Accreditation of the subjects of scientific and (or) scientific and technical activities

1. A diploma confirming the award of an academic degree (Candidate of Sciences or Doctor of Sciences), the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) or Doctor by specialization and/or a certificate (diploma) confirming the conferment of the academic title of Associate Professor (Docent) or Professor.
2. One monograph and/or published academic articles over the past five years:

• for technical and natural sciences — one international patent or one article published in an international peer-reviewed scientific journal, except for articles classified as secret or marked “For Official Use Only”, with a non-zero impact factor according to the Journal Citation Reports of Clarivate Analytics, or in publications that have a CiteScore percentile of at least 35 in the Scopus database in at least one subject area;
• for the social sciences and humanities — one article published in journals with a non-zero impact factor according to the Journal Citation Reports of Clarivate Analytics, or indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection database (Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index);
• as well as three articles published in scientific journals recommended by the Committee for Quality Assurance in Science and Higher Education of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

1. The charter of the organization.
2. Diplomas of research staff confirming the award of an academic degree (Candidate of Sciences or Doctor of Sciences), the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) or Doctor by specialization, and/or certificates (diplomas) confirming the conferment of the academic title of Associate Professor (Docent) or Professor.
3. An employment contract or other supporting documents confirming that the accredited organization is indicated as the primary place of employment, and the order on the hiring of employees.
4. A certificate of a certified or attested (accredited) laboratory and/or the organizational structure indicating the laboratory.
5. The laboratory datasheet.
6. A lease agreement for the laboratory (if the organization leases the laboratory for research activities).
7. An explanatory note (in free form, if the scientific activities carried out do not require a laboratory).
8. Working design, technological and technical documentation; and/or a mock-up sample, a detailed mock-up (model) of the object; and/or results of testing of a laboratory prototype of the technology (object), a full-scale fully functional prototype, or an actual device; and/or a test report; and/or developed software; and/or a demonstration of an industrial prototype (if available, depending on the technology readiness level).
9. Agreements for the implementation of scientific and scientific-technical projects and programs.
10. Reports on research activities and/or certificates of completed work.
11. Patents for inventions, industrial designs, utility models, and plant varieties; copyright certificates. international patents (Eurasian patents, patents issued under the Patent Cooperation Treaty) and license agreements.
12. Published scientific articles; published materials from conferences, forums, congresses, symposia, and conventions; monographs, textbooks, teaching aids, and methodological documents.

If the period of activity of the entity does not exceed five years, electronic copies of the supporting documents shall be submitted for the entire period of its activity.

Service recipients (individuals):

1. An application.
2. An electronic copy of the document confirming the change of the service recipient’s surname, name, and patronymic (if any) (certificate/statement).

Service recipients (legal entities):

1. An application.
2. An electronic copy of the decision confirming the change of the service recipient’s name (resolution/order/minutes).

1. An application.
2. Information retrieved from the relevant state digital systems via the e-Government Gateway:

• about an identity document;
• on state registration (re-registration) of legal entity;
• a diploma of higher education;
• a Master’s degree diploma;
• certificate of accreditation.

1. A diploma confirming the award of an academic degree (Candidate of Sciences or Doctor of Sciences), the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) or Doctor by specialization and/or a certificate (diploma) confirming the conferment of the academic title of Associate Professor (Docent) or Professor.
2. One monograph and/or published academic articles over the past five years:

• for technical and natural sciences — one international patent or one article published in an international peer-reviewed scientific journal, except for articles classified as secret or marked “For Official Use Only”, with a non-zero impact factor according to the Journal Citation Reports of Clarivate Analytics, or in publications that have a CiteScore percentile of at least 35 in the Scopus database in at least one subject area;
• for the social sciences and humanities — one article published in journals with a non-zero impact factor according to the Journal Citation Reports of Clarivate Analytics, or indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection database (Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index);
• as well as three articles published in scientific journals recommended by the Committee for Quality Assurance in Science and Higher Education of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

1. The charter of the organization.
2. Diplomas of research staff confirming the award of an academic degree (Candidate of Sciences or Doctor of Sciences), the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) or Doctor by specialization, and/or certificates (diplomas) confirming the conferment of the academic title of Associate Professor (Docent) or Professor.
3. An employment contract or other supporting documents confirming that the accredited organization is indicated as the primary place of employment, and the order on the hiring of employees.
4. A certificate of a certified or attested (accredited) laboratory and/or the organizational structure indicating the laboratory.
5. The laboratory datasheet.
6. A lease agreement for the laboratory (if the organization leases the laboratory for research activities).
7. An explanatory note (in free form, if the scientific activities carried out do not require a laboratory).
8. Working design, technological and technical documentation; and/or a mock-up sample, a detailed mock-up (model) of the object; and/or results of testing of a laboratory prototype of the technology (object), a full-scale fully functional prototype, or an actual device; and/or a test report; and/or developed software; and/or a demonstration of an industrial prototype (if available, depending on the technology readiness level).
9. Agreements for the implementation of scientific and scientific-technical projects and programs.
10. Reports on research activities and/or certificates of completed work.
11. Patents for inventions, industrial designs, utility models, and plant varieties; copyright certificates. international patents (Eurasian patents, patents issued under the Patent Cooperation Treaty) and license agreements.
12. Published scientific articles; published materials from conferences, forums, congresses, symposia, and conventions; monographs, textbooks, teaching aids, and methodological documents.

