Conference format & key facts
Organized detailsOverview
Attendee registration is open for Nazarbayev University's hybrid Teaching Conference 2026 on teaching excellence, faculty development and higher-education quality, taking place 27–28 October in Astana and online.
Complete conference details
The conference brings together academics, faculty developers, quality-assurance professionals, policymakers, doctoral researchers and industry partners. Attendee/participant registration runs through 20 October 2026. The event uses a hybrid format and covers evidence-based teaching, inclusive pedagogy, curriculum design, AI-enhanced teaching, faculty development, institutional policy and quality assurance. Participant fees vary by category: local participants KZT 15,000; local students KZT 10,000; NU faculty/alumni KZT 5,000; international students USD 50; international participants from upper-income countries USD 100; international participants from low-income countries USD 75; NU students and GSE faculty attend free.
Eligibility requirements
Open to attendees including academics, faculty developers, quality-assurance professionals, policymakers, doctoral researchers, industry partners and other participants interested in higher-education teaching and faculty development. Presenter registration is a separate track for accepted abstracts.
Tips for this conference
Practical Job and Scholarship guidance. These tips do not replace official rules or create new eligibility requirements.
- Confirm whether you are registering as an attendee, speaker, poster presenter, exhibitor or scholarship/travel-grant applicant because deadlines can differ.
- For abstracts or papers, follow the exact theme, template, word limit, author format and publication rules from the official call.
- If travel is required, check invitation-letter timing, visa processing, accommodation and travel-support deadlines early.
- Review the agenda and speakers in advance and plan the sessions and people most relevant to your goals.
Verification notes
Verified on the official NU Graduate School of Education conference page on 2026-09-08 UTC. The attendee/participant registration deadline is date-only, 20 October 2026, so no closing clock or timezone was invented. Abstract submission closed 25 August; this record is specifically for attendee registration, not the closed call for papers. Fees are tiered, so application.fee is left null rather than misrepresenting one price as universal.
Job and Scholarship is the discovery and verification layer. Confirm eligibility, dates, salary/funding and application instructions on the original source before submitting anything.
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