Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business announced today that it is assisting a university in Kazakhstan in creating its own business school.

The agreement between Duke and Nazarbayev University is a consulting arrangement where some Fuqua faculty members will teach classes within the program during the first few years.

NU will grant its own degrees. The MBA program at Nazarbayev University is expected to launch in September 2012.

Fuqua currently has a presence in Dubai, London, New Delhi, China and St. Petersburg, Russia.

Duke's relationship with NU is a result of Fuqua’s involvement in Russia, which began in 2008.