Kainar University, the successor of which since October 2014 is Kainar Academy, was established in 1991 and became one of the first higher education institutions of new formation based on commercial principles in independent Kazakhstan.

In 1991, the first enrollment of 44 students took place, in the following specialties: Kazakh language, Pedagogy and Psychology, and in 1992 56 students in International Relations, International Economic Relations, International Law. Training programs for these new specialties were developed on the basis of MGIMO programs and formed the basis of the state standard of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Creation of the first private university Kaynar as a multidisciplinary higher educational institution of social and humanitarian orientation