Kazakh-British Technical University
Kazakh-British Technical University, or KBTU is a research and educational institution located in Almaty, Kazakhstan. It was founded in 2001.

About KBTU 

KBTU’s research is focused in the main sectors of the Kazakhstani economy – oil and gas, information technologies, banking and finance, and telecommunications.

KBTU is the first and only Kazakhstani university with  internationally accredited IT programs by the U.S. agency, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). It is also the first and only Kazakhstani university to receive an international accreditation for its Oil and Gas programs in the UK by the Institution of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST), UK .

KBTU Business School is awarded the prestigious international accreditation, ACBSP (The Accreditation Council of Business Schools and Programs).
The following KBTU programs are now ACBSP Accredited:

Undergraduate: Finance, Management;

Graduate: MBA in the Oil and Gas, MBA in Leadership, MBA in Finance, Financial Analysis, Supply and Project Management.
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Quick Facts: 
 The only English-language Technical University in Kazakhstan
 100% classes are taught in English
 International faculty representing many cultures 
 KBTU hosts Central Asia's only marine academy, The Kazakhstan Maritime Academy (KMA)

Unique Features:

a)	KBTU has exceptionally strong, live links with business and industry. Business leaders sit at the University’s Advisory Board. Instead of having academic committees the KBTU has industrial committees at each of its school. These Committees are headed by business and industry leaders of national and international companies.

b)	Businesses advise on course design and content that is tailored to the industry needs. Many companies provide student grants and later hire KBTU graduates.
 
c)	Teaching staff also includes a large number of professionals who work for business and industry at international IT brands and oil and gas industry.
 
d)	Italy's energy giant Eni is working closely with KBTU. Eni professionals teach master's degree program in petroleum engineering. A new master's degree program in facility management will be launched in cooperation with Eni.
 
e)	KBTU has a new very practical MBA in digital media program which brings together business, IT, law and journalism education/training in a 12-month very intensive study program.
 
f)	KBTU IT faculty has the largest number of students. Some work at big companies and earn money and also receive academic credits for their work in the industry. Some full-time students attend classes in the evenings and on weekends. Thus students have the academic and practical experience at the same time.

g)	KBTU has several scientific institutes and labs where learned scientists work. Top scientists and researchers from the Soviet times work also work at KBTU’s scientific laboratories.

History 

The idea of creating Kazakh-British Technical University was conceived by the former President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, who is now the leader of the nation. Further discussions on the establishment of the University were held during President Nazarbayev’s official visit to the United Kingdom in November 2000. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the officials of the two countries on enhancing cooperation in education, science and technology fields.

The Kazakh-British Technical University JSC was established by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan on August 3, 2001 under Decree No. 1027 and in accordance with the MoU signed between the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the British Council. The Ministry represented the Kazakh Government as the founder of the KBTU, while the British Embassy in Kazakhstan and the British Council represented the British side.

Since 2003, NC KazMunay Gas JSC has been the sole shareholder of KBTU JSC (Resolution of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 987 dated September 26, 2003). However, in 2018, a Public Foundation “Education Fund of Nursultan Nazarbayev” purchased shares of the Kazakh-British Technical University. The privatization took place following the Government of Kazakhstan’s Privatization Program that was approved by a Government’s order No. 1141 on December 30, 2015.
 
Since 2005, KBTU is awarding double undergraduate degrees in partnership with the University of London. Under the program students receive London School of Economics and Political Science and KBTU degrees while studying at the KBTU in Almaty.

In 2010 – 2011, KBTU received 100 percent shares of two historical and prestigious scientific institutions of Kazakhstan, ‘A.B. Bekturov Institute of Chemical Sciences’ that was founded in 1945 and ‘D.V. Sokolsky Institute of Fuel, Catalysis and Electrochemistry’, which was established in 1969.

KBTU Partners and Sponsors:

KazMunaiGas, KazTransOil, Kazakhstan Chinese Pipeline, Tengizchevroil, BG Group, BP, HSBC, Agip KCO, Kazakhstan Petroleum Association, Karachaganak Petroleum Operating, Repsol, Shell, Chevron Texaco, Schlumberger, Halliburton, PetroKazakhstan, Lloyd’s Register, Invenys, Statoil, KazEnergy, and Total S.A..

International links 

Dual-degree diploma programs with:
 London School of Economics, UK 
 Geneva Business School, Switzerland
 University of Northampton, UK
 IFP Energies Nouvelles, French Institute of Petroleum, France

Student exchange programs with:
 University Campus Suffolk, UK
 University of Northampton, UK
 Soongsil University, South Korea
 Sejong University, South Korea
 Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation, Malaysia
 Technological University of Malaysia

International Partners:
 In 2009 KBTU was awarded the “Affiliate Center” status by the University of London
 In 2011 KBTU became an official affiliate University with the Center for Strategy and Competitiveness at Harvard Business School
 Partnerships with more than 30 universities worldwide

KBTU Scientific and Technological Resources 

Two affiliated Chemical Research Institutes: 
 	

