
Nazarbayev University (NU) is a leading autonomous research university in Astana, founded in 2010, with all teaching in English. It is built on meritocracy, academic freedom and partnerships with world-class universities. It has seven schools — engineering and digital sciences; sciences and humanities; business; public policy; education; medicine; mining — and a foundation school. Admission is merit-based. NU is among the best universities in Central Asia, ranks highly among young universities in Times Higher Education, and partners with Cambridge, Duke and the National University of Singapore.