2025-2026 academic year
Kazenergy Association Scholarship
External partner: Kazenergy Association
Scholarship covers: 100% tuition
Important! Deposits and fees (accomodation and library), as well as compulsory fees (student, medical, etc.) are not covered by scholarship
Duration: 2025-2026 academic year
Quantity: total ~30~35 for current and newly admitted undergraduate and graduate students
Citizenship: Kazakhstan
Application is here: kazenergy.com
Statement (spravka) for appyling:
Current students shall contact Akylbek Kazimov, contracts specialist of KIMEP Corporate Development Department by a.kazimov@kimep.kz (WhatsApp +7 705 1563636) to get a Transcript and tuition fee statement. We will provide one spravka confirming your GPA and tuition fee in 2025-2026 based on your information. In your email you should provide:
– Full name (official from your personal state ID);
– Scan of your personal state ID;
– Student ID;
– Credits to be taken in each semester – Fall 2025, Spring 2026 and Summers 2026.
Please take into account:
– If you plan exchange program, internship or employment, you have to provide the most realistic number of credits. If you are planning the Exchange, please indicate it – for example – Spring 2026 – 12 credits (exchange). You must transfer all exchange credits within 2025-2026 AY by August 1, 2026.
– Spravka will be sent to your email within 3 working days after application.
The maintain criteria for this Scholarship during 2025-2026 AY:
– withdrawn courses are not covered.
Application deadline: from the middle of July till the and of August (see details on sponsor’s website)
Contact phone (Kazenergy): 8(7172)794975
E-mail: candidate@kazenergy.com
Prestige Scholarship
Scholarship covers: 100% and 50% tuition
Important! Deposits and fees (accomodation and library), as well as compulsory fees (student, medical, etc.) are not covered by scholarship
Duration: 2025-2026 academic year (cannot be extended)
Quantity: tba
Citizenship: any
Selection criteria:
– 1, 2, 3, 4 year students and non degree students;
– at least 12 and above credits earned at KU (for 1st year students, non degree students and for students who previously transferred from other Universities);
– the highest overall GPA after Spring 2025 (for 1st and 2nd – minimum 4.30; for 3rd – minimum 4.20; for 4th – minimum 4.10);
– minimum of 12 credits left for Fall 2026 before graduation;
– without “Incomplete” grades in the transcript;
– Essay (will be used only in tie cases).
Additional criteria:
– other criteria can be applied if its required by Financial Aid office (e.g. no “retaken” courses, no “withdrawn” courses, etc.).
The maintain criteria for this Scholarship during 2025-2026 AY:
– keep full-time status in Fall and Spring semesters – register at least for 4 courses or 12 credits per indicated semester;
– overall GPA after semester minimum 3.50;
– retaken and withdrawn courses are not covered.
How to apply for the scholarship:
1. Fill in an online application form at the Student Portal.
2. Write an Essay in the Scholarship Application form. The topic of the Essay published on the application form. (The essay will be reviewed only in tie cases)
3. Update all your contact information and upload a recent photo on the Student Portal.
Application deadline: tba
Important! The distribution is based on student’s academic standing available after Spring 2025. Before the start of the 2025-2026 academic year, the overall GPA of the awarded student should not fall below 4.30/4.20/4.10, also by the time non degree student should be admitted to degree program. Otherwise, the scholarship is redistributed to the next student from the waiting list.
Bilim Scholarship
Scholarship covers: 100% and 50% tuition
Important! Deposits and fees (accomodation and library), as well as compulsory fees (student, medical, etc.) are not covered by scholarship
Duration: 2025-2026 academic year (can be extended)
Quantity: up to 20 with 100% and 10 with 50%
Citizenship: any
Selection criteria:
– students who previously were awarded Honor or Altyn Belgi scholarship;
– overall GPA 4.33 before Fall 2025.
The maintain criteria for this Scholarship during 2025-2026 AY:
– keep full-time status in Fall and Spring semesters – register at least for 4 courses or 12 credits per indicated semester;
– overall GPA after semester minimum 3.50;
– retaken and withdrawn courses are not covered.
Excellence Scholarship
Scholarship covers: 50% or 25% tuition
Important! Deposits and fees (accomodation and library), as well as compulsory fees (student, medical, etc.) are not covered by scholarship
Duration: 2025-2026 academic year (cannot be extended)
Quantity: tba
Citizenship: any
Selection Criteria:
– 1, 2, 3, 4 years students. To be eligible non degree students should be admitted to degree program by Fall 2025 semester;
– at least 12 and above credits earned at KU (for 1st year students, non degree students and for students who previously transferred from other Universities);
– certificate(s) of extracurricular achievement received only from August 27, 2024 within KU student life. Extracurricular achievement: Intellectual award certificates, Art award certificates, Sports award certificates and certificates/letters for community service;
– minimum overall GPA 3.50 before Fall 2025.
The distribution process and evaluation:
1. Certificate assessment – 35 points maximum. Students who meet eligibility criteria and pass the certificates’ assessment will be invited to the contest.
2. Contest – 35 points maximum. Contest is an exam or essay conducted by Colleges for each year of study.
3. Interview – 30 points maximum. Candidates who earn the highest score, as a sum of points for the first two stages will be invited for the interview.
Total – 100 points maximum.
Please find the current policy of Excellence Scholarship here.
Awarding:
In November the candidates with the top cumulative results for all stages will be awarded according to the approved number of scholarships.
The maintain criteria for this Scholarship during 2025-2026 AY:
– keep full-time status in Fall and Spring semesters – register at least for 4 courses or 12 credits per indicated semester;
– overall GPA after semester minimum 3.50;
– retaken and withdrawn courses are not covered.
