• SSRES 2017: Summer School for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Nazarbayev University

    Application Form

    Instructions

     

    1. Please fill in the requested information and click “Submit your application” at the bottom of the page.
    2. Prepare a personal statement of academic goals and/or career plans. Explain how the study of Russian or Kazakh language and the enrollment in an Eurasian Studies course (if applying) at Nazarbayev University (Astana, Kazakhstan) will further your goals. Your statement should be no more than 300 words. Have the statement ready, you will need to insert it in one of the fields in this application.
    3. Have all your college transcripts ready. We accept unofficial transcripts.
    4. Arrange for one letter of recommendation to be sent directly to the program director (Victoria Thorstensson at victoria.thorstensson@nu.edu.kz) on your behalf. The subject line of the email should say “Recommendation Letter for Student’s FirstName LastName (SSRES 2017)”

    Requirements for the letter of recommendation

    Letters of recommendation should come from an official university email address and contain full contact information of the person, providing the recommendation. The letters should comment on the student’s academic abilities (if the letter is coming from a language instructor, it should compare the student’s work in a language class to that to that of his or her other classmates); they should speak about the student’s potential to handle the challenges of a language and cultural immersion program, as well as provide any other relevant information about the student.

    Letters of recommendation must be received by March 1, 2016.

    Applications due date

    All applications must be submitted by March 1, 2016.

    We encourage you to apply as early as you can!

  • Admissions Form

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  • Educational Information ( General)

  • Instructions: Answer only those questions that are relevant to your situation.

  • 1. If you are currently an undergraduate student enrolled in a degree program, list your future degree, year in the program, and expected date of graduation:

  • 2. If you are a graduate student, list your degree program and your year in the program:

  • 3. If you are currently not enrolled in a degree program, list your highest degree earned, major, and the year the degree was granted:

  • 4. If you are currently employed, provide the following information:

  • Educational Information (Russian or Kazakh)

  • Evaluate your current knowledge of Russian or Kazakh by providing thorough and complete answers to the following questions. When answering these questions, describe your knowledge of either Russian or Kazakh (not both), depending on which program you are applying for. The information that you provide is very important to us and it will be used for program planning. Your answers to these questions do not guarantee or determine your placement in a specific level. The actual placement into courses will be done when you arrive to Astana on the basis of entrance proficiency testing.
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  • Letter of Recommendation


    One letter of recommendation should be emailed to the program director separately (see the Instructions section of this form for more information).

     

    Requirements for the letter of recommendation


    Letters of recommendation should come from an official university email address and contain full contact information of the person, providing the recommendation. The letters should comment on the student’s academic abilities (if the letter is coming from a language instructor, it should compare the student’s work in a language class to that to that of his or her other classmates); they should speak about the student’s potential to handle the challenges of a language and cultural immersion program, as well as provide any other relevant information about the student.

  • Academics

    In addition to the 8-week Intensive Russian or Kazakh course, the program includes an optional free course on Kazakh language and culture (for the students of Russian), and an optional Russian language and culture course (for the students of Kazakh).

    You may also choose to enroll in an additional elective course in Russian and Eurasian Area Studies. These elective courses are part of Nazarbayev University regular curriculum, and you will be taking them together with local students.

    For the desriptions of the course contents, please, see the program website. You may also email the professors directly and ask for the syllabus or for more information about these elective courses.

    Nazarbayev University will work with your home institution on the transfer of credits that you will earn (both for the Russian course and for the elective).


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