"AIU Regional Innovation University" - Founded in 2001 as Atyrau Engineering and Humanitarian Institute (Certificate of State Registration No. 3853-1915-U-e dated March 19, 2001) successfully carries out educational activities on the basis of a state license (KZ57LA00004704 dated 04/28/2015, issued by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan).
State certification and accreditation. The Institute passed state certifications for compliance with licensing requirements in 2005, 2010, 2015.
In 2018, the institute underwent institutional and specialized accreditation by the Independent Agency ARQA (registration No.NON-IA-00005) for Accreditation and Quality Assessment of Education and was accredited for 5 years. 10 educational programs are accredited: 5B060200 Computer Science, 5B070200 Automation and Control, 5B070800 Oil and Gas engineering, 5B071900 Radio Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunications, 5B072900 Construction, 5B073200 Standardization and Certification, 5B011900 Foreign language: Two foreign languages, 5B030400 Customs, 5B050600 Economics, 5B050900 Finance.
Personnel structure. The academic staff of the university is 40.6% In the following specialties: 5B11900-Foreign language: Two foreign languages – 40.6%; 5B030400-Customs – 48.1%; 5B050600-Economics -46.1%; 5B050900 – Finance – 46.1%; 5B060200 – Computer Science – 35.6%; 5B070200-Automation and Control – 40.8%; 5B070800 – Oil and gas industry – 42.8%; 5B071900 – Radio engineering, electronics and telecommunications -35.6%; 5B072900 – Construction–35.6%; 5B073200 – Standardization and certification –35.6%.
The library's main book collection is 160,359 copies, of which 98,723 copies (61.6% of the total fund) are educational and methodical books, and 61636 copies (38.4% of the total fund) are scientific literature. Including in the state language – 114098 copies (71.2% of the total fund), in Russian – 23,830 copies (14.8% of the total fund); in English – 22,431 copies (14% of the total fund).