The procedure for admission to the Master’s degree program
According to the Standard Rules for Admission to educational organizations implementing educational programs of postgraduate education, approved by Order No. 600 of the Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated October 31, 2018, applications for master’s degree in higher and postgraduate education are accepted online through the information system of the National Testing Center.
The deadline for accepting applications will be implemented:
1) from June 1 to July 5 of the calendar year;
2) from October 25 to November 10 of the calendar year.
Comprehensive testing is carried out in the following terms:
1) from July 20 to August 10 of the calendar year;
2) from November 18 to December 11 of the calendar year.
The CT certificate, conducted between July 20 and August 10, is valid until December 1 of the calendar year.
The CT certificate, conducted from November 18 to December 11, is valid until March 1 of the calendar year.
The entrance exam in the Arabic language and creative exams for applicants to the master’s degree are held at the OVPO in the following terms:
1) from July 16 to July 25 of the calendar year;
2) from November 21 to November 28 of the calendar year.
The entrance exam in Arabic and creative exams are conducted independently by the OVPO.
Admission to the master’s program is carried out in the following terms:
1) from 15 to 28 August of the calendar year;
2) from December 26 to January 10 of the calendar year. The cost of participation in the CT is 14,693 tenge.
Comprehensive testing format
Russian Russian language of instruction – a comprehensive test consisting of a test in a foreign language (English, French, German, optional), a test according to the profile of a group of educational programs, a test to determine readiness to study in Kazakh or Russian;
Russian Russian or Kazakh language of instruction – comprehensive testing, consisting of a test on the profile of a group of educational programs and a test to determine readiness to study in Kazakh or Russian (optional);
in a specialized master’s degree with English language of instruction – comprehensive testing, consisting of a test on the profile of a group of educational programs in English and a test to determine readiness to study in Kazakh or Russian or English (optional);
for a master’s degree in groups of educational programs requiring creative training:
1) a test in a foreign language of choice (English, French, German) and a test to determine readiness for elective study in Kazakh or Russian;
2) two creative exams on the profile of a group of educational programs.
Creative exams on the profile of groups of educational programs requiring creative training are conducted independently by organizations of higher and postgraduate education that carry out admission to educational programs of postgraduate education. The applicant takes creative exams according to the profile of groups of educational programs of postgraduate education at the university where he enters.
The master’s degree in groups of educational programs that require knowledge of the Arabic language is passed:
1) Arabic language entrance exam;
2) CT, which includes a test to determine readiness for training, a test on the profile of groups of educational programs, optionally in Kazakh or Russian.
Persons with international certificates confirming proficiency in a foreign language IELTS, TOEFL IBT (Test of English as a Foreign Language Internet-based test), DSH (Deutsche Sprachpruefung fuer den Hochschulzugang), TestDaF-Prufung, TFI (Test de Français International), (Diplome d’Etudes en Langue française), DALF (Diplome Approfondi de Langue française), TCF (Test de connaissance du français), and international certificates of completion of the standardized GRE test (Graduate Record Examinations), it is necessary to enter the certificate data when applying for participation in CT in electronic format and in the competition.
Persons entering the master’s program who have an international certificate of passing the standardized GRE test (Graduate Record Examinations) to verify the authenticity and transfer of certificate scores indicate the admission and NTC as the recipient of the results of the standardized GRE test.
The transfer of the points of the above certificates is carried out after submitting an application for participation in the competition for awarding educational grants at the expense of the republican budget or the local budget or when enrolling in the OVPO on a paid basis. The authenticity and validity of the submitted certificates are checked by the admission commissions of the OVPO when applying for participation in the competition for awarding educational grants at the expense of the republican budget or the local budget or when enrolling in the OVPO on a fee basis. At the same time, the OVPO enters the NTC information system for the transfer of points.
The scale of conversion of the points of the international certificate confirming the proficiency in a foreign language in accordance with the pan-European competencies (standards) of foreign language proficiency into points on the foreign language test of the CT in the master’s degree with Kazakh or Russian language of instruction.
