Department of «Religion and cultural Studies» have got the state license for training new specialty - "Islamtanu" ("Islamic Studies") for the 2013-2014 academic year, all documents are ready for the opening of this specialty. Prior to that, "Islamtanu" had Islamic University of Nur Mubarak. The department is ready to take new employees, our doors are open for entrants!

This year, the Department of Religious studies and cultural studies, Faculty of Philosophy and Political Science of the al-Farabi to prepare a new project with the Research Institute of Religious Studies, jointly preparing undergraduates.

Professors of the Department Gabitov T.G , Baitenova N.J, Kurmanalieva A.D etc. manage and prepare projects of young scientists.

Planning to come to the department from different countries a visiting professors: Eila Marita Elizabet Tarasti, Eero Tarasti, Ernst Gunter Arnold Schlee.

Eila Marita Elizabet Tarasti at Republic of Finlyandia, employee at university Helsinki, the candidate of philos.science. visiting professors will be at 29 september till 15 October 2014 y. Eila Marita Elizabet Tarasti and Eero Tarasti will came to read a lectures to Magisters and doctor of PhD.
Eila Marita Elizabet Tarasti in nowadays scientific employee institute of international semiotic researchers reading lectures in university of Helsinki. Musical and pionist in Europe, USA and southern America, well known as a music artist. She is engaged semiotic and semiotic analyses in music.

Eero Tarasti director of institute of international semiotic researchers, President of association at international semiotic researchers, professor of university of Helsinki. Founder of existential semiotics. Author of 400 scientific articles.

Ernst Gunter Arnold Schlee – doctor, professor of social antropology, director of institute social antropology in society Max Planc Galle (Germany) Ernst Gunter Arnold Schlee at 22.09.2014 till 06.10.2014 y. Professor Ernst Gunter Arnold Schlee – the one of leading social-cultural antropolog in Germany, specialist in ethnic problem in Аfrica, director of institute social antropology in society Max Planc Galle.

Head of the scientific program of the Institute for Ethnic conflicts and foreign scientific consultant for the 2-year doctoral training specialty «6D020400- Cultural" Aubakirova S.S.

Invitation from Visiting professors in our university, their lectures and consultations for doctoral PhD, undergraduates and students will contribute to, firstly, to better prepare PhD students and undergraduates on topics of dissertation research, and secondly, further methodological improvement of PhD program and graduate the kazakh national university named after Al-Farabi; third, to implement the program of academic mobility of faculty members, students, undergraduates, doctoral students, to broaden the base of practice; fourth, for the preparation of joint international research projects and for the development of the scientific life of the faculty.

In the 2013-2014 year, the department "Religion and Culture" came for a doctor of PhD:
In "religion":
1) Dinara Utebayeva
2) Tuganbaev Kaysar
3) Tastankulov Erkin
4) Kabidenova Zhuldiz

In "cultural studies"
1) Mukanova Zarina
2) Turgenbaeva Aizhan
3) Tanabaeva Anar

One of the leading scientists of the department, Doctor of philosophy, professor Zatov K.A. went to a business trip city Taldykorgan at 16.09.2014- to 18.09.2014 for reading course "The realizing of act about state program against religion extremism and terrorizm of Kazakhstan Respublic in 2013-2017 y.