About Us

The history of the NJSC «West Kazakhstan Marat Ospanov Medical University» (hereinafter –WKMOMU) began in 1957, when by order of the Ministry of Higher Education of the USSR, in order to provide Western and North-West Kazakhstan with qualified medical personnel, the Aktobe State Medical Institute with the specialty «General Medicine» was opened. Doctor of Medical Sciences, Academician Dairov A.B. was appointed as the first rector of the institute.

The opening of the institute marked the beginning of the development of medical education and science in Kazakhstan. The path traveled by the medical university is the formation of scientific schools known not only in the country, but also abroad; training of doctors of various specialties in demand in practical healthcare of the country, conducting fundamental scientific research.

Today, NJSC «WKMOMU» is a leading educational institution, a center of medical and clinical science in the Western region of Kazakhstan.

The university’s development strategy is aimed at implementing state policy in the field of healthcare and medical education, providing the industry with highly qualified medical personnel, improving the quality and accessibility of medical care for all segments of the population.

Thanks to constant work to improve the quality of education and the implementation of scientific research results, the University takes worthy places in the National University Rankings. In 2023, in the general ranking of the IAAR «TOP-20» of universities of the Republic of Kazakhstan, WKMOMU took 7th place. In the institutional ranking of universities of the RK-2023 in the field of «Healthcare and Social Security (Medicine) », the University’s educational programs take leading positions.