Type of test | Scores | Foreign language scores |
IELTS | at least 6 points | 25 |
at least 6,5 points | 30 | |
at least 7 points | 40 | |
at least 7,5 points | 45 | |
at least 8 points | 50 | |
TOEFL IBT | at least 78 points | 25 |
at least 93 points | 30 | |
at least 101 points | 40 | |
at least 109 points | 45 | |
at least 114 points | 50 | |
DSH, TestDaF-Prufung | at least level B2 | 25 |
Niveau С1/ level C1 | 35 | |
Niveau С2/ level C2 | 50 | |
TFI, ELF, DALF, TCF | at least level B2 | 25 |
at least level C1 | 35 | |
at least level C2 | 50 |
Persons applying for a master’s degree in groups of educational programs in the fields of education “Pedagogical Sciences”, “Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics”, “Information and Communication Technologies”, “Engineering, manufacturing and construction industries”, as well as training areas “Humanities”, “Social Sciences”, “Business and Management” are optionally exempt from the foreign language block and the test to determine readiness for CT training in a scientific and pedagogical master’s degree with Kazakh or Russian language of instruction if there is an international certificate of passing the standardized GRE test (Graduate Record Examinations), in accordance with the scale of points translation.
Persons applying for a master’s degree in groups of educational programs in the fields of education “Pedagogical Sciences”, “Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics”, “Information and Communication Technologies”, “Engineering, manufacturing and construction industries”, as well as training areas “Humanities”, “Social Sciences”, “Business and Management” at will, they are exempt from the test to determine the readiness to study CT in a specialized master’s degree with Kazakh, Russian or English language of instruction in the presence of an international certificate of completion of the standardized GRE test (Graduate Record Examinations), in accordance with the scale of points translation.
The scale of conversion of the points of the international certificate of the standardized GRE test into CT scores for a master’s degree with Kazakh or Russian language of instruction
The International Standardized GRE Test | Comprehensive testing | |||
Test Sections | Points for the fields of education “Pedagogical sciences”, areas of training “Humanities”, “Social Sciences” | Points for the fields of education “Natural Sciences, mathematics and statistics”, “Information and Communication technologies”, “Engineering, manufacturing and construction industries”, areas of training “Business and Management” | Types of test | Scores |
Quantitative Reasoning | at least 155 points | at least 160 points | A test to determine readiness for training | 10 |
Analytical Writing | at least 3 points | at least 3 points | ||
Quantitative Reasoning | at least 160 points | at least 165 points | A test to determine readiness for training | 20 |
Analytical Writing | at least 4 points | at least 4 points | ||
Quantitative Reasoning | at least 165 points | at least 170 points | A test to determine readiness for training | 30 |
Analytical Writing | at least 5 points | at least 5 points | ||
Verbal Reasoning | at least 145 points | at least 145 points | Foreign Language test | 25 |
Verbal Reasoning | at least 155 points | at least 155 points | Foreign Language test | 40 |
Verbal Reasoning | at least 165 points | at least 165 points | Foreign Language test | 50 |
The scale of conversion of the points of the international certificate of the standardized GRE test into CT scores in a specialized master’s degree with Kazakh, Russian or English language of instruction
The International Standardized GRE Test | Comprehensive testing | |||
Test Sections | Points for the fields of education “Pedagogical sciences”, areas of training “Humanities”, “Social Sciences” | Points for the fields of education “Natural Sciences, mathematics and statistics”, “Information and Communication technologies”, “Engineering, manufacturing and construction industries”, areas of training “Business and Management” | Types of test | Scores |
Quantitative Reasoning | at least 155 points | at least 160 points | A test to determine readiness for training | 10 |
Analytical Writing | at least 3 points | at least 3 points | ||
Quantitative Reasoning | at least 160 points | at least 165 points | A test to determine readiness for training | 20 |
Analytical Writing | at least 4 points | at least 4 points | ||
Quantitative Reasoning | at least 165 points | at least 170 points | A test to determine readiness for training | 30 |
Analytical Writing | at least 5 points | at least 5 points |
Persons entering the master’s degree program in the groups of educational programs in the field of training “Business and Management”, if they have an international certificate of passing the standardized GMAT test (Graduate Management Admission Test), are optionally exempt from taking CT to the master’s degree with Kazakh, Russian or English language of instruction, in accordance with the scale of points translation.
Persons who have an international certificate of passing the standardized GMAT test must enter the certificate data when applying for participation in the competition for awarding educational grants at the expense of the republican budget or the local budget or when enrolling in the OVPO on a paid basis.
The authenticity and validity of the submitted certificates are checked by the admission commissions of the OVPO when applying for participation in the competition for awarding educational grants at the expense of the republican budget or the local budget or when enrolling in the OVPO on a fee basis.
