Guide for International

Summer SchoolStudents

Introductory Page

KIMEPUniversity offers an exceptional education in a unique region of the world. Located in Almaty, the financial capital of Central Asia, students have the opportunity to experience Central Asian culture in a dynamic and modern environment.

The campus is secure and is located in the center of Almaty. Students are within walking distance to cafes, restaurants, concert halls and other fun entertainment venues. Close by, also, are the beautiful Tien ShanMountains which provide skiing and snowboarding during the winter, scenic hiking trails, and a chance to breathe in fresh mountain air.

We encourage you to choose KIMEP UNIVERSITY as your destination for a summer program as along with the high standard academic course you will also experience an unforgettable environment of a diverse student body and faculty community, a unique cultural atmosphere, and a picturesque panorama of mountains, steppes, forests, valleys, and deserts all in one place. The summer period at KIMEP will enable you to gain valuable international experience, make new friends, and study Kazakh, Russian and other languages.Our campus offers a world-class library and research resources.

Applying to KIMEPUniversity’s International Summer School programis a five-step process:

  1. Prepare the application documents and apply online
  2. Apply for VISA
  3. Tuition fees payment and registration for courses
  4. Accommodation
  5. Arrival to Almaty

Step 1 – Prepare the application documents

To apply for International Summer School program, applicants should submit the documents listed below. If documents are not in English, Russian or Kazakh language, they should be translated into English and notarized.

Complete online application form:

For current students:

1. Scanned copy of passport;

2. Scanned copy official transcript (bring original);

3. Scanned copy of previous education certificate (High school certificate for bachelor, previous education diploma with transcript for Masters);

4. Scanned passport size photo (bring 4 photos)

Graduates (Adults) who are currently not enrolled at any university:

1. Scanned copy of passport;

2. Scanned passport size photo (bring 4 photos)

After arrival to Almaty all participants should submit to the MedicalCenter the following certificates:

1. X-ray result of Chest (you may pass X-ray test in Almaty); If you have valid X-ray of Chest, please bring with you to Almaty;

2. Medical insurance that cover Kazakhstan.

All applicants must possess a sufficient level of English (corresponding to IELTS =6.0or higher) to be able to participate in classes. Any kind of certificate or letter from your university confirming your English language proficiency is sufficed.

Upon arrival submit original current transcript and photos to the Program Coordinator Meruert Oshanova.

Step 2 –APPLY FOR VISA

KIMEP welcomes researchers, students to study intensive language courses, students for short-term summer study. Hereby is list of states the citizens of which are liberated from the necessity of demonstrating the visa support invitation when receiving single entry visas of «А1», «А2» (diplomatic), «В1», «В2» (service), «D1» (business) and «G1» (private) categories as well as of single and double entry visas of «F1» (tourist) category:
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Israel, Jordan, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania Liechtenstein, Luxemburg, Malaysia, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Singapore, Slovenia, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, United Kingdom, USA, United Arab Emirates.

In case if you need invitation letter in order to apply for visa, send a completed VISA form to the VISA Coordinator soon as you receive Admission Letter (~by early May for Fall Semester or by early November for Spring Semester). You will find the VISA form in the information package sent to you by email after your home university nominated you. The standard invitation letter procedure takes ~ 5 working days. TheVisa Coordinator will send the invitation letter to your email in a PDF format file

Step 3 – TUITION FEES PAYMENT AND REGISTRATION FOR COURSES

Tuition* for non KIMEPUniversity students per one course:

  • KZT (Kazakhstan tenge) 135,960 KZT for Bachelor students
  • KZT (Kazakhstan tenge) 196,110 KZT for Master students
  • KZT (Kazakhstan tenge) 98,070 KZT for Adult learning

Note: You also need to pay for issuing transcript in the end of Summer School. Cost of one transcript is 790 KZT

*exchange rate -

Requisites for paying at Almaty Branch of Bank CenterCredit JSC:The following shall be specified when making a payment:

