In 2019, 101 educational programs of the university took part in the National Rating according to the Independent Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (IQAA) (56 Bachelor's and 45 Master's programs), 85 of them entered the top five in the country.

The top three of the best specialized rating by IQAA includes 61 educational programs of the university.

Bachelor's programmes:

The first place: 5В020500 - Philology: Russian language, 5В020500 - Philology: Kazakh language, 5В060600 – Chemistry, 5В080700 - Forest resources and forestry.

The second place: 5В050200 - Political Science, 5В050300 - Psychology, 5В010600 Music education, 5В011900 Foreign language: two foreign languages, 5В020400 Culturology, 5В040200 Instrumental performance, 5В060700 Biology, 5В060800 Ecology, 5В060900 Geography, 5В074500 Transport construction, 5В080100 Agronomy, 5В080200 Livestock production technology.

The third place: 5В042000 - Architecture, 5В050400 - Journalism, 5В020800 - Archeology and Ethnology, 5В021000 - Foreign philology, 5В070800 - Oil and gas business, 5В070900 – Metallurgy, 5B071200 - Mechanical Engineering, 5B071300 - Transport, transport equipment and technology, 5B071600 - Instrumentation, 5B071700 - Heat power engineering, 5B072400 - Technological machines and equipment, 5B072700 - Technology of food products, 5B072900 - Construction, 5B073100 - Life safety and environmental protection, 5B073200 - Standardization and certification, 5В090100 - Arrangement of transport, traffic and transport operation.

Master's programmes:

The first place: 6М020500 - Philology: Russian language, 6М020500 - Philology: Kazakh language, 6М080100 - Agronomy, 6М080200 - Technology of production of livestock products, 6М091000 - Library science.

The second place: 6М020400 - Culturology, 6М050100 - Sociology, 6М050200 - Political Science, 6М050300 - Psychology, 6М050400 - Journalism, 6М060700 - Biology, 6М060900 - Geography, 6М071200 - Mechanical Engineering, 6М071300 - Transport, transport equipment, and technology, 6M060900 - Geography, 6М071200 - Mechanical Engineering, 6М071300 - Transport, transport equipment, and technology, 6М073200 - Standardization and certification, 6М074500 - Transport construction, 6М075000 - Metrology.

The third place: 6M020100 - Philosophy, 6M020300 - History, 6M020800 - Archeology and Ethnology, 6M060600 - Chemistry, 6M071600 - Instrumentation, 6M071700 - Heat power engineering, 6M072400 - Technological machines and equipment, 6M072700 - Technology of food products, 6M072900 - Construction, 6M073100 - Life safety and environmental protection, 6М090200 - Tourism.