Kazakhstan's Foreign University Branches: A Policy Analysis of Their Role in addressing Intellectual Migration

Abstract

In this paper, I examine how recent policy can reverse educational migration in Kazakhstan by launching branches of foreign universities in different regions of the country. In order to increase the attractiveness of higher and postgraduate education and better position Kazakhstani higher educational institutions (HEIs) in the international educational space, the implementation of an internationalization strategy was developed, including the creation of favorable conditions for learning (infrastructure, grants, scholarships, etc.), information mechanisms, and simplification of the student visa appli-cation process. By 2029, at least 12 branches and representative offices of prestigious foreign universities in Kazakhstan have been planned. This will enable the transformation of the management system and the intro-duction of international educational standards into the content of education and the learning process, including teacher training (Adilet Zan, 2023).