The Department of Journalism and Media Arts was established in 1998.
The Honored Worker of Kazakhstan, laureate of the State Prize of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Doctor of Philology A. Seidimbek, made a significant contribution to the formation and development of the department.
In 1996, the journalism educational program started, and the department opened in 1998.
Mission: to train competitive specialists of high professional level who meet international educational standards while preserving national values and are able to fully meet the needs of the median.
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- Educational programs in journalism, publishing, media art, international journalism, military journalism, and data journalism are incorporating new learning technologies.
- Improving elective courses in new areas that have become a trend in the media market (fact-checking, interactive graphics, technological trends in journalism, training in artificial intelligence, etc.)
- Establishing close ties with employers; organizing master classes for experienced international journalists;
- Attracting PhD doctors to the teaching staff, enhancing the team's scientific potential, and attracting practical teachers to the activities
- The team is implementing scientific projects in the media field, expanding foreign partnerships and cooperation, and executing joint projects.
- Strengthening the department's material and technical base, opening a publishing and journalistic analysis center;
- Increase the number of students.
The Department of Journalism and Media Arts has made a significant contribution to the training of highly qualified specialists in the fields of newspaper and magazine printing and online journalism. Honored Worker of Kazakhstan, laureate of the State Prize of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Doctor of Philology A. Seidimbek, made a great contribution to the formation and development of the department. In 1996, in the Department of Journalism, "the best teacher" of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Dean of the Faculty, Candidate of Philology, Professor K.Sak, started working at the department. Doctor of Philology, Professor A. Ishanova, Doctor of Philology, Professor S. Tapanova, Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor A. Yesdauletov, Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor G. Bolatova, Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor B. Batkeeva, Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor G. Ashirbekova, Vice-president of the "Club of Editors", Candidate of Philological Sciences, Professor M. Toktagazin, Candidate of Philological Sciences G. Akseit, Candidate of Philological Sciences A. Umbetova, PhD, A. Zhanysbaeva, PhD G. Shauenova.
In the educational process, great attention is paid to the individual approach to working with students, taking into account their specialization. Students at the department take an active part and become winners of the republican student competitions, media festivals, scientific conferences both at home and abroad, and also practice in the summer school. The Department of Journalism and Media Arts has branches in the newspaper "Egemen Qazaqstan" and the publishing house "Foliant." For several years, a well-known public figure, writer, deputy of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan S. Abdrakhmanov, head of the publishing center "BiKa," senior lecturer B. Tokabayeva, and practitioners-specialists M. Yeshtanayeva, G.Yertasova, Zh.Eralina, Zh. Begaydarova, and A.Smailova have been working.
The department employs scientists and qualified specialists in the fields of journalism and printing. There are 5 doctors of sciences, 10 candidates of sciences, 6 associate professors, a PhD doctor, and 8 masters of senior teachers who introduce journalists to modern requirements and creative skills.
Graduates of the educational programs "Journalism and Reporting" and "Publishing" can work in all areas of the information space, including printing, publishing centers, press centers of ministries and government agencies, news agencies, and news websites. Currently, 13 graduates of the Faculty of Journalism and Political Science work in the editorial office of the republican newspaper "Egemen Qazaqstan." Press Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan N.Oraz, host of the program "Niet" of the national channel Qazaqsatan G.Alimgerei, correspondent of the agency "Khabar" G. Topoleva, correspondent of the newspaper "Kazakhstanskaya Pravda" A. Mukanova, special correspondent of the TV channel "24 KZ" in Germany Sh. Naimanbayeva is the pride of not only the department but also the university.
Graduates of the department under the Bolashak program in Japan, Zhanar Sekerbayeva, and in England, Madina Karabalina, continue to receive their knowledge abroad. In order to increase the creative potential of students in the department, there is a creative youth club called "Muzbalak" (head Tokabayeva B. K.), a club called "Simurg" (head Ishanova A. K.), and a student circle called "Kozkaras" (head Bolatova G. Zh.). To date, the creative youth association "Muzbalak" has become the center of creative youth in all faculties of the university.
| The work plan for the department (2024-2025) can be found here. | Report on the activities of the Department of Printing and Publishing for the 2024–2025 academic year |
| The work plan for the department (2023-2024) can be found here. | Report on the activities of the Department of Printing and Publishing for the 2022–2023 academic year |
| The work plan for the department (2022-2023) can be found here. | Report on the activities of the Department of Printing and Publishing for the 2021–2022 academic year |
| The work plan for the department (2021-2022) can be found here. | Report on the activities of the Department of Printing and Publishing. 2020-2021 academic year |
| The work plan of the department (2020–2021) can be found here. | |
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