«OUR TIME»: Daler Ramazanov

Daler Ramazanov, a 12th grade student of the Nazarbayev Intellectual School in Nur-Sultan, was a guest on AstanaFM's "Our Time" program.

The hosts of the program asked questions and got to know Daler better.

Daler has already applied to Groningen University in the Netherlands and is now waiting for his International Baccalaureate Diploma. The duration of study at this university is shorter than in the U.S., i.e. 3 years of intensive study. He chose to major in urban studies. It is an underdeveloped field in Kazakhstan. Urban studies is the study of the processes and systems of city's life.

In the school's curriculum, the Intellectual School graduate chose economics, geography, and English at the highest level, and mathematics, physics, and Kazakh language at the standard level. His favorite subject was geography. Because he had a unit on urban studies in geography class. Then his interest in the field grew.

According to Daler, this specialty is very rare at the undergraduate level. Mostly in the U.S., the U.K. and Australia. Not wanting to go far from Kazakhstan, of the European countries his choice fell on the Netherlands. Groningen is called the student city of the Netherlands, because there are 50,000 students.

- Studying abroad is not difficult, all the skills I learned at school helped me. I applied and sent my documents within an hour. The IELTS certificate score basically starts at 6.0, and after I got a 7.5, I was accepted. In other words, you only need to have an International Baccalaureate diploma and an IELTS certificate to get into a university, - says Daler Ramazanov.

- At first I wanted to go into business administration, but since most students choose that, I didn't want to be one of many. After graduating with a degree in Urban Studies, I will be involved in finding solutions to current environmental problems in the country's megacities, - he said about his chosen specialty.

According to him, one of the most popular professions is engineering and biotechnology. Many of Daler's friends choose business administration, engineering and computer science.

When asked by the hosts, "What advice do you have for graduates?" he said:

- The students of the International Baccalaureate School in Nur-Sultan got together and created the IBpick.kz website. The site is for all graduates and students. An applicant goes to the site and fills out a special questionnaire. According to the results of the survey we find detailed information about the specialty, universities and exams. We have divided among ourselves, searched and collected information on 1,100 universities around the world," he said.

To hear more of Daler's interesting answers, follow the link below: https://qazradio.fm/astanafm/kz/audio/44940