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The Department of “General Education Disciplines” of the Kazakh National Agrarian Research University was established in September 2023 as a result of the merger of three departments – "Kazakh and Russian Languages", "Foreign Languages" and "Social Disciplines".

The mission of the department is a component of the university’s mission – “training competitive personnel through science and high-tech production.”

The main objective of the department is to ensure a high level of teaching social and linguistic disciplines using modern educational technologies that meet international standards.

The activity of the department is aimed at developing a scientific worldview, fostering an active lifestyle and developing the creative potential of future competitive specialists in the national economy.

History of the department. At the origins of the Department of Languages (1929) was the outstanding figure of Kazakh culture, writer, scientist M.O. Auezov. Being an associate professor of the department, he made an invaluable contribution to its formation and development.

The department of “Social Disciplines” was also created on the basis of one of the first departments of the university - “Marxism-Leninism” (1929) of the Kazakh Agricultural Institute and “Marxist-Leninist Philosophy and Scientific Communism” (1968) of the Almaty Zoo Veterinary Institute. As a result of the merger of the Kazakh Agricultural Institute and the Almaty Zoo Veterinary Institute into the Kazakh National Agrarian University (1996), various structural transformations took place, departments were renamed, but invariably and successfully teachers of social disciplines fulfilled their mission in providing high-quality humanitarian education for students. Such outstanding figures as Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan M.K.Kozybayev, corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan T.S.Sadykov and others carried out their activities at the department.

Currently, 22 teachers work at the department, including 1 doctor of science, 9 candidates of science, 10 masters.

The staff of the department are engaged in scientific research in various areas of scientific knowledge, take part in conferences and symposiums held by other universities, organizations and institutions on the problems of specialization of the department. The staff of the department are the authors of monographs, scientific publications, textbooks, scientific and methodological manuals.

Head of the Department of General Education Disciplines, Candidate of Philological Sciences, Zhonkeshov Bauyrzhan Seisenbekovich.

Zhonkeshov Seisenbekovich Bauyrzhan

Head of the Department

Department of Languages

Department News

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ANNOUNCEMENT

The Closing Ceremony of the “Language – the Heart of the People, the Pillar of the Nation” Week Was Held

As part of Language Week, an international interactive event titled “Language and Culture Fair” was held.

Guest lecture entitled “Features of Modern Speech Culture”

Reading Competition "Language Is a Window to the World: Abai, the Word and the Person" Held

The Intellectual Competition “Altyn Qaqpa” Was Held

As part of Language Week, an interactive event titled “Language and Culture Fair” will be held at the Kazakh National Agrarian Research University in Almaty. The event will celebrate languages and cultural diversity.

Essay Competition “Tolyk Adam — The Person of the 21st Century”

The interfaculty competition «SPEAK TO WIN 2026» was held.

KazNARU Hosts English-Language Educational Event “Abai’s Concept of the Integral Person: Language, Knowledge and Self-Development”

LANGUAGE WEEK KICKS OFF AT KAZNARU!

«Language – Heart of the Nation, Pillar of the People».

An Informative Meeting within the Framework of Career Guidance Activities

An open lecture in English on the History of Kazakhstan on the topic "Foreign Policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan"

Excursions to the D.A. Kunaev Museum

“Open educational and character-building lessons in the discipline ‘History of Kazakhstan’ were conducted.”

A roundtable dedicated to “Alikhan Bokeikhanov – the leader of the Alash idea” took place.

Intellectual debate game for students titled "Bunker: Struggle for the Metropolis"