Internationalization of Higher Education in Kazakhstan: from political will to implementation
Internacionalização do Ensino Superior no Cazaquistão: da vontade política à implementação
Internacionalización de la Educación Superior en Kazajstán: de la voluntad política a la implementación
Akkari A. Seidikenova A. Bakitov A. Minazheva G.
2023Fundacao Cesgranrio
Ensaio
2023#31Issue 119
Like the entire country, Higher Education in Kazakhstan has been in a phase of transition for more than thirty years. One of the dimensions of this transition relates to the internationalization of Higher Education. In this contribution, we focus on home internationalization. First, we synthesize the academic literature dedicated to this question in Kazakhstan. Second, we analyze the flows of foreign students in Kazakhstan during recent years. The country has succeeded in attracting an ever-increasing number of students from neighboring countries although the total remains small compared to Kazakh students going abroad. Third, we highlight two additional strategies used to increase internationalization in the country: employment of international scholars; and the launch of foreign campuses in Kazakhstan. Finally, we discuss the use of foreign languages and especially English as a tool for local internationalization. The country has probably overestimated its capacity to make English a working language at the university level.
Globalization , Internationalization , Kazakhstan , Offshore Campuses , Student Mobility
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University of Geneva, Faculty of Education, Geneva, Switzerland
Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Faculty of International Relations, Almaty, Kazakhstan
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