Admission to the doctoral program in the educational program Biology

STAGE I ENTRANCE EXAM

Acceptance of applications for doctoral studies is carried out by the admission committee of the university and (or) through the information system of the National Testing Center (app.testcenter.kz ) in the following terms:

1) from July 3 to August 3 of the calendar year;

2) from November 1 to November 18 of the calendar year.

Entrance exams for groups of educational programs for doctoral studies are held in the following terms:

1) from August 4 to August 20 of the calendar year;

2) from November 19 to December 11 of the calendar year;

The certificate of the entrance exam held in the period from August 4 to August 20 is valid until December 1 of the current calendar year;

The certificate of the entrance exam held in the period from November 19 to December 11 is valid until March 1 of the calendar year.

The entrance exam for doctoral studies in computer format consists of the following blocks:

1) an interview with the applicant, conducted by the OVPO examination committee;

2) writing an essay;

3) answers to exam questions on the profile of the educational program group.

 The final grade is a combination of points obtained by summing up the results of the essay assessment, answering exam questions on the profile of the educational program group and an interview.

The entrance exam for doctoral studies takes 3 hours 30 minutes (210 minutes), of which:

for an interview – 20 minutes;

to write essays and answers to exam questions on the profile of the educational program group - 190 minutes (3 hours 10 minutes).

The TGO block is given up first. After completing the TGO block, the applicant independently selects a sequence of blocks for writing an essay and answering exam questions on the profile of a group of educational programs.

The results of the entrance exam are announced the day after it is held. Applicants can get acquainted with the results of the entrance exam in their personal account.

Applications are accepted until 13:00 the next day after the announcement of the results of the doctoral entrance exam.

Detailed information on the timing of the entrance exam can be obtained by following the link http://www.testcenter.kz/ru/postupayushchim-v-doktoranturu/

STAGE II – PARTICIPATION IN THE COMPETITION FOR THE AWARD OF AN EDUCATIONAL GRANT

To participate in the competition for the award of an educational grant, the applicant submits the documents specified in the Standard Rules for Admission to educational organizations implementing educational programs of higher and postgraduate education, approved by Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated October 31, 2018 No. 600 through the information system of the National Testing Center and (or) through the university admissions committee.

When submitting documents, the applicant indicates one OVPO and one group of educational programs.

Information about the deadlines is published on the official Internet resource of the authorized body in the field of education.

STAGE III – ADMISSION TO THE UNIVERSITY

Admission to the doctoral program is carried out in the following terms:

1) from August 15 to August 28 of the calendar year;

2) from December 26 to January 10 of the calendar year.

When providing an incomplete list of documents specified in the Standard Rules for Admission to educational organizations implementing educational programs of higher and postgraduate education, approved by the Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated October 31, 2018 No. 600, the admission committee does not accept documents from applicants.

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