Faculty of Philology

The Faculty of Philology comprises three departments. The Faculty offers four bachelor’s, four master’s, and six PhD educational programmes.

Approximately 150 highly qualified academic staff members teach at the Faculty, including 25 Doctors of Sciences and professors, 61 Candidates of Sciences and associate professors, and 45 PhD holders. In recent years, more than 25 professors have received the “Best University Teacher” grant awarded by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The Faculty’s academic staff are actively engaged in research and teaching-methodological activities. Over the past five years, they have published more than 200 monographs, textbooks, and teaching manuals, as well as over 800 research articles and other publications.

The interest of young researchers and lecturers in academic research continues to grow each year. Young scholars are particularly active in publishing articles in international academic journals. During the previous academic year, the Faculty achieved a high number of publications in journals indexed in the Scopus and Web of Science databases.

Four dissertation councils operate at the Faculty to oversee dissertation defences for the award of PhD degrees.

The Faculty has established partnerships with various language, educational, and research centres, as well as higher education institutions in neighbouring and other foreign countries. Under the academic mobility programme, students of the Faculty undertake research placements and internships in Poland, Lithuania, Estonia, Türkiye, China, Russia, and other countries.

To develop students’ research and creative abilities, the Faculty operates a number of academic clubs and centres, including the “Soztanym,” “Tiltanym,” “Tagylym,” and “Zhas Philologist” clubs, the Akhmet Baitursynuly Scientific and Methodological Centre, and the S. Seifullin Scientific and Creative Centre.