kazakh national medical university kazakh national medical university kazakh national medical university is a university in almaty, kazakhstan. it was established in 1931, and the first rector was s.d. asfendiyarov. in 2001, the government classified it as a "national" university. kazakh national medical university named after s.d. asfendiyarov (kaznmu)с.ж. асфендияров атындағы қазақ ұлттық медицина университеті (қазұму)казахский национальный медицинский университет имени с. д. асфендиярова (казнму)main building of kazakh national medical universitytypenationalestablished1930rectormarat shoranovstudents11,000addresstole-bi 94, almaty, kazakhstanwebsitewww.kaznmu.kz university rankingsregional – overallqs emerging europe and central asia146 (2022) the university has a student population of 11,000 students and phd students study at kaznmu, and 1500 faculty members. faculties general medicine faculty therapeutic faculty faculty of pediatrics medico-prophylactic faculty stomatology faculty pharmacy faculty faculty of management in public health and pharmacy postgraduate rectors s. d. asfendiyarov e. h. kasabulatov f. h. muhambetova v. v. zikeev v. i. zuzin s. r. karynbayev s. m. sidorov i. s. koryakin r. i. samarin k. m. maskeev e. s. belozerov t. a. muminov a. a. akanov t.s. nurgozhin m.e. shoranov