ITS Research Intelligence

Kazakhstan University Research Rankings

Compare Kazakhstan universities using recent research output, citation impact, growth and a transparent research-performance score.

Research landscape

The current ITS Research Intelligence dataset contains 65 index-ready universities in Kazakhstan. Across those institutions, the average five-year research output is approximately 1,664 works and the average five-year citation count is approximately 4,507. The average publication-growth signal is 48.4%. These figures describe the institutions that pass the public quality gate; they are not intended to represent every tertiary institution in the country.

Country rankings are useful for benchmarking because they reduce some of the structural differences that make global comparisons difficult. They still should not be treated as a complete assessment of institutional quality: teaching, student outcomes, funding levels, research field mix and institutional mission are outside this research-performance score. The value of the page is in seeing who is producing research, how that activity is changing, and where citation visibility is concentrated.

Top research universities in Kazakhstan

Rank	University	Country	Score	5-year works	5-year citations	Growth
#1	Al-Farabi Kazakh National University	Kazakhstan	74.5	12,250	41,641	45.3%
#2	Nazarbayev University	Kazakhstan	74.4	8,800	58,857	12.7%
#3	Astana Medical University	Kazakhstan	71.7	6,662	15,567	146.4%
#4	L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University	Kazakhstan	70.6	8,899	23,826	19.9%
#5	Satbayev University	Kazakhstan	68.1	4,984	18,626	52.5%
#6	Kazakh National Medical University	Kazakhstan	66.3	2,730	10,518	80.6%
#7	Suleyman Demirel University	Kazakhstan	66.3	6,487	13,259	-2.2%
#8	Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University	Kazakhstan	62.7	3,883	7,391	45.4%
#9	Kazakh-British Technical University	Kazakhstan	62.4	1,642	6,065	86.2%
#10	M.Auezov South Kazakhstan State University	Kazakhstan	60.7	2,509	5,020	52.6%
#11	KIMEP University	Kazakhstan	60.4	1,615	2,267	93.3%
#12	International Information Technologies University	Kazakhstan	59.5	1,460	4,650	79.0%
#13	University of International Business	Kazakhstan	59.1	1,523	3,296	42.9%
#14	S.Seifullin Kazakh Agro Technical University	Kazakhstan	58.9	2,570	5,814	-9.1%
#15	Karaganda Buketov University	Kazakhstan	58.8	2,502	4,318	1.4%
#16	Kazakhstan Medical University	Kazakhstan	58.4	1,340	3,329	78.6%
#17	Ahmet Yesevi University	Kazakhstan	58.4	2,335	4,526	14.7%
#18	West Kazakhstan Marat Ospanov State Medical University	Kazakhstan	58.4	1,026	2,425	115.3%
#19	Narxoz University	Kazakhstan	58.1	1,279	2,355	107.6%
#20	Turan University	Kazakhstan	58.0	1,867	1,681	118.2%
#21	Shakarim University	Kazakhstan	57.9	1,199	1,998	102.0%
#22	Semey Medical University	Kazakhstan	56.9	974	3,499	38.3%
#23	Caspian University	Kazakhstan	56.8	1,506	2,186	45.1%
#24	South Kazakhstan Medical Academy	Kazakhstan	56.7	1,336	3,108	39.8%
#25	Kazakh National Agrarian Research University	Kazakhstan	56.5	1,513	3,681	9.4%
#26	Almaty Management University	Kazakhstan	56.3	1,038	2,139	91.9%
#27	Toraighyrov University	Kazakhstan	55.5	1,523	2,846	2.9%
#28	Aktobe Regional State University named after K.Zhubanov	Kazakhstan	55.5	1,294	2,407	34.9%
#29	Karaganda Medical University	Kazakhstan	55.3	1,215	2,145	36.3%
#30	D. Serikbayev East Kazakhstan State Technical University	Kazakhstan	55.0	1,128	2,482	17.5%
#31	Almaty Technological University	Kazakhstan	54.9	1,447	2,052	36.9%
#32	Abylkas Saginov Karaganda Technical University	Kazakhstan	54.7	1,640	2,438	8.7%
