Our History

The Faculty of Education and Humanities is one of the oldest faculties, operating since 1991, the year the university was founded. Although the faculty’s name has changed over the years due to structural reforms, its origins trace back to the Faculty of History. The first dean of the faculty was Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor S. Maduanov. In subsequent years, the faculty was led by Professor Huseyin Sever, Professor Ahmet Taşağıl, Professor Shefaatdin Severzhan, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Professor K. Zhetibaev, and Candidate of Historical Sciences E. Tolegenov.
In different periods, the faculty included departments such as General History, History of Kazakhstan, History of Turkic States, Archaeology, Ethnology and Museology, General Psychology, and General Pedagogy and Ethnopedagogy. The faculty trained professionally qualified specialists for the region and for fraternal Turkic countries. Renowned domestic and international scholars worked at the faculty, including Doctors of Historical Sciences Professors M. Abiltayn, G. Chandarlyoglu, Z. Isabekov, S. Tashenov, M. Adikhanov, T. Dauyrbayeva, Zh. Zhanpeisova, and others. In the field of pedagogy, experienced and well-known scholars such as Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor L. Kerimov, S. Kurbankozhaev, B. Ospanova, S. Babaev, A. Usmanov, K. Ybyraiyymzhanov, and K.T. Atemova trained many students and young specialists.
Currently, the faculty consists of three departments. Since 2024, the faculty has been headed by PhD Associate Professor A. A. Kuralbayeva.