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EXPERT OPINION
students will have the right to legally
work for two years in England. Compare
this to what parents pay in other
countries for four years of study. Thus,
upon graduation, the student will receive
a much better diploma than if he or she
studied in the Czech Republic, Malaysia
or in other countries. That is, we can give
parents what they want at a lower cost.
The student at the same time remains
under their parent’s supervision at the
very beginning, and then, when ready, he
or she leaves. The money parents saved
can be invested in a master’s education,
which is now more important than a
bachelor’s.
What higher education institutions
do you partner with in dual degree
programs?
For the Business School, our partner is
the University of Coventry in the UK.
They rank 14th as best universities in
the UK. For specialized programs, we
have an agreement with the institute
La Rochelle in France, specializing in
tourism. This program is considered the
best in ‘tourism’ and is taught in English.
Business School dual degrees are the
easiest because business education is the
same all over the world. The most difficult
thing is law: English and American law
are very different from ours. Moreover,
in America Law is only offered as a
post-bachelor's program. So, organizing
a dual degree program is difficult then
when it comes to studying the law. But
we have different approaches here. We
have created a dual degree program
with the Financial University under the
President of Russia, because Russian
law and ours are more or less similar.
This gives our students access to a wider
market. We also have an agreement with
Penn State University in the USA to take
a significant number of undergraduate
students for one semester as well as one
person for free and ten others for their
LLM program at a discount of $ 40,000.
Coventry also wants to work under with
us under the Law program, and we are
trying to harmonize this process. We
will look at the options. For the College
of Arts and Sciences faculty, which
teaches Political Science, Ecology and
Sustainable Development, most likely
our partner will be with Birkbeck College
London University, which is one of the
five best in the UK.
It’s been very interesting working with
the UK right now because they stand to
lose many of their European students
due to Brexit. They are looking for
partners outside the European Union
and are ready to give very interesting
conditions that they most likely would
not have given before. It is more difficult
to do such programs with American
universities. We have an agreement with
the University of Illinois in Chicago for a
Public Policy program. Students will study
for one year there, and we are trying to
get a discount for them so that the cost
is more or less acceptable, in contrast
to the total cost of annual tuition at
about $ 40,000. It’s also worth adding
daily expenses, and so on, it is unlikely
that someone will want to go there when
you can study in the UK for much less
money. We have an agreement with a
Chinese partner, Beijing University of
Political Science and Law. One of the
best in China. In any case, we will offer a
choice. We will watch for a certain period
how our students study, what they get
from this, knowing we can always adjust
the educational process. When we are
the best, we will have other partners.
We understand who we are, where we
are and the unique programs we can
provide for Kazakhstan that will create
competitive graduates who can work
both in Kazakhstan and abroad.
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