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Our MBA is a program that plays a key role in our mission to develop the next generation of business leaders in Kazakhstan and Central Asia. Intended for early-career professionals, our MBA program provides you with the skills, knowledge, and mindset needed to.

New program delivery in the evenings and weekends allows busy professionals to earn an MBA degree in 18 months while continuing their career growth.

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Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Our MBA program plays a key role in our mission to develop the next generation of business leaders in Kazakhstan and Central Asia. Intended for early-career professionals, our MBA program provides you with the skills, knowledge, and mindset needed to manage effectively in global business environments.

The starting point for the development of the curriculum is the set of competencies required by future global leaders. Such leaders need to understand the business risks and opportunities of social, political, cultural, and environmental trends. They also have to learn to manage production capacity in a world in which traditional resources are dwindling and to lead in the face of complexity and ambiguity.

The NUGSB MBA is a rigorous and comprehensive full-time program specifically designed to acquire the skills sought after by the most influential companies in Central Asia and beyond. The program is delivered in strategic partnership with Duke University's Fuqua School of Business.

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Why MBA at NUGSB?

World-class faculty

Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Business professors are thought leaders in their discipline. Our faculty have graduated from top universities from around the world (Stanford, Wharton, INSEAD, LSE), and they conduct relevant research with impact on modern issues facing business and industry
Become a leader

Immerse yourself in a program designed to grow and educate the next generation of Kazakhstan entrepreneurs and business leaders. You will become part of a unique NU network, which will extend beyond your own and which will facilitate you to grow your career.
A solid foundation

Our MBA program obtained AMBA accreditation, which only 300 MBA programs worldwide obtain, this is less than 2 percent of all business schools. The AMBA accreditation is a quality label that allows you to engage in international businesses and extend your network beyond Kazakhstan, linking with alumni for the AMBA network globally.
Strong infrastructure and facilities

Nazarbayev University students have access to the world’s premier business publications through the NU Library. The university’s classrooms offer the latest technology and students use these tools to advance their learning and research
Place matters

Our campus is located in the dynamic, innovative and rapidly growing city of Astana, with many exquisite restaurants and clubs
Employment

Our career services are designed to help with your career planning and job search. All our graduates have job offers before graduation, 75 percent of our graduates experience a salary increase of more than 30 percent.

Class Profile 2025

Campus:

Astana, Kazakhstan
Language:

English
Delivery mode:

Blended
Program start:

End of August
Duration:

18 months

70%

Male
30%

Female

10 years

Average work experience

Testimonials

FTMBA program helped me to apply my technical knowledge from a different angle. During the program I learned how to mix different skills to maximise my impact.

Daniyar Tanatarov

Full-Time MBA, 2020 |Energy Specialist at the World Bank

One of the biggest values for what I came to MBA was — the network. And it gave me much more than I expected. I was gifted by an MBA family and after 2 years of graduation we are still close. The people that I met are incredible, starting from my group mates and professors, ending with Teaching assistants, who left me with a very warm feelings. The most important experience at GSB is the sense of home, where you start your journey with the best professionals to an amazing field —MBA world. And nothing feels impossible in that environment.

Assel Galimzhanova

Full-Time MBA, 2015 | Investor and trader of stocks and options at Stock Market

An MBA degree provided a tremendous boost to my career and life. Besides the excellent faculty, curriculum, and case-based learning, I want especially to note the powerful networking I gained. I have spent time studying alongside talented professionals with different backgrounds and professional experiences. It has provided a lot of fresh perspectives, interactions, and ways of thinking. Additional value to networking adds activity of Alumni NUGSB Association which provides powerful synergy among all graduates of the Program.

Laila Leshova

Full-Time MBA, 2017 | Marketing Consultant | Facebook Certified Digital Marketing Associate, certified by European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Nazarbayev University was created as a result of the personal initiative of the First President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, and is an insignia of Kazakhstan in global education. The University represents the quality of education, politics, and life in Kazakhstan.
When I started the program in 2014, I had just entered a key point in my career, and my focus was beginning to sharpen. One of the things that most shaped my experience was my direct exposure, as part of the program, to global elite individuals in both the private and public sectors.
I am currently working in a government organization. On a daily basis, to fulfill my managerial responsibilities I must apply various aspects of theory and practical techniques that I learned in the NUGSB Full-time MBA program, a world-class program that was developed in strategic collaboration with Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.

Aray Bekembayev

Full-Time MBA, 2015