  • Full name of a person a transfer is being sent to;
  • Student ID (you will be given by the Admission Office);
  • Indicate one of the following in payment assignation: “Tuition/ accommodations/text rental deposit/WLLP courses/PDCP seminars”

KIMEP University JSC
050010, Almaty, 4 Abai ave.
TRN 600 900 063 381
BIN 040740001010
Beneficiary code 17
/ KZT account:
KZ638560000000038823; KCJBKZKX
Bank’s TRN 600 300 022 316
BIN 981 141 000 668

Registration for courses

The Program Coordinator will send the students an ID number so the students will be able to register for courses from the Student Portal (

Please note that classes go 2 hours 45 minutes five days per week: Mon., Tues., Wed., Thur., Fr..

Step by step: Registration for courses

A studentmust registerfor a course he/she wants to take. All changes in student registration can be accepted during registration period only and add/drop period (please, see Academic Calendar for current semester). This system allows registering from any place where there is an Internet-connected computer (home, work etc.) or you may use KIMEP computer labs (#317, #319, #325, #327, #334, #335, #336, #337 in Valikhanov building; #415, #417 in Dostyk building, #301, #302, #304 in the NEW building)

How to register online for KIMEP courses?

  1. To be able to register for a Courses click on link:Registration for Courses. This link is active during registration periods only.
  2. Before Registration please read theRegistration Rulesand check yourHolds and Blocks.If you have questions contact yourCoordinator.
  3. Insert your Student ID number in “Student ID” field and insert your password in “Password” field (it is the same as ID number), then click “Log In” button. If you register for the first time enter your student ID in “Student ID” field and your password in “Password” field, design your own password and remember it. Next time use your password to have access to your personal information.

a) Please click “Study” button and then “Registration for new courses”, the red circles in the image below:

  1. On the next page you should fill in your personal information and then confirm it by pressing the button.

  1. Holds and Blocks, if the online system shows holds/blocks for registration and you cannot register for any course please inform your coordinator ()
  2. On the first page there are different Headings for courses. For example, you decided to take course fromProgram Requirements. In order to do this you should click on “Register” button on the right.

  1. After that you can see available courses from this part. There are only those courses you register first time and courses you have prerequisites for. In order to choose the group that is most suitable for you, you should open the schedule and look through available alternatives. After you chose the needed group click “Submit Registration” button.
  2. If there are tutorials for the course you have to register for lecture and tutorial as well.

Sometimes there is no place left in this course. In this case you can apply for extra place, but note that it isyour responsibilityto check your Extra Place status and Register for the course if you receive approval from the instructor during registration period.

  1. Registration is correctly done and accepted, when you had receivedPersonal Registration Transcriptwith listed registered course. You may check your detailed personal schedule for registered course by pressing to the link on the end of your registration transcript.
  2. After you registered for all necessary subjects, you can see your personal schedule and “Log Off” from the system.
  1. If there is a situation that you had registered for the course, but you do not see your name in attendance sheet, which is distributed during the class, you must immediately contact the office of the Registrar.

Address: 4 Abai ave., office 201-a/ac
Phone: (+7 727) 270 43 14
E-mail:

Step 4 – AccomModation

If you need a place in the KIMEP dormitory, please indicate it in your online application form. Be informed that one floor in the KIMEP dormitory will be closed for renovation in summer 2015. Therefore, your coordinator will inform you if you have the place in the dorm or the Housing department will offer you the possible accommodation options by your request:

Mr. Alexandr Klimenko
Housing Manager, Housing Department
Tel: +7(727) 237-47-73

Please read about the dormitory and more accommodation options at

STEP 6 –ARRIVAL TO ALMATY

The Program Coordinator organizes transfer from the airport to KIMEP campus for international exchange students who are coming to Almaty for the first time. Fill in theAirport Transfer Formon-line, 10 working days in advance. A KIMEP driver with logoKIMEPwill pick you up.

