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• COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE AND STATISTICS (6B05404), Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics.

UNT subjects: Mathematics + Physics. The threshold UNT score is 90 for a grant and 80 for paid admission.

The program focuses on applied mathematics and data science. Core courses: Algorithmization and Programming; Algorithms and Data Structures; Introduction to Quantum Computing; Introduction to Machine Learning; Discrete Mathematics; Introduction to Functional Data Analysis; Mathematical Analysis (1, 2); OOP; Machine Learning.

• COMPUTER SCIENCE (6B06102), Faculty of Information Technology.

UNT subjects: Mathematics + Computer Science. The threshold UNT score is 85 for a grant and 75 for paid admission.

The program places greater emphasis on practical IT development. Core courses: Algorithms and Data Structures; Computer Systems Architecture; Parallel Computing Systems Architecture; Databases; Discrete Mathematics; Imperative Programming; Computer Networks and Security; Computational Methods; Computer Vision; Algorithm Design and Analysis.

Tuition information: At KazNU, one credit cost 16,667 tenge in the 2022–2023 academic year. Annual bachelor's tuition for citizens of Kazakhstan in the programs above is 1 million tenge. The price is higher for foreign citizens from neighboring countries:

• 1,500,000 tenge per year for Russian- and Kazakh-language programs
• 1,700,000 tenge per year for the English-language program.

We decided to begin our university overview with Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. Last year, the university was not included in the DSML KZ university ranking because there were not enough reviews.

Based on last year's anonymous survey, the following strengths of KazNU stand out:

• The university campus, once known as the legendary KazGUgrad, can rightfully be called the largest and most scenic in Almaty.
• The university has begun offering students opportunities to take part in conferences and internships abroad.

The corresponding weaknesses are:

• Students point to old-fashioned approaches to teaching some subjects, which may reduce their relevance and effectiveness.
• There is a need for more practical training; the curriculum may be too focused on theory.

Throughout the week, we will feature one university at a time and revisit the main pros and cons highlighted in the anonymous survey for last year's DSML KZ university ranking.

Along with each university's general characteristics, we will look at the programs best suited to students interested in data analysis, machine learning, and IT development.

Anuar Aimoldin, Max Mametkulov, Azat Khairov, and Abylaikhan Turlasov will face ChatGPT today.

The stream will start as planned at 21:00, which is less than an hour away.

Let's cheer for our players:

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