In the 2023-2024 academic year, a cooperation agreement was concluded between Astana International University and Kostanay Regional University named after Akhmet Baitursynuly. In the spring semester of the 2023-2024 academic year, academic exchange of students between universities was carried out for the first time. Thus, 2nd year VSHEN students Asem Isergepova (Ecology and Environmental Management) and Alina Abilova (Biology) are studying at the Kostanay Regional University named after Akhmet Baitursynuly. And environmental students from Kostanay, Karina Dotsenko and Natalya Yablonskaya, are studying at the AMU with a degree in Ecology and Environmental Management.