Kazakh National Medical University | Oldest in Kazakhstan | Fees 4500 $

Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University was established in 1930 as Kazakh State Medical Institute at Almaty, Kazakhstan. It is the oldest Medical University in Kazakhstan.
Mission of the University:

• Serving the society through educating competitive specialists, capable in
• management, protection and strengthening the health of the nation,
• improving healthcare through the integration of advanced educational, scientific, and medical technologies.

Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University is a government University located in Almaty, the previous capital of Kazakhstan. Almaty is only 3.45 hours away from New Delhi by direct flight. 

Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University has 3 Clinics:

Aksai Children's Clinic:
Over 5 thousand children from all over the Republic, received medical care in Aksai Children's Clinic. More than 2000 complex operations are performed there.

Professor's clinic:
Annually about thousand inpatients and 25 thousand outpatients are treated at the Professor's clinic. Specialists with over thirty years of work experience not only treat and care for patients but also train young doctors and held research works. The center for innovative medicine was recently opened at the clinic, which performs unique, minimally invasive operations. In 2019 the Professor's Clinic of KazNMU started managing the Ophthalmological Center. Here a full range of surgical and therapeutic ophthalmic services will be provided. Experienced ophthalmologists conduct comprehensive eye examinations and specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of various eye diseases. The center is equipped with ultramodern equipment.

The Clinic of Internal Diseases is the leading one in Kazakhstan in the field of internal pathology:
hepatology, rheumatology, endocrinology. A unique diabetes center in the clinic and a multidisciplinary approach to managing patients with diabetes are implemented.

Kazakh National Medical University conducts training in 51 Specialties:

1. Therapy (adolescent therapy, dietetics)
2. General medical practice (family medicine)
3. Cardiology (ultrasound diagnostics, functional diagnostics, interventional cardiology, interventional Arrhythmology)
4. Rheumatology
5. Allergy and immunology
6. Gastroenterology (endoscopy, ultrasound diagnostics)
7. Oncology (only children) and Hematology
8. Endocrinology
9. Nephrology (ultrasound diagnosis)
10. Phthisiology
11. Professional pathology
12. Infectious adult diseases
13. Infectious children diseases
14. Dermatovenereology or dermatocosmetology
15. Neurology
16. Psychiatry (narcology, psychotherapy, sexopathology, medical psychology, forensic psychiatry examination, forensic narcological examination)
17. Medical rehabilitation
18. Radiation diagnostics (radiology, computer and magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound diagnostics, nuclear medicine)
19. Functional diagnostics
20. Clinical laboratory diagnostics
21. Sport medicine
22. Geriatrics
23. Cardiac surgery
24. Angiosurgery (x-ray surgery, interventional surgery)
25. Neurosurgery
26. Oral and maxillofacial surgery
27. Plastic surgery
28. Oncology (chemotherapy, mammology)
29. Clinical pharmacology
30. Anesthesiology and resuscitation (perfusiology, toxicology, neonatal intensive care )
31. Oncology (chemotherapy, mammology for adults
32. Traumatology-orthopedics (cambustiology)
33. Urology and andrology (ultrasound diagnostics, endoscopy)
34. Ophthalmology
35. Otorhinolaryngology (surdology, endoscopy)
36. Pathological anatomy (cytopathology)
37. Forensic examination
38. Transfusiology.
39. Toxicology
40. Pediatrics (neonatology)
41. Neonatology (neonatal intensive care and resuscitation)
42. Child psychiatry (child narcology, child psychotherapy, medical children psychology, suicide-studying, forensic narcological examination, forensic psychiatric examination).
43. Pediatric surgery (neonatal surgery)
44. Obstetrics and gynecology (pediatric gynecology, functional diagnostics, ultrasound diagnosis, endoscopy)
45. Dentistry
46. Hygiene and epidemiology (General hygiene, occupational hygiene, child and adolescent hygiene, nutrition, communal hygiene, radiation hygiene, toxicology, epidemiology, parasitology, bacteriology, virology, microbiology)
47. management in public health
48. Public health
49. Nursing
50. Ambulance and emergency medical care
51. Pharmacy (General pharmaceutical practice; management and economics of pharmacy, pharmacist)

Bilingual Study Pattern in Kazakh National Medical University:

• 60% of all the medical subjects are taught in the English medium at Kazakh National Medical University.
• 40% of the medical subjects, especially the Clinical topics, will be conducted in the Russian medium.
• In Kazakhstan, besides the Kazakh language, the Russian language is an official language, and 93% of Kazakh people can speak, read and write in Russian.
• That is why the Russian language class is compulsory for International students daily for the 1st three years.
• The professors will teach students enough Russian to help them in day-to-day living.
• In higher stages, students will learn Medical Terminology in the Russian language.
• Usually, in the last 2 years, there will be total Russian language classes in Clinical subjects.
• Knowledge of the Russian language helps the students to communicate with the patients in their hospital classes later.
• Kazakh National Medical University will take all Clinical subject exams in the Russian language in the last 2 years.

World Rank of Kazakh National Medical University:

Kazakh National Medical University or KNMU has a high World Rank of 3878 as on April 2021.