Bilim & Science opens in Aktau with free study for 250 researchers

A student research center named Bilim & Science has opened in Aktau, according to the press service of the Mangystau region akim. Students, master's students and doctoral candidates can study there for free, work on research projects and develop startups.

The center occupies a five-storey building of 3,000 square metres and is designed for 250 people. It has 15 classrooms, conference halls and a cafeteria. For young researchers from other regions, the center has 20 hotel-style beds.

Work is organized in three directions: natural and technical, social and humanitarian, and pedagogical and creative. Participants can test ideas in practice and present their projects to investors.

Bilim & Science plans to hold republican and international conferences, research and creative forums, intellectual competitions and marathons. It also plans acceleration programs for the best projects and startups, to help teams refine ideas and prepare them for implementation.

The center intends to develop scholarships for young researchers, run programs for schoolchildren and support young people from socially vulnerable groups. Director Marat Ulykpanov said the center plans to involve scientists and academicians, cooperate with leading universities in Kazakhstan and organize exchanges of experience. In the future, it expects to work with foreign scientists.

Nurdaulet Kilybay, akim of the Mangystau region, attended the opening, along with scientists and representatives of the intelligentsia. Kiikbay Zhaulin, a doctor of political sciences and professor, spoke at the ceremony.

Source:Kursiv Kazakhstan, 18.10.2026