An online awards ceremony for the winners of the competition "The best teacher of the university-2020" was held at KazNU named after al-Farabi. The solemn event began with a speech by the Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan Askhat Aimaganbetov. The Minister congratulated 150 winners of the competition from 46 universities of the republic, including 18 teachers of KazNU.

Coinciding with the first month of spring, the traditional republican Japanese Speech Contest was held online this year, despite the situation in the world.

Rector of KazNU named after al-Farabi Zhanseit Tuimebayev took part in the scientific-practical conference "The contribution of Abu Nasr al-Farabi to the Islamic civilization", organized by the Islamic Academy of Sciences. The event, which was attended by famous Farabi scholars, philosophers and scientists, was held in Egypt.

The President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev, in his article "Independence is the most precious thing", instructed to develop a concept for celebrating Nauryz Meiramy and enrich the content of the spring holiday. Al-Farabi Kazakh National University proposed an original and diverse concept of a large-scale celebration of Nauryz - meiramy, which will be held at the university from March 14 to 23.

Al-Farabi Kazakh National University was visited by the Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan Askhat Aimagambetov. He got acquainted with the activities of the university and visited the exhibition of IT startups and innovative projects dedicated to the achievements of young scientists. Scientific research, technical achievements and new expositions of the faculties of mechanics and mathematics, chemistry and chemical technology, biology and biotechnology were presented to the attention of the minister.

Al-Farabi KazNU was visited by the regional director of the British company QS for Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia Sergey Khristolyubov. Within the framework of the visit of the QS representative, a meeting was held with the Chairman of the Board - Rector of Al-Farabi KazNU Zhanseit Tuimebayev.

Al-Farabi KazNU hosted a meeting between the representative of the UN Department of Global Communications in Kazakhstan Vlastemil Samek and the rector Zhanseit Tuimebayev, during which they discussed the participation of the country's leading university as a Global Hub of the UN Program "Academic Impact" (UNAI) on sustainable development in events dedicated to The 30th anniversary of Independence of Kazakhstan, as well as plans for further cooperation.

The theme of the development and promotion of domestic science and education was devoted to the meeting of the Chairman of the Board - Rector of Al-Farabi KazNU Zhanseit Tuimebayev with representatives of the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Professor of Wayne University in the USA, scientist-mathematician Walbai Omirbayev and professor at Cambridge University in Great Britain, neurobiologist Bazbek Davletov will lecture at the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University.

The Muhammad Ali Jinnah Center at the Faculty of Oriental Studies of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University was officially opened on July 9, 2019 with the financial support of the KAZ-PAK Association. March 10, 2021 the Muhammad Ali Jinnah Center was renovated with the direct support of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, supplemented with technical and educational materials in a modern innovative format.