Management

“Management” specialty is one of the most prestigious and at the same time difficult specialties in the economic sphere, which is focused on training highly qualified managers with developed vocabulary, analytical mind, high stress tolerance, ability to defend the interests of the company.

Currently, in the conditions of globalization of world economy, in the labor market the need for specialists with a systematic view of management is increasing every day.

Now, a new managerial elite is being formed everywhere in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The general objective of “6В04101 – Management” Educational program is to train specialists of economic profile, competitive in the labor market, demanded by modern enterprises and market structures, able to effectively adapt to dynamically changing social and professional conditions of activity, having a high level of readiness for the implementation of basic professional functions capable to constructively influence the nature and direction of the development of professional spheres of their activities, possessing skills of organizational work and management.

Code: 6В04101

Academic degree: Bachelor

Form of education: full-time, full-time with a shortened period of study

Training period:

• 4 years after secondary education
• 3 years after secondary vocational education
• 2 years after higher education

Actual and exclusive courses

• Introduction to entrepreneurship;
• Ethics and legal support of business;
• Business administration tools;
• Business organization;
• Management solutions in business;
• Management of innovative activity of the enterprise;
• HR Management;
• Economic Analysis Tools;
• Practical management;
• Start-up;
• The economy governance in the context of technological modernization.

Our partners

• University of Applied Sciences Zittau-Gerlitz, Germany;
• Varna Free University, Bulgaria
• “Triple Helix” International Association;
• Faculty of Economics of the Moscow State University named after M. Lomonosov;
• Berjaya University, College of Hospitality, Malaysia;
• Istanbul Arel University, Turkey;
• Kastamonu University, Turkey;
• Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University. Yeltsin;
• Latvia Business College;
• Virginia International University;
• Erzincan University, Turkey;
• Kent State University, USA

International programs

• Institute of World Economy and Finance, Astrakhan, Russia;
• Institute of Management and Business of J. Balasagyn KNU., Kyrgyz Republic;
• Varna Free University, Bulgaria;
• Latvia Business College.

Career prospects (professions)

The main feature of the managerial profession is its versatility, which allows graduates to be in demand at enterprises of all forms of ownership and in all sectors of the economy. The profession provides excellent career opportunities, especially if such valuable employers’ skills as managerial and organizational talent, initiative and interpersonal skills are added to the acquired knowledge of the graduate.

The career of a graduate with the qualification “manager” can develop in two main areas: as a manager and as an entrepreneurial.

In managerial career, there are positions of primary, secondary and higher levels. The following professional growth is possible here: assistant manager → manager → head of department → leading specialist → project manager → head of department → vice president → president. Usually, graduate managers begin their careers from a mid-level perspective.

If you are attracted by opening your own business and you choose an entrepreneurial career, then career growth is possible from the owner of a small business to the owner of a well-known powerful corporation.

In modern conditions of economic development management has become one of the most important professions. Preparation of highly qualified specialists in the field of management is the basis for the formation of a competitive advantage of business structures.

Master’s program in the specialty “Management” is intended for:

• acquisition of fundamental and applied knowledge in the issues of innovative management of production processes in organizations of various organizational and legal forms
• preparation of managers in public administration and business
• preparation of scientific staff for the system of higher, postgraduate education and scientific-research sector of the economy.

Code: 

7M04102 – Scientific and pedagogical direction

7M04109 – Profile direction

Academic degree: Master of economic sciences; Master of economics and business

Two entrance exams:

• In a foreign language;
• In the specialty.

Form of study: full time

Study languages: Kazakh, Russian

Directions and terms of study:

• Scientific and pedagogical direction – 2 years;
• Profile direction – 1 year

Study conditions: provided by state grants and on a fee basis

Features of the program

• Combining research career and work in business structures;
• Participation of representatives of the Kazakhstani large business, managers of foreign companies, the heads of government agencies, as well as foreign teachers;
• The educational process is built on the use of active teaching methods: practical exercises, case studies, business games, working on group projects;
• In order to develop a policy of multilingualism, the educational program includes modules in English;
• Scientific seminars, where leading representatives of Kazakhstan and foreign business sphere and state structures perform;
• A system of foreign internships in leading universities of the world, in which students can undergo semestrial and one-year training in the mode of educational exchange programs has been worked out, with the possibility of offsetting the disciplines passed there;
• Research practice and scientific internships at the Institutes of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
• Production and pre-diploma practice in the best domestic and foreign companies of Kazakhstan;
• Extensive learning opportunities for double degree programs. Listeners of double degree programs are studied at once in two universities on the integrated curriculum.
• According to the results of study graduates receive diplomas of both universities.