If the period of activity of the entity does not exceed five years, electronic copies of the supporting documents shall be submitted for the entire period of its activity.

Service recipients (individuals):

1. An application.
2. An electronic copy of the document confirming the change of the service recipient’s surname, name, and patronymic (if any) (certificate/statement).

Service recipients (legal entities):

1. An application.
2. An electronic copy of the decision confirming the change of the service recipient’s name (resolution/order/minutes).

1. An application.
2. Information retrieved from the relevant state digital systems via the e-Government Gateway:

• about an identity document;
• on state registration (re-registration) of legal entity;
• a diploma of higher education;
• a Master’s degree diploma;
• certificate of accreditation.

1. A diploma confirming the award of an academic degree (Candidate of Sciences or Doctor of Sciences), the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) or Doctor by specialization and/or a certificate (diploma) confirming the conferment of the academic title of Associate Professor (Docent) or Professor.
2. One monograph and/or published academic articles over the past five years:

• for technical and natural sciences — one international patent or one article published in an international peer-reviewed scientific journal, except for articles classified as secret or marked “For Official Use Only”, with a non-zero impact factor according to the Journal Citation Reports of Clarivate Analytics, or in publications that have a CiteScore percentile of at least 35 in the Scopus database in at least one subject area;
• for the social sciences and humanities — one article published in journals with a non-zero impact factor according to the Journal Citation Reports of Clarivate Analytics, or indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection database (Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index);
• as well as three articles published in scientific journals recommended by the Committee for Quality Assurance in Science and Higher Education of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

1. The charter of the organization.
2. Diplomas of research staff confirming the award of an academic degree (Candidate of Sciences or Doctor of Sciences), the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) or Doctor by specialization, and/or certificates (diplomas) confirming the conferment of the academic title of Associate Professor (Docent) or Professor.
3. An employment contract or other supporting documents confirming that the accredited organization is indicated as the primary place of employment, and the order on the hiring of employees.
4. A certificate of a certified or attested (accredited) laboratory and/or the organizational structure indicating the laboratory.
5. The laboratory datasheet.
6. A lease agreement for the laboratory (if the organization leases the laboratory for research activities).
7. An explanatory note (in free form, if the scientific activities carried out do not require a laboratory).
8. Working design, technological and technical documentation; and/or a mock-up sample, a detailed mock-up (model) of the object; and/or results of testing of a laboratory prototype of the technology (object), a full-scale fully functional prototype, or an actual device; and/or a test report; and/or developed software; and/or a demonstration of an industrial prototype (if available, depending on the technology readiness level).
9. Agreements for the implementation of scientific and scientific-technical projects and programs.
10. Reports on research activities and/or certificates of completed work.
11. Patents for inventions, industrial designs, utility models, and plant varieties; copyright certificates. international patents (Eurasian patents, patents issued under the Patent Cooperation Treaty) and license agreements.
12. Published scientific articles; published materials from conferences, forums, congresses, symposia, and conventions; monographs, textbooks, teaching aids, and methodological documents.

If the period of activity of the entity does not exceed five years, electronic copies of the supporting documents shall be submitted for the entire period of its activity.

Service recipients (individuals):

1. An application.
2. An electronic copy of the document confirming the change of the service recipient’s surname, name, and patronymic (if any) (certificate/statement).

Service recipients (legal entities):

1. An application.
2. An electronic copy of the decision confirming the change of the service recipient’s name (resolution/order/minutes).

1. An application.
2. Information retrieved from the relevant state digital systems via the e-Government Gateway:

• about an identity document;
• on state registration (re-registration) of legal entity;
• a diploma of higher education;
• a Master’s degree diploma;
• certificate of accreditation.

1. A diploma confirming the award of an academic degree (Candidate of Sciences or Doctor of Sciences), the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) or Doctor by specialization and/or a certificate (diploma) confirming the conferment of the academic title of Associate Professor (Docent) or Professor.
2. One monograph and/or published academic articles over the past five years:

• for technical and natural sciences — one international patent or one article published in an international peer-reviewed scientific journal, except for articles classified as secret or marked “For Official Use Only”, with a non-zero impact factor according to the Journal Citation Reports of Clarivate Analytics, or in publications that have a CiteScore percentile of at least 35 in the Scopus database in at least one subject area;
• for the social sciences and humanities — one article published in journals with a non-zero impact factor according to the Journal Citation Reports of Clarivate Analytics, or indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection database (Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index);
• as well as three articles published in scientific journals recommended by the Committee for Quality Assurance in Science and Higher Education of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

