The Faculty of Philology
The Faculty of Philology which was founded by the greatest people of our nation, M. Auezov, A. Margulan, B. Kenzhebaev, M. Balakaev has a rich history and long-standing traditions. The faculty has been existing since 1937. Mukhtar Auezov, the academician, the writer and the classic of Kazakh literature whose literary works are well-known around the world had been working at the faculty for about 30 years. The prominent scholars and academicians worked at the faculty in different periods of time. They are the academician and the writer Zeinolla Kabdolov, Tursinbek Kakishev, Rymgaly Nurgaly, Kaken Ahanov, Hairolla Mahmudov, Maiya Bagyzbaeva, Talgat Sairambaev, Alma Kiraubaeva. These people are considered brilliant teachers who we respect and will always remember. Myrzatay Zholdasbekov, Abish Kekilbaev, Nurlan Orazalin, Ualihan Kalizhanuly, Zhanseit Tuimebaev, Aldan Smail who graduated our faculty have become influential public figures in our country . The faculty is always proud of the writers who graduated the faculty and occupied the honored place in Kazakh literature and culture. Among these distinguished graduates of our faculty we can also mention the following names: Abdizhamal Nurpeisov, Azilhan Nurshaikov, Mukhtar Magauin, Kabdesh Zhumadilov, Kadir Myrza-Ali, Tumanbay Moldagaliev, Dulat Isabekov, Beksultan Nurzhekeev.
Dean
Dzholdasbekova Bayan Umirbekovna
Faculty Address: pr.al-Farabi 71, Corpus GUK1
Faculty
Faculty of Philology is one of the oldest faculties at al-Farabi Kazakh National University. It was founded in 1937. Today the students of the Faculty of Philology have all facilities to study and live at the university campus called KazGUGrad which is located at the foot of the Alatua mountains . Nowadays the faculty has six departments, five of them: A. Baitursynuly Department of Kazakh Linguistics, Department of Kazakh Literature and Theory of Literature, Department of Russian Philology and World Literature, Department of Turkology and Language Theory, Department of Foreign Philology and Translation Studies are graduate chairs which train future specialists. Department of Foreign Languages teaches world languages at the university’s faculties. Also the faculty closely cooperates with creative unions and scientific-research institutes where the faculty students do their practical training. The scholars who are well-known in our country and abroad work at the institutes and laboratories. They are Berikbai Sagyndykuly, Eleanora Suleimenova, Svetlana Ashimhanova, Zhangar Dadebaev, Zhumat Tilepov, Zeinol-Gabden Beisengaly, Aslan Zhaksylykov, Bayan Dzholdasbekova, Temirgaly Esembekov, Guldarhan Smagulova, Gulmira Madieva, Alma Abdulina, Olga Abisheva, Anuar Tarakov, Anar Salkynbai, Dina Alkebaeva, Olga Altynbekova, Alua Temirbolat, Zhanar Ibraeva. The faculty cooperates with many foreign educational institutions. Much attention is paid to academic mobility. In the academic year of in 2016-2017 the following foreign professors and lecturers: Snodrgas N.(USA), Sat Agbo(Canada), Margaret Dorline(Holland), Hankock M.(USA), Anatoly Kim(Russia), Rafael Velez-Nunez(Spain), Nuse M.(France), Najie Yldyz(Turkey), Edgar Hoffman (Austria) were delivering their lectures for the facluty students. Annually students from the USA do their internship at the faculty within the program: "Flagman". At the moment the students from China, Korea, Turkey, Germany and other countries are studying at the faculty. The faculty offers dual-diploma programs for master students and PhD students. The faculty has the dual-diploma programs with the following universities: the Russian University of People's Friendship (Russia) and the University of Granada (Spain). The students majoring in two foreign languages can study on the free basis at University of Salzburg (Salzburg, Austria), Vienna University of Economy and Business (Viena, Austria), Beijing Foreign Studies University (China), Pecs University (Hungary), the University of Human Resources (Hungary), Nottingham University (Great Britain), Gazi University (Turkey), M. Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russia), the Institute of Foreign Languages of the Russian University of People's Friendship (Russia). The faculty students are sent to do their internships at Utrecht University ( Amsterdam, the Netherlands), Istanbul University (Turkey), Humboldt University (Germany), the University of Granada (Spain), Budapest University of Technology and Economy (Hungary), Eurasian Academy (Slovakia), Busan University of Foreign Studies (South Korea), University of Vytautas the Great (Lithuania).
