The purpose of the educational program is to prepare masters of economics in the direction of "Economics of the real sector", competitive in the labor market masters of economics with a high level of scientific and pedagogical training, able to effectively carry out their professional scientific and managerial activities.

The objectives of the educational program are:

• preparation of the specialists with the competencies that allow the graduates to conduct an effective professional activity, be at the demand of the public and private  enterprises;
• formation of professional and pedagogical skills for universities’ jobs which are carrying out training programs;
• the acquisition by the graduate students the skills of organizing and conducting scientific research and obtaining the necessary knowledge to continue research activities at the doctoral studies.

 Key competencies of the graduate of the educational program:

to have an idea:

- about the state of the Kazakhstan’s national economy’s development and the place of the country in the international division of labor;

- about the level of development of the real sector economics in the Republic of Kazakhstan;

- about the innovative role of technology in the development of the real sector economics;

- about the factors of increasing of the real sector economics efficiency and its development;

- about methods of collection and analysis of scientific and analytical information;

- about the main financial and economic problems of the enterprise functioning and real sector economics’ organizations;

- about modern teaching methodology and the role of scientific and pedagogical schools;

to know and understand:

- fundamentals of economic policy and the position of the national economy in the world system;

- methodological bases for assessing the level of development of enterprises and organizations of the real sector economics;

- the main tools for researching the real sector economics;

- methods of collecting and analyzing information, statistical indicators characterizing the state of the real sector economics;

- the level of  the digital economics development in the different sectors of the economy in general and at the real sector, in particular;

to fulfill:

- analytical tasks in new non-standard and complex situations of the real sector economy development by using knowledge obtained within various disciplines;

- analysis of economic activity of real sector economics’ enterprises by the using modern economic and mathematical models;

- planning, organizing, implementation of the of experimental studies’ results in the activities of real sector of economics’ enterprises

to have skills:

- of modern analytical tools using  for assessing of the real sector of economics’ development;

- in substantiation of accepted and implemented decisions in the professional field in order to apply the obtained results in practice;

- in possession of special terminology and knowledge in the field of real sector economics;

- in research and analysis of educational and scientific literature in the field of real sector economics and entrepreneurship;

- in the professional communications, intercultural communications, oratory.

Objects of professional activity:

Manufacturing enterprises of all sectors of the national economy, government agencies (Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan, etc.), enterprises of the agro-industrial complex, etc.

Scientific internship, professional practice, employment:

JSC «Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan», JSC «Bank RBK», JSC «Kaspi Bank», LLP «NAZAR GLOBAL TRADE», JSC «Institute of Economic Research», JSC «Fortebank», Institute of Economics Committee of Science of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan, LLP "Atameken", JSC "BankCenterCredit", JSC "Eurasian Bank",  «ALPROF «LLP.

 Objects of professional activity of the graduate of the educational program

Research institutes and educational organizations of any profile, manufacturing enterprises of all branches of the national economy, state institutions (Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan, etc.), enterprises of the agro-industrial complex, etc.

Basic learning outcomes:

- analyze the results of theoretical studies and trends in the development of the economy of the real sector ;

interpret the results of scientific research using modern statistical methods in the process of performing research and teaching work ;

- integrate the acquired knowledge and skills for professional development and further in-tegrated implementation of ideas in ongoing research ;

- develop approaches using IT to improve the processes of development of the economy of the real sector ;

- apply modern methods of teaching professional disciplines and psychological management methods in the organization of production ;

- find solutions to a scientific problem in the field of the economy of the real sector using modern information technologies ;

- analyze existing methods and approaches to improving the processes of economic development to increase its competitiveness at the national and regional levels

- to carry out a literary review for conducting scientific research, analyzing and processing information on the topic of research work ;

• demonstrate in-depth knowledge of the current state and trends in the development of scientific knowledge, as well as skills of professional communication and intercultural communication, public speaking, correct and logical presentation of thoughts in oral and written form ;
• participate in the development of national, regional programs and projects of economic, innovative, cluster, infrastructural, industrial and social development based on an assessment of the level of competitiveness ;
• to determine rational approaches to the commercialization of the results of innovative projects and innovative activities .