Аl-Farabi university - smart city project to be launched next year

The university's development concept was presented by its rector Galym Mutanov. In his "Kazakhstan - 2050" Strategy", the President spelt out the country's main objective - to create a welfare society in a strong state with developed economy and universal labor opportunities. The head of state focused on the promotion of knowledge-based economy. Kazakhstani universities are intended to play a major role in this process. KazNU, aware of its important mission, has started working in this direction.

The new model of the university's development - Аl-Farabi university - smart city - is based on great thinker Al-Farabi's teaching of an ideal city. In his treatises, Al-Farabi described a fair and humanistic society, which he called a righteous city with universal spiritual values and cooperation in seeking a better life. This is where a parallel is drawn between the righteous city and modern universities, which condition is determined not only by their infrastructure, financial and material resources, but also by a high level of spiritual and moral development.
G.Mutanov believes that KazNU has reached a new level of development, which is internationally called "smart". The project Al-Farabi university - smart city is a new quality of the university, which avails it of new effects - social, economic, scientific, cultural. "Smart universities are a precondition for the creation of an intellectual nation, enhancement of the country's human capital", - the rector underscored. Smart universities will eventually make the groundwork for smart Kazakhstan.