Satbayev University

Satbayev University, formally the K. I. Satpayev Kazakh National Research Technical University, is a public technical university on Satpayev Street in Almaty, Kazakhstan, and it is the oldest and largest engineering school in the country.萨特巴耶夫大学（Satbayev University）是哈萨克斯坦阿拉木图市萨特巴耶夫街上的一所公立技术大学，其全称为萨特巴耶夫哈萨克国立研究型技术大学，也是该国历史最久、规模最大的工科院校。

It was founded in 1934 as the Kazakh Mining and Metallurgical Institute, was renamed the Kazakh Polytechnic Institute in 1960 and became the Kazakh National Technical University in 1994, before it took the name of the geologist Kanysh Satbayev.该校 1934 年以「哈萨克矿业冶金学院」之名创立，1960 年更名为哈萨克工学院，1994 年改称哈萨克国立技术大学，其后又以地质学家卡内什·萨特巴耶夫之名命名。

In the 2027 QS World University Rankings it is placed 351st, the 2027 Times Higher Education ranking places it in the 1401-1600 band, and it does not appear in the 2026-2027 U.S. News global ranking or in the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中它位列第 351，2027 年泰晤士高等教育排名将其列入 1401 至 1600 区间，而它未进入 2026 至 2027 年度 US News 全球排名与 2026 年世界大学学术排名。

History

• The Kazakh Mining and Metallurgical Institute was founded in Almaty in 1934 with two faculties, mining and non-ferrous metallurgy, to supply engineers to the mineral industries of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic.哈萨克矿业冶金学院于 1934 年在阿拉木图创立，初设采矿与有色金属两个系，为哈萨克苏维埃社会主义共和国的矿业输送工程师。

• Academician Kanysh Satbayev, the geologist who headed the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR, campaigned for the creation of the institute and was honoured when it was named after him in 1999.院士卡内什·萨特巴耶夫是领导哈萨克苏维埃社会主义共和国科学院的地质学家，他促成了这所学院的创建，并在 1999 年学院以其名命名时获得纪念。

• The first rector was Ashir Zhanaliyevich Burkitbayev, a graduate of the Ural-Kazakhstan Industrial Academy who built the republic's first engineering institute almost from nothing.首任院长是阿希尔·扎纳利耶维奇·布尔基特巴耶夫，他毕业于乌拉尔哈萨克工业学院，几乎从零开始建起了共和国的第一所工科学院。

• From its earliest years the institute trained engineers for mining and non-ferrous metallurgy, and among its graduates were seven Heroes of the Soviet Union and six Heroes of Socialist Labour.自建院之初，学院便为采矿与有色金属行业培养工程师，其毕业生中有七位苏联英雄与六位社会主义劳动英雄。

• The university library was founded together with the institute in 1934 and grew over the following decades into a collection of about two million volumes.大学图书馆与学院同年即 1934 年创办，此后数十年间发展成为藏书约两百万册的馆藏。

• In 1960 the institute was renamed the Kazakh Polytechnic Institute, marking its expansion from a mining school into a broad engineering institution.1960 年，学院更名为哈萨克工学院，标志着它从矿业学校扩展为一所综合性工科院校。

• In 1961 an architecture faculty was established on the initiative of the Kazakh architect Toleu Kulchamanovich Basenov, beginning a tradition of architectural education in the republic.1961 年，在哈萨克建筑师托列乌·库尔恰马诺维奇·巴谢诺夫的推动下设立了建筑系，开启了共和国建筑教育的传统。

• Through the 1960s and 1970s the polytechnic added teaching in geology, oil, energy, construction and automation and became the leading engineering school of the republic.在 1960 至 1970 年代，这所工学院增设了地质、石油、能源、建筑与自动化等教学内容，成为共和国领先的工科院校。

• In 1978 a Museum of Military and Labour Glory was opened at the initiative of the veteran Mushtai Batyrbekov with the support of the rector Abdygappar Ashimov, and it was later transformed into the university history museum.1978 年，在老战士穆什泰·巴特尔别科夫的倡议与院长阿布德加帕尔·阿希莫夫的支持下开办了军事与劳动荣誉博物馆，后来改建为校史博物馆。

• The museum holds more than three hundred items, including the 1934 charter of the Kazakh Mining and Metallurgical Institute, portraits of its rectors and the drum of the student ensemble Dos-Mukasan.博物馆藏有三百多件藏品，包括 1934 年哈萨克矿业冶金学院的特许状、历任院长肖像以及学生歌舞团「Dos-Mukasan」的鼓。

