Campus: Astana, Kazakhstan, NU School of Medicine building, UMC hospitals
Language: English, Kazakh, Russian
Delivery mode: Full time
Duration: 5 years
Career: Residency graduates continue working as physicians specialized in Radiology (radiologists).
General information
The Radiology residency is a five-year program with the first three years of rotations through all radiological sub-specialities including pediatrics, emergency radiology, gastrointestinal, chest, musculoskeletal cardiovascular, breast imaging, ultrasound, positron emission tomography (PET), computerized tomography (CT) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In the final two years of training, residents spend most of the time in general radiology (training in all different subspecialties) and in the last year they can take two six-week long electives to select their subspecialty areas of interest.
Program aims
The aims of the Residency program:
Curriculum
The Radiology residency is designed to comprehensively cover the curriculum of training over five years and takes into account the requirements of ACGME (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education) and the European system of residency education.
The PGY-1 is a transitional year that includes internships in Internal Medicine, General Surgery, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Gynecology and Obstetrics. Duration of each is about 4-8 weeks.
These clinical rotations will advance into more radiology-specific courses, such as Radiation Protection, Principles of Imaging Technology and Informatics, as well as courses on Communication and Management, Evidence-based Medicine.
The PGY-2 through PGY-5 consist of a variety of subspecialty rotations in radiology: Thoracic, Abdominal, Cardiovascular, Breast imaging, Musculoskeletal, Emergency radiology, Pediatric imaging, Urogenital, Head and Neck radiology, Neuroradiology, Interventional, Oncologic imaging, radiology of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nuclear medicine. Residents in the last year of training have two electives where they can focus on the subspecialty of interest.
Among the rotations, PGY-2 and PGY-4 separate a few weeks dedicated to scholarly activity of residents.
Clinical rotation sites
Program learning outcomes
The residents are trained to achieve the graduation target of the ACGME Milestones in all six domains of medical practice, namely: Patient care and procedural skills, Medical knowledge, Practice-based learning and improvement, Interpersonal and communication skills, Professionalism, Systems-based practice.
On successful completion of the program, graduates will be able to:
Career opportunities
Residency graduates continue working as physicians specialized in Radiology (radiologists). They often work in hospitals, outpatient centers, medical and diagnostic laboratories or specialty clinics, such as a cancer center. They usually work full time and may work evenings, weekends and holidays, depending on the hours of their facility. Some radiologists, besides practicing, teach medical students and residents serving as faculty members. Research can be also another type of work that radiologists engage along with professional practice as other medical specialists do. Within specialty, graduates may pursue areas of interest including interventional radiology, neuroradiology, breast imaging, pediatric imaging and more.
Faculty
Program Director of the Residency in Radiology, Instructor
Tairkhan Dautov, MD, PhD, DMSc
Program Co-Director of the Residency in Radiology, Head of UMC Clinical and Academic Department for Radiology
Botakoz Sadyrbekova, MD, MSc
Chief of Ultrasound diagnostics of UMC
Bauyrzhan Kaliev, MD
Chief of Inpatient radiology of UMC
Viktor Zemlyanskii, MD, MSc, PhD
Chief of Interventional radiology of UMC
Bakyt Duisenbayeva, MD, PhD
Chief of Diagnostic radiology of UMC
Entry requirements
There are two types of admission: Unconditional and Conditional
Applicants who qualify for unconditional admission are expected to have:
The NUSOM Admissions Committee will consider applicants recommended for admission by University Medical Center (UMC) Residency Admission Committee but the ultimate decision to admit these applicants is made by the NUSOM Admissions Committee.
Applicants to the Program, at the discretion of the Admissions Committee, may be exempted from submitting the language proficiency test report if:
Applicants to the Program, at the discretion of the Admissions Committee, may be exempted from submitting the language proficiency test report if:
Important dates
Online application deadline for the residency program for the citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan and for international applicants - May 16, 2025, inclusively (2 pm Astana time).
