Kazakh-British Technical University provides training for PhD students based on Master’s degree educational programs.

Admission requirements to PhD programs of KBTU are:

• a Master’s degree
• a certificate upon completion of pedagogical sessions for persons with a master's degree in a specialized field
• a Master’s degree or a diploma of higher vocational training equal in value to a Master’s degree for DBA applicants;
• at least one year work experience in the field

KBTU accepts applications for groups of educational doctoral programs on the terms of training for the state educational order as part of targeted training and on paid basis at the expense of a student or other sources.

 

Educational doctoral programs of KBTU

 

№	Educational program code	Master’s educational programs	Educational program
Faculty of Energy and Oil and Gas Industry
1	D115	Oil Engineering	Oil and Gas Industry
Scientific and Educational Center of Chemical Engineering
2	D097	Chemical Engineering and Processes	Chemical Technology of Organic Substances
3			Chemical Technology of Non-organic Substances
4			Oil Chemistry
Faculty of Information Technology
5	D094	Information Technologies	Computer Science, Computer Engineering and Management
Scientific and Educational Center of Mathematics and Cybernetics
6	D094	Information Technologies	Mathematical and Computer Modeling
Business School
7	D072	Management and Administration	Management
8			Project Management
9			Business Administration DBA
Scientific and Educational Center of Alternative Energy and Nanotechnology
10	D108	Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology (within a particular field)	Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology (within a particular field)

 

The procedure for examinations and admission to doctoral studies

 

 

On a competitive basis, persons who scored the highest scores for the entrance exam are enrolled on a doctoral program according to state educational order.

 

Scale for transferring points to the grading system for admission to doctoral studies

 

Points out of 100	Grades out of 5
95–100	Excellent (5)
90–94
85–89	Good (4)
80–84
75–79
70–74
65–69	Satisfactory (3)
60–64
55–59
50–54
30–49	Poor (2)

 

Individuals graduated from a Master's program should submit a certificate of completing pedagogical sessions of the established standard upon their enrollment in PhD. Otherwise, holders of a Master’s degree in the same specialty as the doctoral program they are applying for will need to do an additional postgraduate educational program in Pedagogy.

 

Content of the postgraduate educational program in Pedagogy for individuals graduating from a Master’s program in the same field.

 

№ п/п	Groups of disciplines and activities	Total workload
		In academic hours	in academic credits
1.	Theoretical training	600	20
1.1	Basic disciplines (BD)	600	20
1)	University Component (UC):
	including:
	History and Philosophy of the Science
	Higher Education Pedagogy
	Pedagogical Internship
2)	Elective Component (EC)
1.2	Major Disciplines (MD)	300	10
1)	University Component (UC)
2)	Elective Component (EC)
	Total	At least 900	At least 30

 

 If the profile of the doctoral educational program coincides with the master's program, the learning outcomes of the previous education level are automatically recognized; if the profile of the doctoral educational program does not coincide with the master's program, pre-requisites are set for the doctoral candidate to familiarize.

The list of the mandatory prerequisites is defined by the relevant faculty and is reflected in the program of entrance examinations. In case of absence of the necessary prerequisites, the doctoral candidate has the right to master them on a paid basis before the start of training. The schedule for passing prerequisites is reviewed and approved at the faculties.

 

List of prerequisites required for doctoral studies

 

 

№	Group code of the educational program	Group names of doctoral educational programs	Educational Program	List of prerequisite disciplines
1	D094	Information technologies	Computer science, computer engineering and control	Prerequisites are not provided
2	D072	Management and control	Management	Human Resource management
3			Project management	Project management
4			Business administration	Prerequisites are not provided
5	D094	Information technologies	Mathematical and computer modelling	Linear algebra; Calculus 1,2,3; Differential geometry; Equations of mathematical physics.
6	D108	Nanomaterials and nanotechnologies (by fields of application)	Nanomaterials and nanotechnologies (by fields of application)	Solid state physics; Semiconductor physics.
7	D115	Petroleum engineering	Petroleum engineering	Introduction to petroleum engineering; Techniques and technology for the development of oil and gas field.
8	D097	Chemical engineering and processes	Chemical technology of organic substances	General chemical technology; Organic chemistry.
9			Petrochemistry	General Chemical technology; Chemistry of oil and gas; Technology of oil and gas refining.
10			Chemical technology of non-organic substances	General Chemical technology; Production technology of mom-organic substances.
11	D117	Metallurgical engineering	Metallurgy	Theory of metallurgic processes
12	D101	Materials science and technology of new materials	Materials science and technology of new materials	Solid state physics; Semiconductor physics. Mechanical properties of metals

 

Changes may be made in the list of prerequisites in the event of changes in the curriculum of the doctoral educational programs.

