Nurasyl Medeu Gifts Kazakh National University of Sport to the State

Kazakhstan has received an operating university as a gift. Nurasyl Medeu, founder of the Kazakh National University of Sport (KNUS), has decided to give the state the institution, into which he invested his own funds for five years. The decision was made known on 17 October in Astana, where KNUS marked its fifth anniversary.

During the ceremony, Medeu and Vice Minister of Science and Higher Education Talgat Yeshenkulov signed the relevant document. The university began with 150 students and now has about 5,000. Its athletes have won 14 Asian Games medals, and KNUS provides its training base free of charge to Kazakhstan's national teams.

The university has also expanded its programmes in sports science and digital areas, including artificial intelligence. Talented young people, including those from regions, study on grants under the Life Chance Grant and Life Merit Grant programmes. At the anniversary event, outstanding students received grants and teachers were awarded honorary certificates.