The University history begins in 1931, when a branch of the Central Asian Institute of Railway Engineers was opened in Alma-Ata. The training was aimed to prepare specialists in the sphere of transport, mechanics and operation for the needs of the Turkestan-Siberian Railway.

In 1957, the branch was transformed into a training and consulting center (TCC), and on October 1, 1967, it was reorganized into Alma-Ata branch of TashIIT.

On May 20, 1976, Alma-Ata Railway Engineer (AliIT) was established on the basis of the branch of the institute.

On January 1, 1991, Alma-Ata Automobile and Road Institute (AADI) was created on the basis of Alma-Ata branch of Ust-Kamenogorsk Construction and Road Institute.

On May 7, 1996, two Transport Universities – AlIIT and AADI were merged into a larger higher educational institution for training specialists for the transport industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan – Kazakh Academy of Transport and Communications (KazATC).

On May 23, 2000, Kazakh Academy of Transport and Communications was named after the first Kazakh railway engineer, a prominent public and political figure, one of the developers of the project and builders of the Turkestan-Siberian Railway, Mukhametzhan Tynyshbayev.

On January 27, 2021, the state re-registration of the legal entity was carried out from the JSC «Kazakh Academy of Transport and Communications named after M. Tynyshpayev» to the JSC «Academy of Logistics and Transport».

On April 22, 2024, the Academy received a new status – JSC «ALT University named after Mukhametzhan Tynyshbayev».

Today, JSC «ALT University named after Mukhametzhan Tynyshbayev» is the leading higher technical educational institution of Kazakhstan, training specialists for the country’s transport and logistics industry.

The educational and scientific process is supervised by highly qualified faculty, 60% of which are doctors and candidates of science, professors and associate professors.

The University has colleges in the cities of Astana, Almaty, Aktau, Aktobe and Shymkent.