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own or other funds is carried out at the expense of their own or other funds.

14. Double-degree education

14.1. A master's student of the Academy studying within the framework of a two-year
master's degree program is granted the right to participate in a two-degree education
program. This right is implemented in accordance with the Rules of the organization of the
educational process on credit technology of training, approved by the Ministry of Education
and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
14.2. Double-degree education means studying for one or two semesters in a partner
OHPE, mastering the required credits for both training programs with the transfer of the
necessary OHPE credits according to the established requirements. Upon completion of
training and fulfillment of all the requirements for each of the programs, the student is issued
two diplomas of established samples on the award of an academic degree and two
transcripts or one joint diploma based on agreements.
14.3 Mandatory conditions for the implementation of double-degree education
programs are:
1) development and approval of agreed EP;
2) mastering by the students included in the double-degree education of the part of the
EP in the OHPE partner;
3) mandatory recognition and automatic transfer of periods and learning outcomes
based on agreements, general principles and quality assurance standards;
4) involvement of teachers in double-degree education, joint development of the EP,
teaching, participation in general admission and / or attestation commissions;
5) students who have fully mastered the programs of double-degree education are
awarded the degree of each partner OHPE, or one joint degree based on agreements.
14.4. The financing of the program of double-degree education is carried out at the
expense of the republican budget, funds of the Academy or at the expense of individuals
and legal entities. The costs of implementing a two-degree education program can be
partially or completely covered.
14.5. To study under the program of double-degree education, the student passes a
competitive selection. The competitive selection consists of the following stages:
1) selection of applicants at the meeting of the NSPP /Institutions Directorate;
2) consideration of documents by the admissions committee of the OHPE partner;
3) selection of applicants by the Academy's competition commission;
4) approval of candidates for participation in the program of double-degree education
in the AC.
The Competition Commission considers the following criteria when selecting
candidates:
1) the level of motivation, considering career growth in public service;
2) English language proficiency level;
3) average academic achievement score (GPA) for the first year of study;
4) the financial situation of the candidate (including the willingness to bear the costs
of travel, accommodation, meals, medical insurance, visa processing).
14.6. Foreign students included in the program of double-degree education undergo
similar enrollment procedures in the general contingent of students with a special mark
"included education" and an indication of the period, the duration of training, the number of
disciplines and the volume of credits being mastered.
14.7. The individual curriculum of the student includes a list of academic disciplines,
their labor intensity (in credits and hours), distribution by semesters, OHPE partners, where
they will master the EP, the order of transfer.
14.8. The double-degree educational program considers the requirements of the