Department of biology

In 1952, the Ust-Kamenogorsk Pedagogical Institute was founded. This date can be considered the starting point of the history of the existence of our department, currently the Department of Biology of S.Amanzholov VSU.

In 1953, the Department of Natural Sciences was divided into 2 departments: the Department of Zoology and the Department of Botany and Chemistry. The Department of Zoology at that time was headed by Associate Professor, Candidate of Biological Sciences Lidiya Sergeevna Pashina.

In the 1958-1959 academic year, teachers were united in three departments: zoology, botany and chemistry.

Professor, Doctor of Biological Sciences Valerian Semenovich Bazhanov headed the Department of Zoology until 1972.

In 1985, the two departments of Botany and Zoology were merged into the Department of Biology. The head of the PhD associate professor Sybanbekov K.Zh.

During this period, namely since 1989, the training of specialists in the specialty “biology and natural sciences” with the qualification “teacher of biology and natural sciences” began, the preparation of this specialty was caused due to the need to conduct an experiment under the program of Suravegina I.T.

Until 1992, parallel training was conducted in the specialties “geography and biology” and “chemistry and biology” with the qualification “teacher of biology and geography” and “teacher of chemistry and biology”.

With the beginning of the training of specialists in the multi-stage education system, training in the specialty “biology” with the academic degree “Bachelor of Biology” and “Biology teacher” began in 1991.

From 1997 to 2000, the head of the Department of Biology was Candidate of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor Vorobyova T.G., and from 2000 to 2005.  The head of the Biology Department was K.K. Burunbetova, Candidate of Biological Sciences, who graduated from EKSU in 1994 with a degree in biology and natural sciences.

From 2006 to 2014, the heads of the Department of Biology were Ph.D. Associate Professor Sharipkhanova A. S., Ph.D. Associate Professor Igisinova Zh.T., Ph.D. Associate Professor Sadykanova G.E., and Master of Biological Sciences Komekova G.K..

From 2014 to the present, the head of the department is Ph.D. Associate Professor Kitapbaeva A.A.

Now graduates of our department work at the Department of Biology: Professor- Prokopov K.P., Candidates of Biological Sciences, associate professors –Kitapbaeva A.A., Sharipkhanova A.S., Igisingova Zh.T., Sadykanova G.E., Masters of Biology, senior lecturers – Karmenova B.K., Komekova G.K., Kabataeva Zh.K., Askarova A.A.

Since 1995, the Department of Biology has opened a master’s degree in the specialty “7M01505, 7M05101 – Biology”, and since 2018 a doctoral program in the specialty “8D01505 – Biology” has been opened.