Dates and facts

History

The history of the Department of Fine Arts and design for the first time begins with the training of teaching staff in the specialty «drawing» for schools of the Karaganda region at the Karaganda Pedagogical Institute (KarPI) (rector S. B. Baimurzin) on the basis of the art and graphic Department of the Faculty of physics and mathematics (Dean, Ph.D. Aryngazin K.M.). In 1984, KarPI accepted students in the Specialty «Fine Arts, drawing and labor» (rector Dosmagambetov S.K.) and in the same year (head of the Department Associate Professor, Candidate of Historical Sciences Nartya V. I.), at the Faculty of physics and mathematics (Dean, Associate Professor). K.Z. Alzhanov, Ph.D. in physical and Mathematical Sciences) organized the Department of «Fine Arts, drawing and labor training».

After the merger of KarPI with Academician Ye.A. Buketov KSU in 1996, the Department of «Fine Arts and design» was established (the head was Associate Professor., Member of the CRC Mustafin B.E.). In 2005-2006, the head of the department was Associate Professor Solodovichenko L.N., Professor Khasenov M.M. in 2006-2007, and Associate Professor Zh. Sh. Rezin from 2007 to 2012.

Teachers:

The department employs 24 specialists, including holders of the Republican title «The best teacher of the University», holders of the title «honorary designer» of the Eurasian Union of designers; corresponding members of the Academy of Arts of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Union of designers of Kazakhstan, the Union of artists of Kazakhstan, the Eurasian Union of designers, the Union of Journalists of Kazakhstan, candidates and masters of science.

Educational programs:

The programs of the department are of interest to young people of Kazakhstan and foreign countries. Representatives of Kazakhstan, Russia, Mongolia, and Ukraine study at the Department. In 2019, an innovative program «Fine Arts, artistic work, graphics and design» was developed and the first students were admitted. Most graduates of the Department easily find a job after graduation from the University. According to our data, this employment rate is 82%.

Accreditation and leadership:

All educational programs of the department are accredited by the Independent Agency for Quality Assurance in Education. They occupy a worthy place in the national rankings: 5B010700/6B01405 – Fine Arts and drawing - second place in the IAAR ranking, "5B042100/06b02101 – Design" fifth place, 5B012000 / 6B01407-Vocational Training – second place in the IQAA ranking.

Partners:

Charles University in Prague(Czech Republic, Prague)

Higher Technical University Porto (Portugal)

Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey

All-Russian organization (“Association of art historians”)

Actual problems of ART-management and entrepreneurship in art / Eurasian Academy, Bratislava, Slovakia.