North Kazakhstan State University

M. Kozybaev North Kazakhstan University (NKU) (М.Қозыбаев атындағы Солтүстік Қазақстан университеті, Северо-Казахстанский университет имени М.Козыбаева), in Petropavl, Kazakhstan, was established in 1937 by the Council of People's Commisars of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic as the Petropavlovsk Teachers Training Institute.

The university enrolled more than 6,000 students in 8 academic departments.