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QAIRU — the first AI-Enabled university in Central Asia

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A night view of the Nur Alem sphere and the EXPO pavilions in Astana

INFRASTRUCTURE

The EXPO ecosystem and national AI infrastructure

QAIRU is located within the EXPO ecosystem and gives direct access to the country’s national AI infrastructure — compute, cloud, and a large language model.

  • Supercomputers and the alem.cloud platform
  • The national language model AlemLLM
  • The Alem.ai cluster — access for students and researchers
ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY

ADMISSION 2026–2027

Admission for the 2026–2027 academic year is open

Bachelor’s — closed. Master’s — until 28 August.

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LICENSE

KZ61LAM00011226

State license for educational activity, issued 29 April 2026

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LABORATORIES

Robotics and Intelligent Systems Lab

Autonomous Robotics, Intelligent Control Systems, AI-Driven Robotics, Human–Robot Interaction, and Smart Industrial Automation.

RESEARCH

Six areas

  • Machine learning
  • Generative artificial intelligence
  • Computer vision
  • Robotics
  • Intelligent systems
  • Applied AI
ALL AREAS →

GRANTS

Studying for free is possible

The state grant and the Founder’s Grant fully cover bachelor’s tuition. We look not only at high scores, but at people with potential.

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Токсанов Сапар Нурахметович, Rector of Qazaq AI Research University

RECTOR

“We are building a new generation of university, where artificial intelligence is not just a subject to study but the foundation of the entire learning environment.”

Токсанов Сапар Нурахметович

Rector of Qazaq AI Research University

RECTOR’S ADDRESS →

ADMISSION · BACHELOR’S

How to apply

  1. 01Take the UNT
  2. 02Submit your documents
  3. 03Confirm your command of the language of instruction
  4. 04Take the QAIRU Potential Test (QPT)
EACH STEP IN DETAIL →

WHY QAIRU

  • AI-Enabled education
  • Learning through real projects
  • Modern AI labs
  • Computing power for AI development
  • International partnerships
  • A flexible learning environment
  • A career that starts while you study
  • A community of future AI leaders
EACH REASON IN DETAIL →

University partners

EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS

RESEARCH PARTNERS

INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS

INDUSTRY AND PARTNERSHIP →