AB Bekturov Institute of Chemical Sciences

The Institute of Chemical Sciences was established in May 1945 on the basis of the chemical laboratories at Chemical and Metallurgical Institute. Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR A. B. Bekturov headed the Institute from 1946 to 1968. On the 90th Birth anniversary of A.B Bekturov, the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Kazakhstan named the Institute of Chemical Sciences after the Academician. The renaming of the Institute as A.B Bekturov Institute of Chemical Sciences was in accordance with the decisions of the Academic Council of the Institute and the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR, Resolution No. 412 dated July 5, 1991 No. 412. Order of the Red Banner of Labor Institute of Chemical Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Currently, A.B Bekturov Institute of Chemical Sciences is a subsidiary of the Kazakh-British Technical University JSC (KBTU). Scientists and researchers of the Institute are engaged in academic and research activities that focus on the economic and social development of Kazakhstan, and also participate in scientific activities internationally. They keep track of the latest developments in the field of chemical sciences around the world.

Directions

•	Synthesis of polymers, ion-exchange, redox, selective sorbents and membranes, structural materials based on fundamental studies of catalytic polycondensation, polymerization, chemical modification and complexation;
•	oxidation and oxidative ammonolysis of hydrocarbons;
•	fine organic synthesis, chemistry of natural compounds, stereochemistry, conformational analysis of multifunctional-substituted heterocyclic compounds in order to create new original domestic drugs with a wide spectrum of biological activity for medicine and agriculture, to study the relationship of their chemical, physical and biological properties with a spatial structure;
•	chemistry and chemical technology of phosphorus and inorganic phosphorus-containing materials, the creation of advanced technologies for utilization of mineral and technogenic raw materials for inorganic products, including environmentally friendly fertilizers, composite and biomaterials, corrosion inhibitors, sorbents;
•	metabolism of man-made organic pollutants of soil and water; chemical and environmental monitoring of the regions of Kazakhstan.

Laboratories

• Laboratory of ion exchange resins and membranes;
• Laboratory of Chemistry of Synthetic and Natural Medicinal Substances;
• Laboratory of Chemistry of Fertilizers and salts;
• Laboratory of Polymer Synthesis and Physicochemistry;
• Laboratory of Physiologically Active Compounds chemistry;
• Laboratory of Petroleum Chemistry and Petrochemical Synthesis;
• Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Materials;
• Laboratory of Physical and Chemical Methods of Analysis and Ecology.

D.V.Sokolsky Institute of Fuel, Catalysis and Electrochemistry

‘D.V. Sokolsky Institute of Fuel, Catalysis and Electrochemistry’ founded on December 1, 1969 as a result the Resolution No. 543 passed by the Council of Ministers of the Kazakh SSR on August 25, 1969. The Institute was formed in the name of respected academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR, DV Sokolsky. Now the Institute is a subsidiary of the Kazakh-British Technical University (KBTU).
‘D.V. Sokolsky Institute of Fuel, Catalysis and Electrochemistry’ is the leading scientific institution in Kazakhstan in the field of fuel, catalysis and electrochemistry. The Institute’s scientific achievements have received international recognition. The activities of the Institute are aimed at the integration of scientific, educational and production processes in the field of fuel, petro-chemistry, catalysis and electrochemistry.

Directions

1) Development of new high-tech catalytic technologies for oil and gas processing; petrochemical and organic synthesis of mono- and polymeric substances; New electrochemical technologies in the field of hydroelectrometallurgy, refractory metals, production of super pure metals, semiconductor and anti-corrosion compositions, nanostructured powders of metals and alloys, biologically active substances;
2) Development of new catalytic and electrochemical technologies to protect the environment from harmful components of industrial emissions, energy and motor vehicles, and to protect metal structures from corrosion;
3) Making a profit through the effective use of the scientific and economic potential of the Company, directing part of the profits to finance basic and applied research, developing the Company's infrastructure, investing joint ventures and high-tech manufacturing projects.

Laboratories

•	Catalysis Department:
1) "Laboratory of catalytic synthesis named. F. Bizhanova "
2) "Laboratory of organic catalysis"
3) Laboratory of Physical Research Methods

•	Electrochemistry Department:
1) "Laboratory of Electrochemical Technologies"
2) "Laboratory of electrosynthesis and corrosion"
3) "Laboratory of Applied Research"

•	Fuel and Petrochemistry Department:
1) "Laboratory of refining catalysts"
2) "Laboratory of motor fuels"
3) "Laboratory of heavy oil refining";

•	Engineering department:
1) "Laboratory modeling of technological processes"
2) Design Sector

The Institute of Engineering and Information Technologies KBTU (IEIT)
The IEIT was founded in 2003. It is a leading Kazakhstan company with 15 years of experience in solving complex tasks in three priority fields: corporate training, information technologies, multimedia technologies.
It is a subsidiary of the Kazakh-British Technical University.

Institute of Oil and Gas

Oil & Gas and IT Industrial Institute

20 Scientific Research Centers and Laboratories, including Material Science and Oil and Gas Research laboratories

Scientific Laboratory of Nanotechnology

Supercomputer IBM Blade Center, integrated with 70 research institutions in Europe and the USA

Programs