Dear students! 

       The faculty of philology which was founded by the greatest people of our nation, M.Auezov, A.Margulan, B.Kenzhebaev, M.Balakaev, has a great  history and  traditions. The faculty has been existing since 1937.    Mukhtar Auezov, the academician, the writer and   the classic of Kazakh literature whose works are well-known all over the world  and occupies the honorable  place in the golden fund of the wordl literature had been  working  at the faculty for about 30 years.

        In different years of  our country the eminent scholars worked at  the faculty.  They are  Zeinolla Kabdolov, the academician and the writer,  the academician Rymgaly Nurgaly, the professors and doctors of philological sciences:  Tursinbek Kakishev,  Kaken Ahanov,  Hairolla Mahmudov, Maiya Bagyzbaeva, Talgat Sairambaev, Alma Kiraubaeva. They are the  distinguished  teachers,   the teachers who we respect and will always remember.

      The graduates of our faculty  became the  prominent  public  and state figures. They are: Myrzatay Zholdasbekov, Abish Kekilbaev, Nurlan Orazalin, Ualihan Kalizhanuly, Zhanseit Tuimebaev, Aldan Smail. The faculty is always proud of  the graduates who became illustriuos poents an writers and  occupied   the honored place in Kazakh literature and culture. They are  Abdizhamal Nurpeisov, Azilhan Nurshaikov, Mukhtar Magauin, Kabdesh Zhumadilov, Kadir Myrza-Ali, Tumanbay Moldagaliev, Dulat Isabekov, Beksultan Nurzhekeev.

       Today the  students of the faculty of philology have all facilities  to study and live at the university campus which is called KazGUGrad.  The campus  is situated at  the foothills of the  Alatau mountains. Nowadays the faculty has six departments, five of them: Department of Kazakh linguistics,  A. Baitursynuly Department of Kazakh literature and literary theory, Department of Russian philology and world literature, Department of Turkology and Language Theory, Department of translation studies and foreign philology are graduate chairs which train future specialists.  Department of foreign languages teaches world languages at the university’s faculties. Also the faculty closely cooperates  with creative unions and scientific-research institutes where the students of the facluty of philology  and world languages do their practical training.

       The scholars who are well-known  in our country and abroad  work at  the  institutes and the laboratories. All these people are the doctors of philological sciences and well-known professors. They are  Rakysh Amir, Berikbai Sagyndykuly, Eleanora Suleimenova, Svetlana Ashimhanova, Zhangara Dadebaev, Zhumat Tilepov, Zeinol-Gabden Beisengaly, Aslan Zhaksylykov, Bayan Zholdasbekova, Temirgaly Esembekov, Guldarhan Smagulova, Gulmira Madieva, Alma Abdulina, Olga Abisheva, Anuar Tarakov, Anar Salkynbai, Dina Alkebaeva, Olga Altynbekova, Alua Temirbolat, Zhanar Ibraeva.

        The faculty cooperates with many foreign educational institutions. Much attention is  paid to  academic mobility.  The following foreign professors: Snodrgas N.(USA), Sat Agbo(Canada), Margaret Dorline(Holland), Hankock M.(USA), Anatoly Kim(Russia), Rafael Velez-Nunez(Spain), Nuse M.(France), Najie Yldyz(Turkey), Edgar Hoffman (Austria) are  delivering their lectures for the facluty students.   Annualy the  students from the USA sudy at the faculty within the program: "Flagman". At the moment the students from China, Korea, Turkey, Germany and other countries are studying at the faculty. The faculty offers double-diploma programs for master students and PhD students:  the joint  program  with M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russia)  and the  University of Granada  (Spain). The students studying in  the  specialty: two foreign languages can study free of charge at  the Vienna University of Economy and Business (Salzburg, Austria), Beijing Foreign Studies University(China), Pecs University (Hungary),  the University of Human Resources (Hungary), Nottingham University (Malaysia), Gazi University (Turkey), M.  Lomonosov  Moscow State University (Russia).

      The students, graduate students and doctorate students are sent to do their internships  to Utrecht University ( Amsterdam, Holland),  Istanbul  University (Turkey), Humboldt University (Germany), the university of  Granada (Spain), Budapest University of Technology and Economy  (Hungary), Eurasian academy (Slovakia), Busan university of foreign studies (South Korea), Vytautas the Great University (Lithuania).

      The faculty of philology and world languages trains  competitive and high qulified specialists.

        We are looking forward to  talented, bright, inquisitive  and single-minded  young people  who have a greate desire to study foreign languages  and  want to connect their life and career with literature.   The faculty of philology is the home for those who love literature.

        A modern  student is a citizen of the Independent Republic of Kazakhstan  who can  make a significant contribution  to the  development of our country.  We can say with a great confidence  that the graduates of the faculty of philology  of al-Farabi  Kazakh National University  will rise Kazakhstan literature and culture at a high level. We trust in you! Trust in us too!

     Dzholdasbekova Bayan Umirbekovna,

     Al-Farabi KazNU 

     Dean of the faculty philology,

     Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciencesof Kazakhstan,

     doctor of philology, professor