page_title: Almaty Management University
section_title: Recent history
hierarchical_section_title: Almaty Management University / History / Recent history
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Вручение сертификатов в рамках программу «Поддержка сельских школ вузами страны».
context_page_description: Almaty Management University is a higher educational institution in Almaty, Kazakhstan, providing preparation of specialists of economic fields under bachelor's degree programs, MBA and DBA.
  ALMA is one of the first business higher schools in Kazakhstan — the University was organized in 1988 as Alma-Ata School of Managers, in 1996 it became the International Academy of Business. In 2014 it adopted its current name.
context_section_description: In 2009 the president-rector of MAB Asylbek Kozhakhmetov initiated the program «Support of rural schools by high schools»; according to the initiative it was offered to each of 144 Kazakhstan high schools to look after one of 200 rural districts of the country. IAB within the framework of the program has been incurring support of educational institutions of Aiyrtau District of North Kazakhstan Province. Within the framework of the program teachers of Aiyrtau District schools are gratuitously invited to Almaty for improvement of professional skill during spring and autumn school vacations.
  Since 2009 within the framework of republican competition "ZachOT" founded by the International Academy of Business more than 20 Kazakhstan journalists and mass-media are annually awarded for the best illumination of vital topics in sphere of Kazakhstan education.
  In autumn of 2009 teachers of IAB published the book «Business Express Course» within the framework of the project "Business Adviser" — gratuitous methodical support of individual entrepreneurs in village areas organized by Damu Entrepreneurship Development Fund.
  Since June 2010 IAB holds the international summer session Business Education Teachers Academy (BETA-2010) directed on development of professional skills and personal growth of teachers of Kazakhstan and foreign high schools.
  Since 2010, IAB has organises the Ulytau cultural-linguistic camp — a project for the studying of the Kazakh language through immersion in the language and cultural environment. In the summer of 2010, the first participants of camp-aul numberes 83 persons — heads and experts from the national companies participating in the National Welfare Fund "Samruk-Kazyna". In 2011 60 participants passed "immersing" in Ulytau camp.
  In 2010 the International Academy of Business has opened representative office in the West Kazakhstan region (Atyrau).
  Since autumn of 2011 the Academy became the first private high school in Kazakhstan technically ready to accept students and listeners with the limited possibilities (with infringement of the musculoskeletal system and visual system); toilets, wheelchair ramps and special lift were equipped for this purpose.
  In 2014, the International Academy of Business changed its name to Almaty Management University, with ALMA University used as a shortened form of the new name.
caption: Awarding with certificates in framework of the program «Support of rural schools by high schools».
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