The Olympiad was attended by 60 students.

In order to realize the strategic development of the university, the development of external academic mobility, the Department of the Far East of the Oriental Studies Faculty initiated the winter school in the school year 2017-2018 academic year.

On January 29^th, 2018 in rectorate KazNU named after al-Farabi, students graduate of Department of the Far East were awarded with Korea Foundation Fellowship for Graduate Studies.

On January 29, 2018 in the rector's office at the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University was held ceremony "Shinhan Bank Kazakhstan" in Almaty. 

Osmanova Muhabbat

Department of Japanese Studies of the Faculty of Oriental Studies on 11/9/2017 and 11/23/2017 organized open lectures on financial literacy from the head of the representative office of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ in Almaty Hideyuki Asano.