Satbayev University has opened School of Transport Engineering and Logistics

The opening of M. Tynyshbayev School of Transport Engineering and Logistics took place at Satbayev University. It is a higher educational institution that combines the rich experience of teachers, as well as the achievements of Satbayev University’s scientists in implementing the research projects for the transport and logistics industry of Kazakhstan.

The new school, where engineers will be trained in "Transport" and "Logistics" degree programs, is named in honor of M. Tynyshbayev, the first Kazakh railway engineer, public figure, Prime Minister of Turkestan autonomy, an active participant in designing and constructing the Turkestan-Siberian railway.

To ensure high-quality training of specialists, Satbayev University signed a cooperation agreement with Xi'an Railway Vocational Technical Institute (PRC), opened a two-degree Master's degree program "Transport Technologies" together with Silesian University of Technology (Poland), and also created a consortium with Railway Transport Institute (Riga, Latvia). Degree programs for training the engineers for the field of road and rail transport are certified by international and domestic agencies for accreditation of degree programs: ASIIN (Germany), IKAQAE and IARA.

— Cooperation with universities of countries that are experiencing the rapid growth in transport and logistics industry will ensure not only high-quality training of specialists, but also the transfer of new technologies to Kazakhstan," said Seidulla Abdullayev, Director of M. Tynyshbayev School of Transport Engineering and Logistics.

The opening ceremony of the school was attended by representatives of transport and logistics industries, as well as the son and granddaughter of Mukhamedzhan Tynyshbayev Davlet Sheikh-Ali and Zhunissova Nurshaken Apa.

State’s Head K. K. Tokayev in his Message to Kazakhstan’s people noted that strengthening the position as a nodal transit hub in Eurasia is a strategic task for our country. President set a goal to increase the share of the transport and logistics sector in GDP structure to 9% in the next three years. The opening of M. Tynyshbayev School of Transport Engineering and Logistics will contribute to advancing the human resources and scientific research for Kazakhstan’s transport and logistics region.