• After Kazakhstan became independent the institution was reorganised in 1994 as the Kazakh National Technical University.哈萨克斯坦独立之后，该机构于 1994 年改组为哈萨克国立技术大学。

• On 22 September 1999 the university was named after Kanysh Satbayev, by then a national figure and a former president of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR.1999 年 9 月 22 日，该校以卡内什·萨特巴耶夫之名命名，他当时已是国家级的科学家并曾任哈萨克苏维埃社会主义共和国科学院院长。

• In 2000 the Geology and Oil-gas Business Institute was established on the basis of two existing faculties, and in 2001 the university was renamed the Satbayev Kazakh National Technical University.2000 年，在原有两个系的基础上成立了地质与油气商业学院，2001 年该校更名为萨特巴耶夫哈萨克国立技术大学。

• A reorganisation in 2003 consolidated the teaching units into a smaller number of institutes, and in 2006 the geology and oil institute was named after the geologist Karatai Turysov.2003 年的重组把教学单位整合为数量更少的学院，2006 年地质与油气学院又以地质学家卡拉泰·图雷索夫之名命名。

• In 2011 the geology institute was further reorganised and the architecture and construction units were regrouped into a single Architecture and Construction Institute.2011 年地质学院再度重组，建筑与营建单位也合并为一个建筑与营建学院。

• In 2014 the university took the status of Kazakh National Research Technical University, and it now uses the short name Satbayev University.2014 年该校获得哈萨克国立研究型技术大学的地位，此后通用简称萨特巴耶夫大学。

• It describes itself as an interdisciplinary university where architecture and management are taught alongside engineering, and it positions itself as an innovative centre of engineering in Central Asia.该校自称是一所跨学科大学，除工科之外还教授建筑与管理，并将自身定位为中亚的工程创新中心。

• More than ninety years after its founding, the university states its mission as science and education for the benefit of people, and it anchors its work in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.创校九十余年之后，该校将使命表述为「以科学与教育造福人民」，并把工作奠基在联合国可持续发展目标之上。

• In 1940 Kanysh Satbayev founded the Institute of Geological Sciences, a body that carried out regional geology, stratigraphy and mineralogy research and later became one of the university's research institutes.1940 年，卡内什·萨特巴耶夫创办了地质科学研究所，该机构从事区域地质、地层学与矿物学研究，后来成为该校的研究所之一。

• In 2014, as part of a nationwide reform of higher education, the university was awarded the National Research University category, which allowed it to recruit leading scientists from abroad and to work with outstanding researchers worldwide.2014 年，作为哈萨克斯坦全国高等教育改革的一部分，该校获得「研究型大学」类别，从而得以引进海外一流科学家并与世界范围的杰出研究者合作。

Academics

• The university is organised into seven institutes, one higher school and one military institute, with thirty-one departments in total.该校下设七个学院、一个高等学院与一个军事学院，共有三十一个系部。

• The Geology and Oil-gas Business Institute traces its origin to the geological exploration faculty of 1934 and was named after Karatai Turysov in 2006.地质与油气商业学院可追溯至 1934 年的地质勘探系，并于 2006 年以卡拉泰·图雷索夫之名命名。

• The Architecture and Construction Institute continues the architecture faculty created in 1961 and covers architecture, construction, geodesy and design.建筑与营建学院承接 1961 年设立的建筑系，涵盖建筑、营建、大地测量与设计等方向。

• Teaching is delivered by around 660 teachers, supported by 114 teaching and research laboratories, 11 scientific laboratories, three research and education centres and two training landfills.教学由约 660 名教师承担，配有 114 个教学与研究实验室、11 个科研实验室、三个科研教育中心与两处教学实习场地。

• Six research institutes operate within the university, alongside international educational and production centres and subsidiaries opened jointly with Kazakhstani and foreign enterprises.校内设有六个研究所，另有若干国际教学与生产中心，以及与哈萨克斯坦本国和外国企业合办的附属机构。

• Instruction is offered in three languages, namely Kazakh, Russian and English, and the university follows a credit technology that lets students choose their own subjects.授课使用三种语言，即哈萨克语、俄语与英语，学校实行学分制教学技术，学生可自行选择课程。

• Programmes are accredited internationally, with the university citing ABET and ASIIN accreditation as evidence that its engineering diplomas meet recognised international standards.该校的课程通过国际认证，学校以 ABET 与 ASIIN 认证证明其工科学位符合获认可的国际标准。

• Research at the university concentrates on digitalisation and the automation of production, green technologies and the extraction of raw materials from alternative sources.该校科研集中于生产数字化与自动化、绿色技术，以及从替代来源提取原材料等方向。