List of documents to be submitted by the applicants
All submitted documents shall be in English or with notarized English translation:
Tuition fee
The residency program fee is $11,200 (5 723 200 KZT) for the 2025/2026 academic year for all students.
To learn more about tuition fees, please contact us at bursars_office@nu.edu.kz.
How to apply
Read the Instructions about the application procedure given in your Personal account.
Entry requirements
There are two types of admission: Unconditional and Conditional
Applicants who qualify for unconditional admission are expected to have:
The NUSOM Admissions Committee will consider applicants recommended for admission by University Medical Center (UMC) Residency Admission Committee but the ultimate decision to admit these applicants is made by the NUSOM Admissions Committee.
Applicants to the Program, at the discretion of the Admissions Committee, may be exempted from submitting the language proficiency test report if:
Applicants to the Program, at the discretion of the Admissions Committee, may be exempted from submitting the language proficiency test report if:
Important dates
Online application deadline for the residency program for the citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan and for international applicants - May 16, 2025, inclusively (2 pm Astana time).
List of documents to be submitted by the applicants
All submitted documents shall be in English or with notarized English translation:
How to apply
To participate in the competition the following steps must be completed:
Read the Instructions about the application procedure given in your Personal account.
If you have any issues with the application, email phd_admissions@nu.edu.kz with a detailed description of the problem, your IIN (for citizens of Kazakhstan) and your Applicant ID number.
Status assigned to the candidate
All registered candidates can check the status of their application in the Personal account. Description of the status below is presented in the order of assignment to the candidate in the Personal account.
Application in processing. This is interim status, which means that the application is being processed. Admissions Committee will evaluate the application and inform the candidate on further steps/stages. Notification on final results will be sent to your email address.
Does not meet entry requirements. The status is assigned to the candidates who do not meet the minimum entry requirements. It is given after checking the application forms and the documents by the Admissions Department.
Disqualified. The status is assigned to candidates who are disqualified for gross violations of the conditions of the competition. For example, provided deliberately false information.
Rejected by Admissions Committee. At one of the competition stages, the Admissions Committee decided to reject the candidate’s application.
Transfer to another program. At the stage of an application screening the Admissions Committee has decided to recommend the candidate for consideration by the Admissions Committee of another program within the same School.
Pending. Candidate’s application is pending.
Waiting list. The Admissions Committee has finished reviewing the candidate’s application and made a decision to put you on a waiting list. Such candidates should expect notification from the University, as there is a possibility that if other candidates reject to study, they may be sent an invitation letter to study.
Recommended for admission to program. Admissions Committee has decided to recommend candidate for the program without going through the Zero Year of Graduate programs.
Recommended for conditional admission. The Admissions Committee has decided to recommend a candidate for the conditional admission with a requirement to fulfill the condition by the deadline specified in the notification.
Withdrawn. Candidate decided to withdraw from the competition.
Accepted Program admission offer. The status is assigned to candidates who received offer letter, signed Enrollment confirmation form and fulfilled all the сonditions of the University indicated in the offer letter.
Refused admission offer. The candidate was recommended for admission, but refused to study.
Refused in favor of another NU program. The status is applicable for those candidates, who applied for several graduate programs at NU. The status is assigned when the candidate chooses another program.
Deferred. The status is assigned to candidates who were accepted for the program, but decided to postpone their studies until the next year.
Did not submit the documents/Refused. The status assigned to candidates who did not provide originals of the documents by the stated deadline, which means that the candidate refuses to study at University.
Did not come to Orientation week/Refused. The status is assigned to candidates who accepted the offer letter, provided hard copies of documents, but did not participate in Orientation week. The vacant place, if available, can be offered to the candidates in the Waiting list.
Enrolled to program. The status is assigned to candidates who enrolled to the main program by the Decision of the Provost. Candidate officially became a student.