Kazakh British Technical University (KBTU)

The idea to establish KBTU belongs to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, who had a number of meetings with official representatives of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. This activity resulted in the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the two states in November 2000. British Prime Minister Tony Blair and RK President Nursultan Nazarbayev became Patrons of the University.

The University was established by Resolution No 1027 of the RK Government dated August 3, 2001, in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding between the RK Ministry of Education and Science and the British Council. On behalf of Kazakhstan, the founder is the RK Government and the authorized agency is the RK Ministry of Education and Science.

The University’s development has been actively promoted by the President’s Administration, the Ministry of Education and Science, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, the Ministry of Finance, the State agency for Strategic Planning, the Embassy of Kazakhstan to the UK, and the Educational Foundation of N. Nazarbayev. Four of these bodies are represented in the KBTU Board of Directors. On the British side, KBTU partners are the British Embassy to Kazakhstan, with the British Council as its main representative. Consultation services are provided by the University of Aberdeen and Robert Gordon University – both situated in Aberdeen, the "oil capital" of the UK; Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh); and the University of Westminster (London). All these universities offer advanced training courses in Oil and Gas and in Business Administration. Moreover, they are world leaders in education for the oil-and-gas industry.

• To develop and introduce innovative solutions, scientific developments into prioritized branches of economy;
• To gain the status of a world-ranked, internationally accredited and recognized research university;
• To have exemplary infrastructure that integrates science, education, and industry;
• To carry out personnel policy and professional development of academic teaching staff (ATS);
• To strategically plan and improve the administration system and policy of quality based on the modern principles of management;
• To secure sustainable interconnection between university academic, educational, creative, research and production divisions.

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Mission and strategy

KBTU considers its mission to provide high-quality education for future leaders in business and industry, to promote innovative technologies and research in the most advanced and prospective areas of science for the benefit of the region and the country as a whole.

The strategic vision of the University is to promote the ideals of academic excellence, scientific progress, and national well-being, to maintain the status of an undisputed leader in the field of technical and business education.

The major goals and ambitions of the university are the creation of a scientific and educational center with highly qualified scientific and pedagogical potential and a developed modern material and technical base, the development of a dual vocational training, training of highly qualified specialists who have professional and personal competencies with emphasis on financial, power-generating sector, spheres of high and information technologies and the maritime industry.

In order to achieve the above goals the following strategic objectives that reflect the mission and vision of KBTU have been set:

• To provide high-quality educational services in accordance with national and international educational standards;
• To implement advanced international educational technologies, to attract academics and experts with vast professional experience and foreign practice;
• To develop and introduce innovative solutions, scientific developments into prioritized branches of economy;
• To gain the status of a world-ranked, internationally accredited and recognized research university;
• To have exemplary infrastructure that integrates science, education, and industry;
• To carry out personnel policy and professional development of academic teaching staff (ATS);
• To strategically plan and improve the administration system and policy of quality based on the modern principles of management;
• To secure sustainable interconnection between university academic, educational, creative, research and production divisions.