History and General Information

The Department of History is considered one of the first departments that began its work together with the establishment of the University. At various times, the department was called the Department of “History of Kazakhstan”, “General History”, “Archeology and Ethnology”, and “History of the Turkic States”. The department takes a leading place in the region in the training of historians. The scientific potential of the department is 85%.

The professorial-teaching staff of the department actively participates in scientific and theoretical conferences, and also contributes annually to international, republican scientific and practical conferences. The department has signed memoranda of cooperation with educational, research bases for internships and internships of students, with such foreign universities as Akdeniz (Antalya), Hadzhettepe (Ankara), Haji Bayram Veli (Ankara), Mugla Sytki Kochman (Mugla) and the Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan.

The department trains specialists in 2 educational programs bachelor's degree, 1 master’s and 1 doctoral studies.

For the 2023-2024 academic year, the total number of full-time professorial-teaching staff  (who have entered into employment contracts) employed in the block of individual disciplines of the curricula of educational programs is 25, including 2 doctors of sciences, 13 candidates of sciences, 6 Ph.D. doctors, 4 masters.  The Department of History trains specialists in the areas of the educational program 6B01615-History, 6B02231-History, 7M02210-History, and 8D01604-History.

In the educational process, the concept of educational programs is based on the principle of training highly qualified competitive specialists focused on solving theoretical and practical problems in the field of education and science. Educational programs govern the goals, results, content, conditions, and technologies for the implementation of the educational process, assess the quality of graduate training in this area of training, and include materials that ensure the quality of student training and the implementation of appropriate educational technology. Educational programs for the training of specialists in the field of history are distinguished by the variety of choices of the trajectory of disciplines for the formation of various professional competencies. The disciplines of educational programs are aimed at mastering the basic professional competencies that meet the demands of the labor market.

The professorial-teaching staff of the department, along with participation in international and national scientific conferences, increases the share of publications in rating scientific journals (Scopus, Elsevier, Clarivate Analytics, WoS) and domestic publications recommended by the Committee for Control in the Field of Education and Science of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The professorial-teaching staff of the department is actively involved in improving the image of the university and the team through social networks (Facebook, VKontakte, Instagram).

The Department of History conducts research in the motivated scientific direction “Continuity of Turkic culture within the framework of Ruhani Zhangyru: theoretical methodological research in the field of linguistic, historical, cultural, archaeological monuments in Turkic science.”

The department is implementing the scientific project “Political, legal practice and development directions for the formation of historical and cultural integration of Turkic-speaking states” within the framework of scientific projects and research works financed from the state budget (02/01/2023-12/31/2025).

At the Department of History, educational work is carried out to promote a healthy lifestyle among students and teachers. Advisors organize meetings with leading specialists of the center for the formation of a healthy lifestyle for the students of the group. The department has a historical and educational club “Orda”, created by students on educational programs. According to the plan of the club, various interviews and meetings are held. By the approved curriculum, the faculty of the department organizes various events for students in hostels. Currently, advisors at the department carry out educational work with 1-4 year students. In the main historical and cultural areas of educational work, students of the department organize excursions to the mausoleum of Akhmet Yasawi, Arystan Bab, cultural centers, historical monuments and holy places of the Turkestan region and the city. As part of measures to prevent religious extremism, in the direction of moral and patriotic education, meetings are organized between the professorial-teaching staff and students of the department with workers in education and culture.