Abstract:
This article discusses the internationalization capacity building project at the Karaganda
Technical University (‘KTU’) in Kazakhstan. The project, entitled “Capacity building for the internationalization of a technical university by means of digital learning technologies,” was supported
by the fund “Scientific foundations “Mangilik el” (education of the 21st century, fundamental and
applied research in the humanities)” for scientists 2020–2022. The project’s primary purpose was to
explicate a sustainable strategy for internationalizing a Kazakh technical university, considering the
national and international contexts, evaluating internationalization capacity needs, formulating and
implementing a capacity-building response for internationalization, and enhancing the qualifications
and abilities of students and teachers to an internationally comparable level. In addition, the project
delivers a set of strategies for internationalization and a benchmarking methodology for evaluating
the effectiveness of internationalization processes. The benchmarking analysis of the internationalization process of a university has been conducted through a classification method, comparative
analysis, multi-factor SWOT analysis, and correlation analysis.
