Did you graduate from a UK university? Become part of our Alumni UK network!

Alumni UK is the new global network for people from around the world who have studied for a UK university degree – whether that was in the UK, online or at a university in another country.

By joining Alumni UK, you can grow your worldwide professional network, continue learning and share your experience and expertise with others. You will find resources to develop your career and new opportunities to help you succeed. It’s also a place where you can celebrate your connection to the UK and keep up to date with UK culture and the English language.

UK alumni are among the most employable graduates in the world. 38 per cent of Nobel laureates who studied abroad did so in the UK. Join us as we build the largest UK alumni community, connecting people who studied at any UK university and find out how Alumni UK can help you achieve your goals.

Reasons to join Alumni UK

  • Attend exclusive industry events and masterclasses.
  • Keep learning to advance your career.
  • Find new opportunities.
  • Showcase your skills on a global stage.
  • Connect with other UK alumni and build your network.

Who can join?

All international UK alumni from any UK university, on any course, in any year are encouraged to join.*

If you studied an online degree from a UK university, or a transnational education course accredited by a UK university but delivered in another country, then you can still join Alumni UK.

* You need to have spent at least one term at a UK higher education institution enrolled on a credit-bearing course.

Sign up today and start your free membership with Alumni UK.

Events for UK Alumni in Kazakhstan

There are annual UK Alumni networking meetings in Almaty, Astana and Atyrau run by the British Council in partnership with the British Chamber of Commerce and other partners such as Haileybury School, Kazakh-British Technical University and APEC Training Center.

UK Alumni events

The calendar of UK Alumni events will be published on this webpage. Stay tuned for updates!

British Alumni Network Reception

In partnership with the British Embassy Nur-Sultan, the British Alumni Club of Kazakhstan, the Bolashak Alumni Relations Office (BARO) of the Centre for International Programmes and the Bolashak Alumni Association, we held the British Alumni Network reception in Nur-Sultan (on 28 January) and Almaty (29 January).

The events included plenty of opportunity to network with other UK alumni and representatives from the UK in Kazakhstan, as well as a chance to pitch ideas for alumni networking activities to other attendees.

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Guest lectures with David Mashuri in Almaty and Nur-Sultan

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UK Alumni Talks

We have talked to three distinguished UK alumni from various walks of life and asked them to share their experiences as students in the UK.

Interview with Alexandra Tsai: ‘It’s better to develop research skills than learn a formula’

Founder of the Open Mind project and lecturer at the IT University Alexandra Tsai talks about the values and culture that drive people to change themselves and the world around them and discusses ideas around responsibility, motivation and competition to obtain knowledge. Read the full interview in English.

Interview with Zhaksybek Nurtlessov: ‘My goal is to help at least one million people over the course of my life’

Zhaksybek Nurtlesov, Lecturer at Nazarbayev University’s School of Medicine and practising physician, talks about current trends in medicine and what motivates doctors. Read the full interview in English.

Interview with Asset Abdualliyev: ‘Do what you say you’ll do!’

Head of the Steering Committee for the 2017 World Winter Universiade, Aset Abdualiyev, talks about the most important criteria for professional success in Kazakhstan, about social mobility and about how a regular guy could become the youngest employee of the President’s Administration. Read the full interview in English.

UK alumni video blog

We have talked to five distinguished UK alumni from various walks of life and asked them to share their experiences as students in the UK.  

Watch their interviews to learn more about these professionals and find out how studying in the UK has contributed to their lives and careers! 

We want to hear your ideas!

If you have any comments or suggestions for our alumni relations development or if you would like to share your events or news with other UK alumni, email us at AlumniKZ@britishcouncil.org.
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