Department of Journalism
UNESCO Chair of Journalism and Communication
The main mission of the department is to contribute to building peace and human development through education, science, culture, communication and information. Main activities of the Department: 1) development, training, research in the field of journalism and communication; 2) improvement of mass media, communication ethics, research, training, information services, access and implementation of new technologies; 3) facilitation of the exchange of information in the ORBICOM SYSTEM and strengthening international scientific cooperation; 4) development of scientific research in the field of journalism; 5) participation in research grants of the Republic of Kazakhstan authorities, international funds and organizations; 6) publishing textbooks and teaching aids in the field of journalism; 7) meetings, round tables with foreign and domestic journalists, public relations specialists; 8) organization of training seminars on topical issues of journalism and communication, etc.
Head of the department, Doctor of Philology Science
Nazgul Tursynbayevna Shyngyssova
тел.: 8(727) 377-33-38 вн:1344
e-mail: nazgul.shyngysova@kaznu.edu.kz
Department contacts
al-Farabi Kazakh National university
71 al-Farabi Ave., Republic of Kazakhstan, 050040
Tel. 8(727) 3773333 (19-42)
Mob. +7 701 993 90 07
Web-site of the department – https://www.kaznu.kz/kz/1206/page/
History of the department
In 1991, at the 26th session of the UNESCO General Conference, it was decided to
launch the UNITWIN Cathedral Program/ UNESCO Chairs as an international action plan aimed
at strengthening higher education through appropriate mechanisms to promote inter-university
cooperation.
In 1996, an agreement was signed between UNESCO and Al-Farabi Kazakh State
University on the establishment of the UNESCO Department of Journalism and Communication,
which states in Article I, paragraph 2. that "...the department should become part of the
UNESCO system in the field of media and international cooperation, which operates under the
ORBIKOM program."
Based on the agreement on mutual cooperation between Al-Farabi Kazakh State
University and UNESCO, the university issued an Order to open a department for the study of
UNESCO journalism problems at the Faculty of Journalism in order to disseminate and
exchange information on international scientific cooperation in the ORBICOM SYSTEM - the
World Organization of UNESCO chairs, support the KazGU scientific school for the study of the
theory and practice of modern journalism, In accordance with paragraph 4 of this agreement,
UNESCO, for its part, made its initial contribution to the organization of the material and
technical base of the department (technical equipment, office equipment and office equipment).
Grant and foreign projects
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