The basic cost of tuition (excluding scholarships) at us is 2,100,000 tenge per year for Bachelor's degree and 2,500,000 for Master's degree.
There are internal grants and scholarships that can reduce tuition fees by 15 to 70%.
Internal grants are proportional to the student's academic success. At our university, about 50% of students receive scholarships!
IMPORTANT!
When applying to DKU, in addition to internal grants from international organizations, you can also apply for a state grant.
State grants are allocated for all undergraduate and graduate programs of our university!
You can apply for both the internal grant and the state grant, but if a positive decision is made about the simultaneous allocation of two grants, you will have to choose one of them, which seems the most attractive to you.
State Grants
You can win a state grant for all undergraduate and graduate programs at our university.
Internal grants
About 40% of DKU undergraduate and graduate students receive grants/scholarships each year from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) or the German Ministry of the Interior.
All grants/scholarships are awarded on a competitive basis. The decision to award grants is made by the scholarship committee. The meeting of the scholarship committee and the announcement of the results takes place at the end of August.
All scholarships/grants are awarded for one academic year!
Both BA and MA applicants wishing to receive one or another type of internal grant/scholarship must:
1. To pass online registration of applicants at the link univer.dku.kz/abiturient_user/register/.
All fields must be filled in, otherwise your scholarship application will not be displayed in the program.
2. During the online registration process, submit your scholarship application. When applying, the types of scholarships for which the applicant is applying must be noted. For each type of scholarship, a specific set of documents must be uploaded to the portal. All the required documents are uploaded while submitting the online application. Only those applications that contain a complete set of documents attached to them are submitted to the scholarship committee for consideration.
If not a complete set of documents is submitted, the applicant is not allowed to participate in the competition.
Acceptance of grant applications and related documents begins June 1, 2025.
The deadline for submission of applications is August 10, 2025.
DAAD - German Academic Exchange Service
DAAD study grants are awarded to applicants (BA and MA), undergraduate and graduate students of DKU for good academic performance.
These grants are also granted to foreign students (WA and MA). Foreign applicants are applicants who have citizenship of another country and have graduated from a school or university in their home country.
THE GRANT AMOUNT IS UP TO 50% OF THE TUITION FEE.
Living grants are provided to non-resident and foreign applicants (VA and MA), students and masters of DKU for good academic performance, living further than 35 km from Almaty.
Criteria for selection of applicants for internal grant:
for BA applicants
DKU internal admission procedure (test score in subjects + score in foreign language)
average certificate score
UNT score
for foreign BA applicants
internal admission procedure DKU (test score for subjects + score for foreign language)
average certificate score
for MA applicants
comprehensive testing MES RK
oral interview in English at DKU
for foreign MA applicants
pass the DKU internal admission procedure
oral interview on English language in DKU
Documents required for participation in the competition
fоr BA applicants
online application form
copy of school certificate and its attachment
copy of UNT certificate
for living scholarships - screen shot from egov website with permanent residence address
for foreign BA applicants
online application
copy of school certificate and its annexes
passport scan
for MA applicants
online application
copy of bachelor's diploma and its attachment
copy of the comprehensive testing certificate of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan
for living scholarships - screen shot from egov website with permanent residence address
for foreign MA applicants
online application
copy of bachelor's diploma and its attachment
passport scan
(subject to their allocation to the university)
Scholarships are awarded to applicants (BA and MA), undergraduate and graduate students of German nationality for good academic performance. These grants are distributed to applicants who participated in the competition for the DAAD study grants and were not awarded this type of grant in the general competition (point 1). The distribution of grants takes place in October/November.
Criteria for selection of applicants for the grant:
for BA applicants
DKU internal admission procedure (subject test score + language score)
average certificate score
UNT score
for MA applicants
comprehensive testing MES RK
oral interview in English at DKU
Required documents:
online application
scan of ID card showing German nationality (or ID card of one of the parents)
