{"id":50701,"date":"2026-09-01T12:26:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T07:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/?post_type=news&p=50701"},"modified":"2026-09-01T12:44:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T07:44:54","slug":"the-new-academic-year-begins-at-mnu-2","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/en\/news\/the-new-academic-year-begins-at-mnu-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The New Academic Year Begins at MNU"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The new academic year has begun at Maqsut Narikbayev University. On Knowledge Day, classes for the fall semester commenced.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year, MNU welcomed more than 2,500 students<\/strong> to its bachelor\u2019s, master\u2019s, doctoral, MBA and DBA programs. Among them are 91 international students<\/strong> from Azerbaijan, Germany, Indonesia, Iran, China, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine. Around 43%<\/strong> of the new students are recipients of state or internal educational grants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MNU offers 28 educational programs<\/strong>. The International School of Economics welcomed the largest number of students, with 918 students<\/strong> enrolled. In addition, 68 students chose the new Artificial Intelligence and Frontier Systems: AI + X<\/strong> educational program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preparation for the new academic year was carried out intensively. The university\u2019s faculty members reviewed the course structures<\/strong>, with a focus on strengthening the fundamental component of the curriculum. Read more about the transformation of MNU\u2019s educational programs<\/a> The university also welcomed 77 new faculty members<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is worth noting that MNU\u2019s mission is: We serve people by providing high-quality and accessible education.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":50674,"template":"","news-cat":[47],"news_tag":[411],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe New Academic Year Begins at MNU - MNU<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/en\/news\/the-new-academic-year-begins-at-mnu-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The New Academic Year Begins at MNU - MNU\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The new academic year has begun at Maqsut Narikbayev University. On Knowledge Day, classes for the fall semester commenced. This year, MNU welcomed more than 2,500 students to its bachelor\u2019s, master\u2019s, doctoral, MBA and DBA programs. Among them are 91 international students from Azerbaijan, Germany, Indonesia, Iran, China, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/en\/news\/the-new-academic-year-begins-at-mnu-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MNU\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kazguuKZ\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-09-01T07:44:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/welcome-29.08-mnu-257-scaled.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1707\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/en\/news\/the-new-academic-year-begins-at-mnu-2\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/en\/news\/the-new-academic-year-begins-at-mnu-2\/\",\"name\":\"The New Academic Year Begins at MNU - MNU\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/ru\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/en\/news\/the-new-academic-year-begins-at-mnu-2\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/en\/news\/the-new-academic-year-begins-at-mnu-2\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/welcome-29.08-mnu-257-scaled.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-01T07:26:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-01T07:44:54+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/en\/news\/the-new-academic-year-begins-at-mnu-2\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/en\/news\/the-new-academic-year-begins-at-mnu-2\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/en\/news\/the-new-academic-year-begins-at-mnu-2\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/welcome-29.08-mnu-257-scaled.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/welcome-29.08-mnu-257-scaled.webp\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1707},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/en\/news\/the-new-academic-year-begins-at-mnu-2\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/kk-kz\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"The New Academic Year Begins at MNU\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/ru\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/ru\/\",\"name\":\"Maqsut Narikbayev University\",\"description\":\"To serve people providing high quality and affordable education\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/ru\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"mnu.kz\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/ru\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/ru\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Maqsut Narikbayev University\",\"alternateName\":\"\u041a\u0430\u0437\u0413\u042e\u0423\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/ru\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/ru\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mnu_logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mnu_logo.png\",\"width\":965,\"height\":309,\"caption\":\"Maqsut Narikbayev University\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/ru\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kazguuKZ\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/mnu.kz\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCunfcAqeE1B6Hy2Y61GAKdA\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/school\/maqsut-narikbayev-university\",\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@mnu.kz\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The New Academic Year Begins at MNU - MNU","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/en\/news\/the-new-academic-year-begins-at-mnu-2\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The New Academic Year Begins at MNU - MNU","og_description":"The new academic year has begun at Maqsut Narikbayev University. On Knowledge Day, classes for the fall semester commenced. This year, MNU welcomed more than 2,500 students to its bachelor\u2019s, master\u2019s, doctoral, MBA and DBA programs. Among them are 91 international students from Azerbaijan, Germany, Indonesia, Iran, China, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan […]","og_url":"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/en\/news\/the-new-academic-year-begins-at-mnu-2\/","og_site_name":"MNU","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kazguuKZ","article_modified_time":"2026-09-01T07:44:54+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1707,"url":"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/welcome-29.08-mnu-257-scaled.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/en\/news\/the-new-academic-year-begins-at-mnu-2\/","url":"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/en\/news\/the-new-academic-year-begins-at-mnu-2\/","name":"The New Academic Year Begins at MNU - MNU","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/ru\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/en\/news\/the-new-academic-year-begins-at-mnu-2\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/en\/news\/the-new-academic-year-begins-at-mnu-2\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/welcome-29.08-mnu-257-scaled.webp","datePublished":"2026-09-01T07:26:16+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-01T07:44:54+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/en\/news\/the-new-academic-year-begins-at-mnu-2\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/mnu.kz\/en\/news\/the-new-academic-year-begins-at-mnu-2\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/en\/news\/the-new-academic-year-begins-at-mnu-2\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/welcome-29.08-mnu-257-scaled.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/welcome-29.08-mnu-257-scaled.webp","width":2560,"height":1707},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/en\/news\/the-new-academic-year-begins-at-mnu-2\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c","item":"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/kk-kz\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The New Academic Year Begins at MNU"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/ru\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/ru\/","name":"Maqsut Narikbayev University","description":"To serve people providing high quality and affordable education","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/ru\/#organization"},"alternateName":"mnu.kz","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/ru\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/ru\/#organization","name":"Maqsut Narikbayev University","alternateName":"\u041a\u0430\u0437\u0413\u042e\u0423","url":"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/ru\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/ru\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mnu_logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mnu_logo.png","width":965,"height":309,"caption":"Maqsut Narikbayev University"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/ru\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kazguuKZ","https:\/\/instagram.com\/mnu.kz","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCunfcAqeE1B6Hy2Y61GAKdA","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/school\/maqsut-narikbayev-university","https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@mnu.kz"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/50701"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/50701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-cat?post=50701"},{"taxonomy":"news_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnu.kz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_tag?post=50701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}