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An acting Rector has been appointed at Astana IT University – Altair Amangeldievich Akhmetov.Altair Amangeldievich holds a PhD in Law, graduated from the Kazakh State Law Academy, and earned a Master’s degree in Public Administration from the University of Birmingham (UK). He has extensive experience in the fields of public administration and education. Over the years, he has held senior positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Presidential Administration...Read More

In his Address “Kazakhstan in the Age of Artificial Intelligence,” President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev emphasized the nation’s strategic priority for the coming three years – to transform Kazakhstan into a fully-fledged digital state. As a leading higher education institution in the field of digital transformation, Astana IT University supports this vision and is committed to contributing to its realization through: Educating a new generation of specialists proficient in artificial intelligence and...Read More

Astana IT University invites students in grades 7–12 to participate in the Republican Drone Programming Competition. Application period: September 13 – October 10, 2025 Final: October 9–10, 2025, at AITU (Astana) Format: online + offline Participation: free Team composition: one student (born in 2013) and one mentor (teacher) Organizers of the competition: Astana IT University LLP GEOSCAN-Kazakhstan LLP “Kazakhstan Engineering” LLP R&D Center Center for the Identification and Support of...Read More

Held within the framework of the 89th IFLA World Library and Information Congress, the event brings together experts from around the globe.Representatives from more than 20 countries have gathered to discuss the challenges and opportunities posed by AI, bibliographic control, and legal aspects in the library and information field.The conference has become a unique platform for sharing experience, generating new ideas, and fostering intercultural dialogue.Read More

A student of Astana IT University, Assylzhan Abdullayev, has been awarded the “Órleu” prize by the Youth Council under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan for his outstanding achievements in IT.He is the captain of Enactus AITU, which will represent Kazakhstan at the Enactus World Cup 2025 in Thailand.Assylzhan is also the founder of CortexAI, a cutting-edge multimodal AI oncology agent for early cancer diagnostics — a project already...Read More