1. The charter of the organization.
2. Diplomas of research staff confirming the award of an academic degree (Candidate of Sciences or Doctor of Sciences), the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) or Doctor by specialization, and/or certificates (diplomas) confirming the conferment of the academic title of Associate Professor (Docent) or Professor.
3. An employment contract or other supporting documents confirming that the accredited organization is indicated as the primary place of employment, and the order on the hiring of employees.
4. A certificate of a certified or attested (accredited) laboratory and/or the organizational structure indicating the laboratory.
5. The laboratory datasheet.
6. A lease agreement for the laboratory (if the organization leases the laboratory for research activities).
7. An explanatory note (in free form, if the scientific activities carried out do not require a laboratory).
8. Working design, technological and technical documentation; and/or a mock-up sample, a detailed mock-up (model) of the object; and/or results of testing of a laboratory prototype of the technology (object), a full-scale fully functional prototype, or an actual device; and/or a test report; and/or developed software; and/or a demonstration of an industrial prototype (if available, depending on the technology readiness level).
9. Agreements for the implementation of scientific and scientific-technical projects and programs.
10. Reports on research activities and/or certificates of completed work.
11. Patents for inventions, industrial designs, utility models, and plant varieties; copyright certificates. international patents (Eurasian patents, patents issued under the Patent Cooperation Treaty) and license agreements.
12. Published scientific articles; published materials from conferences, forums, congresses, symposia, and conventions; monographs, textbooks, teaching aids, and methodological documents.

If the period of activity of the entity does not exceed five years, electronic copies of the supporting documents shall be submitted for the entire period of its activity.

Service recipients (individuals):

1. An application.
2. An electronic copy of the document confirming the change of the service recipient’s surname, name, and patronymic (if any) (certificate/statement).

Service recipients (legal entities):

1. An application.
2. An electronic copy of the decision confirming the change of the service recipient’s name (resolution/order/minutes).

1. An application.
2. Information retrieved from the relevant state digital systems via the e-Government Gateway:

• about an identity document;
• on state registration (re-registration) of legal entity;
• a diploma of higher education;
• a Master’s degree diploma;
• certificate of accreditation.

! It is barred to reject the receipt of an appeal.

1. Once the appeal is submitted, the applicant is issued a receipt containing a unique number, indicating the date and time, last name and initials, and the position of the person who received the appeal.
2. In the case of non-compliance with the requirements established by Article 63 Code, the administrative body and the official shall indicate to the applicant the requirements the appeal does not comply with, and set a reasonable time limit for bringing it into compliance with the requirements.
3. Before a decision is made on the administrative case, the applicant may withdraw the appeal on the basis of his written application.

Referring the appeal to an authorized administrative body and official

An appeal received by an administrative body and official whose authority does not include the consideration of this appeal, within no later than 3 working days from the date of its receipt shall refer it to the authorized administrative body and official, with simultaneous notification of the participant in the administrative procedure.

1. The timeframe of administrative procedure is 15 working days from the date of receipt of an appeal.

! The laws may set the other timeframe for consideration of appeals (For example, according to the Law “On Access to Information” a reply to a written enquiry is provided within fifteen calendar days from the date of receipt of the information by the owner).

2. The period of administrative procedure may be extended by a reasoned decision of the head of the administrative body for not more than 2 months, consistently the participant in the administrative procedure is notified within 3 working days from the date of extension.

A participant in the administrative procedure has the right to file a complaint the administrative action (inaction) related to the adoption of an administrative act.

If an administrative body and official within the timeframe has not adopted an administrative act or committed an administrative action, then commencing from the date of expiry it is considered that the administrative body and official rejected to adopt the administrative act or commit the administrative action.

The complaint is submitted to the administrative body and official whose administrative act and administrative action (inaction) is being appealed.

An appeal to the court is allowed after a pre-trial appeal. If the law provides for the possibility of going to court without the need to appeal to a higher authority, the administrative act, administrative action (inaction) of the administrative body and official is being disputed, along with the revoke, submit to the court a reasoned position of the head of the higher administrative body and official.

! The Administrative Procedure Code not always rules the procedure of complaint; the industry laws may contain statutes indicating the appeal of the decision in the court, without pre-trial appeal.

1. A complaint against an administrative act, administrative action (inaction) is submitted to the administrative body and official no later than 3 months from the day when the participant in the administrative procedure became aware of the adoption of the administrative act or the commitment of an administrative action (inaction).
2. If the deadline is missed for a good reason, at the request of the participant in the administrative procedure, it may be renewed by the body considering the complaint.
3. Missing the deadline for submitting the complaint is not a basis for rejection to receive the complaint by the body considering the complaint.

! Other laws may establish a special procedure and deadlines for appealing the decisions.

The period for consideration of the complaint is 5 working days from the date of receipt of the complaint.

! Other laws may establish a different period for appealing the decisions of administrative bodies.