During the competition, the most important factor is the applicant's score.
First, grants are awarded to graduates with the highest scores who have chosen that specialty. Only after that (once the general grants have been distributed) are various quotas considered.
Quotas provided during the grant competition:
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Quota for orphans and children left without parental care – 1%
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Quota for persons equated by benefits and guarantees to participants and disabled veterans of the Great Patriotic War – 0.5%
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Quota for citizens from among persons with Group I and II disabilities, disabled since childhood, and disabled children – 1%
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Quota for persons of Kazakh nationality who are not citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan – 4%
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Quota for children from families raising four or more minor children – 5%
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Quota for children from families with an incomplete family status for at least three years – 1%
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Quota for children from families raising children disabled from childhood or persons with Group I and II disabilities – 1%
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This year, the total quota for children from socially vulnerable families will increase up to 15%.
The State Nominal Scholarship is awarded in accordance with the Resolution of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 175 ("On the approval of the State Nominal Scholarship") dated February 24, 2011, and the number of places is approved by the order of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan. According to the requirements, 3rd and 4th-year students must have "excellent" academic performance results throughout the year.
Nominal scholarships provided by physical and legal entities are awarded to full-time students of technical and vocational education organizations, as well as to students receiving post-secondary, higher, and postgraduate education.
The state scholarship is awarded and paid to students, interns, master's students, doctoral students, residency trainees, and trainees of preparatory departments of higher education institutions (except for students of vocational lyceums) studying full-time under the state educational order in educational organizations.
The state scholarship is awarded to students, interns, and master's students studying under the state educational order, as well as those transferred to study under the state educational order, who have received the equivalent of "good" or "excellent" grades based on the results of the examination session or interim assessment of students. It is paid monthly from the first day of the month following the examination session or interim assessment, up to and including the end of the month in which the semester ends.
