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Kazakhstan receives Coursera Learning Excellence Award in London

The award recognized the integration of online learning into higher education and the development of digital skills.

Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Science and Higher Education received the Coursera Learning Excellence Award at London FWD. The award recognized the country’s work to bring international online learning into universities and develop digital skills.

Author: Робот Source: Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Kazakhstan

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Kazakhstan received the Coursera Learning Excellence Award at an event in London.

Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Science and Higher Education received the international Coursera Learning Excellence Award at the London FWD event in London. The event brought together education technology platforms Coursera and Udemy and partners from Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

The award recognized Kazakhstan’s integration of international online learning into higher education, as well as its development of digital competencies and artificial intelligence skills. The country has worked with Coursera since 2022.

According to the ministry, the initiative has given students at Kazakh universities access to thousands of international online courses and professional certification programs. More than 292,000 learners have earned certificates on the platform, with the total number exceeding 682,000.

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Learners have spent more than 5.35 million hours studying. A total of 163,098 academic credits have been recognized within educational programs at Kazakh universities.

In 2026, the ministry allocated 38,184 Coursera licenses to 100 higher education institutions in Kazakhstan. More than 100 universities are integrating Coursera courses into their programs and recognizing online learning results as part of formal higher education.

The award ceremony was led by Coursera CEO Greg Hart. The ministry said its digital transformation work was also recognized in 2025, when Minister Sayasat Nurbek received the Coursera Learning Hero Award.

Translated from Russian using artificial intelligence. Source: Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Kazakhstan

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