271 Kazakhstanis awarded Bolashak Presidential Scholarship
State Counselor Erlan Karin has chaired a regular meeting of the Republican Commission for Training Personnel Abroad, Kazinform News Agency learned from the Akorda press service.
The members of the Commission made a decision to award the Bolashak Presidential Scholarship to 271 citizens of Kazakhstan. Of them, 136 will study under the master’s degree programs. Eight recipients will pursue PhD degrees and another 127 will undergo traineeships at the world’s best universities and centers, a statement reads.
65% of the scholarship winners chose natural and technical science programs, while 35% will study social sciences and humanities.
170 Kazakhstanis will undergo research internships at the world’s leading scientific and research centers.
The State Counselor emphasized that the number of internship applications submitted in 2024 surpassed the last year’s applications by 2 times. The number of applicants interested in engineering and technical majors has increased sixfold.
Earlier, JSC Center for International Programs, the administrator of the Bolashak International Scholarship, revealed the number of the graduates employed in various sectors of economy.