Prerequisites and programs of post-graduate education of pedagogical profile are mastered on paid basis.

Entrance exam for applicants wishing to enter KBTU is held only in KBTU within the groups of doctoral educational programs.

Persons entering the KBTU educational program groups are exempted from entrance exams for doctoral studies if they have an international certificate of passing the standardized Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) test with scores according to the table.

 

The scale for the transfer of points of the international certificate of the standardized test GRE into the points of the entrance exam for PhD program.

 

International Standardized test GRE			Entrance exams
Test sections	Points for Education Areas "Pedagogical sciences", areas of training "Humanities", "Social Sciences"	Points for education areas “Natural science, mathematics and statistics”, “Information-Communication technologies”, “Engineering, manufacturing and construction industries”, areas of personnel training “Business and management”		Points
Quantitative Reasoning	Not less than 159 points	Not less than 164 points	Entrance exam on the educational program group profile	100
Verbal Reasoning	Not less than 149 points	Not less than 145 points	International certificate confirming a foreign language proficiency in accordance with common-European competencies (standards) of foreign language knowledge.	100
Analytical Writing	Not less than 3 points	Not less than 2 points

 

Threshold requirements of international certificates confirming foreign language knowledge

 

Applicants to the PhD program are required to provide international certificates confirming knowledge of English in accordance with the common-European competencies (standards) of knowledge of a foreign language.

 

International certificate	Threshold point not less than/ not lower than
IELTS	5,5
IELTS INDICATOR	5,5
Duolingo English Test	85
TOEFL ITP	460 points
TOEFL IBT	46 points
TOEFL PBT	453 points
CEFR	level B2
DSH (German language)	Niveau С1/level C1
TFI (French language)	Level В2
DELF (French language)	Level B2
DALF (French language)	Level В2
TCF (French language)	50 points

 

* Threshold points may vary – regulated by MES RoK

The authenticity of the submitted certificates is checked by the admissions committee.

Persons who have graduated from foreign universities in the countries whose state or official language is English and have specialized accreditation of foreign accredited bodies included in the registers and (or) associations of accreditation bodies of the member states of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) during 5 years do not provide international certificates confirming knowledge of a foreign language in accordance with the common-European competencies (standards) of knowledge of a foreign language specified in this paragraph.

The applicant who submitted documents for PhD programs of the Business School, SEC CE, SEC MC, FGGE before passing the entrance exams should speak at the faculty meeting with the presentation of the concept of the dissertation research. The package of documents required for admission to doctoral studies, the applicant submits only upon receipt of a positive recommendation by the Academic Teaching Staff.

For the period of entrance examinations for PhD studies at KBTU, examination commissions are created according to the groups of educational programs. The creation of one examination committee in related areas of training is allowed.

Examination committees according to the groups of educational programs are formed from the number of the Academic teaching staff, KBTU employees with a doctorate degree or a candidate of science or Ph.D. degree in the corresponding profile.

The members of the examination committees with the indication of their chairmen is approved by order of the Rector (Chairman of the Board) of KBTU.

20 (twenty) calendar days before the exams, KBTU sends a schedule of entrance examinations for groups of educational doctoral programs to the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The results of the entrance exam are documented in a sheet of assessments and the protocol of the committee in free form, which are transmitted to the responsible secretary of the admissions committee (his deputy) to announce the results. The protocol of the committee is signed by the chairman and all members of the committee present.

The results of entrance exams are announced on the day they are held.

Within 3 (three) calendar days after the completion of the entrance exam for groups of educational programs of KBTU to the authorized body in the field of education, the final report on the organization and conduct of the entrance exam in any form, as well as copies of orders on the results of the entrance exam.

Enrollment in the number of doctoral students is carried out by the admissions committee on the basis of the entrance exam for groups of educational programs of doctoral studies and a certificate confirming knowledge of a foreign language in accordance with the common-European competencies (standards) of foreign language proficiency.

 

When enrolled at KBTU, Doctoral students choose an educational program from the list of available ones at their own discretion.

