：已有六百余名学生参加交换，并与海外伙伴开展了二十多个全球影响项目。
• In March 2025 Narxoz hosted leaders of social organisations in Almaty as part of World Social Work Day, reflecting the social-science focus of the campus.2025年3月纳尔霍斯在“世界社会工作日”期间接待阿拉木图社会组织的负责人，体现校园对社会科学的重视。
• The university's academic calendar includes regular QazScience research seminars for students and faculty.学校的学年安排中包含面向师生定期举办的QazScience科研研讨会。
• The eco-laboratory and sustainability programmes give students hands-on experience of environmental measurement and policy work in Almaty.生态实验室与可持续发展项目让学生亲身参与阿拉木图的环境监测与政策实践。
• Student life is closely tied to Almaty, whose theatres, mountain trails and start-up scene feed into the university's creative and entrepreneurial culture.校园生活与阿拉木图紧密相连，其剧院、山地步道与创业生态滋养着学校的创意与创业文化。
• The university describes itself as a values-based community and as a cultural, educational and intellectual bridge between Central Asia and the rest of the world.该校自称为一个以价值为纽带的共同体，是连接中亚与世界的文化、教育与思想桥梁。
• A president's blog and an open question channel give students a direct line to the university leadership, an unusual feature among universities in Kazakhstan.校长博客与公开提问渠道让学生可以直接对话校领导，这在哈萨克斯坦高校中并不常见。

Notable people

• Academician Kabi Okaev was among the founders of the institute and headed its planning-economics and accounting-economics faculties for over two decades before his death in 2017.院士卡比·奥卡耶夫是该学院的创办者之一，在2017年去世前主持计划经济系与核算经济系二十余年。
• Turar Ryskulov (1894-1938), whose name the university carried from 2001 to 2016, was a Kazakh revolutionary, statesman and economist of the Soviet era, and the renaming honoured him as a national figure.图拉尔·雷斯库洛夫（1894-1938）是苏联时期的哈萨克革命家、政治家与经济学者，2001至2016年学校曾以其命名，以此致敬这位民族人物。
• Karim Massimov, a graduate of the institute, served as Prime Minister of Kazakhstan and later as chairman of the National Security Committee.该学院毕业生卡里姆·马西莫夫曾任哈萨克斯坦总理，后任国家安全委员会主席。
• Aslan Musin, an alumnus, was chief of the executive office of the President of Kazakhstan.校友阿斯兰·穆辛曾任哈萨克斯坦总统办公厅主任。
• Kenes Rakishev, an entrepreneur and investor educated at the university, has headed companies in metals, banking and technology.在该校受教育的企业家与投资人克涅斯·拉基舍夫曾执掌金属、银行与科技领域的多家公司。
• Marat Tazhin, a former foreign minister and presidential adviser, is counted among the university's alumni.前外交部长、总统顾问马拉特·塔任亦被列为该校校友。
• Dinmukhamet Idrisov, a businessman, economist and diplomat, graduated from the institute.商人、经济学家与外交官迪恩穆哈梅特·伊德里索夫毕业于该学院。
• Krzysztof Rybiński, rector from 2015 to 2018, had earlier served as deputy president of the National Bank of Poland.2015至2018年任校长的克日什托夫·雷宾斯基此前曾任波兰国家银行副行长。
• Andrew Wachtel, president from 2018 to 2020, is a scholar of Slavic literature who led the university's internationalisation drive.2018至2020年任校长的安德鲁·瓦赫特尔是斯拉夫文学学者，主导了学校的国际化。
• Guest experts hosted by Narxoz have included Fields Medallist Efim Zelmanov and FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich.纳尔霍斯接待的嘉宾专家包括菲尔兹奖得主叶菲姆·泽尔曼诺夫与国际棋联主席阿尔卡季·德沃尔科维奇。