#33	Korkyt Ata Kyzylorda State University	Kazakhstan	54.6	1,144	2,038	32.5%
#34	Sarsen Amanzholov East Kazakhstan University	Kazakhstan	52.9	880	1,965	31.9%
#35	Almaty University of Power Engineering and Telecommunications	Kazakhstan	51.7	1,073	2,217	-19.4%
#36	Karaganda State Industrial University	Kazakhstan	51.5	511	1,100	56.6%
#37	Kokshetau State University	Kazakhstan	51.1	812	1,734	9.2%
#38	Khalel Dosmukhamedov Atyrau University	Kazakhstan	50.3	591	917	57.3%
#39	Zhetysu University named after Ilyas Zhansugurov	Kazakhstan	50.1	746	1,190	41.3%
#40	Manash Kozybayev North Kazakhstan University	Kazakhstan	50.1	887	1,227	13.3%
#41	Kazakh-American University	Kazakhstan	49.4	229	235	287.8%
#42	Zhangir Khan West Kazakhstan Agrarian Technical University	Kazakhstan	49.4	739	1,258	-4.3%
#43	Yessenov University	Kazakhstan	49.3	404	944	83.6%
#44	Kazakh German University	Kazakhstan	48.6	379	725	67.3%
#45	Academy of Civil Aviation	Kazakhstan	47.9	416	364	139.6%
#46	Kazakh National Women's Teacher Training University	Kazakhstan	47.8	711	934	19.4%
#47	Kazakh Technology and Business University named after K.Kulazhanov	Kazakhstan	47.6	515	1,045	19.9%
#48	International University of Tourism and Hospitality	Kazakhstan	47.6	258	770	89.4%
#49	Atyrau University of Oil and Gas	Kazakhstan	47.0	288	534	101.3%
#50	Private Institution “Karaganda University of Kazpotrebsoyuz”	Kazakhstan	46.2	616	576	8.7%
#51	Maqsut Narikbayev University	Kazakhstan	46.0	340	1,468	-48.1%
#52	Pavlodar State Pedagogical University	Kazakhstan	45.4	535	584	9.5%
#53	Kazakh Ablai Khan University of International Relations and World Languages	Kazakhstan	45.3	650	416	17.3%
#54	Rudny Industrial Institute	Kazakhstan	45.2	245	842	-9.8%
#55	T.K. Zhurgenov Kazakh National Academy of Arts	Kazakhstan	45.2	491	590	2.2%
#56	Mahambet Otemiusly West Kazakhstan University	Kazakhstan	44.8	456	463	28.6%
#57	Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools	Kazakhstan	44.6	120	242	358.8%
#58	Institute of Philosophy, Political Science and Religious Studies	Kazakhstan	44.3	398	169	31.7%
#59	Eurasian Humanities Institute	Kazakhstan	42.3	293	225	18.9%
#60	Mukhametzhan Tynyshbayev ALT University	Kazakhstan	42.1	438	729	-91.2%
#61	Kazakh-American Free University	Kazakhstan	41.5	174	202	111.4%
#62	Innovative University of Eurasia	Kazakhstan	40.9	223	409	-26.1%
#63	Kazakh Academy of Sport and Tourism	Kazakhstan	38.0	196	225	-21.1%
#64	Kazakh National Academy of Choreography	Kazakhstan	35.9	101	159	53.1%
#65	Kurmangazy Kazakh National Conservatory	Kazakhstan	33.9	115	67	30.6%

Transparent methodology

How ITS Research Score v2 is constructed

Every index-ready institution has a base score from recent output, citations, h-index, i10-index and publication growth. After deep enrichment completes, ITS Research Score v2 uses six dimensions: 25% output strength, 30% Research Impact Score, 20% Momentum Score, 10% international-collaboration share, 5% open-access share and 10% topic-diversity signal. Output and citation-scale terms are log-normalized to reduce domination by the largest universities.

Research Impact Score combines citation intensity, h-index, two-year mean citedness when available and i10 visibility. It is intentionally not called field-normalized impact. International collaboration is based on recent works with authors from more than one country. Research diversity is an entropy-based summary of the institution’s leading topic signals, not a department count.

These indicators assess research activity only. They do not measure teaching quality, student experience, employability, reputation, finances or accreditation. Missing data are left missing rather than fabricated.