The Central Asian University Partnership (UniCEN) program (UniCEN). This project is supported and funded by the U.S. Embassy in Kazakhstan - a partnership program of U.S. and Kazakh universities and implemented by the American Councils for International Education. The U.S.-Kazakhstan Partnership Program strengthens educational ties between the two countries by providing Kazakh universities with the opportunity to establish new partnerships with U.S. institutions, as well as adapt and modernize curricula in English as a foreign language, English in STEM, agribusiness, entrepreneurship, environment, air quality and commercialization of research.
Project Title: Academic Publishing Partnership — K-MAPP
Period of Implementation: 2020, extended, 2021 – one week training
U.S. institution: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Partners in Kazakhstan: Rudny Industrial Institute, E.A. Buketov Karaganda University
Project objectives: To improve academic publishing capacity of Kazakhstani academic staff
Project outcomes: May 24-29, 2021 Academic Publishing Partnership project workshop:
Project Coordinator at ABKRU: Yelena Kandalina, kandalina.em@ksu.edu.kz
Program: US-Kazakhstan University Partnerships Awards • UniCEN (americancouncils.org)
Project Title: The University of North Texas, A. Baitursynov Kostanay Regional University, and Karaganda Technical University: Creating a Partnership Program in Teaching and Learning English Language for both TESOL Training and STEM Teaching
Deadline: 2021
American educational institution: University of North Texas
Partners in Kazakhstan: Karaganda Technical University
Aim of the project: to improve the English language skills and pedagogical competency of English and STEM professors through remote intensive English classes and through TEFL and STEM pedagogical workshops for both ABKRU and KTU professors.
Results of the project:
Project Coordinator at ABKRU: Yelena Kandalina, kandalina.em@ksu.edu.kz
Project Title: Partnering to Develop Project-Based Learning Capacity for Teaching and Research in Renewable Energy
Period of Implementation: January –September 2022
U.S. institution: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Project objectives: Build capacity among a core group of faculty at A.Baitursynov Kostanay Regional University to develop evidence-based undergraduate curricula in renewable energy and/or environmental studies while adopting project-based learning
Project Outcomes: Communicate the value of project-based learning and explore best practices for implementing projects in STEM courses
Project Coordinator at ABKRU:
Project Title: STEM Environmental Technologies Courses For Investigation Water Flow In The Aral Sea Basin
Period of Implementation: January –September 2022
U.S. institution: Washington State University
Project objective: establishment of the collaboration between Washington State University (WSU) and Urgench State University (UrSU) in the areas of applied mathematics research and education
Project Outcomes:
Project Coordinator at ABKRU:
Программа проекта: Central Asia University Partnerships Program (UniCEN) awards announcement • UniCEN (americancouncils.org)
Project Title: Renewable Energy and Climate Change
Period of Implementation: January–September 2022
U.S. institution: University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus
Partners in Kazakhstan:
Project objectives: Development of a new online course on Renewable Energy and Climate Change
Project Outcomes: The new course is implemented in master program
Project Coordinator at ABKRU: Igor Koshkin, Head of Electric Power Department
Project Title: COIL - Collaborative Online International Learning
Period of Implementation: January-May 2022
Project objectives:
Project Outcomes: One-semester exchange with the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Project Participants at ABKRU: Svetlana Ibragimova, Associate Professor at Electrical Power Department
Program: Collaborative Online International Learning: Introduction • UniCEN (americancouncils.org)