Best Universities in Kazakhstan – GURI 2026

Top universities in Kazakhstan

According to the GURI 2026 Global University Rankings, the highest-ranked universities in Kazakhstan are Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Narxoz University, Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University and others. Kazakhstan has 20 GURI-eligible universities in this edition, and its highest global position is #783.

1. #1Al-Farabi Kazakh National UniversityGURI #783 · Score 59.13
2. #2Narxoz UniversityGURI #920 · Score 53.96
3. #3Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical UniversityGURI #958 · Score 52.58
4. #4Satbayev UniversityGURI #969 · Score 52.25
5. #5L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National UniversityGURI #1054 · Score 49.40
6. #6Khoja Akhmet Yassawi International Kazakh-Turkish UniversityGURI #1218 · Score 44.43
7. #7Auezov South Kazakhstan University (SKU)GURI #1222 · Score 44.35
8. #8Kazakh National Agrarian University KazNAUGURI #1273 · Score 42.55
9. #9Karaganda Buketov UniversityGURI #1488 · Score 36.01
10. #10Abylkas Saginov Karaganda Technical UniversityGURI #1575 · Score 33.45

How universities in Kazakhstan perform globally

Across the 20 ranked institutions the average GURI Score is 33.48 and the median is 31.06. The GURI Score combines ranking achievement across QS, Times Higher Education and ShanghaiRanking with ranking coverage, inter-ranking consistency, institutional legacy and momentum.

Understanding the GURI ranking

GURI does not determine which university is objectively best. This ordering reflects the published GURI 2026 methodology only, and a different methodology would produce a different order. Read the methodology.

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