Documents for admission to doctoral programmes will be accepted from 28 October to 10 November 2026.

DEAR DOCTORAL APPLICANTS!

From 28 October to 10 November, documents for admission to doctoral programmes must be submitted to higher education institutions, while applications for the entrance examination must be submitted at www.app.testcenter.kz.

When applying, you may select only the CITY where you will take the entrance examination.

Information about the DATE and TIME of the entrance examination will be available in your personal account on 26 November.

Please note that changes to your selected group of educational programmes, examination language and examination location may only be made before the application deadline of 10 November.

The doctoral entrance examination fee is KZT 21,072.

IMPORTANT:

Applicants holding a TOEFL ITP (Test of English as a Foreign Language Institutional Testing Program) certificate must take an additional English proficiency test before the doctoral entrance examination. Information about the LOCATION and TIME of this additional test will be available in the applicant’s personal account on 13 November. The additional test fee is KZT 14,162.

Applicants must provide a KAZTEST certificate and a certificate confirming proficiency in a foreign language, except those applying to the following groups of educational programmes: “Physical Education Teacher Training”, “Music Teacher Training”, “Kazakh Language and Literature Teacher Training” and “Russian Language and Literature Teacher Training”.

Applicants eligible for admission to doctoral programmes must hold a MASTER’S DEGREE and have at least 9 (nine) months of work experience, or have completed a medical residency programme.

The minimum admission score for Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programmes is 75 points for both state-funded and fee-paying places. For professional doctorate programmes, including industrial PhD programmes, the minimum admission score is 50 points.