Applicants are enrolled into the targeted Doctoral (PhD) programs on State educational contracts on a competitive basis.

Applications for remaining places under the state educational contracts, including targeted ones, are sent back to the education authorized bodies for further redistribution among OHPE by groups of postgraduate education programs, deadline is September 5 of the calendar year.

Within 10 calendar days KBTU has to submit to the education authorized bodies the final admission report, as well as copies of orders for enrolment in Master and PhD programs on the State educational contracts.

 

KBTU Doctoral Program Applicants

submit the following documents

 

№	List of documents	Comments
	Application addressed to the Rector (Chairman of the Management Board) in free form
	Photocopy of the  valid identity document
	Academic degree certificate (original, scan)	Master’s Degree Diploma
	A valid international certificate confirming proficiency in a foreign language	With the threshold score
	Resume
	List of scientific and methodological works (scientific publications, research plan, essays and other documents) for the last 3 calendar years	If available
	Six 3x4 centimeter size photographs
	Medical certificate form 086-У, approved by Order No. 907	Verified by KBTU Medical Service Center
	Personal data sheet or another document confirming employment	Verified  by the Human Resources department at the work place
	Two letters of recommendation	From scientific and/or academic degree holders having significant practical and/or research experience
	Statement of Research Purpose	Presentation of the research rationale at the Faculty meeting  a week before the entrance exam at KBTU
	Scientific background on the research topic	A list of publications, conference participation  over the past 2-3 years, directly related to the research topic (25-30%) or an abstract of the future study

 

The originals are provided together with copies of documents for reconciliation. After reconciliation, the originals are returned. The original academic degree certificate is stored at KBTU until the end of doctoral studies.

 

* Strong request!

Before submitting your academic degree certificate, make sure that you have a scan or a notarized copy, since the original of your academic degree certificate is kept at the university until the date of graduating the university.

 

Admission on the State Educational Contract

(Educational grant)

 

To be enrolled in a Doctoral program an applicant has to submit an international certificate confirming his/her foreign language proficiency in accordance with Common European competencies (standards) of foreign language proficiency and pass an entrance exam on the major of educational doctoral programs with the result of minimum 50 points out of maximum 100 points.

Applicants scored minimum 75 points out of maximum 100 points are enrolled in doctoral program on a state educational contract on a competitive basis.

 If competition results are the same, an applicant with the highest score in the group of the educational program receives the priority right upon enrolling in a doctoral program.

Then such scientific achievements corresponding to the educational program profile are taken into account as: scientific publications, including publications in journals ranking in 1, 2 quartiles according to the Journal Citation Reports of the Clarivate Analytics Web of Science database for the last 3 calendar years; certificates of innovations and research; certificates of scientific scholarships, grants; certificates/diplomas for participation in scientific conferences and competitions.

 

Admission on

DBA Business Administration program

 

Kazakh-British Technical University runs DBA "Business Administration" program on the basis of Master's degree programs (a Master's degree or higher special education equivalent to a specialized Master's degree is obligatory).

The admissions committee accepts applications for the DBA educational program "Business Administration" during the year. The DBA program is run on a fee paid basis.

The KBTU doctoral program DBA is designed to train managerial personnel, senior managers having practical experience, as well as people interested in conducting applied research to introduce and develop modern management concepts and models.

When students are enrolled in DBA program, KBTU structural divisions that implement these programs conduct entrance exams, which are mandatory for all forms of training. The structural subdivision of KBTU implementing the DBA program (Center for Postgraduate Education//Business School) determine the form, content, as well as the procedure for conducting entrance exams at its own discretion.

When mastering DBA program, it is possible to get credits transfer, not more than 50% of theoretical training, only for those educational disciplines that were studied within a course of the main professional educational programs of the corresponding level and/or additional educational programs

Upon completion of DBA program, graduates are awarded with the state diploma of the academic degree in "Doctor of Business Administration" and an appendix to the diploma (transcript), a list of studied disciplines with grades and number of credits.

 

 

Contacts of the admissions committee

Postgraduate educational programs:

 

Almaty, Tole bi St., 59 (corner of Abylay Khan St., Old Square)

Schedule of the admissions committee:

Monday – Friday: 9:00 - 19:00

Saturday:                9:00 - 13:00

Contacts:

8 (727) 357 42 77;

8 (727) 357 42 82;

8 (707) 020 2132

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