IQAA Ranking of Study Programs includes three separate lists for Bachelor programs and Masters programs, and PhD programs (Ranking of Bachelor Programs, Ranking of Master Programs, Ranking of PhD Programs) in 12 broad areas:

• Pedagogical Sciences
• Arts and Humanities
• Social Sciences, Journalism and Information
• Business, Management and Law
• Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics
• Information and Communication Technologies
• Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction Industries
• Agriculture and Bioresources
• Veterinary Science
• Healthcare and Social Security
• Services
• National Security and Military Affairs

INDICATOR 1 – CONTINGENT OF STUDENTS STUDYING BY INDICATED STUDY PROGRAM AND THE RESULTS OF THE TRAINING – 150 POINTS

• The ratio of the average number of full-time bachelor’s / master’s program students over the last three years to the average contingent of the same program students per one university across the country (30 points)
• The proportion of students studying by government scholarship support, according to the program, to the total number of full-time students studying on the indicated program (40 points)
• The proportion of full-time out-of-town students studying in indicated study program to the total number of full-time students (30 points)
• Victories of students at international competitions, conferences and Olympiads on the indicated program (in Kazakhstan and CIS countries) over the last three academic years (15 points) 
• Victories of students at international competitions, conferences and Olympiads on the indicated program (in far abroad countries ) over the last three academic years (35 points) 

INDICATOR 2 – ACADEMIC STAFF AND RESEARCHERS ON THE INDICATED TRAINING PROGRAM – 130 POINTS

• Proportion of Doctors of Sciences, PhDs to the total academic staff (30 points)
• Proportion of Doctors of Sciences, PhDs to the part-time faculty (20 points)
• The proportion of full-time domestic academic staff graduated in foreign countries (20 points)
• The ratio of the number of academic staff to full-time students studying in indicated undergraduate/graduate program (30 points) 
• Proportion of Doctors of Sciences, PhDs to the total academic staff researchers (20 points)
• Proportion of Doctors of Sciences, PhDs to the part-time researchers (10 points) 

INDICATOR 3 – RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D), INNOVATIVE WORK – 180 POINTS

• The volume of research funding per one full-time academic staff, thousand KZT (60 points)
• Number of publications per academic staff in the Web of Science database (15 points) 
• Number of citations per article in the Web of Science database (15 points)
• Number of publications per academic staff in the Scopus database (15 points) 
• Number of citations per article in the Scopus database (15 points)
• Number of publications per academic staff in the Science Index (10 points)
• Number of citations per article in the in the Science Index (5 points)
• Number of patents over the last calendar year per one full-time academic staff (40 points)
• Number of intellectual property certificates over the last 3 calendar years (5 points) 

INDICATOR 4 – INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION CORRESPONDING TO THE STUDY PROGRAM – 140 POINTS

• Number of international exchanges, business trips per academic staff over the last three academic years (40 points)
• Number of international exchanges per full-day student studying in indicated program over the last three academic years (40 points)
• The proportion of foreign academic staff who are invited to conduct lectures, classes (at least two credits) over the last three academic years (40 points)
• Membership in international associations of HEIs in the direction of the educational program (10 points)
• Number of agreements with foreign universities on joint programs of double-diploma (10 points) 

INDICATOR 5 – EMPLOYMENT AND THE RATIO OF GRADUATES OF THE STUDY PROGRAM – 200 POINTS

• The share of employed graduates of the study program (160 points)
• The ratio of the average number of full-time graduates by the indicated university’s study programs to the average number of graduates by this study programs in the country (40 points)