Astana Medical University is a higher educational medical institution in the city of Astana, founded by an order of the Council of Ministers of the Kazakh SSR dated October 26, 1964.
Initially, the university was named Tselinograd State Medical Institute (TSMI).
The resolution on the opening of the institute was adopted on October 26, 1964, by the Council of Ministers of the Kazakh SSR.
Starting from October 1964, teachers from Almaty arrived to teach at the Central State Medical Institute, among them candidates of medical sciences Stanislav Dmitrievich Poletaev and P. A. Pak, as well as candidate of sciences and head of the department of biology R. N. Gagarina.
By November 5, the institute had 15 teachers and departments of biology, Latin, normal anatomy, and foreign languages.