Nazarbayev calls on business community to take part in Fund of Science creation
"We build a new international university in Astana. It will have a scientific center "Nazarbayev" with modern laboratories on nanotechnologies, information technologies, biotechnologies, mathematics and physics. In this context I announced about the establishment of the Fund of Science", N. Nazarbayev said.
He noted that the funds allocated by the Kazakh business can help invite foreign professors including the Nobel Prize laureates and Russian scientists. Such measures will allow to improve quality of education.
The International University of Astana named after the Head of the State is under construction presently. It will be managed by a special council consisting of foreign professors. Each department will be managed by a particular western university. Graduates will get two diplomas - the Kazakh and western ones.