How to apply for the scholarship:
1. Fill in an online application form at the Student Portal.
2. Upload a scan or photo copy of your certificate(s) received from August 27, 2024 only on the online application form. Combine all certificates in one file and assign a name for this file: StudentID – LastName FirstName (for example: 20232019 – John Smith). Please DO NOT attach older certificates, identity documents, IELTS, UNT and other unsuitable documents. If you upload any certificate with is no DATE on it – please indicate the full date on the “Description” field in the Application form. Otherwise, certificates without date will be excluded from Certificate Evaluation.
3. Update all your contact information and upload a recent photo on the Student Portal.
Application deadline: tba
Stipend named after. academician Sh. Yessenov
External partner: Shakhmardan Yessenov Foundation
Participants: bachelor students over 18 years of age studying at Kazakhstani universities on 2nd and 3rd year
Quantity: 20 monthly stipends of 70,000 tenge
Citizenship: Kazakhstan
Application deadline: from February 3 to March 4, 2025 3:00 PM inclusively
You can apply and find detailed information here: yessenovfoundation.org
Contact phone: +7(771)759-59-44
E-mail: info@yessenovfoundation.org
Presidential stipend for 3 and 4 year students
External partner: Ministry of Education and Science
Duration: monthly stipend during 1 calendar year (January 2025 – December 2025)
Important! Awarded students receive stipend (may be sum of several months) only when KIMEP receive amounts from MES
Citizenship: Kazakhstan
Selection criteria:
– All eligible candidates will be provided with an instruction how to apply for Presidential Stipend via KIMEP student email;
– 3rd and 4th year bachelor students (minimum of 69 credits earned);
– excellent academic achievements (only A-, A, A+);
– participation in research activity (diploma, certificates or other documents);
– participation in Republican and International Olympiads, creativity competitions, sport competitions, festivals to be the author of inventions, scientific articles in leading publications, journals, of Republic of Kazakhstan and abroad;
– participation in social, cultural and sport life of KIMEP University.
Required documents:
– unofficial transcript;
– copies of diplomas, certificates, honors;
– recommendation letters.
You can address questions to Akylbek Kazimov, contracts specialist of KIMEP Corporate Development Department:
Contact phone: +7(727)270-42-27, WhatsApp +7 705 1563636
E-mail: a.kazimov@kimep.kz
Scholarships for current graduate students
Scholarship covers: 20% tuition
Important! Deposits and fees (accomodation and library), as well as compulsory fees (student, medical, etc.) are not covered by scholarship
Duration: 2025-2026 academic year (cannot be extended)
Quantity: NA
Citizenship: any
Selection criteria:
– ID 2024 students awarded KIMEP Scholarship in their 1st year;
– the highest overall GPA (minimum 4.00 before Fall 2025);
– at least 18 and above credits earned at KU (for 1st year students, non degree students and for students who previously transferred from other Universities).
The maintain criteria for this Scholarship during 2025-2026 AY:
– keep full-time status in Fall and Spring semesters – register at least for 3 courses or 9 credits per indicated semester;
– overall GPA after semester minimum 3.50 (for MBA – minimum 3.67);
– retaken and withdrawn courses are not covered.
Financial aid for siblings and family members, for KIMEP Alumni and for students from business sector
Financial aid covers: 20% tuition
Important! Deposits and fees (accommodation and library), as well as compulsory fees (student, medical, etc.) are not covered by financial aid
Duration: for the entire study period
Citizenship: any
Eligibility criteria:
– study at KIMEP graduate program;
– student should be a graduate of KIMEP degree program (undergraduate, graduate, PhD).
Application process for financial aid via email: finaid@kimep.kz
Financial aid covers: 10% tuition
Important! Deposits and fees (accommodation and library), as well as compulsory fees (student, medical, etc.) are not covered by financial aid
Duration: for the entire period of study upon condition of simultaneously study
Citizenship: any
Eligibility criteria:
– spouse, children, siblings, parents simultaneously studied at KIMEP graduate program.
Note: if two current students from the same family are attending KIMEP, two of them will be offered 10% coverage of tuition.
Application process for financial aid via email: finaid@kimep.kz
Financial aid covers: 10%-20% tuition
Important! Deposits and fees (accommodation and library), as well as compulsory fees (student, medical, etc.) are not covered by financial aid
Duration: for the entire study period
Citizenship: any
Eligibility criteria:
– to be officially employed.
Note:
a. If three and more full-time students come from one company, they will receive 20% coverage of tuition.
b. If a full-time student comes from partner companies’ employers, he/she will receive 10% coverage of tuition.
Application process: application process for financial aid by letters from Corporate Development Department and employment certificate The maintenance criteria for all these financial aid during 2024-2025 AY:
– keep full-time status in Fall and Spring semesters – register at least for 3 courses or 9 credits per indicated semester;
– overall GPA after semester minimum 3.00;
– retaken and withdrawn courses are not covered.
1. If the applicant falls under two or more categories, the combined financial aid cannot exceed 30%.
2. The awarded students should follow the rules and regulations set by the Financial Aid Office.
3. The Corporate Development Department is responsible for providing, verifying and updating the list of partner companies whose employees will be eligible for financial aid.
Appendix 1. An example of the distribution of combined financial aid
| # | First category | Second category | Total |
| 1 | FA for KIMEP alumni – 20% | FA for students from business sector b) – 10% | 30% |
| 2 | FA for siblings and family members – 10% | FA for KIMEP alumni – 20% | 30% |
| 3 | FA for students from business sector a) – 20% | FA for siblings and family members – 10% | 30% |
| 4 | FA for students from business sector a) – 20% | FA for students from business sector b) – 10% | 30% |
| 5 | FA for siblings and family members – 10% | FA for students from business sector b) – 10% | 20% |