Dates and facts

History:
The Department of Kazakh Linguistics was founded in 1938. The first head of the department was associate professor K.K. Tungyshbaev. Over the years, the department was headed by candidate of philological sciences, PhD. F. Kenzhebayeva, candidate of philological sciences, Associate ProfessorS.R. Ibrayev, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor T.R. Nurmukhanov, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor Zh.A. Zhakupov, Doctor of Philological Sciences, Professor Sh. Mazhitaeva. From the 2020-2021 academic year, the department is headed by - candidate of philological sciences, Associate Professor S.A. Kenzhegaliev.

Teachers:
Currently, the department employs 13 teachers, including doctors, candidates, masters of philological sciences, as well as holders of the republican title "The best teacher of the university" (professor Mazhitaeva Sh.M. and associate professor Kenzhegaliev S.A).

Students:
The contingent of students of the department annually increases, within three years it has grown by one and a half times. The students of the department are citizens of Uzbekistan, Mongolia, China, representatives of different regions of Kazakhstan. Students of the department participate in the academic mobility program and study at national universities in Kazakhstan and universities in China.

Educational programs:
In the 2019-2020 academic year, the department opened a bachelor's program 6В01702 "Kazakh and English languages".

Employment:
The graduates of the department are easily employed after graduating from the university many of them achieves success in their careers. The employment rate of our graduates is over 80%.

Accreditation and Leadership:
The programs of the department have national accreditation and take worthy positions in national ratings: the program "Philology" is in the top five, the program "Kazakh and English languages" takes first place in "Atameken"rating.

Partners:
The department actively cooperates with foreign colleagues. Professors and teachers maintain scientific ties with various international educational institutions, including the Uzbek University of World Languages (Tashkent, Uzbekistan), Bonn University (Germany), RUDN University (Moscow, Russia), Xinjiang University and Ili Pedagogical University (PRC). With these universities, the department carries out joint training of masters and doctoral candidates.