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UX designer

Works out how an app will look and work so that it's easy to use.

Career overview

What a day looks like

A UX designer draws screens and thinks about where a person will tap and what they will understand. They show sketches to people and redo whatever turned out to be confusing.

Try it yourself this week

  • 40 minutes

    Sketch three screens of an app for a school problem

    1. Come up with a small app, for example for a timetable or for sharing class notes.
    2. Draw three screens as phone frames: the main screen, one more section and the final screen.
    3. Use arrows to show how a person moves from one screen to another.
    4. Ask a friend to go through your drawings with their finger and watch where they get confused. Write down those places.

    What you'll learn about yourself: What suits you more: coming up with how an app looks, or thinking through how people will use it.

What you can do next

  1. Next 3 months

    • Draw three app screens

      Do the task about app screens and ask a friend to go through them with their finger.

  2. In six months

    • Take apart three favourite apps

      Write down what is easy to use in them and what isn't, and think how you would improve one screen.

  3. In a year

    • Put together a mini-portfolio

      Make three small projects on paper with descriptions and show them to people you know for feedback.

What it pays

Pay varies by region, experience and employer. The figures below are approximate ranges from public sources.

Notes on sources are in Russian, as in the original source.

In Kazakhstan

  • All levelsstatistics

    275,906 ₸ per month

    data: 2025 · checked: September 2026

    Данные по всем дизайнерам (графическим и не только), отдельной строки про UX нет.

    Source: almaty.hh.kz (opens in a new tab)

For comparison: Russia

  • Beginnerstatistics

    70,000–120,000 ₽ per month

    data: April 2026 · checked: September 2026

    Москва, работа в офисе. Источник — блог школы дизайна, поэтому это ориентир, а не статистика.

    Source: pixelperfect.school (opens in a new tab)
  • Experiencedstatistics

    200,000–350,000 ₽ per month

    data: April 2026 · checked: September 2026

    Москва, работа в офисе. Источник — блог школы дизайна, поэтому это ориентир, а не статистика.

    Source: pixelperfect.school (opens in a new tab)

Where to study

No verified information is available in this section yet.

How to get into college

College gets you a profession faster than university. You can apply after grade 9 or after grade 11.

  • Colleges accept students both after grade 9 and after grade 11. After grade 9 you study longer — about 3 years 10 months; after grade 11, about 2 years 10 months. The exact length depends on the college and the specialty.
    Source: kchk.edu.kz (opens in a new tab)
  • About 80% of students admitted to colleges in the 2024/25 school year study on a state order, which means in state-funded places (in 2023/24 it was about 70%). But each college and each specialty has its own number of state-funded places.
    Source: inbusiness.kz (opens in a new tab)
  • There are also paid colleges. For example, training as a nurse at ADILMED costs 450,000 ₸ per year. Check the price and conditions on the college's website.
    Source: adilmed.kz (opens in a new tab)
UNT: which subjects to take for university

The UNT (Unified National Testing) is Kazakhstan's national university entrance test. You need it to get into university after grade 11.

  • The UNT 2026 has three compulsory subjects: History of Kazakhstan, Reading Literacy and Mathematical Literacy. On top of these, you take two profile subjects, chosen to match your specialty.
    Source: testcenter.kz (opens in a new tab)
  • In total, the test has 120 questions (maximum 140 points) and you get 4 hours. The format is the same as in 2025.
    Source: testcenter.kz (opens in a new tab)
  • Profile subjects depend on the group of specialties. For example: information technology — Mathematics and Computer Science; nursing and veterinary medicine — Biology and Chemistry; electrical engineering — Mathematics and Physics; law — World History and Fundamentals of Law. The full list is published by the National Testing Center.
    Source: testcenter.kz (opens in a new tab)
  • For creative specialties (for example, media and design), you take History of Kazakhstan and Reading Literacy through the UNT, and two creative exams at the university itself.
    Source: testcenter.kz (opens in a new tab)
  • Some universities have their own admission rules. Nazarbayev University, for example, requires a UNT score of at least 85, a GPA of 4.0 and English at IELTS 6.0 level.
    Source: nu.edu.kz (opens in a new tab)

Courses and opportunities

Courses

Free: 1. Paid ones are listed for reference — check the price and terms on their website.

Opportunities near this field

Can you work before you turn 18?

Under Kazakhstan's Labour Code, teenagers can work, but with limits.

History of the career

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Well-known people in this field

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