Students
The student demographic at SDU is 4,300 active enrollees (47% male, 53% female), including 174 international students from 15 countries. In 2018-19, 46% of Kazakh students at SDU studied through a government grant which is awarded to the highest scoring students of the Unified National Testing (UNT) system, the country’s entrance exam for universities: the average enrolment points of SDU students is an impressive 107/140, which is considerably higher than the national average of 63/140.