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    Key indicators
    110
    At the beginning of the 2024-2025 academic year in the Republic of Kazakhstan personnel of the highest scientific qualification were trained in 110 organizations for the preparation of magisters, 77 organizations for the preparation of doctoral students and in 23 organizations for residency students.
    39 172
    The total number of magisters is 39172 people, of which 22173 people or 56.6% are women. At the expense of the state educational order 19534 people or 49.9% of the total number of magister students are studying, 18224 people or 46.5% receive paid educational services.
    8 882
    The total number of resident-doctors - 8882 people, of which 5634 people or 63.4% are women. In the reporting year 4080 peoples were admitted and 2558 people graduated.
    7 633
    The total number of doctoral students is 7633 people, of which 4707 people or 61.7% are women. The largest number of doctoral students is in Almaty – 3673 people (48.1%), Astana – 2067 people (27.1%), Karaganda region – 438 people (5.7%).
    276
    The number of doctoral students in the profile area is 276 people and doctoral students in philosophy (PhD) – 7357 people.
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    Dynamics
    Number of educational institutions
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    2022 год 2023 год 2024
    Total 105 105 110
    State property 27 43 48
    Private property 76 60 60
    Foreign ownership 2 2 2
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    Glossary

    Magisters degree - postgraduate education, the educational programs of which are aimed at training personnel with the award of a "magisters" degree.

    Residency - the level of postgraduate medical education, the purpose of which is to acquire or change the professional qualifications of a doctor in the relevant specialty for admission to independent clinical practice.

    Doctoral studies - postgraduate education, the educational programs of which are aimed at training personnel for scientific, pedagogical and (or) professional activities, with the award of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Doctor in profile.

    Candidate of Sciences, Doctor of Sciences - academic degrees awarded on the basis of the defense of dissertations by applicants.

    Doctor in profile - a degree awarded to persons who have magistersed the doctoral program in the relevant field of professional activity and defended a dissertation in the Republic of Kazakhstan or abroad, recognized in the manner prescribed by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

    Methodological explanations

    The publication provides information on the main indicators of postgraduate education at the beginning of the 2023-2024 academic year.

    Postgraduate education is carried out in the magistracy, residency and doctoral studies of organizations of higher and (or) postgraduate education, scientific organizations in the main profile of activity and areas of training.

    Postgraduate education is acquired by citizens with higher education. Training in educational programs of postgraduate education is carried out in the form of full-time education.

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    Department of Population Statistics
    Department Director:
    N. Khanzhigitov
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    A.Mizinbaeva
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    E-mail: a.mizinbaeva @aspire.gov.kz
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