FAQ

inVision U is a place for founders, the future social and entrepreneurial leaders of regions of the world underserved by innovative educational projects. Its mission is to provide quality, accessible education to students from underserved backgrounds and regions. The curriculum of the university focuses on teaching students how to identify and solve important problems through team-based and hands-on learning that provides both breadth and depth. Students work intensively in small groups and focus on real-world problems filtered through various academic lenses.

inVision U follows five core mission pillars: ready access to education, a focus on thinking differently, applying knowledge, retaining local talent, and aligning teaching and research with local and regional problems

All Foundation Year students receive free tuition, accommodation, meals, travel, and a stipend

Tuition in this program is 100% free. Students who qualify may also receive free accommodation, meals, travel and a stipend

The Foundation Year is a full-year post-high school program designed to prepare students from disadvantaged or rural backgrounds for university-level education. It provides essential skills and knowledge needed for the following years of study. This is not the first year of a bachelor's degree, but a year of study between school and university, which will improve academic skills and facilitate adaptation.

The one-year program is designed to bring students up to the academic requirements that will be in the inVision U faculty, such as English. There will also be classes in Kazakh and Russian languages, mathematics, IT, and training in critical thinking and communication skills. The program will build individual tracks for each student based on their strengths and weaknesses. Preparation for the Unified National Testing is also included in the program.

You do not need to pass the Unified National Testing to enroll in the Foundation.  Admission to the program will be carried out in several ways:

1. Through participation in the Beginit project, this is a year-long training of 10th grade schoolchildren and the implementation of their social project. The finalists of this project receive as a prize the opportunity to study in the Foundation program without entrance exams or other additional requirements

2. Enroll through internal interviews and tests. You can only enroll in the program after graduating from high school.

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The Foundation Year program is taught in English, Kazakh, and Russian

The Foundation year program admits 30-35 students each year

Campus of Satbayev University, Kanysha Satbayev Street 22/1

All successful graduates of the program receive four years of free education, room and board and scholarship in the inVision U undergraduate program

Students at inVision U will study in one of 5 majors:

• Technology Leadership
• Product Design + UI/UX
• Anthropology + Sociology + Psychology
• Public Policy + Economics
• Marketing + PR

The curriculum is designed to develop a broad set of skills for social and entrepreneurial leadership

The first class of students will enter the inVision U faculty in summer 2026 and we are still in the process of creating our admissions requirements. We expect to post a full description of what is required in late fall 2025

No. All education at inVision U is provided free of charge by our sponsor, Arsen Tomsky, founder and CEO of inDrive. There is no payback requirement for students who are free of any obligations to Mr. Tomsky or the university. However, the goal of the university is to produce graduates who will contribute to the development of their society, so we hope that many of our graduates will decide to remain in Central Asia after graduation