About Us

The L. N. Gumilev Eurasian National University (ENU) (Kazakh: Л.Н. Гумилёв атындағы Еуразия ұлттық университеті (ЕҰУ), Russian: Евразийский национальный университет имени Л.Н. Гумилёва (ЕНУ)), is a Kazakh national research university, and the largest higher education institution in Astana.

The university was founded on 23 May 1996 as the result of a merger of Akmola Civil Engineering Institute and Akmola Pedagogical Institute. It was named L. N. Gumilev Eurasian University in honour of the idea of the Eurasian Union and of Lev Gumilev, a historian and ethnologist who was an early adherent of Eurasianism.[3] As the result of a merger with the Academy of Diplomacy of Ministry of International Relations of Kazakhstan in 2000, it was renamed L. N. Gumilev Eurasian State University, and in 2001, the university gained national university status and was renamed L. N. Gumilev Eurasian National University.

ENU provides undergraduate and graduate instruction in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, engineering and military science.

In 2021, the L. N. Gumilev Eurasian National University was named as one of the Top 500 Universities in the World.[4]

ENU includes 28 scientific institutions (research institutes, laboratories, centers), 13 schools, the Military Department, and cultural and educational centers of different countries. The university offers bachelor's degree, master's degree, and doctorate courses.