Tashenev University Students Take Second Place in the National Olympiad

Tashenev University Students Take Second Place in the National Olympiad

A team of students from the Department of Economics and Management of Zhumabek Akhmetuly Tashenev University took second place in the National Student Subject Olympiad for the Finance educational program held in Almaty.

The academic competition brought together 29 teams representing higher education institutions across Kazakhstan. The future finance specialists demonstrated their theoretical knowledge, professional preparation, analytical thinking, and practical skills.

The Olympiad consisted of several stages.

The first stage – “Team Presentation.”

The participants introduced their team name, motto, and captain. They also demonstrated their creativity and teamwork through a video produced using artificial intelligence technologies. The teams were assessed on originality, presentation content, and their distinctive image.

The second stage – “Home Assignment.”

The participants selected a relevant topic in the field of finance, conducted a research-based analysis, and presented their findings.

The students explored the following areas:

🔹 personal finance and student budget management;
🔹 the use of artificial intelligence algorithms to address inflation;
🔹 the use of neural networks in bankruptcy forecasting;
🔹 regulatory technologies in the financial sector, including RegTech and Compliance;
🔹 small-scale investment and micro-investing;
🔹 financing for small and medium-sized enterprises;
🔹 artificial intelligence-based investment analysis.

The relevance of the projects, the originality of the ideas, and their academic validity were the primary assessment criteria.

The third stage – “Captains’ Competition.”

The team captains completed theoretical and practical tasks related to financial analysis and investment evaluation. They demonstrated their knowledge and calculation skills concerning key financial indicators, including the time value of money (TVM), net present value (NPV), internal rate of return (IRR), weighted average cost of capital (WACC), and payback period.

According to the final results, the Tashenev University team ranked among the best of the 29 participating teams and was awarded second place.

The award-winning students:

🔹 Aida Temirbekkyzy Baibol – first-year student;
🔹 Asylan Rustemkyzy Ushkempir – second-year student;
🔹 Abduaziz Konyratbayuly Nazarov – first-year student;
🔹 Aziya Bakhtybaykyzy – first-year student.

Team leader and mentor: Zulparuza Amirbekkyzy Abdrakhmanova, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Economics and Management.

We congratulate our students and their mentor on this outstanding achievement! This result reflects systematic preparation, high-quality education, determination, and effective teamwork.

We wish the team continued success, new victories, and even greater achievements that will bring further recognition to the University!

Tashenev University – a place of knowledge and achievement!