Institute of Engineering                                   

In 2003, MangistauMunaiGas JSC joined the shareholders of our university as the main shareholder. This led to organizational changes and the renaming of the university to the Educational Institution “Caspian Public University”. At the request of the shareholders, the University began training engineering personnel and this was the birth of our Institute. Currently, our Institute trains specialists in the field of education “Engineering, manufacturing and construction industries”, “Information and Communication Technologies” and “Services” at Bachelor’s and Master’s degree levels, implementing 14 educational programs. This year, 2 new OP at the junction of these areas “Digital Oil and gas Engineering” have been developed and entered into the register.

We are systematically improving the content of educational programs to increase the competitiveness of our graduates.

We are preparing personnel for the New Kazakhstan!

We present updated educational programs and invite you to get the most in-demand specialized competencies and soft skills in modern production!

An indicator of successful systematic activities for the development of educational programs and increasing the relevance of their content can be considered a high rate of employment of graduates in the year of graduation. According to the GTSVP in 2021, the average employment rate was 79%. According to the rating of NCE “Atameken” in 2019, the average percentage of graduates’ employment was 88.9%.

Employment indicators of IGND IT graduates in the year of graduation

Graduates of IGNGD IT work as leading specialists of the management apparatus and middle and senior managers of leading companies, carry out research activities: in design and research institutes, research and production business structures and organizations, as well as create and manage their business.

Our students show a high level of professional training at the republican subject Olympiads. In 2018, student Khodos Alexander took 3rd place in the specialty 5B070800 Oil and gas business, in 2019 Leonid Pak took 2nd place in the specialty 5B070800 Oil and Gas business and Talasbayeva Alua took 3rd place in the specialty 5B07208 Geology and exploration of mineral deposits, in 2022 Nurmukhambetov Daniyal took 3rd place in the specialty 5B073100/6B11201 Life safety and environmental protection.

Students of OP OP 6B06120 – “Software Engineering” participate in Meikathons and Robotics Championships.

In 2019, students of gr. VT-3-17- 2p Eroshenko Daniil and Mitkov Andrey with the AUTO-KOTE project took 1st place in the Advanced category in the Engineering Projects competition at the VI Open Robotics and Innovative Technologies Championship for the Akim’s Cup of Almaty and took 2nd place in the creative competition of the free category in Almaty Roboman 2019/2020.

Student gr.PI3-21-2p Jonathan Goesler from February to March 2022 took part in the international competition “Abraham Accords Open Innovation Challenge”, May 27 to 30 in TOM:Almaty 2022. His team took 2nd place TOM:Almaty 2022 and received a cash prize.

The advantages of IGNGDIT include: the constant growth of financial, material, technical and information resources, the presence of highly professional staff, a long work experience of teaching staff, balanced age composition of teaching staff, a good reputation of teachers among related departments of universities in the country, high methodological support of educational programs, a shift in emphasis on individual work with a student using project training, the presence of practical teachers and modern computer classes for independent work of students, high-quality, fundamental, competitive training, availability of mechanisms of interaction with potential employers.

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Phone: 230

e-mail: kou.engineering.it@gmail.com

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The need for the Educational Program “Petroleum Engineering” is determined on a systematic basis through the analysis of current trends in the development of the oil and gas industry, labor market requirements, professional standards, employer recommendations, graduate employment indicators, external quality assurance results, as well as the analysis of student enrollment and applicants’ demand for the program.

The relevance and demand for the Educational Program are confirmed by stable graduate employment rates, ranging from 60.0% to 87.0% of the total number of graduates in the year of graduation. Graduates of the program are successfully employed by oil and gas companies and related industries, demonstrating the alignment of the program content with current industry requirements and employer expectations.

An important component of practice-oriented education is the organization of professional internships at leading enterprises of the oil and gas industry. The main internship bases for students of the Educational Program 6B07222 “Petroleum Engineering” include LLP “Ken-Sary”, JSC “Mangistaumunaigaz” (Zhetybaimunaigaz Production Department), JSC “KazTransOil”, JSC “JV Kazgermunai”, JSC “Volkovgeology”, LLP Research and Production Center “Mekensak”, JSC “KoZhaN” (KOZN, Atyrau), JSC “OzenMunayGas”, LLP “Amangeldi Oil and Gas”, LLP “Petro Retail”, JSC “Kazakhstan Institute of Oil and Gas” (KING), LLP “Oil Service Company”, JSC “KazTransGas Aimak”, LLP “Tengizchevroil” (TCO), Shell Kazakhstan Development B.V., Karachaganak Petroleum Operating B.V. (KPO), and other specialized organizations of the oil and gas sector.

