Regional studies - University Turan

Code of the educational program: 6B03102

Academic degree: Bachelor of Social Studies

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

Duration:

4 years w/ secondary education (full-time),
3 years w/ secondary professional (full-time, part-time),
2 years w/ higher education (part-time)

The purpose of the educational program “Regional Studies” is to train specialists in regional studies who are able to apply the main modern scientific approaches and methods while analyzing regional politics, regional processes, as well as to use the acquired knowledge in their professional activities.

Learning two foreign languages (English – basic, Chinese / Turkish / German / French – optional);
Study of new trends in the development of the world economy and international economic cooperation; Knowledge of modern technologies for managing spatial systems and regions
Possession of conflict management and resolution skills that contribute to the formation of successful professional relationships
Knowledge of the basics of organizing, implementing and improving the efficiency of foreign economic activity of central and local economic management bodies.

Students of the EP “Regional Studies” annually take part in the international conference «TURAN MUN».

Every year, students of the EP “Regional Studies” take leading places in the Republican Student Subject Olympiad in the specialty “Regional Studies”, so in 2021 and 2022, students of this EP took 1st place among the universities of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Since 2020, the Center for Regional Studies has been operating at the Department of Regional Studies and IR, within which active scientific activity is carried out.

The specifics of the educational program “Regional Studies” is a comprehensive study of the history, economy, culture of various regions in modern society. What students discover in this educational program makes them competitive in the labor market – this is its prospects.

According to the results of the Rating of universities of the Republic of Kazakhstan on educational programs in accordance with the levels and areas of training of specialists, conducted by IQAA, in 2015 the educational program “Regional Studies” (bachelor’s degree) took 3rd place.
From the second semester, the choice of the student begins the study of Chinese / Turkish or German / French.

Geopolitical concepts of the regions of the world
Political analysis and forecasting of regional relations
World political process
Fundamentals of Foreign Service
Modern problems of regions in the system of international relations
Issues of religious extremism in modern international relations
Eurasian Studies
Chinese / Turkish / French / German – I,II,III,IV,V, VI
Modern economic policy of states
Modern conflicts and methods of their settlement
Turkic states in the system of international relations
Economic policy of the regions of the world
Global politics and media
Eurasian integration process
Kazakhstan and the UN
International law and terrorism
International public law
International organizations
Migration policy of the states of North America
National and international security
Regional Security in Central Asia
Modern migration processes in European countries
Digital security in international relations
Economic integration in modern international relations

External partners:

Arel University (Turkey)
Kastamonu University (Turkey)
Ankara Center for Crisis and Policy Studies (ANKASAM)
Istanbul University (Istanbul)
Volgograd State University
Nizhny Novgorod State University named after N. I. Lobachevsky
Free University of Varna (Poland)

Internal partners:

United Nations Office in Kazakhstan
Representation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Almaty
Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (KISS)
Red Crescent Society of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Regional Environmental Center of Central Asia (CAREC)
Institute of Oriental Studies. R.B. Suleimenova Science Committee of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan
“Institute of Philosophy, Political Science and Religious Studies” Science Committee of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Eurasian Research Institute
Kazakhstan Center for Humanitarian and Political Conjuncture
Association of Fellows of the Bolashaq International Scholarship
Center for Scientific Information and Policy Analysis

Referent
Diplomat
Consultant in the field of regional politics and economics
Foreign policy observer
Analyst
Interpreter
Interpreter-referent