The Faculty of Philosophy and Psychology trains specialists in the field of philosophy, psychology, political science, sociology, religious studies, cultural studies, social workers, organizers of cultural and leisure activities, social educators. The faculty implements bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs.
The faculty includes 4 departments: the Department of Philosophy and Theory of Culture, the Department of Psychology, the Department of Political Science and Sociology, the Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy.
Faculty graduates work as lecturers, sociologists, experts, employees of state, marketing and image companies, research laboratories and teachers of educational organizations.
Dates and facts
History
The Faculty of Philosophy and Psychology was opened in November 1995. The first dean of the faculty is Doctor of Philosophy, Professor Kolumbaev Bisembay Ergalievich. Over the years, the deans were candidate of philosophical sciences, associate professor Jalilov Kurban Shamilevich, doctor of philosophical sciences, professor Alimbaev Abilmanat Amirkhanovich, Candidate of Philosophy Kusbekov Duman Karibekovich, Doctor PhD, Associate Professor Beysenova Aigul Amanzhanovna, Doctor PhD, Assistant Professor Anara Dauletovna Makatova. Since 2023, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), associate professor of the Department of Psychology Madina Maximovna Umurkulova is acting Dean.
In the first years of the faculty's work, training was carried out in three specialties: "Philosophy", "Psychology", "Sociology". In 1996, the specialty "Political Science" was opened, in 2001 - "Culturology", in 2003 - "Religious Studies".
In 2014, the Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy was added to the Faculty of Philosophy and Psychology. She was one of the first in the republic to start training social workers and social educators. The staff of the department has wide international relations with various higher educational institutions and organizations whose activities are related to the professionalization of social workers, social teachers, specialists in cultural and leisure work. The department has a "Self-knowledge Cabinet".
Over the years of its existence, the faculty has made a significant contribution to the development of the Central Kazakhstan region, having trained more than a thousand specialists. Faculty graduates work in the state administration apparatus, law enforcement agencies, schools, universities, research centers, and enterprises.
Students:
The contingent of students studying at the faculty for the last three years has increased by one and a half times. Today the faculty has 717 students, of which 393 are holders of an educational grant, three are signs of "AltynBelgi". Among the students of the faculty are citizens of foreign countries: Russia, Ukraine, Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, as well as representatives of different regions of Kazakhstan. Faculty graduates are in demand in the labor market.
Teachers:
The faculty employs 104 teachers, including doctors, candidates, masters of science, PhD doctors and holders of the republican title "The best teacher of the university."
Accreditation and Leadership:
All programs of the faculty are accredited in IQAA and occupy and occupy high positions in national ratings.
Partners:
Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russia)
Russian State Social University (Russia)
Sochi State Pedagogical University (Russia)
Omsk State University named after F.M. Dostoevsky (Russia)
Bashkir Agrarian State University (Russia)
Institute of Psychotherapy and Clinical Psychology (Russia)
Saint Petersburg State University (Russia)
Barnaul State Pedagogical University (Russia)
Tomsk State University (Russia)
International Academy of Psychological Sciences (Russia)
Institute of Sociology RAS (Russia)
Higher School of Economics (Russia)
University of Clinical Psychology (Canada)
Siirtuniversitesi (Turkey)
Tashkent State Pedagogical University named after Nizami (Uzbekistan)
Center for Gender Studies of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (Germany)
Central European University Budapest (Hungary)
HESP Foundation, at the Open Society Institute (Hungary)
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi (Romania)
Charles University (Czech Republic)
Harvard University (USA)
Society for the Study of Central Eurasia (USA).