  1. Upon arrival you will be escorted to your previously stated choice of accommodation. For those with the apartment option, a hotel may be arranged temporarily before the apartment is properly prepared.
  2. Visit the VISA Office (KIMEP, Dostyk building 1st floor, room #111) and submit the following documents to the VISA Coordinator to register you in local migration office in Almaty, within 3 days after arrival(weekend days, holidays, arrival date are counted:
  3. Passport (original)
  4. 2 copies of passport

Contact Person forVISA:
Mrs. Yulia Alimkulova
Visa Coordinator
/ Email:
#111 DostykBuilding
tel. +7 727 2704229 ext. 2048

3. You need to get X-ray test of your chest in one of the local clinics. Your Buddy will assist you.

STEP 7 –Additional Information

  • Obligatory Requirements for Students
  • Buddy system
  • Library
  • Printing Facilities
  • Getting help
  • Medical services
  • Plan your budget
  • KIMEP Events
  • Russian and Kazakh courses opportunity
  • Culture shock
  • Emergency Phone numbers

Obligatory Requirements for Students!

Studentsmust apply for a Student Identification Card at the registrar office in ValikhanovBuilding, Hall #5 (2nd Floor). Please bring a 3x4cm photo (can be obtained in the underground outside Dostyk building for a small fee).

Students must visit ValikhanovBuilding, Room 326 (3rd floor) with their respective passport in order to obtain a username and password for Wi-Fi internet access throughout KIMEP.

Students are strongly recommended to purchase a local number (SIM Card) and notify the Coordinator of their local contact information.

Buddy System

KIMEP has implemented a “buddy” system in which each international student will be assigned a regular student from KIMEPUniversity to help in day-to-day activities of various issues in the new environment. A buddy will help collect requested documents, locate certain facilities, and be the friend to help feel more comfortable through the culturally transitive period.

Library

For the entire semester exchange students can receive the required books for their courses at the TextbookDistributionCenter located in the ValikhanovBuilding. Students also can use library resources in the main Library building.

Notice: you need to return all materials you have taken from the library before departure. If an exchange student has any payment or material debt to KIMEP, s/he will not receive a transcript and the home university will be involved in the investigation.

The Main KIMEP Library is located in a separate building on KIMEP campus; its subsidiary can be found on the 2nd and 3rd floors in the AcademicBuilding. Students should receive a Library Identification Card in the library before they can use library resources. You can find the following resources in the library:

  • Books: 80,000 titles in English, Kazakh, and Russian, which are listed online
  • Catalog (which is available at -Library Search - Search KIMEP Catalog)
  • Journals and Periodicals: newspapers, magazines, and scholarly journals
  • E-Resources: full text archives, aggregated database, abstracts and index services
  • Reference Works: dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, catalogs, bibliographic
  • Databases
  • Reserved Course Readings: textbooks and articles assigned by KIMEP instructors, noncirculating copies in the Library Reading Rooms.

Library Hours: Mon- Fri ( 9 am – 9:30 pm ), Sat (9 am – 7 pm ), Sunday ( 10 am - 5 pm ).

Usually, ISS students do not use the library as their professor offer his own book(s).

Printing Facilities

All KIMEP students can use printers in computer laboratories in the Valikhanov, Dostyk, Library and “New” buildings on campus.Students can print for free a limited number of copies with their own paper. Also students can use printing facilities not-for-free in “K-Store” which is situated in ValikhanovBuilding on the first floor.

Getting help

In case of an emergency, you should contact the security team or a receptionist in the dormitory. If you need technical assistance concerning telephones, electricity, furniture, you must indicate it in a special journal found by the security desk of the dormitory. If you have specific problems, you shouldcontact the Dormitory Director’s Assistant during workdays. In any case, all your complaints and suggestions should be addressed to Student Residential Assistants on your designated floor during both workdays and weekends (when available). About 20 students are in charge of student life in the dormitory. If youcannot reach any of them, you should leave a note at the reception desk.