The Institute of Engineering maintains continuous interaction with graduates of the Educational Program and employer representatives to monitor graduates’ career development, assess employer satisfaction with the quality of graduate training, and ensure the timely improvement of the Educational Program in accordance with the evolving needs of the oil and gas industry.

An important mechanism for strengthening cooperation with employers is the annual Job Fair organized by the University in collaboration with the Career Center. The event brings together leading companies and organizations from Almaty and other regions of Kazakhstan, contributing to the expansion of students’ professional networks, enhancement of their competitiveness in the labor market, development of industry partnerships, and effective graduate employment.

Academic mobility of students of the Educational Program “Petroleum Engineering” is implemented within the framework of cooperation agreements concluded with domestic and international universities, including Sh. Yessenov Caspian University of Technology and Engineering (Aktau, Kazakhstan), Baishev University (Aktobe, Kazakhstan), Ufa State Petroleum Technological University (Ufa, Republic of Bashkortostan, Russian Federation), Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas (National Research University) (Moscow, Russian Federation), and Belarusian State University (Kyiv, Ukraine). The purpose of these agreements is to promote cooperation between partner universities in the fields of education and science, including the implementation of student academic mobility programs.

The Educational Program continuously expands its network of partner universities. During the reporting period, new cooperation agreements were concluded with Dnipro University of Technology (Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk Region, Ukraine), Baltic International Academy (Riga, Latvia), East European University (Tbilisi, Georgia), and Toraighyrov University (Pavlodar, Kazakhstan).

Second-year students of the Educational Program 6B07222 “Petroleum Engineering,” Vladislav Minchik and Andrey Supryadkin, participated in online academic mobility lectures conducted by Tyumen Industrial University on April 18–19, 2024.

Since the 2022–2023 academic year, the Educational Program has expanded international cooperation by signing agreements with foreign research organizations and universities, including the Institute of Geomechanics and Subsoil Development of the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic (Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic) and Rezekne Academy of Technologies (Rezekne, Latvia).

To ensure academic mobility, students are provided with the opportunity to study individual courses at other higher education institutions, including foreign universities. Upon completion of academic mobility programs, students receive credit transfer for courses and academic credits earned at partner universities.

Since 2020, the Institute of Engineering of Caspian University has organized international scientific and practical conferences. In 2024, the conference was held on the topic “Modern Trends in Geological Exploration and Petroleum Engineering,” in which students of the Educational Program actively participated. Among the participants were R.A. Pattarova, A.V. Nurgaliyev, T.T. Zeynurova, M.T. Askerkeldi, B.K. Bisebai, M.K. Nabidolla, D.K. Yesimbekova, A.N. Baigazakova, A.N. Uskenbayeva, and E.A. Shkarupa.

In 2024, students of the Educational Program 6B07222 “Petroleum Engineering” — A. Matyuzuk, E. Nikiforova, Sh. Nurtazanov, B. Tursynbekov, K. Bukhtin, D. Zholdasbay, and T. Zeynurova — participated in the Republican Youth Scientific and Practical Conference entitled “Integration of Science and Education in Petroleum Universities: Advanced Technologies and Modern Trends,” organized by the Kazakhstan-British Technical University.

Students of the accredited Educational Program also actively participate in national subject Olympiads. In April 2024, a Republican Subject Olympiad among university students in Petroleum Engineering was held at K.I. Satbayev Kazakh National Research Technical University (Almaty, Kazakhstan). The participants from the Educational Program included Zhasulan A. Narymbayev (group NI-20-2r), Ivan I. Alekseev, and Miras E. Niyazbay.

In 2022, students of the Educational Program 6B07222 “Petroleum Engineering” — K. Bukhtin, A.N. Uskenbayeva, R. Pattarova, A. Matyuzuk, and E. Nikiforova — participated in the “PetroGames” Olympiad organized by the SPE KazNU Student Chapter and won 4th place.

In order to improve the educational process and introduce innovative technologies, various training seminars, discussions on current issues of the Educational Program, and events involving the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) are regularly organized for students. SPE is an international non-profit professional association of technical specialists in the oil and gas industry.

From November 25 to 28, 2024, the SPE CTCE Student Development Summit was held at Atyrau Oil and Gas University. The summit featured representatives of SPE, leading experts in the oil and gas industry, and representatives of major oil and gas companies such as SLB, SOCAR, and TCO. Caspian University was represented by the SPE Student Chapter President and third-year student of the Educational Program, Igor Akhmetov.

