Academic mobility is the movement of students or research teachers to study or conduct research for a certain academic period: a semester or an academic year to another higher educational institution (local or abroad) with the obligatory transfer of the acquired educational programs in the form of credits at one’s own university or to continue your studies at another university;
Within the framework of academic mobility invites leading teaching staff from universities of the Republic of Kazakhstan, CIS-countries and foreign countries; to send students to study for 1 or more semesters in the local universities, as well as in the universities of the CIS-countries and foreign countries; accept exchange students from local universities, the CIS and foreign countries.
At West Kazakhstan Marat Ospanov Medical University the academic mobility program is implemented in two directions:
– External academic mobility is the movement of students or research teachers to study or conduct research for a certain academic period abroad;
– Internal academic mobility is the movement of students or research teachers for teaching or research for a specific academic period within the country
The goal of academic mobility: integration into the international educational space, the use of world educational resources.
Requirements for participation in the academic exchange program of students and a list of necessary documents
A specialist in academic mobility of students, together with the deans, organizes the work of the Commission for conducting a competition among students. The selection of students to foreign universities is carried out on a competitive basis. To participate in the competition, you must write an application to the dean's office (Sample).
The main criteria of the competitive selection are:
completion of one academic period, semester, module at the University, taking into account the GPA. For students traveling under the academic mobility program at the expense of the University (abroad and/or in the Republic of Kazakhstan), the GPA is at least 3.00.
For non—CIS countries - TOEFL or IELTS (6) certificate (knowledge of English).
List of required documents
- Application addressed to the Rector;
- Student's statement;
- Trilateral agreement;
- GPA;
- Certificate of proficiency in a foreign language;
- A copy of the foreign passport;
- Photo 3*4 (2pcs);
- Extract from the minutes of the Board;
- A copy of the invitation with a translation into Kazakh or Russian.
Academic mobility of students in 2023.
In order to share knowledge and experience, the university actively implements academic mobility programs among students. For the reporting period 2023. within the framework of the educational program, outgoing academic mobility amounted to 196 students, of which: «Lithuanian University of Health Sciences» – 2, «Tashkent State Dental Institute» — 89, «Astrakhan State Medical University» — 22, «Bashkir State Medical University» — 33, «Afyonkarakhisar University of Medical Sciences» — 7, Orenburg State Medical University — 15, Astana Medical University — 3, «Kazakh National Medical University named after S.D., Asfendiyarova» — 1, «South Kazakhstan Medical Academy» — 16, «University of Debrecen» Hungary – 1, «Yeditepe University» Istanbul – 2, «Comenius University» Bratislava – 2, «Harran University» Sanliurfa, Turkey – 2, «Trakya University» Edirne, Turkey - 1. The implementation of academic mobility of 180 students is planned for 2023. 196 students were completed.
According to the program of incoming academic mobility in 2023, 18 students from such universities as: Astana Medical University — 1, Samarkand State Medical University — 1, Tashkent State Dental Institute — 1, Alexandria University — 1, Bashkir State Medical University — 14 were accepted to ZKMU.