Actual and exclusive courses

• Business leadership
• Innovative entrepreneurial activity
• Organization development management
• Practical aspects of innovative activity
• Organization of business in the national and international market
• Innovative development of the economy
• Theory and practice of project activity
• Strategic management

Our partners

• Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov, Russia
• St. Petersburg State Economic University, Russia
• University of Applied Sciences / Hochschule Zittau/Görlitz , Germany
• University of Pécs / Pécsi Tudományegyetem, Hungary
• University of Economics – Varna, Bulgaria
• Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation, Malaysia
• Institute of World Economy and International Relations (Kazakhstan)
• Institute of Economics of the Committee of Science of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• ABC Almaty Bank Training Centre
• International Entrepreneurial Academy ID-GROUP
• International Leadership Institute, Kazakhstan
• LLP Coca-Cola Almaty Bottlers
• LLP Samsung Electronics Kazakhstan
• SB JSC Sberbank of Russia
• JSC Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan
• JSC Kazkommertsbank
• JSC Eurasian Bank
• RSI “Consumer Protection Department of the Almaty of the Committee for the Protection of Consumer Rights of the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan”
• LLP “KazSert Almaty”

International cooperation

International cooperation is one of the important components of educational activity in the context of globalization and international integration. “Turan” University, within the framework of established international relations, strive to conform with foreign standards in professional preparation of specialists, to develop cooperation with international organizations and educational institutions (partner universities), diplomatic organizations; to implement international cultural, educational and research programs and projects; to organize the training of students, undergraduates and doctoral candidates, internships of teaching staff and university staff abroad; to conduct international scientific conferences, seminars, summer schools, language courses; to invite foreign specialists for internships, work on joint projects, lectures, conduct business trainings, etc.

You have an opportunity to take part in scholarship programs and academic mobility programs:

• International scholarship “Bolashak”;
• Grants of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
• Scholarships of the Fund of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan – the Leader of the Nation;
• Scholarship program “Public Education with UnionPay/ “Halyk Education with UnionPay” scholarship program”;
• Chevening – British government scholarship;
• Fulbright scholarship, USA;
• ERASMUS +;
• DAAD – German Academic Exchange Service;
• Scholarship program of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V.), Germany;
• The academic exchange program MEVLANA, Turkey;
• The Program of Edmund Muskie (Muskie), USA;
• The “Confucius Institute Scholarship” program, China;
• Endeavor Awards international educational program, Australia.

You have an opportunity to acquire useful practical social and entrepreneurial experience by becoming a member of international student organizations and associations:

• AIESEC – International Social Internship Program;
• ENACTUS – International program of entrepreneurial student projects;
• “Triple Helix” International Association.

«Turan» University carries out international cooperation within the framework of agreements with leading foreign partner universities:

• London School of Marketing, United Kingdom
• University of Pécs / Pécsi Tudományegyetem, Hungary
• Virginia International University, USA
• The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State University),USA
• St. Cloud State University, USA
• University of Applied Sciences / Hochschule Zittau/Görlitz , Germany
• Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation, Malaysia
• University of Economics – Varna, Bulgaria
• Moscow State University, Russian
• Russian Foreign Trade Academy, Russian
• Saint-Petersburg State University of Economics, Russian
• Institute of World Economics & Finance, Russian
• Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
• “Synergy” University, Russia
• Hitit University / Hitit Üniversitesi, Turkey

Career prospects (professions)

Master’s degree in management is widely applicable in various fields and significantly expands career development opportunities. In connection with the growing need for highly qualified management specialists, many Kazakhstan and international companies need masters, who are able to apply new methods and technologies in the field of management.

Academic Master’s degree in “Management” provides job opportunities for the following positions:

• manager of middle and senior level, including top manager of national and international companies
• business analyst in large and medium-sized companies
• specialist of state and local government bodies
• teacher at universities and colleges

The holders of a Master’s degree of economic sciences have an opportunity to continue their studies in doctorate, where they can receive the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). This will contribute to successful professional career advancement in the research, project-economic, analytical, organizational, administrative and pedagogical fields of activity.

