Semey State Medical University is one of the largest medical universities in Kazakhstan with its own hospital and also branches in Pavlodar and Ust Kamenogorsk. Semey Medical University was established in the year 1953 (opening of general medicine faculty). 320 students were enrolled in 1953. Over the years of its existence, graduates of the university successfully worked all over the whole of Kazakhstan, as well as near and far abroad.

Established in 1992, the University of International Business is a private higher education institution located in the metropolis of Almaty (population range of 1,000,000-5,000,000 inhabitants).