The focus of the Transition to University Autonomy in Kazakhstan (TRUNAK) project, supported by the European Union's Erasmus+ programme, is to contribute to the modernisation and restructuring of university governance by promoting and supporting greater university autonomy in Kazakhstan. In particular, it seeks to: (1) Analyse the state of the play and need of university autonomy in Kazakhstan; (2) Review the roles of key stakeholders of academic governance; (3) Engage the stakeholders in a more in-depth debate on autonomy and provide institutional perspective on autonomy; (4) Contribute to a constructive discussion together with the Ministries, about the model of governance to apply in Kazakh universities; and (5) Disseminate the results and achievements of the project and the experiences of other university sectors in Europe. This document is based on the work carried out in the policy analysis phase of the TRUNAK project (2018), in which the higher education system of Kazakhstan has been assessed based on an approach inspired from the scorecard methodology. This document presents the results of this analysis, and as such has informed the development of recommendations for ways in which the system can be reformed to bring about enhanced university autonomy.