Visit-acquaintance of the Regional Attache for cooperation in education of the Embassy of France in Kazakhstan

Visit-acquaintance of the Regional Attache for cooperation in education of the Embassy of France in Kazakhstan with Almaty Management University

On April 26, 2022, Almaty Management University received guests from the French Embassy in Kazakhstan:

- Xavier Le Torrivellec, Regional Attache for Cooperation in education of the Embassy of France in Kazakhstan.

- Nazerke Kalynova, Specialist for work on projects on university cooperation of the Embassy of France in Kazakhstan.

The Attaché for Cooperation in education held a meeting with University students studying French as part of their programs and French students on student exchange. The meeting was attended by students of the Restaurant and Hotel Business program of the AlmaU School of Hospitality and Tourism. Also at the meeting were the Director of the Language Center – Nurken Aubakir, and the French language professors of the Language Center – Marzhan Token, Nilufar Azizbayeva and Assem Abdigappar.

After the meeting with the students, the guests had a meeting with the University leadership: President Assylbek Kozhakhmetov, Rector Gulnara Kurenkeeva, Vice-Rector for Global Partnerships Aigerim Kaumenova, Vice-Rector for Science Bakytzhan Sarkeyev, Head of International Cooperation Darya Nelidova. During the meeting, the parties discussed possible aspects of mutually beneficial cooperation, talked about current and planned projects (as UXiship, NEET, Sabe Tuba), plans for a strategic partnership between AlmaU and business schools in France.

Almaty Management University cooperates with 10 universities in France:

1. IESEG School of Management
2. ESC Rennes Business School (including double degree program)
3. Y SCHOOLS (ex-Groupe ESC Troyes)
4. ICD
5. CEFAM (including triple degree program)
6. Ecole de Management Léonard De Vinci (including double degree program)
7. Burgundy School of Business
8. La Rochelle Business School (Excelia Group)
9. Emlyon Business School
10. Université Gustave Eiffel (Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée – UPEM)

In the period from 2013 to 2022, more than 80 students from France, from universities such as IESEG School of Management, Excelia Group and Emlyon Business School, studied in AlmaU as part of the academic mobility program. During the same time, more than 250 AlmaU students traveled to France as part of academic mobility programs, including the Erasmus+ program.

AlmaU actively cooperates with French higher education institutions under the Erasmus+ program in student and staff mobility. During the entire period of cooperation, more than 20 professors and administrative staff of AlmaU became holders of a grant for travel to universities in France and about 15 teachers from France visited AlmaU.