As part of the summit, students prepared and defended team projects. Igor Akhmetov participated as a member of an international team in the development of the project “Flare Recovery System,” which won first place following the project competition.

In the 2025–2026 academic year, within the framework of the SPE Student Chapter of the Educational Program “Petroleum Engineering,” Madina Maksatkyzy Ordabay (group NI-24-1k) was elected President, and Daniil Vladimirovich Lavrov (group NI-24-2r) was elected Vice President. First-year students of the Educational Program became members of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) and actively participate in professional seminars and events organized by SPE Almaty.

In accordance with the national initiative of the Republic of Kazakhstan “AI-Sana,” aimed at providing every student with fundamental knowledge in artificial intelligence, students of the Educational Program completed the course “Basic AI Skills” on the Huawei educational platform. The training was conducted within the framework of the innovative AI-Sana program officially presented by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan on February 14, 2025.

Outgoing Academic Mobility of Academic Staff of the

Educational Program 6B07222 “Petroleum Engineering”

Incoming Academic Mobility of Academic Staff of the

Educational Program 6B07222 “Petroleum Engineering”

List of Students of the Accredited Educational Program Who Studied under Outgoing/Incoming Academic Mobility Programs

The academic staff of the Institute of Engineering demonstrates a high level of professional and scientific recognition, which is confirmed by national and international awards, honorary titles, and other achievements in the fields of science and education.

In particular, Associate Professor B.M. Nuranbayeva was awarded a commemorative medal and a First Degree Diploma for her participation in the international competitions “The II International Book Publication” and “Best Educator of the CIS – 2022” among representatives of scientific and educational institutions of the CIS countries for her significant contribution to the development of science and education.

Since 2013, B.M. Nuranbayeva has been a Professor of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (Russian Federation), reflecting her active research activities, professional recognition, and contribution to the advancement of the scientific and educational community.

The academic staff of the Educational Program “Petroleum Engineering” actively carries out research activities aimed at the development of modern technologies in the oil and gas industry, improving the quality of specialist training, and integrating research outcomes into the educational process.During the period of 2021–2026, the academic staff of the Educational Program “Petroleum Engineering” published more than 60 scientific papers in national and international scientific journals, including articles in high-ranking international journals indexed in the Scopus and Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics) databases. The research performance of the academic staff is confirmed by publication activity, citation indicators, and the Hirsch index (h-index) of faculty members, ranging from 3 to 15.

Within the framework of the contract-based research project entitled “Improving the Efficiency of Paraffinic Oil Treatment Systems at Kazakhstan’s Oil Fields” (LLP “Research and Production Center”, Aktau, state registration No. 0125RKD0074, implementation period: March 30, 2025 – March 29, 2027; scientific supervisor – Candidate of Chemical Sciences (PhD), Associate Professor B.M. Nuranbayeva), both academic staff and students of the Educational Program “Petroleum Engineering” are actively involved in research activities.

As part of the implementation of the contract-based research project, students participate in conducting research tasks, analyzing experimental data, and developing practical solutions aimed at improving the efficiency of paraffinic oil treatment and processing technologies. In particular, the student of group NI-22-2r, A.A. Supryadkin, is carrying out his final qualification project within the framework of this research project, which contributes to the integration of scientific research results into the educational process and the development of students’ professional research competencies.

Considerable attention is paid to the preparation and publication of scientific monographs, textbooks, and teaching materials. The educational and methodological resources developed by the academic staff are actively used in the implementation of courses within the Educational Program “Petroleum Engineering,” ensuring a close relationship between research, education, and the current needs of the oil and gas industry.

The research activities of the academic staff contribute to the development of students’ professional and research competencies, their involvement in scientific projects, participation in scientific conferences, and the implementation of innovative technologies in the educational process.

Information on Monographs Published by the Academic Staff of the

Educational Program 6B07222 “Petroleum Engineering” during 2021–2026

Information on Textbooks and Teaching Materials Published by the Academic Staff of the Educational Program 6B07222 “Petroleum Engineering” during 2021–2026

Research Results of the Academic Staff of the

Educational Program 6B07222 “Petroleum Engineering”

Within the framework of the course “Regulatory and Legal Framework of Subsoil Use,” training is carried out with the involvement of LLP “Research and Production Center Mekensak,” where students become familiar with the current legislative and regulatory documentation governing subsoil use, licensing procedures, industrial safety, and environmental protection. The practical component of the course is implemented at partner organizations, enabling students to apply the acquired knowledge in analyzing real industrial situations, contractual documentation, and regulatory requirements.

