The Republic of Kazakhstan is a signatory to the Lisbon Recognition Convention which guides the recognition of qualifications from countries other than Kazakhstan for students who wish to study here. For more information about the Lisbon Recognition Convention, please click here.

SDU actively welcomes students from all parts of the world. Holders of foreign certificates and diplomas wishing to student at SDU must pass a nostrification/recognition procedure during their first semester of study at SDU: this is required under Article 39 of the Law on Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan, dated 27 July 2007.

SDU provides advice and support to students on the nostrification and recognition procedure. However, the University does not guarantee recognition or nostrification, and bears no responsibility if the Center of Bologna Process & Academic Mobility decides not to grant the certificate of nostrification/recognition to a particular student.

Step 1:

Bring the following document(s) from your home country:

• apostilled or legalized original diploma and its supplement/transcript
• if the surname has been changed, the document which confirms this

*According to the Minsk Convention as of August 22, 1993, academic credentials received in CIS countries (with the exception of Georgian) are not apostilled nor legalized.

Step 2:

Translate into Russian or Kazakh and notarize the following documents through local notary services:

• apostilled or legalized original diploma and its supplement/transcript
• passport copy (two copies for foreign students)
• if the surname has been changed, the document which confirms this

Step 3:

• Pay for the nostrification/ recognition procedure
• Nostrification/ recognition of the higher and postgraduate higher education = 10 MCI*
• Nostrification/ recognition of technical and professional education = 8 MCI*
• Nostrification/ recognition of the main secondary and general secondary education = 6 MCI*

RGP “CBP&AM” MON RK
RTN 62020025636
BIN 050640004360
IIC KZ236010111000227192
AO Halyk Bank
JSC BIC HSBKKZKX
Kbe 16

Step 4:

Receive Individual Identification Number in Public Service Center (for foreign students only):

Before submitting documents for nostrification/recognition procedure international students need to get an Individual Identification Number. To do this students need to submit notarized translation of their passports to the Public Service Center.

Step 5:

Submit all required documents to the Public Service Center:

• Notarized translation of diploma and its supplement/ transcript into Kazakh or Russian
• Notarized translation of student’s passport into Kazakh or Russian
• in case a surname was changed, the confirming document should be included
• Receipt about payment
• Filled-in application form for submission of documents
• Plastic binder for filing the documents

Step 6:

Get the confirmation document on submitting nostrification package to the Public Service and submit it to SDU Admissions Office.

Step 7:

Get the result of diploma nostrification/ recognition procedure from the Public Service Center (3 months at the longest) and submit it to SDU Admissions Office.