Students of Al-Farabi KazNU organized a grand flash mob, launching the challenge "Qayirimdy Qogam". More than 5 thousand students from different Faculties have gathered in front of the monument to the Great thinker Al-Farabi, whose 1150th anniversary is being celebrated by the whole world under the auspices of the UNESCO.

In Almaty, on January 29, 2020, the official ceremony to launch the celebration of the 1150th anniversary of Abu Nasr al-Farabi will be held at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. The anniversary year of Al-Farabi, which is widely being celebrated internationally under the auspices of UNESCO, will bring together guests from more than 40 countries.

On January 23, the Сomputer Science Department of IT faculty held a meeting with representatives of employers to discuss the skills that graduates of the educational program of Computer Science should have. Akylayev Zhasulan Akzholovich, head of the Department for testing transactional and front-end systems of Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan JSC, shared his opinion and experience.

Happy New Year 2020! I wish you good news and unique success in the new 2020! May this year bring us a lot of happiness, good luck, smiles, warmth and light. Let it be full of bright colors, pleasant impressions and joyful events. I wish everyone in the new year to be healthy, beautiful, loved and successful!

The project "New Year for their" was organized by the Department of Informatics and the Student Council of the faculty.

The KBTU Faculty of Information Technologies organized a significant event of the year - the semi-final of the International Programming Olympiad ACM ICPC - the World Programming Championship among student teams. 

The Republican Youth Forum «MEN ZHASTARGA SENEMIN», dedicated to the Day of the First President of the country, was held at Al-Farabi KazNU in Almaty. The results of the large-scale Youth Forum’s contests, which are aimed at developing patriotism through the prism of innovation and creativity, were summed up and the winners were announced at the award ceremony.

Nursultan Nazarbayev has received Galimkair Mutanov, Rector of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, reported the press service of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan - Elbasy.

First-year student of the specialty "Computer Engineering" Sultangaliev Nursat in November took part in the international festival "Echo of autumn" in Bishkek, the capital of neighboring Kyrgyzstan. Nursat took 1st place. 

The annual traditional competition of amateur performances «1st Year Talents» was held at the U.A. Zholdasbekov Students’ Palace.