Research and experimental work within the master’s programmes prepares specialists capable of innovative work: from setting a research problem to an article, a grant and a master’s thesis.
For the selection Korkem prepared an essay and a portfolio: results of national olympiads in mathematics and physics, leadership in the school parliament, and sports awards in football, volleyball, basketball and handball. Her work was found to meet the competition requirements, and she has been invited to the national «Úzdik student» forum in Astana on 31 October 2026.
Nuraiym won first place in the essay competition «Why did I choose the Statistics major?», held during the Statistics programme week of the Department of Accounting and Audit. Group B-St 24/1R won second place in the wall newspaper competition on statistics.
First-year master’s student. Research project competition «Academic Forum of Future Leaders», Nizhny Novgorod. Topic: «The role of financial reporting in developing and approving the conceptual principles of accounting». Supervisor: Kazhmukhametova A.A., Candidate of Economic Sciences.
First-year master’s student, programme 7M04108 Accounting and Audit. 10th International intellectual competition «UNIVERSITY STARS 2024», Moscow. Topic: «The impact of the digitalisation of the economy on the development of accounting and audit». Supervisor: Kazhmukhametova A.A., Candidate of Economic Sciences.
Obtaining new results that matter for the theory and practice of accounting, audit, analysis and statistics.
Mastering the methodology of scientific work and the skills of research as part of a team.
Mastering theoretical and experimental methods for studying objects — processes, effects, phenomena, projects — in the subject area.
Topics are discussed and updated every year for both the specialised and the research-and-teaching tracks — by 30–40 %.
Harmonisation of accounting, financial reporting concepts under globalisation, IFRS methodology in unifying Kazakhstan’s accounting practice, development of state audit, organisation of internal audit in companies.
Financial accounting under IFRS, digitalisation of accounting, management and tax accounting, controlling, audit under ISA, consolidated reporting — with scientific novelty and practical value.
Developing and applying modern statistical methods for education and science: research work, evidence-based recommendations, information technologies for data analysis, preparation for research and teaching.
Advanced statistical methods — big data analysis, modelling, econometrics, machine learning — for economics, finance, marketing and the social sciences, working with real data for management decisions.
Supervision is allocated according to teaching load. All supervisors are specialists in the field, doctors and candidates of economic sciences who meet the qualification requirements.
The programmes include research training: the student masters every stage of the work — from setting the problem to articles, patent and grant applications, competitions and the master’s thesis (project). During the academic year students of both tracks submit reports on their research and experimental work: publications, participation in competitions and projects, progress on the research topic.
Master’s students discussed the problems, trends and prospects of accounting and audit in the digital economy: adopting artificial intelligence, automating big data in accounting and analysis, and the 2026 changes to tax legislation.
Internships at research organisations and companies in the field consolidate professional knowledge and skills with innovative technologies in the Accounting and Audit and Statistics programmes.
Statistics, research and teaching track Astrakhan State University, Russia, 27.05–07.06.2026.
Statistics, specialised track Almaty City Department of the Bureau of National Statistics, Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of Kazakhstan, 20.04–03.05.2026.
Амиров Т., Искаков Р., Шапай М. (Accounting and Audit, research and teaching track) — online international internship at Astrakhan State University, 26.05–08.06.2025.
Скиба А. (specialised track) — Vashi Okna Astana LLP, 21.04–04.05.2025.
Төребек Б. (specialised track) — AziyaMetkom LLP, 27.05–09.06.2024.
Солтанов Ернар и Шинабекова Асия (research and teaching track) — Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, Belarus, 15–21.01.2022. Programme «Innovative activity of businesses in the digital transformation of the economy»: seminars and master classes, the Coordination Council of employer organisations, the round table «A cluster approach to developing economic education», visits to leading companies.
The department’s master’s students publish every year in conference proceedings and journals recommended by the national quality assurance committee. Companies issue implementation certificates based on their research results.
