ㅤㅤDepartment of «Transport Engineering and Technology» named after I.V. Sakharov is an educational unit for the development and implementation of innovative solutions in the field of operation of motor vehicles, passenger and freight transportation, and logistics.
ㅤㅤStudents are prepared to work at motor transport enterprises, research institutes for the development of motor transport at enterprises engaged in passenger and freight transportation, freight forwarding companies and railway organizations, as well as in the structure of authorized bodies in the field of road safety and urban traffic control, traffic safety services of motor transport and road maintenance enterprises, logistics companies, and also study the design of agricultural machines, tractors and the logistics of transporting agricultural products
ㅤㅤThe department trains specialists in the following educational programs:
Bachelor
ㅤㅤ1. 6В07104 – Transport, transport technics and technology
ㅤㅤ2. 6В11301 – Organization of transport, traffic and transport operation
ㅤㅤ3. 6В11302 – Logistics (by industry)
Master
ㅤㅤ1. 7М07104 – Transport, transport technics and technology
ㅤㅤ2. 7М11301 – Organization of transport, traffic and transport operation
ㅤㅤToday, the department has 2 Doctors of Science, 9 Candidates of Science, 2 PhDs, 4 Masters of Sciences.
History

Founding Professor of the Faculty of Engineering
Ivan Vasilyevich Sakharov
(1903-1978)
ㅤㅤIvan Sakharov Vasilyevich played a key role in the establishment of the Engineering and Technical Faculty of the Kazakh Agricultural Institute (KazAI), opened in 1934, a year after the founding of the institute itself. In 1944, the faculty was renamed the Faculty of Agricultural Mechanization.
ㅤㅤProfessor I.V. Sakharov and Associate Professor S.N. Syrlybayev played a major role in the opening and establishment of the department.
ㅤㅤIn short period agriculture of the republic was considerably transformed. An important contribution was made by the staff of the Kazakh Agricultural lnstitute, which before 1941 had prepared and directed 571 specialists to collective state farms, machine-tractor stations, other agricultural scientific institutions.
ㅤㅤAt that time , personnel training at the institute was conducted in three specialties: agronomy (320 students), fruit and vine growing (185), agricultural mechanization (66 students). 26 chairs were functioning, 61 teachers were employed, there were 4 doctors ofthe sciences, professors, 12 candidates of sciences, senior lecturers among them, and the number of students had reached 367 people.
ㅤㅤDevelopment of the department. The I.V. Sakharov Department of «Transport Engineering and Technology» is a part of the Faculty of Engineering Technologies of the Kazakh National Agrarian Research University.
ㅤㅤThe department was formed by the merger of the departments
ㅤㅤ-«Agricultural machinery»,
ㅤㅤ-«Tractors and automobiles»,
ㅤㅤ-«Operation of the machine and tractor fleet».
ㅤㅤThese departments have become a leading «forge» that has trained many qualified personnel for the country's agriculture.
ㅤㅤThe Department of Agricultural Machinery was established after the establishment of the Agricultural Institute, that is, in 1931. The Department of Tractors and Automobiles was opened in 1934, along with the creation of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology, as one of the special departments. In 1945, Professor I. V. Sakharov founded the department of «Operation of the machine and tractor fleet».
ㅤㅤThe Department of «Operation of the Machine and Tractor Fleet» was renamed the Department of «Machine Use» in 1996, when the Alma Ata Veterinary Institute and the Agricultural Institute received the status of the Kazakh State Agrarian University.
ㅤㅤThe Department of Agricultural Machinery was incorporated into the Department of Machine Use in 1996, and the Department of Tractors and Automobiles in 2001. This year, the Kazakh State Agrarian University was awarded a special status of «National».
Pedagogical continuity.The founder and the first head of the department «Operation of the machine and tractor fleet» was Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Professor I.V. Sakharov. Then, for many years, the head of the department was one of I.V. Sakharov's first students, A.E. Yerzhanov.
ㅤㅤIn subsequent years,
ㅤㅤ-Associate Professor A.S. Rzaliyev (1987-1990),
ㅤㅤ-Professor Yu.F. Skidan (1990-1994),
ㅤㅤ-Professor S.Zh. Baizhumanov (1994-1996),
ㅤㅤ-Professor M. Zh. Khazimov (1996-2001),
ㅤㅤ-Professor P. Zh. Zhunisbekov (2001-2008),
ㅤㅤ-Professor Zh.K. Satylganov (2008-2010),
ㅤㅤ-Professor N.A.Umbetaliyev (2010-2017),
ㅤㅤ-Professor M.K.Kaliaskarov. (2017-2018),
ㅤㅤ-M.T.Zhetpeisov (2018-2024) worked a lot on the development of the department.
ㅤㅤNew era. On August 21, 2024, the I.V. Sakharov Department of «Machine Use» was officially renamed the I.V. Sakharov Department of the I.V. Sakharov Department «Transport Engineering and Technology».