Finance & Economics

Prepared by: by: Assel Kenesovna Jumaseitova Candidate of Economic Sciences, Assistant professor, PhD. Almaty, 2011

Adam Smith
Adam Smith (1723 1790) was a Scottish social philosopher and a pioneer of political economy. Smith is the author of he Wealth of Nations, is considered his magnum opus and the first modern work of economics. It earned him an enormous reputation and would become one of the most influential works on economics ever published. Smith is widely cited as the father of modern economics and capitalism.

Karl Marks
Karl Heinrich Marx (1818 1883) was a German economist and revolutionary socialist. His ideas played a significant role in the development of social science and the socialist political movement. Marx is one of the three principal architects of modern social science. Marx has been described as one of the most influential figures in human history, and nowadays BBC poll was voted the "thinker of the millennium" by people from around the world.

George Soros
George Soros (August 12, 1930) is a Hungarian-American business magnate, philanthropist and investor. He is the chairman of Soros Fund Management. Soros supports progressive-liberal causes. Soros gave away over $8 billion to human rights, public health, and education causes. He played a significant role in the peaceful transition from communism to capitalism in Hungary (198489).

Warren Buffett
Warren Edward Buffett (August 30, 1930) is an American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. Often introduced as "legendary investor, Warren Buffett. Buffett is noted for his adherence to the value investing philosophy and for his personal frugality despite his immense wealth. Buffett is also a notable philanthropist, having pledged to give away 99 percent of his fortune to philanthropic causes, primarily via the Gates Foundation.

Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (July 30, 1947) is an Austrian-American businessman, investor, and politician. Schwarzenegger served as the 38th Governor of California from 2003 until 2011. Schwarzenegger financial independence came from his success as a budding entrepreneur with a series of successful business ventures and investments. Schwarzenegger started a bricklaying business, later go on to invest in a number of real estate holding companies. Schwarzenegger and his wife opened a restaurant in Santa Monica. Schwarzenegger was a founding celebrity investor in the Planet Hollywood chain of international theme restaurants. He has significant ownership in Dimensional Fund Advisors, an investment firm.

Mick Jagger
Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger (26 July 1943) is an English musician, best known as the lead vocalist and a founding member of The Rolling Stones. Mick Jagger on the economics of music people only made money out of records for a very, very small time. When The Rolling Stones started out, we didnt make any money out of records because record companies wouldnt pay you! They didnt pay anyone! Then, there was a small period where people did get paid, and they got paid very handsomely and everyone made money. But now that period has gone. So if you look at the history of recorded music, there was a 25 year period where artists did very well, but the rest of the time they didnt. Jagger, of course, studied economics at LSE and is known to be a fan of Hayek.

Who can run economists and financiers

 Economists and financiers have been and remain the most sought after professionals in the labor market.  High wages. From $ 1000 up to 2000 and higher.  Economists and financiers can involve any number of job titles and positions. Financial professionals also perform research and publish their work.  With experience, aspiring economists and financiers can also earn professional accreditation. Gaining a reputation for success and trustworthiness is also a key step for economists and financiers, who need others to trust them with their money.

The Advantages of FEF KBTU

Training highly qualified specialists in the sphere of economics, management, accounting and audit with knowledge of modern technology and having necessary practical skills for oil and gas industry. The Faculty of Economics and Finance is one of the best faculties in KBTU. The number of professors and their diverse interests enable students to study virtually any area of economics, management, finance, accounting and audit. The extraordinary quality of KBTU graduates makes the classroom environment stimulating as for the instructor so the students. The Graduate Programs of the Faculty of Economics and Finance train talented professionals for new levels of leadership in their careers and within their organizations. We invite you to take your chance here.

Questionnaire Why did you choose to learn from the FEF KBTU?

Credit System of Education

The purpose of credit system of education is to raise the level of professional training students, developing their individual creative abilities with possibility for students to transfer to the universities abroad.

Advantages of the Credit System of Education

One of the main advantages of the credit system of education is free choice: the students can choose both lecturers and their educating trajectory. Along with typical and working teaching plans individual teaching plans of students (ITPS Curriculum) , that determine the content of education and the arrangement of teaching are being introduced.

KBTU has fully reformed the teaching process, providing it with new planning and regulating documentation. In particular, a system of core and elective subjects has been introduced in the experimental curriculums. Elective subjects make more than 40% of all the subjects in these plans.

The studying process with credit system of educating is carried out in the forms of class work (lectures, practical studies), laboratory work, studio classes.

Advantages of the Credit System of Education

The unification of knowledge

Strengthening the role and effectiveness of independent work of students

Creation of conditions for maximum individualization of instruction