The course “Mineral Extraction Modeling” is implemented using elements of dual education and includes practical and project-based assignments carried out in specialized industrial and research organizations, including the RSE “Institute of Information and Computational Technologies” of the Science Committee of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Dual education contributes to the development of students’ professional and general competencies, enhances the level of practical training, and ensures compliance of the learning outcomes with employers’ requirements. Thus, the integration of the educational process with the industrial environment ensures the practical orientation of training and graduates’ readiness for professional activities.

Karamay Oil & Gas Xinjiang (China National Petroleum Corporation – CNPC) organized an online webinar for academic staff and students of the Educational Program under the cooperation agreement between the University and the Karamay oil and gas field (an operating oil and gas field in Xinjiang, China). Cooperation agreements with research institutes and industrial companies serve as a fundamental element for organizing students’ industrial internships and strengthening practical training.

A guest lecture was delivered for academic staff and students by Mr. Li Jun, Rector of the Karamay Campus of China University of Petroleum (Beijing), on the prospects for the development of the oil and gas industry in China and the expansion of cooperation with Kazakhstan.

In the 2023–2024 academic year, the organization of training seminars conducted by industry specialists in accordance with the profile of the Educational Program was continued. On February 8, 2024, a guest lecture was held for academic staff and students on the topic “Innovative Technologies in the Oil and Gas Industry: International Experience and Practical Applications.” The lecturer was Umerserik Tayauov, a consultant specialist in drilling, workover, and well completion at Marine Oil Company (Abu Dhabi, UAE), ENI Corporate University.

A guest lecture was also organized with Mr. Wang Fuxing, Master of Technical Sciences, Project Management Group Coordinator at LLP “MunayTas,” on the topic “Prospects for Digital Transformation Development and Its Impact on Graduate Employability.”

On November 24, 2023, a seminar was conducted with the participation of Askar Munalovich Daulbayev, Director of KaraTau Consulting and representative of SPE Almaty, on the topic “Experience in Organizing Well Construction in Kazakhstan.”

In the 2024–2025 academic year, meetings were held with foreign research organizations and universities to discuss cooperation opportunities. In particular, on May 12, 2025, a meeting was held with representatives of Dongying Vocational and Technical College (Shandong, China) to discuss the expansion of professional development programs for academic staff. The negotiations identified areas for further cooperation in the implementation of joint educational programs, scientific research, and academic mobility.

In the 2024–2025 academic year, research internships were organized at the Quality Department and Testing Laboratory of LLP “LUKOIL Lubricants Central Asia.” The internships involved academic staff, including Associate Professor Nuranbayeva B.M., Associate Professor N.G. Daribayeva, Master of Technical Sciences, Senior Lecturer B.T. Akashev, as well as second- and third-year students of the Educational Program 6B07222 “Petroleum Engineering.”

On April 23, 2025, within the implementation of the Educational Program “Petroleum Engineering” of the Institute of Engineering of Caspian University, a guest lecture was organized for academic staff and students on the topic “Digitalization of Oil and Gas Production in Kazakhstan: From Geology to Production.” The lecture was delivered by Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor Bayan Gazizovna Almatova.

Significant attention is paid to organizing guest lectures, workshops, seminars, and master classes involving both international and national experts. These activities contribute to improving students’ professional competencies and familiarizing them with advanced technologies and current trends in the oil and gas industry.

Within the framework of the Agreement on Scientific Exchange and Academic Mobility between Caspian University and I. Razzakov Kyrgyz State Technical University, PhD, Associate Professor A.B. Kairanbayeva teaches the course “Exploration and Geological-Economic Assessment of Mineral Deposits.”

The high level of professional competence of the academic staff ensures the University’s participation in various events organized by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan, regional authorities, cultural institutions, and professional communities. Supporting initiatives in the field of education, academic staff actively participate in preparing expert opinions on the quality of dissertation research, educational materials, and scientific monographs.

The effectiveness of the academic staff’s professional and public activities is confirmed by letters of appreciation, diplomas, and awards, demonstrating the well-established reputation of the Institute of Engineering.

Thus, the institutional human resources policy of the Institute of Engineering is aimed at improving the quality of education and promoting the continuous professional development of the academic staff of the Educational Program “Petroleum Engineering.”

The involvement of industry practitioners in the educational process is one of the key approaches to improving the effectiveness of student training and introducing innovative technologies into the educational activities of academic staff.