The Department of Agronomy, Breeding, and Biotechnology of the University is a leading scientific and educational center specializing in agronomic and agricultural disciplines. We offer a wide range of educational programs, including bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees, as well as various professional development programs.

Our department is focused on training high-level specialists with deep knowledge in the fields of crop production, agronomy, and plant genetics. We offer students the opportunity to study modern methods and technologies in plant cultivation, breeding, and genetic modification, as well as develop leadership and entrepreneurship skills.

Education at the Department is conducted in three languages, which allows students to gain extensive knowledge and experience in an international environment. Our teaching staff consists of experienced academic professionals, which enriches the learning process.

We strive to provide our students with academic and practical knowledge that will be in demand in the job market and help them become successful professionals in the fields of agriculture, agronomy, and plant genetics.

To date, the departments include 1 academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 3 Doctors of Sciences, 11 candidates of Sciences, 5 Ph.D. doctors, and 3 Masters of Agricultural Sciences.

 The Department of Agronomy, Breeding, and Biotechnology is preparing for the following educational programs:

Bachelor's degree:

6B08101-Agronomy

6B05103- "Bioengineering"

6B05104- "Bioinformatics"

Master's degree:

7M08101 – "Agronomy"

7M08112 - "Breeding and seed production of crops"

Ph.D. degree:

8D08101 – "Agronomy"

8D08113 – "Plant breeding"

The Department of “Agronomy, Breeding, and Biotechnology” is the basic graduating department of the Faculty of Agrobiology in the specialty of agronomy at the bachelor’s, master’s, and Ph.D. levels. The department has a rich history and is the main educational unit of the faculty.

The department was founded in 1932, one of the first among special departments. Her activities were aimed at training future agronomists in methods of rational use of land and increasing soil fertility, which is the central issue of agronomic science and practice at all times.

The first head of the department was Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Professor N.I. Malov, who at the same time worked as the dean of the Faculty of Agronomy since 1935. During these years, the foundation of the department was laid, and the direction of the educational, methodological, and research work of employees was determined. Since 1937, the department has been headed by Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Professor V.E. Kazakov, a prominent scientist of Kazakhstan in the field of agriculture. In those years, teachers with extensive industrial and scientific experience successfully worked in the department, such as Kornienko S.M., Sidorov K.D., Azhkeev A.I., Syundyukov Kh.Kh., Lushchikova V.K., Shangina T.G. ., Botova E.T., Matveeva Z.F., Yagutkin M.Ya., etc.

From 1962 to 1970 The department was headed by a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR, Honored Scientist, Doctor of Agricultural Sciences. Sc., professor Suleimenov I.S. This was a period of quantitative and qualitative growth of the department. The teaching staff included young specialists who graduated from graduate school: Dyusenbekov Z.D., Zhanabaev K.Sh., Shortanbaev K.Sh., Shiyanov G.N., Abdrashev Sh.A., Seitov I.S., Bocharnikov A.P. ., Suleimenova N.Sh., etc.

Since 1971, the department has been headed by Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, Associate Professor Meirmanov M.K., Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, Seitov I.S., Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Professor Dyusenbekov Z.D., Professor Auezov A.A.

In 2000, based on three departments of agriculture and experimental methods, crop production, and agricultural reclamation, the Department of General Agriculture and Crop Production was formed, the head of the department was Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Professor Atakulov. In 2006-2012, the department was headed by Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Professor A.K. Apushev, and in 2012-2017 by Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Professor S.A. Orazbaev. In 2018-2022, the department was headed by “Agronomy, Breeding, and Biotechnology”, Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Professor, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Mongolian Academy of Sciences Serik Barmenbekovich Kenenbaev.

The department has a team with great scientific and pedagogical potential. The training of specialists is provided by 1 academician of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 1 academician of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, 1 academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 2 corresponding members of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 3 doctors of science, 12 candidates of agricultural sciences. 5 PhD doctors and 6 masters. The degree of teaching staff of the department is 85.7%, and the average age is 55 years.

The Department of “Agronomy” with a staff of 21 teaching staff, part-time and educational support staff implementing educational programs for undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral studies in the following areas: “Agriculture”, “Crop Growing”, “Green keeper”, “Breeding and seed production of crops” "

Currently, the Department of “Agronomy, Breeding, and Biotechnology” is headed by Doctor Ph.D., Associate Professor Zhanbyrbaev Eldos Almabekovich.

Teachers of the department actively use new information technologies and multimedia teaching aids in the educational process. During training sessions, video presentations, educational films, and interactive teaching methods are shown, which allow students to better assimilate educational material and consolidate knowledge. Various active methods are widely used: problem presentation method, presentations, discussions, case stages, group work, critical thinking method, quizzes, business and role-playing games, blitz survey method, brainstorming, etc. Innovative teaching technologies have been introduced, covering all types of educational work (lectures, laboratory-practical, seminar classes, independent work of students, undergraduates, and doctoral students) using a multimedia learning system, demonstrated and controlled using interactive devices, which allows solving problems on a fundamentally new information level. Network technologies and global network resources are used. The innovative and pedagogical activities of the department's teaching staff are based on the use of the resources of the university electronic library, the Republican International Electronic Library (RIEL).

During these years, the teachers of the department mastered new disciplines, the laboratory facilities were expanded and the practical training of students was strengthened. Textbooks on the main disciplines taught were developed and published in English, Russian, and Kazakh.

The department operates a laboratory for determining the water-physical properties of soil and a laboratory for determining the quantitative and qualitative composition of weeds. The listed laboratories are equipped with modern and necessary equipment for conducting training sessions and research work.

Educational programs for bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D. studies have 1 lecture hall with a total area of 75 m2 for 100 seats, educational laboratories with an area of more than 300 m2 for 75 seats, 1 computer class for 20 seats with 20 computers, 5 specialized scientific and educational laboratories for conducting training sessions and scientific research.

On behalf of the rector of the university, in 2019, the Department of Agronomy created an agrotechnological park in the field of agriculture and crop production at the Saimasai educational and experimental farm, where educational and practical classes, research studies for bachelor, master, and Ph.D. students are conducted. Its tasks include the use of innovative agricultural technologies in the agricultural and crop production system, ensuring an increase in crop yields and increased labor productivity; adaptation and introduction of new highly productive varieties and hybrids of crops of domestic and foreign selection; digitalization of agricultural processes; creation of a database for remote sensing devices and precision farming systems, etc. In the Enbekshikazakh district of the Almaty region, the Saimasai agrotechnopark of KazNARU operates.

An important area of work of the department was the development of the academic mobility of students. Research work of Ph.D. doctoral students is carried out by the teaching staff of the department together with Kazakh scientists, scientists of the CIS, and foreign countries.

One of the areas of educational activity for training future specialists at the highest level of education is educational work. The educational work of the Department of Agronomy is focused on the active participation of teaching staff in the process of developing the personality of students and has a social adaptation (preparing students for life in modern society) and career guidance (opening up opportunities for self-realization in the chosen direction of professional specialization) orientation.

The Department of Agronomy of KazNAIU is a leader in the field of training agricultural specialists, ensuring the development of agricultural science and economics in the Republic of Kazakhstan. It is a steadily and balanced growing scientific and educational unit of the agrobiological faculty of the Kazakh National Agrarian University, conducting comprehensive theoretical and applied scientific research and expert developments and effectively combining the training of highly qualified and fundamentally trained specialists, researchers, analysts, teachers and other specialists in the field of agriculture farms.