Almaty
Management University initiates the development of the entrepreneurial
ecosystem for educational institutions in Kazakhstan
Almaty Management University along with the
Eurasian Group and Friends of Tel Aviv University Association in Kazakhstan
have created an initiative that inspires, stimulates and helps students,
teachers, school administrators, entrepreneurs and businessmen, representatives
of government agencies and non-profit organizations to establish productive
links for the development of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the region and in
the country. This year the project celebrates its second year of success.
Back in 2017, the needs assessment
research showed that generally university management around Kazakhstan
understand and support the initiative of development of entrepreneurial
education and most universities have opportunities for the development of
entrepreneurship. However, with the security of ERGs (employs more than 20 000
people in regions) welfare package, people are less willing to take risks. The
ecosystem of student entrepreneurship is a project aimed at the development of
entrepreneurial education, improvement of the business climate and economic
development of 4 regions of the Republic: Qaraqhandy, Aktobe, Kostanay, Pavlodar.
The purpose of the project is to transform
the classical regional educational institutions into entrepreneurial ones by
developing entrepreneurial skills among students. One of the main actions is to
build a natural incubator (entrepreneurial university) that will provide a
supportive environment for the students. Here the university community are able
to explore, evaluate and exploit ideas that could be transformed into social
and economic entrepreneurial initiatives in the region. Many regional
universities are involved in partnerships to generate an umbrella for
interaction, collaboration and co-operation.
Almaty Management University is the founder
of entrepreneurial education in Kazakhstan. AlmaU uses its knowledge and
experience to direct and support the management of regional universities in the
development of methodology and the introduction of entrepreneurial education and
interdisciplinary approach. AlmaU has developed separate strategies and road
maps for each educational institution depending on their region since the start
of the project in 2017. In addition, about 600 employees around Kazakhstan
received training from AlmaU and partners in the fields of new teaching
methods, usage of technologies for creating an entrepreneurial community in an
educational institution, as well as skills for developing incubation and
acceleration programs. Major events are taking place this year for students
within the project: 1) Projects creation championship – Project Day 2)
Championship on solving business cases – Kemel Kasipker 3) Summer
entrepreneurial school – BigIdeasCamp 4) Regional entrepreneurial weekends
(REW) in Qaraqhandy, Aktobe, Kostanay, Pavlodar 5) Olympic Entrepreneurial
Games (OEG) – Meet-Up in Astana. These events will allow students to understand
entrepreneurship and innovation through action and practice.
Overall,
the initiative of developing entrepreneurial ecosystem for educational
institutions in Kazakhstan has covered 7 educational institutions, 547 trained
faculty and staff, and 2873 students.
Almaty
Management University becomes the first University in CIS Region to enter QS
Global MBA Ranking
On September 26th, 2019, the QS World
University Rankings: Global MBA Rankings 2020 was announced by Quacquarelli
Symonds, one of the world's established rankings in higher education. Almaty
Management Universitys MBA program ranking results are as follows: the MBA
program is ranked #151-200 in Global MBA Rankings out of 240 shortlisted
participants and #20 among 25 top full-time MBA programs in Asia. Thus,
we became the first university in the Commonwealth of Independent States who
entered this ranking. The QS Global MBA Ranking is evaluated based on a total
of 13 criteria and 5 key indicators. The programs were ranked on employability,
entrepreneurship & alumni outcomes, return on investment, thought
leadership, class and faculty diversity. This is absolutely the result of
support and belief of our highly respected academic peers, international and
business partners.
Almaty Management University will continue
to work on enhancing the quality of international education and research in
accordance with to the world's highest standards.
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