EKTY named after D. Serikbayev opened a branch on the basis of Ust-Kamenogorsk CHPP in the direction of "Power Engineering" in December 2023.

It includes four classrooms for the educational programmes "Heat Power Engineering" and "Electric Power Engineering", also at the CHPP there is a training ground, a library with drawings, visual aids, technical and professional literature. The branch will become a key element of dual training for students to successfully master professional skills.

The co-operation between EKTY and Ust-Kamenogorsk CHPP has been going on for ten years already, since the beginning of providing the production site of CHPP for the procedure of independent qualification assessment for eight professions with the leading enterprises of VKO.

The opening of the branch is a wide opportunity for students to work directly with heating and electrical equipment and combine theoretical and practical knowledge in a timely manner. After graduation, a young specialist receives not only theoretical knowledge, but also practical skills to work in the CHPP itself. This minimises the process of transition from theory to practice and allows the student-graduates to be ready to perform any assigned tasks in the workplace immediately after employment, and in general to be more competitive in the labour market.