Karaganda State Medical University (KSMU) is one of the outstanding medical universities of the Republic of Kazakhstan. It was founded in 1950. As per the ratings by the National Accreditation Centre, the university has been ranked at the 8th position out of the 60 top universities in the country. The University is known to be the first medical university in the Republic of Kazakhstan. In the year 2005, KSMU passed the certification in conformance with the requirements of all types of management quality of International Standard ISO 9001-2000; certification authority NQA– the Russian Representation of the British authority in certification management systems as well as NQA – UK Global Assurance. Karaganda State Medical University offers multilevel training for professionals and students from all over the world with bachelor’s as well as postgraduate programs along with additional training. The training provided at the university is carried out in Russian and English languages. At present, there are more than 8000 students studying MBBS and other medical degrees at Karaganda State Medical University.