The main directions for the development of international cooperation:

* Interaction with foreign organizations, embassies, universities and research centers on the establishment and expansion of international relations.

* Inviting foreign scientists to give lectures and conduct practical classes for students.

* Academic mobility of students and teaching staff.

* Internship for university teachers in foreign universities and research centers.

* Coordination of work on the implementation of educational and scientific projects in conjunction with foreign universities and research centers.

* Working with foreign students.

* Organization of theoretical and practical training of students abroad.

* Conclusion of agreements and memorandums of cooperation with foreign universities and organizations.

* Organization of English language courses with a native speaker for teaching staff.

* Organization of preparatory courses in Kazakh and Russian languages for foreign citizens.

In connection with the challenges of globalization and internationalization of higher education, in November 2012, the International Cooperation Center (ICC) of the Saken Seifullin Kazakh Agrotechnical University was expanded to the status of the International Cooperation and Multilingual Education Development Center (IC&MEDC).

In 2020, KATU acquired the status of an agrotechnical research university, in connection with which, in 2021, a new structure of the university was adopted and the Center for International Cooperation and Nuclear Defense was renamed the Department for International Relations (DIR).

The main results of the activities of the DIR:

• The University cooperates with 26 international organizations and programs from 9 countries of the world: TEMPUS, ERASMUS MUNDUS, FAO (European Union), TIKA, Mevlana Exchange Program (Turkey), MASHAV (Israel), IAMO, LOGO e. V., Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, DEULA, DAAD, APOLLO, John Deere, CLAAS, Wiehenstephan-Triesdorf (Germany), AF (French Alliance), ESA (France), Qualita Studio, FederBio, (Italy), Cochran Fellowship Program, USDA , USAID, Borlaug Fellowship Program, FULBRIGHT (USA), JICA (Japan), Chinese Machinery Institute (PRC).
• The University has 152 valid agreements and memorandums of cooperation with universities and research centers from 35 countries of the world.
• There is a Kazakh-Chinese Center for Science and Education under the DIR.
• Students annually take part in the summer semester for theoretical and practical training in leading enterprises and farms in Germany, France, China.
• Bachelor and master students annually undergo academic mobility training at universities in Italy, Germany, Latvia, Slovakia, Finland, Malaysia, Bulgaria, Poland, Belarus, Russia, Czech Republic, Turkey, Estonia.
• Students of the university are given lectures and practical classes by foreign scientists from leading universities in Germany, Italy, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Estonia, Malaysia, USA, Czech Republic, Turkey, Switzerland, Belarus, China, South Korea, Australia, Finland and Russia.
• Foreign citizens from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Afghanistan, Germany, Georgia, China, Mongolia, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan and Ukraine study annually under the bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs.
• Since 2019, there have been preparatory courses in the Kazakh and Russian languages for foreign citizens for admission to universities of the Republic of Kazakhstan and/or work in Kazakh or Russian campaigns abroad.
• Students and teachers successfully participate in the competitive selection of applicants for the award of the international scholarship of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan “Bolashak”.
• For the teaching staff teaching in multilingual groups, English language courses are held annually with native speakers in order to improve the language level and competence to teach special or specialized disciplines in English.

For questions of interest related to international activities, you can contact the DIR at the following contacts:

Phone numbers: 8 (7172) 31-77-19, working phone number of the director of the DIR 8 (7172) 31-44-07

Email: international@kazatu.kz, email of the director of the DIR s.meiramova@kazatu.kz

Address: prs. Zhenis 62, main building, 3rd floor, office 1310, office of the director of the DIR 1316