February 20-21, 2023 at the international online olympiad conducted by Atyrau university of oil and gas named after Safi Utebaev in petrochemistry and refining, dedicated to the memory of the first rector, doctor of chemical sciences, professor Serikov Tuleush Pauedenovich among students in the specialties "Chemical technology of organic substances", "Chemical technology of processing of hydrocarbon raw materials", "Chemical processing of oil and gas", "Chemical technology of polymer production" and specialized universities in the field of petrochemistry and oil refining, undergraduates and young specialists of oil refineries, 1st year master's student of the specialty "7M07101 - Petrochemistry" Akan Akzhol Altaiuly was awarded with the II degree diploma.
Supervisor: candidate of chemical sciences, associated professor Smagulova N.T.
Congratulations on your victory! We wish you creative success and good luck!
Best wishes, department of physical chemistry, catalysis, and petrochemistry.

Ecological research, which began with the teachings of Vernadsky, has never canceled its significance. The concept of sustainable development was defined at the UN Summit in 2015 with 17 goals. In order to explain the concept of sustainable development to young people, it is necessary to discuss and study world-class problems. In order to achieve this goal in solving an environmental problem, students of the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University are offered a textbook in English. The team of authors Sassykova L.R., Aubakirov, Y.A., Tashmukhambetova Zh.Kh. considers the most relevant environmental aspects of petrochemical industries.

On February 15, 2023, the Department of Chemistry and Technology of Organic Substances, Natural Compounds and Polymers of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University held an International Winter School on the topic "MODERN TRENDS in PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURING" in a hybrid format (online-offline) in the Meeting Room of the E.E. Ergozhin Academic Council.

On February 14-16, 2023, the Almaty Daryny Center for the Identification and Support of Gifted Children and Youth organized the city stage of the Republican Olympiad in general education subjects for students of grades 9-11.

For many years, there has been a connection between the Department of Physical Chemistry, Catalysis and Petrochemistry of the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University and the Izmir Institute of Technology. At the initiative of the head of the department, Professor E. A. Aubakirov, as a result of many years of scientific communication between scientists of the two educational institutions, a bilateral memorandum has been signed today. On the basis of this Memorandum, undergraduates of the educational program "7M07101 - Petrochemistry" and doctoral students of the educational program "8D07101 - Petrochemistry" will undergo scientific internships.

On February 10, 2023, at the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology of the аl-Farabi Kazakh National University, a meeting was held with the Deputy Director of the Center for the Development of Human Resources in the Nuclear Industry of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency Yoshihiro Nakano and the Secretary of the Center Kana Suzuki.

The meeting was attended by the Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology Galeeva A.K., Professor of the Department of General and Inorganic Chemistry Burkitbaev M.M., as well as teachers of the Department of General and Inorganic Chemistry.

On February 10, 2023, the qualifying round of the International Subject Olympiad "Physical Chemist-2023" for students of higher educational institutions of the Republic of Kazakhstan and foreign countries was held at the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, dedicated to the 90^th anniversary of the Honorary Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kh.K.Ospanov. Within the walls of the faculty, an Olympiad of this kind is held for the first time by the Department of Physical Chemistry, Catalysis and Petrochemistry. Students of 2-3 courses took part in the qualifying round. They were admonished by the head of the department Professor E.A. Aubakirov, professor of the department A.K. Ospanova and teachers. According to the results of the round, 10 students were selected from 18 students.

Undergraduates of the 1st and 2nd year of the Department of "Physical Chemistry, Catalysis and Petrochemistry", the educational program "7M07201- Petroleum Engineering", Kalenov Galamat and Khasanova Akerke, after a difficult qualifying round conducted by professors and teachers of the University of Lorraine, in which undergraduates of other major technical universities of Kazakhstan also participated. Our undergraduates were able to win grants to study under the "Erasmus" program at the University of Lorraine in France in Nancy. We wish our undergraduates success and prosperity.

On the eve of the faculty of chemistry and chemical technology held a meeting with the leadership of KazNU and the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology with the French Attaché for Cooperation in Education in Kazakhstan Xavier Le Torrivellek. During the meeting, they discussed opportunities for our students to study at top schools and leading universities in France such as Lyon 1 and Paris Sacley, as well as the involvement of students in global projects such as Total Energy. There are scholarship programs, and the Embassy of France supports any relevant project, also the possibility of establishing closer partnerships with French universities and involving them in grant funding projects was discussed. Also the question of joint and two-diploma education, in this direction actively works the chair of physical chemistry, catalysis and petrochemistry on the joint educational program “Petrochemistry” - 7M017101 with Lyon 1 Claude Bernard University and University of Lorraine on the educational program “Oil and gas business”. There were some questions on signing the contract to which the attache gave the answers for all questions.

Zhanar Bolatovna Bekissanova, lecturer of the Department of Physical Chemistry of Catalysis and Petrochemistry, holder of grant funding for research of young scientists under the project "Zhas Galym" for postdoctoral students, became a finalist of the 6th competition in the PROM program (December 2022). The foreign internship at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń will last 28 days. Research within the framework of the internship will be conducted jointly with a foreign consultant, Professor M. Sprynskyy. The visit is intended to strengthen scientific cooperation between the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń and the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University in Almaty.