About Us

“Regional Innovation University AIU” was founded in 2001 as Atyrau Engineering and Humanities Institute (certificate No. 3853-1915-U-e of March 19, 2001) and successfully carries out educational activities on the basis of the state license (Ministry of Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 2002).

State certification and accreditation. The Institute underwent state certification for compliance with license requirements in 2005, 2010 and 2015.

In 2018, the independent agency for accreditation and expertise of education quality ARQA (reg. № HE-IA-00005) conducted institutional and specialized accreditation of the Institute for a period of 5 years.

The following 10 educational programs were accredited:
- 5B060200 Informatics,
- 5B070200 Automation and Management,
- 5B070800 Oil and Gas Production,
- 5B071900 Radio Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunications,
- 5B072900 Construction,
- 5B073200 Standardization and Certification,
- 5В011900 Foreign language: two foreign languages,
- 5B030400 Customs Business,
- 5В050600 Economics,
- 5B050900 Finance.

Since May 21, 2024 the legal address of AIGI was moved to the city of Shymkent and the institution became known as Regional Innovation University.

Since July 01, 2024 the non-profit organization “Independent Kazakhstan Accreditation Center” has conducted institutional and specialized accreditation of the Regional Innovation University for a period of 5 years.

Educational programs accredited for 5 years:
- 6B050606 Economics,
- 6B04107 Management,
- 6В04108 Accounting and Audit,
- 6B04109 Finance,
- 6B04206 Jurisprudence,
- 6В06154 Computer Science and Software,
- 6B06202 Radio Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunications.
Educational programs accredited for 3 years:
- 6B07104 Chemical Engineering and Processes,
- 6B07105 Electrical Power Engineering,
- 6B07106 Automation and Control,
- 6B07203 Oil and Gas Production,
- 6B07301 Construction.