L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University

L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, an acknowledged academic, research, social and cultural centre, was founded in 1996 by the Decree of N.A.Nazarbayev, the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The core reason for establishing this higher education institution was the idea of Eurasian Union. The university, which plays an important role Eurasian academic area, has itself initiated the process leading to the achievement of this goal.

Today the ENU is a university with special status acquired under the Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and with sufficiently high international authority; it is an implementer of academic innovative technologies and continuer of the best research traditions.

International cooperation is conducted by virtue of 130 agreements with foreign institutions, think tanks and other research organisations of the countries of the EU, USA and Oceania, Asia and Africa, the CIS, and with international research and education foundations, embassies and representation offices in Kazakhstan. In 2001 the Kazakhstani branch of L.V. Lomonossov Moscow State University was opened at the ENU.

The ENU was the first Kazakh University to launch double-diploma Master's degree within the Net University of the CIS countries and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) University.

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