The opening of M. Tynyshbayev School of Transport Engineering and Logistics took place at Satbayev University. It is a higher educational institution that combines the rich experience of teachers and the achievements of Satbayev University’s scientists in implementing research projects for Kazakhstan’s transport and logistics industry.
The new school, where engineers will be trained in “Transport” and “Logistics” degree programs, is named in honor of M. Tynyshbayev, the first Kazakh railway engineer, public figure, Prime Minister of Turkestan autonomy, an active participant in designing and constructing the Turkestan-Siberian railway.
To ensure high-quality training of specialists, Satbayev University signed a cooperation agreement with Xi’an Railway Vocational Technical Institute (PRC), opened a two-degree Master’s degree program “Transport Technologies” together with Silesian University of Technology (Poland), and also created a consortium with Railway Transport Institute (Riga, Latvia). Degree programs for training engineers in road and rail transport are certified by international and domestic agencies for accreditation of degree programs: ASIIN (Germany), IKAQAE, and IARA.
— Cooperation with universities of countries that are experiencing rapid growth in the transport and logistics industry will ensure not only high-quality training of specialists but also the transfer of new technologies to Kazakhstan,” said Seidulla Abdullayev, Director of M. Tynyshbayev School of Transport Engineering and Logistics.
The school’s opening ceremony was attended by representatives of the transport and logistics industries, as well as the son and granddaughter of Mukhamedzhan Tynyshbayev Davlet Sheikh-Ali and Zhunissova Nurshaken Apa.
State’s Head K. K. Tokayev in his Message to Kazakhstan’s people noted that strengthening the position as a nodal transit hub in Eurasia is a strategic task for our country. President set a goal to increase the share of the transport and logistics sector in the GDP structure to 9% in the next three years. The opening of M.Tynyshbayev School of Transport Engineering and Logistics will contribute to advancing the human resources and scientific research for Kazakhstan’s transport and logistics region.