WHAT
IS TUMO?
TUMO Astana is the first center in Kazakhstan and Central Asia within the international TUMO Center for Creative Technologies network, specializing in educating teenagers at the intersection of creative industries, digital technologies, and artificial intelligence.
The center is being launched by Astana Hub under a TUMO license, with the aim of introducing this modern educational model to Kazakhstan.
The space will open in the heart of Astana, based at the alem.ai Artificial Intelligence Center, and will serve as a starting point for building human capital in the tech sector.
the mission that started it all
TUMO was founded in 2011 with a simple idea: every teenager should have access to modern education at the intersection of technology and creativity.
The first center opened in Yerevan, and today TUMO is an international network with 14 centers in 12 countries, transforming the lives of more than 30,000 students around the world every week.
In October 2025, TUMO Astana will join this dynamic international community as the first center in Kazakhstan.
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media about us
5,000 schoolchildren will receive free education at the TUMO Center in Astana.
In October of this year, the TUMO Center for Creative Technologies will open in Astana, based at the international artificial intelligence center Alem.ai, Kazinform reports.
TUMO is an extracurricular learning center for middle and high school students aged 12 to 18, where they can study free of charge in 11 fields such as generative AI, programming, animation, 3D modeling, robotics, and more....
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