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.

 

The Kazakh-British Technical University offers PhD study programs in the following areas.

FACULTY OF ENERGY AND OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY

Petroleum Engineering

 

FACULTY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Informatics, Computer Technology and Control

 

BUSINESS SCHOOL

Management

Project Management

DВА (Business Administration)

 

SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS AND CYBERNETICS

Mathematical and Computer Modeling

 

EDUCATION RESEARCH CENTER OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Chemical Technology of Organic Substances

Chemical Technology of Inorganic Substances

Petrochemistry

 

EDUCATION RESEARCH CENTER OF ALTERNATIVE ENERGY AND NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology

 

EDUCATION RESEARCH CENTER OF MATERIAL AND CORROSION SCIENCE

Metallurgy

Material Science and New Materials Technology

 

KAZAKHSTAN MARITIME ACADEMY

Offshore Engineering and Shipping operations

Transport Engineering and Planning

 

Admission Procedure

 

 

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	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
	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 of the documents should be submitted together with their above-mentioned copies for verification. After verification the original documents are returned to the owner.

 

*Important!

 

Please make sure that you have a scanned or notarized copy of the document confirming your Bachelor degree before submitting your documents, since the original of your diploma(s)will be stored at the university until your graduation.

 

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 in post-graduate educational programs:

Almaty, Tole bi street (corner of Abylay khan street and the Old square)

Work hours of the Admissions committee:

Monday- Friday:               9:00 - 19:00

Saturday:                          9:00 - 13:00

Contact phones:

8 (727) 357 42 77;

8 (727) 357 42 82;

8 (707) 020 2132

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