L. N. Gumilev Eurasian National University

L. N. Gumilev Eurasian National University
Л.Н. Гумилёв атындағы Еуразия ұлттық университеті
TypeNational research
Established23 May 1996
AffiliationEUA
RectorYerlan Sydykov
Academic staff
2,857[1]
Students15,794[1]
Undergraduates13,267[1]
Postgraduates2,527[1]
Location
Astana
,
Kazakhstan
CampusUrban
ColoursBlue and white
   
Websitewww.enu.kz
University rankings
Regional – Overall
QS Emerging Europe and Central Asia[2]42 (2022)

The L. N. Gumilev Eurasian National University (ENU) (Kazakh: Л.Н. Гумилёв атындағы Еуразия ұлттық университеті (ЕҰУ), Russian: Евразийский национальный университет имени Л.Н. Гумилёва (ЕНУ)), is a Kazakh national research university, and the largest higher education institution in Astana.

The university was founded on 23 May 1996 as the result of a merger of Akmola Civil Engineering Institute and Akmola Pedagogical Institute. It was named L. N. Gumilev Eurasian University in honour of the idea of the Eurasian Union and of Lev Gumilev, a historian and ethnologist who was an early adherent of Eurasianism.[3] As the result of a merger with the Academy of Diplomacy of Ministry of International Relations of Kazakhstan in 2000, it was renamed L. N. Gumilev Eurasian State University, and in 2001, the university gained national university status and was renamed L. N. Gumilev Eurasian National University.

ENU provides undergraduate and graduate instruction in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, engineering and military science.

In 2021, the L. N. Gumilev Eurasian National University was named as one of the Top 500 Universities in the World.[4]

ENU includes 28 scientific institutions (research institutes, laboratories, centers), 13 schools, the Military Department, and cultural and educational centers of different countries. The university offers bachelor's degree, master's degree, and doctorate courses.

The university admits both scholarship students and privately financed students. The university offers 65 Bachelor's programs, 68 Master's programs and 38 PhD programs.

  1. ^ a b c d TopUniversities.com. "L.N.Gumilyov Eurasian National University (ENU)". Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  2. ^ "QS World University Rankings-Emerging Europe & Central Asia". Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  3. ^ ENU. "History of the University". Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  4. ^ Ku, Abira; March 2021, yk in Nation on 28 (2021-03-28). "Three Kazakh Universities Listed among Top 500 World's Universities". The Astana Times. Retrieved 2021-09-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)