Overview

Learning Outcomes

The Phytosanitary Safety program from Kazakh Agro-Technical Research University (KATRU) will help you:

Be able to identify and identify the symptoms of plant diseases, classification criteria, etiology of non-infectious and infectious plant diseases.
To know the basics of monitoring and expertise, including examination, observation, accounting for the development, spread of diseases and the basics of their prediction, and to develop protective measures against plant diseases on crops.

To know the principles of state regulation in the field of protection and quarantine of plants from pests, weeds and plant diseases aimed at preserving the harvest, to know the methods of creating infectious backgrounds, taking into account the infestation of plants with pathogens and pests.
Be able to differentiate the types of quarantine pests, pathogens and weeds and quarantine measures to combat them are associated with the biology of crops and harmful organisms.

To know and be able to determine the indicators of agrophysical and water properties of the soil, to carry out accounting and mapping of the infestation of fields, to develop comprehensive weed control measures, crop rotation and tillage systems, to know the methods of breeding bees, the technology of production of bee products, to analyze the state and possible development of the situation in agrophytocenoses for weed vegetation, to keep records of weeds, their diagnostics, methods and ways of dealing with them
To know the basic theoretical laws of chemistry, composition, structure and properties of the most important bioactive substances to master the technique of solving various types of computational problems, drawing up the reaction equation, freely navigate the information flow and solve problems related to knowledge of chemistry, possess basic skills of using modern equipment in scientific research and in the process of performing production tasks; the ability to to use the basic laws of mechanics, thermodynamics in professional activity, to know electromagnetic phenomena.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

General biology of organisms

Genetics, ontogenesis, phylogeny

Higher Mathematics

Inorganic and organic chemistry

Professionally oriented English

Agrarian Economics

Agrochemistry

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-08-15 00:00:00

Language

English, Russian

Credits

240 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Astana, Kazakhstan

Disciplines

Chemistry Biochemistry

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

700000 KZT / year

≈ 700000 KZT / year
Domestic Applies to you

Applies to you

Citizens or residents

700000 KZT / year

≈ 700000 KZT / year

Living costs

Astana

Kazakhstan

151250 - 222349 KZT / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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