Dates and facts

Teachers:
Today, the department employs 13 teachers, including doctors, candidates and masters of Science, holders of the republican title "Best University teacher".

Accreditation and leadership:
All programs of the department have national accreditation and occupy worthy positions in national ratings.

Academic mobility:
Most students and teachers get the opportunity for international internships and participation in scientific and practical conferences, seminars and Summer Schools with the participation of such international organizations as Central Asia Research and Training Initiative, RESET, DAAD, TEMPUS, UNDP, Central Asian Center for Gender Initiatives, etc. In addition to basic academic scholarships, students can also apply for scholarships from foreign universities, public foundations in the framework of international internships, as well as scholarships from the Academic Council of the University, the regional Akim and the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Partners:
The Department maintains a wide range of contacts for the exchange of experience and cooperation in the field of science and education with leading universities and research centers in Kazakhstan and near and far abroad: the Friedrich Ebert Foundation Center for Gender Studies (Germany), the University of Central Europe, Budapest (Hungary), the HESP Foundation, the Open Society Institute in Budapest (Hungary), Charles University in Prague (Czech Republic), the Davis Institute of Harvard University (USA), the Society for Central Eurasian Studies (USA), the Institute of Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia), St. Petersburg State University (Russia).

Graduates:
Many graduates of the department have a successful career and work today in the Office of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Office of the Akimat of Astana, the Office of the Akimat of Temirtau, the Department of Internal Policy of the Karaganda region, the Department of Employment and Coordination of Social Programs of the Akimat of Karaganda, the Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies, Astana, the Center for Social Technologies, Almaty, the Center for Military-Strategic Studies of Astana, the Department of the National Security Committee of Pavlodar region, the Department of Internal Policy of Karaganda, the FSB of the Russian Federation.