Medical services

The Medical Office is located in KIMEP Student Dormitory on the ground floor. Medicalservices are provided by KIMEP medical staff:

Head Doctor:NatalyaUssorokh,

Email:

Tel: +7 (727) 270 43 17

If you need medical services including ambulance and urgent medical assistance, outpatient care(therapy), primary pre-medical-sanitary assistance, physiotherapy (quartz-lamp), medical information (lecturers,board, newspaper and e-mailinfo) please contact the doctor.

In case of an emergency during nights, weekends, and holidays, please callthe Program Coordinator and/oryour buddy.

The Medical Office also issues medical certificates in case of students' illnesses. The certificates cover all missed classes upon approval by KIMEP Medical Office Staff. Medical certificates from other medical centers are also accepted by KIMEP faculty and staff upon appropriate approval.

The insurance services include the first aid at a patient’s home and work place, urgent measures, preventive medical examination, hospitalizing, vaccination, operational interference, and evacuation to the home country.

Additional methods of examination and treatment, ultrasound examination, and ECG are paid bythe students according to the Medical Office’s price list.

In any emergency, please immediately call KIMEPMedicalCenter, or Cordinator, or your own Travel Medical Insurance Company.

Insurance Companies Contacts in Almaty:

SOS International tel. +7 (727) 2581911

Interteach tel. +7 (727) 2582332

Plan your budget

Approximate Cost during International Summer School (3 weeks):

1 USD =185 KZT

1 EUR = 250 KZT (round off figure; check exact exchange rates at

Item / KZT / USD / Euro / Comments
Meals / 40 950 / 221 / 165 / 3 times average cost meal at KIMEP canteen, 650 tenge each
Dormitory / 22500 / 122 / 90 / Cost of renovated room in KIMEP dormitory per one month
Taxi services / 42 000 / 227 / 168 / 2000 tng per one day, it is approximate 2-3 way taxi cost, depends on destination
VisitingNationalMuseum / 2 500 / 14 / 10 / Cost include guide service
Excursion to CharynCanyon / 4000 / 22 / 16 / One day excursion
Excursion to Big AlmatyLake / 5000 / 27 / 20 / One day excursion
Excursion to Chimbulak / 13000 / 70 / 52 / One day excursion
Total: / 129950 / 703 / 521

Note: It is approximate expenses that you can face inside Almaty city.Any other personal expenses including entertainment, outdoor activities, trips to historic places, etc. are notincluded and vary depending on a student's interests.

Events

Department of International Academic Mobility organizes Welcome party and Farewell Party for students of ISS, which usually holds at KIMEP Campus.

The program of the events is very interesting and attractive. There will be organized mini concert, funny games, and different competitions.You can taste Kazakh national food and drinks. At Farewell party we will award our students with certificates and souvenirs.

Russian and Kazakh courses opportunity

Kimep offers Intensive Russian and Kazakh courses for international students.

Intensive Russian Course is an intensive language course that offers 100 academic hours to be completed within a month.About 20-25 academic hours are covered every week.The cost of the course: mini group (6-8 people) – 90 000 KZT a group of 9 people and more – 83 700 KZT

Intensive Kazakh courses length is seven weeks (42 academic hours). There are two options for classes:

1) two classes per week and each clas lasts 3 academic hours;

2.) three classes per week and each class lasts two academic hours.

The cost of the course is 28 800 KZT (a group consists of 8 people minimum).

Contacts:

Mrs. Kamiya Abdulkhakimova

Phone.:+7 727 270-44-83, +7 727 237 47 75, 237 47 79,+7 -771-470-0040

Email:

Culture shock

Kazakhstan might still seen as a rather unusual expatriate destination; there are few online resources or guide books to help prospective expats prepare for their new life. Newcomers to KIMEP are recommended to get advice on interested questions from current students or Department of International Academic Mobility.

Below we present some essential matters to know about.

Language barrier in Kazakhstan

While Russian is acknowledged as the ‘language of business’ in Kazakhstan there has been a push to increase the use of Kazakh and to re-introduce lost traditions in the country. Most expatriates working in Kazakhstan will need to learn Russian as this is universally understood in the workplace. However, even a few words of Kazakh will be highly appreciated by the locals.