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CENTRE OF THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
Departments
Bachelor's degree programs
Training of teachers of the Kazakh language and Kazakh literature in the field of general secondary and secondary vocational education.
Training of teachers of Russian language and literature for general education and secondary specialized educational institutions
Training of teachers of foreign languages and literature for general and specialized secondary educational institutions
Professional training of multilingual specialists in the field of linguistics, translation studies, and intercultural communication, capable of proficient translation and interpretation during information exchange between representatives of different countries and cultures using foreign, Kazakh, and Russian languages in international companies, state organizations, and embassies, on translation marketplaces and bureaus, in tourism agencies and mass media
Professional training of philologists fluent in a Western foreign language and literature, demonstrating knowledge of the main provisions and concepts in the field of language and literature theory, able to perform professional activities in philological research and the fields of intercultural communication, public relations, publishing and administrative management.
The training of a specialist in the field of Russian philology, who is able to carry out effective oral and written communication within the scientific community to achieve qualitative breakthroughs in the processes of creating innovative products/services, as well as ensure communication with state authorities and professional communities, organizations of culture, management, book publishing, mass media
The program is aimed to the formation of a philologist-researcher who owns the scientific and theoretical basis of Kazakh linguistics at the bachelor's level, a clerk in the state language in state and public organisations, a proofreader, editor, copywriter, PR manager in the media, a specialist working in Internet communication centers and language learning centers.
Training of highly qualified specialists in the field of literary criticism, folklore and rhetoric
Training of highly qualified and competitive specialists with modern, subject, intercultural-communicative, digital, research competencies that allow them to carry out professional activities in the field of Russian as a foreign language and develop projects in the field of intercultural communication, interethnic speech communication, speech etiquette in a multicultural environment, and capable of to export educational services in accordance with high academic standards in a competitive international educational environment
Master's degree educational programs
Formation and training of highly qualified teachers of secondary and higher schools of specialized, pedagogical and scientific directions in the field of the Kazakh language and literature.
Training of teachers, research scientists for the system of higher, postgraduate education and the scientific sphere, as well as managers in the field of education who are able to effectively solve the tasks of qualified analysis and generalization of the results of scientific research and teaching activities
Training of teachers fluent in two foreign languages for the system of higher education , postgraduate education and research institutes.
training of multilingual specialists for the scientific and educational sphere of higher educational institutions, as well as for work in international organizations, publishing and administrative management, capable of independently conducting scientific research using modern methodologies and correlating scientific concepts with their own developments
To train a researcher who has mastered the scientific and theoretical foundations of Kazakh philology, innovative research methods, a highly qualified academic teacher who can use modern technologies in educational institutions, an editor in mass media, a manager in science, education and management administration.
The educational program is aimed at forming the personality of a specialist who is able to engage in research, teaching and publishing activities. Theoretical and practical training allows graduates to work in the scientific and educational fields, as well as in the field of publishing, journalism, culture and art.
Preparation of highly qualified scientific and pedagogical personnel in the field of translation theory and practice
Training of highly qualified personnel, experts in the field of literary criticism, folkloristics and rhetoric for higher educational institutions, research institutes, literary publishing houses and agencies that own innovative technologies for research and examination of artistic creativity.
Preparation of a qualified linguist capable of applying linguistic education in various professional activities, with developed research and teaching abilities
Educational programs of doctoral studies
Training of multilingual university instructors capable of conducting research in the field of foreign language education
Training highly qualified specialists with research, pedagogical, expert, organizational and managerial competencies, capable of conducting fundamental and applied research in the field of linguistics, literary studies and methods of teaching foreign languages in higher educational institutions
The program is aimed at forming a sought-after philologist specialist who systematically owns the object of research in the field of scientific research, pedagogical, organizational and managerial, cultural and educational, expert and analytical activities, who knows modern methods in the field of philology, uses them for specific purposes, is able to conduct scientific research and empirical experiments on topical issues of philology and related fields of science.
