Forum Analytics: INNOVATE SHAKARIM UNIVERSITY
On May 4, 2025, at Shakarim University:
14 key events took place
3 meaningful meetings with Rector Duman Orynбекov:
– With top high school graduates from Semey — over 1,200 participants
– With prospective master’s students — 300+ participants
– With outstanding college graduates — 200+ participants
Over 30 startup projects were presented at the Innovation Fair
Final round of the “Intellectual Battle–2025” tournament
12 matches of the Kazakh wrestling tournament “Shakarim Barysy”
Launch of landscape architecture and greening projects
Seminars for career guidance specialists, educators, and psychologists
Dozens of volunteers from Turkey, China, USA, France, England, and Poland
Over 4,500 participants and guests attended events at Shakarim University in a single day
KEY POINT: The Forum as a Launchpad for Regional Renewal
The INNOVATE SHAKARIM UNIVERSITY forum was not just a series of events — it became the intellectual mirror of the region, its challenges, and the solutions of the future.
During the rector’s meetings with the three core target groups (school graduates, master’s applicants, and college graduates), themes of choice, growth, and responsibility were central.
This was a direct conversation with a strong message.
Main emphasis: “Shakarim University is a point of convergence. This is where the next level begins.”
A QUOTE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN, KASSYM-JOMART TOKAYEV:
“Today we need not only specialists, but people capable of shaping a new culture of labor. We are putting our trust in the regions. In competence. In responsibility.”
Shakarim University has shown that it is ready to act.
Why was this forum relevant to every resident of the Abai Region — every producer, official, and entrepreneur?
Because this is where future reformers of industry are being nurtured
This is where knowledge meets skilled trades
This is where true work with youth is being done — not just formal reporting
This is where you can meet the region’s future face-to-face
The Forum Demonstrated:
The university’s readiness to assume academic and educational responsibility for the region
The rising demand for master’s degrees and dual education models
Real steps to support vocational professions through applied knowledge
The active involvement of students in projects: from startups to agrotech laboratories
TOMORROW STARTS HERE
INNOVATE SHAKARIM UNIVERSITY as a Manifesto
What does this manifesto say?
True modernization does not begin in the capital cities or megacities — it starts in the regions.
Today, we are speaking about the Abai Region.
And it begins with attention, dialogue, solutions, and people.
Shakarim University is where the regional pulse originates.
Stay tuned for more.
Shakarim University. INNOVATE. LEAD. TRANSFORM.
