The KazNU team participated in the 2019 Silk Road Robotics Innovation Competition (SRRIC) of Xi'an, China and was awarded the Competition Diploma.

For this competition, the team of KazNU, under the leadership of Professor J. Baigunchchekova, presented the project "Robot Humanoid Ai-Gerim".

Developed by teachers (B. Amanov and B. Sagitzhanov) and students (Azil Zamanbek and Rakhymzhan Zangar) of the Department of Mechanics, the Humanoid Robot is social, performs a number of functions that help people with physical disabilities in their employment. Features of the “Ai-Gerim” robot are simplicity of design, low cost and controllability at a distance with a human operator with limited physical abilities using Wi-Fi connection.

From 17 to 21 of September, the al-Farabi Kazakh National University hosted the QS World Wide Forum on the theme «Journey to Global Prominence: Harmony of Human Heritage and Advanced Technology». This forum is a unique and it is the world’s largest platform for the exchange and dissemination of best practices in the field of science and higher education. As part of this forum, scientists from Universiti Technologi PETRONAS of (Malaysia), headed by Professor Hanita Daud, visited the laboratories of the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics, exchanged information in the field of education and science.

Master student of the Department of Mechanics of the Mechanics and Mathematics Faculty of Al-Farabi KazNU Zarina Turtayeva is a laureate of the Abai-Vern scholarship program for doctoral students. 

The committee of the Abai-Vern scholarship program approved 90 candidates for the Master's program and 10 for the Doctorat program.

The winners of the doctoral program will receive a monthly scholarship in the amount of € 1,200, and they will be given free tuition for 36 months, exempted from paying the registration fee at state higher educational institutions, free long-term student visa and priority when allocating housing in a university dormitory.

According to the results of the ranking of universities and educational programs “Kazakhstan-2050 - National Rating on Innovation and Academic Excellence”, conducted by the Republican Rating Agency of the Kazakhstan Association of Engineering Education (RRA-KazSEE) in 2019, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University ranked first in the following educational programs places: 

• ·         5В074600 - Space engineering and technology
• ·         6M074600 - Space engineering and technology
• ·         6D074600 - Space engineering and technology

According to the results of the ranking of universities and educational programs “Kazakhstan-2050 - National Rating on Innovation and Academic Excellence”, conducted by the Republican Rating Agency of the Kazakhstan Association of Engineering Education (PPA-KazSEE) in 2019 Al-Farabi Kazakh National University ranked first in the following educational programs places:

• ·         5В060300-Mechanics
• ·         6M060300-Mechanics
• ·         6D060300-Mechanics

On the eve of the 85th anniversary of the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Head of the Department of Mechanics of the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics, Ph.D., Professor Zaure Bayanovna Rakisheva, for her achievements in work and achievements in the field of education and science, was awarded the Departmental Award of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan «Қазақстан Республикасының Білім беру ісінің құрметті қызметкері».

From April 26 to May 3, 2019, Professor Shinichi Nakasuka of Tokyo University, Japan, visited the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University.

Within the framework of teaching practice, doctoral students of the Department of Mechanics G. Tukeshov, Merkibaeva B. and Kairov R., conducted an open curatorial hour (11.04.2019) on the topic “Love is the basis of life”.

Students of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University became winners of the academic mobility competition for the fall semester of the 2019–2020 school year, announced by the MES RK.

On 13 April, there was an open class hour on the topic “Modern development of the kazakh national games”, within the framework of the pedagogical practice, which was organized by the first-year doctoral students of the Department of Mechanics Dalabayeva A.T., Shakir Ye.K., Baimbetov D. B.