The PhD program in the specialty “Management” is built on the strengthened integration of educational, methodological and research activities, focused on preparing of scientific and pedagogical staff in the field of social and economic sciences.

Author’s courses, professorial scientific seminars, guest lectures, master-classes of famous scientists and experts form the basis of the fundamental educational doctorate program. Scientific and applied research of doctoral students is conducted within the framework of scientific schools of leading scientists of Kazakhstan.

Code: 8D04102

Academic degree: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Two entrance exams:

• in a foreign language;
• in the specialty.

Form of study: full-time

Terms of study: 3 years

Study languages: Kazakh, Russian

Study conditions: provided by state grants and on a fee basis

Eductional programs

The strategic priority of the graduating department is scientific and research work. Fundamental and applied scientific researches on actual economic problems are conducted by the leading professorial and teaching staff of the department. Doctoral students of the specialty “Management” are involved in the research projects of the department.

Themes of fundamental research projects

• Integration effects of economic interaction within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union
• Integration Effects of Cooperation in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU)

Themes of applied scientific projects:

• Management of the process of internationalization in higher educational institutions of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Actual problems of state and local government
• The mechanism of formation and development of “green” business in Kazakhstan
• Formation of the ecosystem of innovative entrepreneurship in the Republic of Kazakhstan

In this context, the research work of the department is an integral part of the educational process in general, the most important factor in strengthening intellectual potential, the basis for the continuous updating of educational and methodological support.

Features of the program

• Training in the most modern methods of the economic analysis;
• Combining research career and work in business structures;
• Co-supervisors of doctoral dissertations are the world’s leading scientists in the field of management;
• The possibility of publishing the results of scientific research in the periodical publication of the university – the scientific journal “Bulletin of the “Turan” University, included in the list of publications recommended by CCSES MES RK for publication of scientific results;
• Participation of representatives of the Kazakhstani large business, managers of foreign companies, the heads of government agencies, as well as foreign teachers in the educational process;
• Organization of research activity in close contact with the leading domestic and foreign scientists;
• Obligatory scientific internship with foreign scientific consultants from the leading scientific and educational centers of the USA, France, Germany, Switzerland, Malaysia, China, Russia and other countries;
• Partnership with leading foreign universities, intensive international contacts and exchange of experience with scientists from leading world universities provide the educational process with modern programs that meet the quality standards of leading foreign universities;
• The possibility of defending a doctoral dissertation in the Dissertational Council of the “Turan” University in the specialty “6D050700-Management” and obtaining the highest scientific qualification – Ph.D.

Actual and exclusive courses

• Theoretical and practical bases of management
• International Management
• Features of doing business at the current stage
• Strategic management and controlling
• Foreign management experience
• Current trends in the development of Kazakhstan’s business
• PhD Proposals for Publications

Our partners

• Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov, Russia
• St. Petersburg State Economic University, Russia
• University of Applied Sciences / Hochschule Zittau/Görlitz , Germany
• The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State University), USA
• University of Pécs / Pécsi Tudományegyetem, Hungary
• University of Economics – Varna, Bulgaria
• Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation, Malaysia
• Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Russia
• Institute of World Economy and International Relations (Kazakhstan)
• Institute of Economics of the Committee of Science of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• ABC Almaty Bank Training Centre
• International Entrepreneurial Academy ID-GROUP
• International Leadership Institute, Kazakhstan

Career prospects (professions)

The fundamental knowledge, skills and habits acquired during the doctoral studies significantly improve the prospects for employment and career development inside and outside the academic sphere.

Non-academic labor market becomes the sphere of labor supply of an increasing number of doctoral students. The competences obtained by doctoral candidates correspond to the expectations of employers, who highly appreciate the potential that doctors possess, their research capabilities, the ability to integrate knowledge from different sources and the ability to work on the boundaries of academic and professional knowledge.

• Teachers, academic staff of higher educational institutions;
• Heads, top-managers of the organization;
• Employees of state and local government;
• Change management and business communication professionals;
• Analysts, consultants of information and analytical centers;
• Experts of scientific – research and consulting organizations.