• The university conducts this research together with the largest industrial organisations in Kazakhstan, giving its students technology training on production sites and access to major companies.学校与哈萨克斯坦最大的工业机构合作开展这些研究，使学生能在生产现场接受技术实训并进入大型企业。

• An inclusive education centre operates in the main academic building, reflecting the university's stated commitment to environmentally responsible and inclusive infrastructure.主教学楼内设有融合教育中心，体现学校所宣称的对环境负责与包容性基础设施的承诺。

• Students from the first year join the centre for research and innovation, part of the university's push to turn undergraduates into participants in applied research.学生自一年级起即加入研究与创新中心，这是学校推动本科生参与应用型研究的举措之一。

• The military department reserves 240 places and trains reserve officers, supported by the university's two training landfills.军事系设有 240 个名额，负责培养预备役军官，并有两处教学实习场地作为支撑。

• The university library, grown from its 1934 founding, serves as the main scholarly collection of the institution and supports the work of the institutes and research centres.大学图书馆自 1934 年创办以来不断扩充，是该校主要的学术馆藏，支撑各学院与研究中心的工作。

• The university regularly hosts international scientific and practical conferences, including events devoted to innovative industrial development in Kazakhstan.学校定期举办国际科学与实践会议，其中包括围绕哈萨克斯坦工业创新发展主题的活动。

• The university offers around 2,000 state grants a year to its students, a figure that reflects its role as a major publicly funded engineering provider in the country.学校每年提供约 2000 个国家奖学金名额，这一数字反映了它作为该国主要公立工科教育提供者的角色。

• It maintains ties with about 450 partner companies, a network that shapes curricula, internships and graduate employment across its institutes.它与约 450 家合作企业保持联系，这一网络塑造了各学院的课程设置、实习安排与毕业生就业。

• Six research institutes are attached to the university, including the Institute of Metallurgy and Ore Beneficiation, which has published the international scientific journal Complex Use of Mineral Resources since 1978.该校附设六个研究所，其中包括冶金与矿石选矿研究所，该所自 1978 年起出版国际科技期刊《矿产综合利用》。

• The Institute of Hydrogeology and Geoecology named after Akhmedsafin, created in 1965 on the basis of a department of the Institute of Geological Sciences, is the only scientific organisation in Kazakhstan devoted to groundwater and geo-ecology.以阿赫梅德萨芬命名的水文地质与地质生态研究所创建于 1965 年，由地质科学研究所的一个系发展而来，是哈萨克斯坦唯一专门研究地下水与地质生态的科研机构。

• The Institute of Digital Equipment and Technologies works on industrial automation, big data and machine intelligence and runs an automation centre, an experimental design bureau and a supercomputer modelling laboratory.数字设备与技术研究所钻研工业自动化、大数据与机器智能，设有自动化中心、实验设计局与超级计算机建模实验室。

• Science and Technology Solutions, established on 3 July 2008 and incorporated into the university on 19 December 2014, unites twelve organisations working on hydrocarbon, mining and metallurgical technology, solar and hydrogen energy.科技解决方案公司成立于 2008 年 7 月 3 日，并于 2014 年 12 月 19 日并入该校，旗下汇集十二家从事油气、采矿冶金技术以及太阳能与氢能研究的机构。

• The university cooperates with 174 leading universities from 25 countries, including the United States, England, Germany, Italy, France, China, Korea and Poland, and runs double-degree programmes with City University of Hong Kong, Pennsylvania State University, Sungkyunkwan University and Exeter University.该校与来自 25 个国家的 174 所一流大学合作，包括美国、英国、德国、意大利、法国、中国、韩国与波兰，并与香港城市大学、宾夕法尼亚州立大学、成均馆大学、埃克塞特大学等开设双学位项目。

• Research and contract work is carried out with major enterprises such as Kazzinc, KAZ Minerals Group, Hyundai Trans Kazakhstan, Kazatomprom, Kazchrome and the Pavlodar Petrochemical Plant.该校与 Kazzinc、KAZ Minerals 集团、现代运输哈萨克斯坦、哈萨克原子工业公司、哈萨克铬业与巴甫洛尔石化厂等大型企业开展研究与合同合作。

Campus

• The university occupies a campus on Satpayev Street in Almaty, a city of about two million people that served as the capital of Kazakhstan until 1997.该校校区位于阿拉木图的萨特巴耶夫街，阿拉木图约有二百万人口，1997 年之前一直是哈萨克斯坦的首都。

