Editing Astana (section)

==Education==
{{See also|List of educational institutions in Astana}}
[[File:Palace of Arts Shabyt.jpg|thumb|left|Kazakh National University of Arts]]

Astana has numerous universities and junior colleges. In the 2013/2014 academic year, the city had a total of 53,561 students enrolled in its 14 higher education institutions, marking a 10% rise from the previous year.<ref>{{cite web |title=The number of university students in Astana increased by more than 10% |url=http://astana.gov.kz/en/modules/material/4216 |publisher=Akimat of Astana |date=3 March 2014 |access-date=8 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014030733/http://astana.gov.kz/en/modules/material/4216 |archive-date=14 October 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref> The [[L.N.Gumilyov Eurasian National University]] is the biggest university in Astana with 16,558 students and 1,678 academic staff.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Info-Tses|script-title=ru: В новом учебном году в ЕНУ им. Л.Н. Гумилева будут обучаться 16 558 человек|trans-title=16 558 students will study in the new academic year at the L.N.Gumilyov Eurasian National University|language=ru|url=http://www.info-tses.kz/news/v-novom-uchebnom-godu-v-enu-im-l-n-gumileva-budet-obuchatsya-16-558-chelovek/|date=31 August 2014|access-date=1 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208044633/http://www.info-tses.kz/news/v-novom-uchebnom-godu-v-enu-im-l-n-gumileva-budet-obuchatsya-16-558-chelovek/|archive-date=8 December 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> It was founded as the result of merging the Akmola Civil Engineering Institute with the Akmola Pedagogical Institute on 23 May 1996.<ref>{{cite web |script-title=ru:История и ЕНУ сегодня |trans-title=History and ENU today |url=http://www.enu.kz/ru/o-enu/istoriya-universiteta/ |publisher=L.N.Gumilyov Eurasian National University |language=ru |access-date=7 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008055532/http://www.enu.kz/ru/o-enu/istoriya-universiteta/ |archive-date=8 October 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The oldest university in Astana is the S. Seifullin Kazakh Agro Technical University founded in 1957.<ref>{{cite web |title=History of the university |url=http://kazatu.kz/?id=684&lang=en |publisher=S.Seifullin Kazakh Agro Technical University |access-date=7 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011143021/http://kazatu.kz/?id=684&lang=en |archive-date=11 October 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Nazarbayev University]] is an autonomous [[research university]] founded in 2010 in partnership with some of the world's top universities.<ref>{{cite web |title=History & Strategy |url=http://nu.edu.kz/portal/faces/mainmenu/aboutus1/historyvision1?_afrLoop=749534859761201&_afrWindowMode=0&_afrWindowId=15yfkkypy0_1#%40%3F_afrWindowId%3D15yfkkypy0_1%26_afrLoop%3D749534859761201%26_afrWindowMode%3D0%26_adf.ctrl-state%3D15yfkkypy0_17 |publisher=Nazarbayev University |access-date=7 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012055637/http://nu.edu.kz/portal/faces/mainmenu/aboutus1/historyvision1?_afrLoop=749534859761201&_afrWindowMode=0&_afrWindowId=15yfkkypy0_1#%40%3F_afrWindowId%3D15yfkkypy0_1%26_afrLoop%3D749534859761201%26_afrWindowMode%3D0%26_adf.ctrl-state%3D15yfkkypy0_17 |archive-date=12 October 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Kazakh University of Economics, Finance and International Trade]] is an economic institution in Astana.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.eurashe.eu/about/members/kazuefit/ |title=Kazakh University of Economics, Finance and International Trade (KazUEFIT) |publisher=EURASHE.eu |access-date=11 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150612233800/http://www.eurashe.eu/about/members/kazuefit/ |archive-date=12 June 2015 |url-status=dead |date=20 January 2015}}</ref> The Kazakh Humanities and Law Institute is a law university founded by initiative of Ministry of Justice in 1994.<ref>{{cite web|title=History of KAZGUU |url=http://kazguu.kz/en/university/history-of-kazguu |publisher=Kazakh Humanities and Law Institute |access-date=7 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011191652/http://kazguu.kz/en/university/history-of-kazguu |archive-date=11 October 2014}}</ref> The [[Astana Medical University]] was the only medical school in Astana until the opening of the School of Medicine at Nazarbayev University in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |title=About the University |url=http://www.amu.kz/en/about_the_university/ |publisher=Astana Medical University |access-date=7 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150327034154/http://www.amu.kz//en/about_the_university/ |archive-date=27 March 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The Kazakh National University of Arts is the premier [[music school]] and has provided Astana with highly qualified professional specialists in the field of Arts.<ref>{{cite web |title=About us |url=http://kaznui.kz/en/universitet/about/ |publisher=Kazakh National University of Arts |access-date=8 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141013170701/http://kaznui.kz/en/universitet/about/ |archive-date=13 October 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Astana schools enrolls about 103,000 students across 83 schools, including 71 [[state school]]s and 12 [[private school]]s.<ref>{{cite web |title=5 new schools open doors in Astana today |url=http://inform.kz/rus/article/2692646 |publisher=Kazinform |date=1 September 2014 |access-date=7 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011184820/http://inform.kz/rus/article/2692646 |archive-date=11 October 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=13,000 to start school this year in Astana |url=http://inform.kz/rus/article/2684053 |publisher=Kazinform |date=4 August 2014 |access-date=7 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011184552/http://inform.kz/rus/article/2684053 |archive-date=11 October 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Miras International School Astana|Miras International School]], established 1999, was the first private high school established in Astana.<ref>{{cite web |title=General information about school |url=http://www.miras-astana.kz/en/about/information.php |publisher=Miras International School |access-date=8 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141013162103/http://www.miras-astana.kz/en/about/information.php |archive-date=13 October 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Haileybury Astana]] school was established in 2011, as a branch of the [[Haileybury and Imperial Service College]], an independent school in the United Kingdom. The Astana Kazakh-Turkish High Schools are run by the International KATEV foundation. There are Kazakh-Turkish High Boarding Schools for gifted boys and girls, separately and the Nurorda International School.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Us |url=http://www.nurorda.org |access-date=15 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427071756/http://www.nurorda.org/ |archive-date=27 April 2018 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref> Astana hosts two [[Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools]] (NIS), including the School of Physics and Mathematics and [[International Baccalaureate]] world school.<ref>{{cite web |title=Intellectual schools |url=http://nis.edu.kz/en/schools |publisher=Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools |access-date=7 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141013032051/http://nis.edu.kz/en/schools |archive-date=13 October 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[QSI International School of Astana]] is an international school that provides an American curriculum to its students. The school is a branch of the [[Quality Schools International]] that started in the Middle East.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.qsi.org/kazakhstan/ast|title = QSI International School of Astana|access-date = 28 November 2014|publisher = Quality Schools International (QSI)|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141204205947/http://www.qsi.org/kazakhstan/ast|archive-date = 4 December 2014|url-status = dead}}</ref>