Training of highly qualified scientific and pedagogical personnel, teachers-innovators, teachers-researchers for the system of higher and postgraduate education, scientific sphere in the field of the Kazakh language and literature
The educational program is aimed at training highly qualified teaching staff and management personnel in the field of teaching Russian language and literature in higher educational institutions
Training of highly qualified scientific and teaching personnel in the field of Russian philology, as well as managerial personnel in the education system: researcher, teacher of a higher educational institution, head of innovative development, editor-in-chief of a newspaper, magazine
to provide high-quality training for scientific and scientific-pedagogical workers, experts, methodologists, and managers in the field of translation studies who successfully compete in the modern labor market.
The program is aimed at the formation of the professional personality of a literary scientist who owns innovative technologies for the study of artistic creativity, capable of independently developing new scientific theories of the concept and methodology for studying the literary heritage of the past and present.
Preparing highly qualified specialists with a deep understanding of the theoretical foundations and methodology of linguistics for professional activities in the academic field, taking into account modern trends in artificial intelligence and information technology, as well as the principles of inclusive education
Educational programs
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Annually the Faculty of Philology which is one of the oldest and the largest faculties of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University train more than 2000 students. At the faculty students acquire fundamental knowledge in the filed of philology.
Training is carried out according to a multi-level system: bachelor, master and PhD programs. Graduates are awarded an academic degree of bachelor, master or PhD according to the specialty qualification which they receive upon the completion. The faculty consists of 6 departments:
1. Department of turkology and language theory
2. Department of A. Baytursinuly Kazakh linguistics A. Baytursinuly
3. Department of Kazakh Literature and Theory of Literature
4. Department of Russian Philology and World Literature
6. Department of Foreign Philology and Translation Studies
7. Department of Foreign Languages
The Faculty of Philology is a high qualified, creative, hardworking and friendly team of like-minded people under the leadership of prof. B.U. Dzholdasbekova, a corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences of RK, Doctor of Philology.
Annually the Faculty of Philology which is one of the oldest and the largest faculties of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University train more than 2000 students. At the faculty students acquire fundamental knowledge in the filed of philology.
Training is carried out according to a multi-level system: bachelor, master and PhD programs. Graduates are awarded an academic degree of bachelor, master or PhD according to the specialty qualification which they receive upon the completion. The faculty consists of 6 departments:
1. Department of turkology and language theory
2. Department of A. Baytursinuly Kazakh linguistics A. Baytursinuly
3. Department of Kazakh Literature and Theory of Literature
4. Department of Russian Philology and World Literature
6. Department of Foreign Philology and Translation Studies
7. Department of Foreign Languages
The Faculty of Philology is a high qualified, creative, hardworking and friendly team of like-minded people under the leadership of prof. B.U. Dzholdasbekova, a corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences of RK, Doctor of Philology.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR GRADUATES
BACHELORS DEGREE PROGRAM
- School -teacher;
- Polylingual specialist in the educational and cultural institutions, administrative agencies, Mass Media (translation, editing, analytical activities);
- Specialist in the field of language and socio-cultural communication, public affairs and other social-humanitarian fields;
- Middle-ranking specialist in research organizations, universities, research and educational centers .
MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAM
- University lecturer;
- Teacher in specialized secondary schools, after-school educational institutions of humanitarian profile;
- Research assistant, senior expert officer of research institutes of the system of the National Academy of Sciences of the RK and universities;
- Editor and translator of scientific articles;
- Literature expert in public cultural and literature organizations;
- Proofreader, editor;
- Linguist-translator.
PhD PROGRAM
- Researcher -philologist;
- Translation theorist;
- University lecturer;
- Expert translatologist;
- Company’s Chief Executive.