L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University

Address: Казахстан, Астана, ул. Сатбаева 2, Алматинский район, Astana 010000, Kazakhstan (2 Satbaev st., Astana city, 10000 Kazakhstan)

The L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University (ENU) is a Kazakh national research university, and the largest higher education institution in Astana. The university was founded on 23 May 1996 as a result of the merger of Akmola Civil Engineering Institute and Akmola Pedagogical Institute. It was named L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian University in honour of the idea of the Eurasian Union and of Lev Gumilev, a historian and ethnologist who was an early adherent of Eurasianism. As a result of merging with the Academy of Diplomacy of Ministry of International Relations of Kazakhstan in 2000, it was renamed L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian State University. In 2001, the university gained national university status and became L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University. ENU provides undergraduate and graduate instruction in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, engineering and military science. In 2021, the L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University was named one of the Top 500 Universities in the World.