D. Serikbayev East Kazakhstan Technical University (Kazakh: Дәулет Серікбаев атындағы Шығыс Қазақстан техникалық университеті; Russian: Восточно-Казахстанский технический университет имени Даулета Серикбаева) is located in Oskemen, Kazakhstan.
Founded in 1958 as Ust-Kamenogorskij stroitelno-dorozhnyj institut, UKSDI (literally: Ust-Kamenogorsk Road Construction Institute), the university is named after the first rector Serikbayev Daulet Mirkasymovich, a famous public figure and social activist who ensured the status of a leading science and technology university.
According to the Republican Ranking Agency, the university is in the second place among technical universities of Kazakhstan. The D. Serikbayev EKTU is the only university in Kazakhstan preparing specialists for the nuclear industry. Additionally, it is the only university in Kazakhstan that received a large amount of state funding for realization of ongoing scientific research and development projects.
As of May 2019, the university consists of three schools, six faculties, military sub-department, and Higher IT College. As of 2018, the total number of students enrolled is over six thousand. The D. Serikbayev EKTU offers eighty one educational programs on bachelor, master's, and doctorate levels, in addition to twenty experimental innovative programs. In the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation University, there are dual-degree programs in IT, economics, management, instrument engineering and geodesy. The D. Serikbayev EKTU has sixty three industrial partnerships in such companies as Kazzinc, Ulba Metallurgical Plant, Azia Avto, Vnitsvetmet, and 1C-Rating.
In addition to the Center of Advanced Development “VERITAS”, which develops new types of products for major enterprises of the East Kazakhstan region, leading scientists of the university work on research projects with application in IT, mechanical engineering, solar energy, agro-industrial complex, and other priority areas.
Notable alumni
Alumni of the D. Serikbayev East Kazakhstan Technical University (D. Serikbayev East Kazakhstan Technical University, East Kazakhstan Technical University, Ust-Kamenogorskij stroitelno-dorozhnyj institute) include:
Sukhorukova Vera Nikolayevna - honorary citizen of Ust-Kamenogorsk, a member of the Majilis of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Mussin Kairat Maratovich – Chair of the “International Charitable Fund “Tolegetay” Public Foundation
Saylaubayev Seilzhan Zhiryenevich – General Director of LLP “Corporation “Vostok-Moloko”
Buktugumov Shakarym Sabyrovich – chairman of the Board of JSC “Regional Center of Government-Private Partnership of the East Kazakhstan Region”
Urazbayev Kairat Nazarovich – Head of the Department of the Committee for Regulation of Natural Monopolies and Protection of Competitions of the Ministry of the National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the East Kazakhstan region
Sizikov Nikolay Ivanovich – researcher in the field of construction, candidate of technical sciences
Tsvetkova Tatyana Ivanovna – chair of the Board of the Association of Business Women of Ust-Kamenogorsk
Baybatchin Ertay Aubakirovich – Chair of Ust-Kamenogorsk State Representation of “Nur Otan”.
Mukhamgaliyev Shalkar Kayroshevich – artist, singer, entertainer, participant of numerous KVN shows.
Organization
As of May 2019, the university consists of three schools, six faculties, military sub-department, and Higher IT College. Classes are taught by nearly five hundred highly qualified instructors, including over two hundred doctors and candidates of science, professors, and associate professors. The D. Serikbayev EKTU offers eighty one educational programs on bachelor, master's, and doctorate levels, in addition to twenty experimental innovative programs. The majority of educational programs are in Kazakh and Russian. Teaching in English is provided for several programs throughout the university at Bachelor's, Master's, and doctorate levels. The full list can be found on the English-language website of the university. There is a foundation program available for students of foreign Kazakh Diaspora and foreign citizens to enter the university, to help them to adapt and develop the necessary skills. The D. Serikbayev EKTU has sixty three faculty partnerships in such companies as Kazzinc, Ulba Metallurgical Plant, Azia Avto, Vnitsvetmet, and 1C-Rating. The academic units of the university are listed below.