Astana Medical University Campus

University Hospitals and Buildings

The Astana Medical University has 5 university buildings, 2 halls of residences, a student cafe and several buffet canteens inside the university buildings. All the academic buildings and residences are all together situated inside a common complex for the comfort of all the university students. All the Academic buildings of the University has lecture halls, practical skills class rooms, laboratories, etc.
Other than the educational buildings, the Astana Medical University has several clinics, hospitals and medical centres throughout the city. Students can commute through public transports from university buildings to hospitals. Here are few medical centres of the University:

Simulation Center

Simulation center id a separate structural unit of the Astana Medical University that is aimed to provide safe and reliable educational environment for teaching clinical skills to all the University students. The Simulation Center gives an opportunity to students to form independent and self-directed learning skills by implementing principle of life-long learning. Clinical skills are taught by the use of Robotic mannequins, models, simulators, automated virtual models, interactive training computer programs, audio-video materials, etc.

Sports medicine Center

The sports medicine center was established with the sports club to train students in the sports medicine by aiming at the leadership in education and training students for sports, fitness and promoting healthy lifestyle. Students of Astana Medical University can participate in sports medicine projects held at the university.

Center for Professional development and Additional Education

The professional development center is a separate faculty which was transformed into the center later on. The Professional Development was established to improve the skills of the future doctors by implying programs of additional education.

Facilities Provided By Astana Medical University

Currently, counting in terms of the educational, scientific research, clinical, and pedagogical work at the university is provided by the specialists of 60 departments that compose 4 main faculties and is offering more than ten degree choices, where over 704 regular lecturers are working, among which there are more than 97 Doctors of Science, over 231 Candidates of Science, over 65 Professors with the academic status, more than 72 Associate Professors, 3 Doctors of Philosophy. Other than these, the university has 2 Dissertational Boards, 8 specialised scientific seminars functioning at the university, and more than 3 scientific medical journals are being published.

The uniqueness of the university is classified by the University’s academic staff which is distinguished by the high level of qualifications and competency to train the future of medical science of the country and the world.

Scientific Research Centre

Astana Medical University has its own Research Center which works on modern technologies and innovations. All students of the Astana Medical University are accessible to the Research Center which means that students can study and participate in scientific research projects of the University.

Scientific Library

The huge and massive library with more than ten thousand medical, science, fictional books and magazines is a part of the Astana Medical University. Reading rooms with studious environment are made available in the library. Computer reading rooms for students with access to the Internet is also available for students who wish for e-library.

Scientific Museum

A scientific and educational museum which not only tells about the history of the university but also tells about all the innovations and educational technologies that are going to be the future of medicine. All the students of the Astana Medical University can visit the museum at any time.

Sports Complex

Astana Medical University has a sports complex with all indoor as well as outdoor games are made available for the leisure of the students. Students are trained on the weekly basis under the faculty of the Physical education and they are encouraged to participate in sports competitions and tournaments held at the university level, city level or state level.

University Hostels

Astana Medical University students are provided with hostels for stay in Kazakhstan. All hostels are based on room-sharing for 2 or 4 students depending on the size of the rooms. All hostels have a bathroom in each room, a passenger elevator for all residents of the hostel, washing machines, kitchens on each floor equipped with electric stoves, refrigerators and household items necessary for standardized living in each room, wireless Internet connection Wi-Fi, a recreation room in the hostel for cultural and sports events, music room, common room with TV & cable facility, room for indoor games and a reading room with a collection of national/international newspapers, magazines, etc.

The hostels has separate courts for Volley Ball, Basket Ball, and Badminton. There is a hostel mess that serves fresh and hygienic food. Astana Medical University assures safety of all students at all the hostels by installing CCTV cameras and checking it live 24 hours. The university has appointed security guards 24 hours a day. A warden is also appointed by the university to ensure that all students get all the facilities of the hostels. Students can ask for any help they want and rightfully use all the facilities and amenities provided for them.

Student Life At Astana Medical University

To make student life easy and unforgettable, Astana Medical University has established several centers namely-

The Center for working with Foreign students

The Center for Working with Foreign Students is to train foreign students in the educational program of bachelor ‘s degree under the specialty “General Medicine”, by organizing the educational process, analysis and monitoring of the performance of foreign students. The centre uses modern information and communication technologies in educational processes by introducing innovative methods of training. Teaching is conducted in English for foreign students.

Center for Youth

The Center of Youth works for the development of university and its cultural values, formation of professional-moral culture of students, creation of conditions for creative self-realization of the individual student and development of each student, organization of social support for students and oorganization of mass cultural and sports events, conferences and seminars.

The Center for Academic Activities

The Centre for Academic Activities was created by the decision of the Board of Directors on the basis of the Centre for Planning and Organizing the Educational Process. The Centre ensure compliance with the requirements of educational standards in the areas of training.

Student Monitoring and student’s registration center

The centre is a structural unit of the university, acting on the basis of the agreement of the University and in its practical work, guided by the orders and instructions of the Rector. The centre is aimed in maintaining and updating students’ data in an electronic database.

Entrance Exam at Astana Medical University

Though the admission in Astana Medical University is done on basis of first come, first serve but students who wish to pursue their MBBS from the university need to give an entrance exam before starting their classes of the MBBS course. The exam will be taken after students reach the university in Kazakhstan. This exam is based on 11th and 12th science syllabus of chemistry and biology. Students are not needed to study extra subjects or take any extra classes for this exam as this is a MCQ based exam and is very basic to test your General Knowledge.

About Astana City

Astana City, officially known as the Nur-Sultan is the capital city of Kazakhstan. The Astana city lies on the bank of the Ischim river in the Akmola region in the North-central part of Kazakhstan. The Astana is home to futuristic buildings, hotels and mainly skyscrapers. Astana city attracts millions of tourists every year coming to view its beautiful attractions and world-class infrastructures. The official language of Kazakhstan is Kazakh though majority of people in Kazakhstan speak Russian language. The majority of the Young generation of the Kazakhstan now speaks English.

Weather

The summers are usually hot and humid while the winters are cold. This makes the climate throughout the year continental in Astana. Astana experiences 4 seasons in a year. The lowest temperature seen in the month of January and February is up to -25℃ during which the city’s river is frozen. March being the first month of spring and May, the last month of spring gradually changes from cold to warm climate ranging in average temperatures of 0℃ to 16℃.

June marks the first month of summer with temperature fluctuating between 18℃ to 27℃. Starting with the most enjoyable season the year, September welcomes the autumn with temperature fluctuating from 15℃ to 6℃. November is considered to be the wintry month of the year with gradually ending the autumn and starting the winter season with first showers of snow in chilly temperature turning into minus degrees. Autumns and springs are usually soothing and calm months of the year with temperature ranging between 5℃ to 20℃.

The closest airport to Astana Medical University is Nursultan Nazrbayev International Airport commonly called as Astana International Airport. It is in the Akmola region of Kazakhstan. This International airport is the 2nd busiest International air passenger gateway into Central Asia and the 13th busiest airport in the post-soviet states. Astana International Airport is 20 kilometers away from the Astana Medical University and it usually takes 30 to 40 minutes to reach the university from the Airport. There are several buses and other transport system like taxi to reach the airport.

There are direct lights from India to Astana International Airport at very affordable prices. The quickest flights take 6 to 7 hours from New Delhi International Airport to Astana International Airport. There are several indirect or connecting flights to reach Nur-Sultan via Dubai, Russia, Tashkent, etc.