The Kazakh State Agrarian University was formed by the merger of the Alma-Ata Zoo-Veterinary Institute with the Kazakh Agrarian Institute.
It has six faculties and two departments. These include forestry and land resources, veterinary and zooengineering, engineering and technology, agrobiology, water research and information technlogy and the High School of Business and Law. There are departments of general education and physical education and sports. Each faculty has its own student residence.
It has strong international connections, offering 11 double-degree courses and with research groups like the Kazakh-German Institute for Ecosystems and Biodiversity, and the Kazakhstan-Korea Research Centre focussing on greenhouses.
Alumni include Aida Balayeva, Minister of Culture and Information, and mixed martial arts star Azat Maksum.