The Kazakh National Pedagogical University named after Abay took part in the national rating of universities - 2016 in the Independent Kazakh Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (IKAQA) and in the Independent Agency for Accreditation and Rating (IAAR).

Based on the results of the general rating of KazNPU in the direction of "Education" topped the rating among pedagogical universities.

Results of the rating in IKAQA:

Results of the rating in IAAR:

20 educational programs of the bachelor degree in the direction of "Education" took part in the independent rating in the IAAR.

12 educational programs of the bachelor degree were among the three leaders:

1 place is awarded to specialties:

5В011000 - Physics;

5В011300 - Biology;

5В011400 - History;

5В011600 - Geography;

5В011800 - Russian language and literature.

2 place is awarded to specialties:

5В010200 - Pedagogy and methods of elementary education;

5В010900 - Mathematics;

5В011100 - Informatics;

5В011700 - Kazakh language and literature.

3 place is awarded in the following specialties:

5В010100 - Preschool education and upbringing;

5В010300 - Pedagogy and psychology;

5В010500 - Defectology.

The results for 8 educational programs participating in the ranking are given below.

4 place:

5В011200 - Chemistry;

5 place

5В010600 - Music education;

6 place:

5В010700 - Fine arts and drawing;

5В010800 - Physical training and sports;

5В011900 - Foreign language: two foreign languages;

8 place:

5В012000 - Professional training;

5В012300 - Social pedagogy and self-knowledge;

9 place:

5В010400 - Initial military training.