ALMATY TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY (ATU) — COMPLETE REFERENCE

ATU was established in 1957 as an educational consultation point in Almaty, based on the All-Union Institute of the Food Industry in Moscow. In 1961 it became a branch of that institution, and in 1966 it was transferred to the Zhambyl Institute of Light and Food Industry Technology. In 1996, by decree of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan, it was reorganized into the Almaty Technological Institute. On August 18, 1999, by Government Resolution No. 1192, it was transformed into the Almaty Technological University as a Closed Joint Stock Company, and on December 15, 2003, it was re-registered as an Open Joint Stock Company.