Chair of “Social and Humanities”
The Department of the APK and SHD was formed in 2017 by combining the Department of Social and Humanitarian Disciplines and the Department of the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan.
The formation of the Department of the APK and SHD preceded by more than 60 years of history of the formation and reorganization of a number of humanitarian departments, including the history of Kazakhstan, philosophy, political science and sociology. A significant contribution to their development was made by prominent social scientists, teachers, Doctor of History, prof. YES. Shaimukhanov, Doctor of History, prof. A. Zh. Zhumasultanov, Ph.D. prof. Kasenov B.K., Doctor of Law, prof. Kim V.A., Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor Karpenko A.M., Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor Sheremetov N.N., Ph.D., Associate Professor Katarzhnov V.S.
In 1997, the Department of Philosophy and Political Science and the Department of History of Kazakhstan were merged into a single Department of Social and Humanitarian Disciplines, which was headed by Ph.D., Associate Professor L.G. Matveenkova (1997-2004) and Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor S.B. Balshikeyev (2004-2018).
After being separated into an independent department of the history of Kazakhstan in 2008, the SRS department remained one of the largest at the University, as it trained students of all specialties in such disciplines as philosophy, cultural studies, political science, sociology, psychology and pedagogy of engineering work, the foundations of law.
From 2018 to the present, the head of the department of the APK and SHD is PhD Shormanbayeva D.G.