D121 Number of the educational program group
Since 2024, doctors have been trained in the profile of Education program 8D07204 - Geology and exploration of mineral deposits.
Before applying to Doctoral program, it is mandatory to have a certificate confirming proficiency in a foreign language and an official certificate of passing the state language exam (KAZTEST) issued by the NTC. The examination in the specialties of postgraduate education includes disciplines of the mandatory component of the cycle of basic and core disciplines of the professional master's degree curriculum: "Mineral deposits of Kazakhstan", "Methods of prospecting and forecasting of deposits", "Geotectonics", "Modeling of ore objects".
Young scientific personnel are being trained in the field of developing scientific foundations of methods, technologies and means of exploring the surface and bowels of the Earth. To improve the search and exploration of new mineral deposits. Graduates of the OP who possess the skills and abilities of cognitive, practical, and experimental activities are in great demand in the labor market of our country, near and far abroad.
Key competencies being formed:
- Demonstrate innovation and independence in work and educational activities in new contexts that require solving problems related to a variety of factors.
- Demonstrate the ability of sustained interest in the development of new ideas or processes and a high level of understanding of the processes of scientific cognition
- Willingness to participate in the work of the research team to solve scientific, socio-economic and technical problems
- The ability to be a leader, guided by generally accepted social norms and criteria
- Analyze, evaluate, compare and synthesize new methods and ideas, making strategic decisions in the field of geology and exploration of mineral deposits
In accordance with agreements on cooperation preparation is carried out in collaboration with leading foreign scientists from prestigious universities:
- Museum of Natural History, London, Great Britain;
- Institute of Geology and Mineralogy of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Novosibirsk, Russia;
- Michigan Technological University, USA;
- Tomsk State Polytechnical University, Tomsk, Russia;
- University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw , Poland;
- Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
Doctoral students are trained for production activities at leading enterprises :
- Kazakhmys Corporation LLC;
- Kazzinc LTD;
- Polymetal International plc;
- «Topaz» Geological Exploration Company;
- «GEOS» LLP;
- «Geo.KZ» LLP and others.