The scale of conversion of the points of the international certificate of the standardized GMAT test into CT scores for a master’s degree with Kazakh or Russian language of instruction
The International Standardized GMAT Test | Comprehensive testing | ||
Test Sections | Points for the Business and Management training course | Types of test | Scores |
Quantitative Reasoning | at least 40 points | A test to determine readiness for training | 15 |
Integrated Reasoning | at least 4 points | The test is based on the profile of groups of educational programs | 30 |
Verbal Reasoning | at least 20 points | Foreign Language test | 25 |
Analytical Writing | at least 3 points | ||
Quantitative Reasoning | at least 50 points | A test to determine readiness for training | 20 |
Integrated Reasoning | at least 6 points | The test is based on the profile of a group of educational programs | 50 |
Verbal Reasoning | at least 40 points | Foreign Language test | 35 |
Analytical Writing | at least 4 points | ||
Quantitative Reasoning | at least 60 points | A test to determine readiness for training | 30 |
Integrated Reasoning | at least 8 points | The test is based on the profile of a group of educational programs | 70 |
Verbal Reasoning | at least 60 points | Foreign Language test | 50 |
Analytical Writing | at least 5 points |
The format of comprehensive testing in the scientific and pedagogical master’s degree with Kazakh or Russian language of instruction.
The number of test tasks is 130.
The testing time is 235 minutes (3 hours 55 minutes).
Block | Foreign Language test* | A test to determine readiness for training | The test is based on the profile of a group of educational programs** | Total | ||||
Sections | The hearing | Vocabulary-grammar | Reading | Critical thinking (elementary mathematics, interpretation of various forms of information) | Analytical thinking (analysis of academic and popular science texts, identification of hidden patterns, cause-and-effect relationships) | Discipline 1 | Ди Discipline 2 | |
Language | English/German/ French | Kazakh/Russian | Kazakh/Russian | |||||
Number of tasks | 16 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 20 | 130 |
50 | 30 | 50 | ||||||
The form of the test tasks | Choosing one correct answer | Choosing one correct answer | Choosing one correct answer | Choosing one or more correct answers | ||||
Assessment | 1 point | 1 point | 1 point | 2 points – all correct answers, 1 point – for one mistake, 0 points – for two or more mistakes | ||||
Maksim. Number of points | 50 | 30 | 30 points | 40 points | 150 | |||
The threshold score for tuition on a paid basis | 25 | 7 points | 7 points | 7 points | 75 | |||
The threshold score for obtaining a state educational grant | 25 | 7 points | 7 points | 7 points | 75 |
for admission to the master’s degree in groups of educational programs requiring knowledge of the Arabic language, an entrance exam in Arabic is passed for admission to the master’s degree in groups of educational programs requiring creative preparation, creative exams are passed.
The format of comprehensive testing for a specialized master’s degree with Kazakh or Russian language of instruction
The number of test tasks is 80
Testing time – 160 min (2 hours 40 min)
Block | A test to determine readiness for training | The test is based on the profile of a group of educational programs | Total | ||
Sections | Critical thinking (elementary mathematics, interpretation of various forms of information) | Analytical thinking (analysis of academic and popular science texts, identification of hidden patterns, cause-and-effect relationships) | Discipline 1 | Discipline 2 | |
Language | Kazakh/Russian | Kazakh/Russian by choice | |||
Number of tasks | 15 | 15 | 30 | 20 | 80 |
30 | 50 | ||||
The form of the test tasks | Choosing one correct answer | Choosing one correct answer | Choosing one or more correct answers | ||
Assessment | 1 point | 1 point | 2 points – all correct answers, 1 point – for one mistake, 0 points – for two or more mistakes | ||
Maksim. Number of points | 30 point | 30 point | 40 point | 100 | |
The threshold score for tuition on a paid basis | 7 | 7 | 7 | 50 | |
The threshold score for obtaining a state educational grant | 7 | 7 | 7 | 50 |
The format of comprehensive testing for a specialized master’s degree with English as the language of instruction
The number of test tasks is 80
Testing time – 160 min (2 hours 40 min)
Block | A test to determine readiness for training | The test is based on the profile of a group of educational programs | Total | ||
Sections | Critical thinking (elementary mathematics, interpretation of various forms of information) | Analytical thinking (analysis of academic and popular science texts, identification of hidden patterns, cause-and-effect relationships) | Discipline 1 | Discipline 2 | |
Language | Kazakh/Russian/English optional | English | |||
Number of tasks | 15 | 15 | 30 | 20 | 80 |
30 | 50 | ||||
The form of the test tasks | Choosing one correct answer | Choosing one correct answer | Choosing one or more correct answers | ||
Assessment | 1 point | 1 point | 2 points – all correct answers, 1 point – for one mistake, 0 points – for two or more mistakes | ||
Maksim. Number of points | 30 point | 30 point | 40 point | 100 | |
The threshold score for tuition on a paid basis | 7 point | 7 point | 7 point | 50 | |
The threshold score for obtaining a state educational grant | 7 point | 7 point | 7 point | 50 |