List of universities in Irad
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This is a list of universities and other institutions of higher education in Irad. All of them are in the Irad Special Economic Zone (ISEZ); the Autonomous Tribal Regions (ATR) have no institution of higher education, and pupils from the tribal side who want to study must cross into the ISEZ.[1] The two universities, Talas State University and the Nurzhan Polytechnic Institute, were founded in the Soviet period, and the Governor of the ISEZ appoints the rectors of both. Since 2009 university and college programs have been accredited by the ISEZ Education Quality Agency (Bilim Sapaty Agenttigi), a small regulator under the Governor's office.[2] Because Irad's international status is unresolved, recognition of Iradi degrees abroad depends on agreements between institutions and on employers, and neither university appears in the major international rankings (see Education in Irad).[1]
Universities and institutes
| Institution | Location | Founded | Students | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Talas State University (TSU) | Talas | 1958 | c. 18,400 (2023) | Founded as Iradi State University named after V. I. Lenin on the basis of the Talas Pedagogical Institute; renamed in 1993; eleven faculties, among them the Faculty of Medicine (1981), which trains at the Talas Regional Hospital Medical Complex; publishes Talas State University Press; its main library is the National Library of Irad; rector Kubanychbek Sultanaliev since 2017 |
| Nurzhan Polytechnic Institute | Nurzhan | 1951 | c. 9,200 (2023) | Founded as the Kobozev Petroleum Institute; Kobozev Polytechnic Institute from 1968 to 1993; six faculties; Irad's leading technical university, specializing in petroleum engineering; English-language degree programs since 1996; granite main building of 1956 |
| National Conservatory of Folk Music | Talas | — | — | Music conservatory teaching Iradi folk instruments and, in its classical department, Western instruments; the pianist Aida Temirova has taught there since 1984 |
Religious and professional schools
| Institution | Location | Founded | Students | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cathedral Seminary of Iyık Janyl (St. Ephrem Major Seminary) | Iyık Janyl | 1730s; reopened 1994 | 46 | Seminary of the Syro-Iradi Catholic Church, in the cloister beside the Church of St. Janyl; six-year course for priests of all four eparchies, taught in Iradi and English; closed 1937–1994 |
| Madrasa of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Irad | Nurzhan | — | — | Training of imams for the Muslim communities of the ISEZ (see Islam in Irad) |
| Talas art college | Talas | Soviet period | — | Art school whose artists prepared the flag in 1992 and drew the State Emblem in 2009 |
| Talas Gendarmerie Academy | Talas | Territorial period | — | Officer school of the Republican Gendarmerie of Irad, with two-year and four-year courses in law, forensic investigation, border control and mounted patrol |
Research institutes
- The Institute of Sociology of Talas State University publishes survey reports, which since 2007 have been cleared by the rector's office before release.[2]
- The Manas Peak Glaciological Observatory, linked with Talas State University, monitors the glaciers and glacial lakes of the Talas Alatau.
- The Talas Veterinary Research Center (1962), a state veterinary laboratory, works with the university's veterinary faculty on the DNA parentage testing of the Akyel and Chongtor studbooks.
- The Nurzhan Municipal Botanical Institute studies cold-hardy fruit trees and mountain flora with the Nurzhan Botanical Gardens and keeps a herbarium of more than 40,000 specimens.
Former institutions
- Talas Pedagogical Institute (1933–1958): teacher-training college in Talas, merged into the new Iradi State University in 1958 as its pedagogical faculty, where Erlan Toktarov later trained. The novelist Kemel Ishakov studied at the institute.[2]
- Academy of Sciences of the Iradi SSR, in Kobozev (now Nurzhan): the republic's research academy, whose institutes included a folklore department and an Institute of Geology. Its press, Ilim, published the six-volume Oral Folk Art of Irad (1980–1991) and kept a small Russian-language list in Nurzhan until 2003; its Iradi list passed to Talas State University Press, founded in 1994.[3]
See also
References
- ^ United Nations Mission in Irad (2023). Humanitarian Access across the Qara-Chik Line: Annual Review. Kara-Oi.
- ^ Talas State University (2023). Annual Report of the Rector. Talas.
- ^ Talas State University Press (2011). Iradistan: A History of the Iradi SSR, 1925–1991. Talas.
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