L. N. Gumilev Eurasian National University

The L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University (ENU) (Kazakh: Л.Н. Гумилёв атындағы Еуразия ұлттық университеті (ЕҰУ), romanized: L.N. Gumiliov atyndağy Euraziia ūlttyq universitetı (EŪU), Russian: Евразийский национальный университет имени Л.Н. Гумилёва (ЕНУ), romanized: Evraziyskiy natsionalʹnyy universitet imeni L.N. Gumilyova (ENU)), is a Kazakh national research university, and the largest higher education institution in Astana.

The university was founded on 23 May 1996 as a result of the merger of Akmola Civil Engineering Institute and Akmola Pedagogical Institute. It was named L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian University in honour of the idea of the Eurasian Union and of Lev Gumilev, a historian and ethnologist who was an early adherent of Eurasianism. As a result of merging with the Academy of Diplomacy of Ministry of International Relations of Kazakhstan in 2000, it was renamed L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian State University. In 2001, the university gained national university status and became L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University.

ENU provides undergraduate and graduate instruction in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, engineering and military science.

In 2021, the L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University was named one of the Top 500 Universities in the World.

ENU includes 28 scientific institutions (research institutes, laboratories, centers), 13 schools, the Military Department, and cultural and educational centers of different countries. The university offers bachelor's degree, master's degree, and doctoral courses.

The university admits both scholarship students and privately financed students. The university offers 65 bachelor's programs, 68 master's programs and 38 PhD programs.