• The main academic building at Satpayev Street 22 carries the postal code 050013 and houses the rectorate, the inclusive education centre and many departments.萨特巴耶夫街 22 号的主教学楼邮政编码为 050013，内设校长办公机构、融合教育中心以及许多系部。

• A separate oil building on the same street hosts parts of the geology and oil teaching, and the architecture and construction units occupy their own facilities.同一条街上的石油楼承担部分地质与石油教学，建筑与营建各单位则使用各自的设施。

• The university operates student hostels with some 2,300 beds, covering a large share of the students who come to Almaty from other regions.学校运营的学生宿舍约有 2300 个床位，覆盖了相当一部分从其他地区来到阿拉木图求学的学生。

• Two training landfills and the university's laboratories give students practical experience of mining, drilling and field surveying outside the lecture halls.两处教学实习场地与学校实验室让学生在课堂之外获得采矿、钻井与野外测量的实践经验。

• The history museum, with its more than three hundred exhibits, occupies part of the campus and is used for teaching, exhibitions and round tables.拥有三百多件展品的校史博物馆位于校园之内，用于教学、展览与圆桌讨论。

• The campus also includes scientific laboratories and research and education centres that connect the university to industrial partners across Kazakhstan.校园还设有科研实验室与科研教育中心，将学校与哈萨克斯坦各地的产业伙伴相连。

• Almaty lies in the foothills of the Trans-Ili Alatau, and the university's location in the country's largest city supports its links with industry, ministries and the Academy of Sciences.阿拉木图位于外伊犁阿拉套山山麓，学校地处该国最大城市，有助于它与产业界、各部委及科学院的联系。

• Besides its Almaty campus the university maintains branch departments in Astana, connecting its teaching to Kazakhstan's capital and to the state bodies located there.除阿拉木图校区外，该校还在阿斯塔纳设有分支机构性质的教学系部，使其教学与哈萨克斯坦首都及设在那里的国家机构相连。

Reputation

• In the 2027 QS World University Rankings Satbayev University is placed 351st, its highest position among the Kazakhstani universities covered in these rankings.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，萨特巴耶夫大学位列第 351，在本次排名涉及的哈萨克斯坦高校中位居前列。

• The 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings place it in the 1401-1600 band, after the 1501+ band recorded for 2026.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名将其列入 1401 至 1600 区间，此前 2026 年为 1501+ 区间。

• The university does not appear in the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities ranking.该校未进入 2026 至 2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名。

• It is likewise absent from the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities.该校同样未出现在 2026 年世界大学学术排名之中。

• According to OpenAlex the university has produced 7,382 research works attracting 77,942 citations, a modest output by world standards but significant within Kazakhstan.据 OpenAlex 统计，该校已产出 7382 项研究成果，累计被引用 77,942 次，按全球标准衡量规模不大，但在哈萨克斯坦国内颇具分量。

• The university presents itself as the oldest and one of the most prestigious technical universities in Kazakhstan, best known for its work in mining and the oil business.该校自称是哈萨克斯坦历史最久、最具声望的技术大学之一，以矿业与石油领域的工作最为知名。

• Its standing rests heavily on its role in training the engineers, managers and officials who built the extractive industries of Kazakhstan and other Central Asian economies.其地位在很大程度上建立于它培养了造就哈萨克斯坦及其他中亚经济体采掘业的工程师、管理者与官员这一角色之上。

• International accreditation from ABET and ASIIN is used by the university as evidence that its degrees are recognised beyond Kazakhstan.该校以 ABET 与 ASIIN 的国际认证作为其学位获得哈萨克斯坦境外认可的凭据。

• Its mission statement, science and education for the benefit of people, frames the university as a driver of the country's industrial and technological development.其使命表述「以科学与教育造福人民」，把学校定位为国家工业与技术发展的推动者。

• The university declares its ambition to become the major technical hub of Central Asia, working with the largest industrial organisations in Kazakhstan to that end.该校宣称要成为中亚主要的技术枢纽，并为此与哈萨克斯坦最大的工业机构合作。

• The university's own presentation claims first place in Kazakhstan in the QS rankings and fourth place nationally in the Round University Ranking, alongside the QS world position recorded for it.该校自述在 QS 排名中居哈萨克斯坦第一、在 Round University Ranking 中居全国第四，并以此配合其所获得的 QS 世界名次向外介绍。

Student life

• Student life is organised around fifteen sports sections and fourteen student organisations, which the university lists among its principal co-curricular activities.学生生活围绕十五个体育社团与十四个学生组织展开，学校将其列为主要的课外活动。

• The military institute and the military department, with 240 places, give a military as well as a civilian dimension to student life.军事学院与设有 240 个名额的军事系，使学生的在校生活兼具军事与民用两个面向。

