A briefing on the Bolashak Presidential Scholarship Program with official representatives of the Center for International Programs JSC, Galiya Bayzhanovna Dosmukhambetova, a Vice-president, and Olzhas Baymagambetov, a specialist of the Center, took place on March 26, 2014.

The main purpose of such briefings is providing detailed information to potential applicants for scholarships under Master's and Doctor's degree programs, residency, scientific, pedagogical, medical, and engineering trainings.

The official representatives of the Center told about changes in the program, application deadlines, application procedure, rules of the competition in 2014, as well as the measures taken for the implementation of the Bolashak International Scholarship Program. Specialists in mass media and culture now have the opportunity to participate in the program. They can take a preparation course for subsequent Master's studies and a language course with duration of up to 18 month. This year's passing score is 85 points, compared to 75 points in 2013. The requirements for foreign language proficiency have also been increased. As for the candidates for Doctoral programs, this year the Center offers them a 12-month language course.

31 people went to study abroad under the Bolashak program in 2013, 20 of them are from S. Toraighyrov PSU.