• The student variety ensemble Dos-Mukasan, whose members included the graduates Dosym Suleyev, Murat Kusainov and Ulykpan Sydykov, was formed at the institute and became famous across the Soviet Union.学生歌舞团「Dos-Mukasan」在学院组建，成员包括毕业生多西姆·苏列耶夫、穆拉特·库赛诺夫与乌雷克潘·瑟德科夫，后来在全苏联闻名。

• The drum of the ensemble, dated to 1965, is preserved in the university history museum as one of its unique exhibits.歌舞团的鼓可追溯至 1965 年，作为独特展品保存在校史博物馆中。

• The museum regularly hosts exhibitions, round tables and seminars for students and visitors, and it keeps an archive of more than a thousand documents and exhibits.博物馆定期为学生与访客举办展览、圆桌讨论与研讨会，并保存着一千多件文件与展品的档案。

• Hostel life, with some 2,300 beds, is a central part of student experience for those who move to Almaty from other parts of Kazakhstan.拥有约 2300 个床位的宿舍生活，是从哈萨克斯坦各地迁来阿拉木图的学生的重要在校体验。

• The university teaches and lives in three languages, Kazakh, Russian and English, so student societies and daily life reflect the country's multilingual reality.学校以哈萨克语、俄语与英语三种语言教学与生活，因此学生社团与日常生活反映了该国的多语现实。

• The Satbayev University Alumni Association, counting more than 2,032 graduates and over 50 partner companies, keeps former students connected to the university.萨特巴耶夫大学校友会拥有 2032 名以上毕业生与 50 多家合作企业，维系着校友与学校之间的联系。

Notable people

• Kanysh Satbayev, the geologist and first president of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR, is the figure after whom the university is named.地质学家、哈萨克苏维埃社会主义共和国科学院首任院长卡内什·萨特巴耶夫，是这所大学得名所纪念的人物。

• Ashir Burkitbayev, its first rector, created the republic's first engineering institute and trained the generations that followed him.首任院长阿希尔·布尔基特巴耶夫创办了共和国的第一所工科学院，并培养出随其后的一代代人。

• Eduard Kim, a graduate, is the founder and owner of the Technodom electronics and home appliance retail chain in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.毕业生爱德华·金是哈萨克斯坦与吉尔吉斯斯坦电子产品及家电连锁 Technodom 的创办者与所有者。

• Alexandra Elbakyan, a graduate of the university, is the founder of Sci-Hub, the academic paper sharing website.该校毕业生亚历山德拉·埃尔巴金是学术论文共享网站 Sci-Hub 的创办者。

• Askar Zhumagaliyev, a graduate, served as Kazakhstan's minister of digital development and as minister of defence and aerospace industry and deputy prime minister.毕业生阿斯卡尔·茹马加利耶夫曾任哈萨克斯坦数字发展部长、国防与航空航天工业部长以及副总理。

• Beibut Atamkulov, a graduate, has served as foreign minister and as minister of industry and infrastructure development of Kazakhstan.毕业生贝布特·阿塔姆库洛夫曾任哈萨克斯坦外交部长以及工业与基础设施发展部长。

• Krymbek Kusherbayev, a graduate, is a Kazakh statesman, diplomat and doctor of political sciences.毕业生克雷姆别克·库谢尔巴耶夫是哈萨克斯坦政治家、外交官与政治学博士。

• Dosym Suleyev, a graduate, is a Kazakh scientist and academician who helped found the ensemble Dos-Mukasan.毕业生多西姆·苏列耶夫是哈萨克斯坦科学家与院士，也是歌舞团「Dos-Mukasan」的创办者之一。

• Galymkair Mutanov, a graduate, is a professor and academician who served as rector of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University.毕业生加利姆凯尔·穆塔诺夫是教授与院士，曾任哈萨克国立法拉比大学校长。

• Rashit Sarsenov, a graduate, is an entrepreneur and the main owner of the Nurbank banking group.毕业生拉希特·萨尔谢诺夫是企业家，也是努尔银行集团的主要所有人。

• Elmir Alimzhanov, a graduate, is an epee fencer who competed at the 2012 and 2024 Olympic Games and won several Asian championships.毕业生埃尔米尔·阿利姆扎诺夫是重剑选手，参加过 2012 年与 2024 年奥运会并多次夺得亚洲冠军。

• Tauyekel Muslim, a graduate, is a Kazakh actor, television presenter, singer and model.毕业生陶耶克尔·穆斯利姆是哈萨克斯坦演员、电视主持人、歌手与模特。