The Department of Economics has agreements with foreign universities on cooperation in the field of education and science: RUDN, Agricultural University, Plovdiv (Bulgaria), Xinjiang University of Finance and Economics, Urumqi (China), Novosibirsk Agrarian University, Novosibirsk (Russia), Hohenheim University, Stuttgart (Germany), Czech University Natural Sciences, Prague.
Within the framework of these agreements, foreign scientists come to the university to conduct scientific seminars and round tables: R. Schlauder (Weinstephan, Germany), Professor R. Doluschitz (Hohenheim, Germany), Michal Loshtak (Prague, Czech Republic).
The faculty of the department actively participates in international scientific and practical conferences of the near and far abroad, including Internet conferences.
During the period from 2018 to 2023, the teachers of the department published more than 60 publications in collections of materials from international conferences and scientific papers. The conferences were held in Russia (Krasnodar, Saratov, Novosibirsk, Stavropol, Ufa), Poland (Przemysl), the Czech Republic (Prague), Bulgaria (Sofia).
Within the framework of the international scholarship program of the Republic of Kazakhstan "Bolashak" under the project "500 scientists" in December 2023, senior lecturer of the Department of Economics Bermukhambetova Botagoz was selected and will undergo an internship at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Shampoo (UIUC), located in Champaign, USA.
Within the framework of the international scholarship program of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan "Bolashak" under the project "500 scientists" in the period from May 16, 2022 to August 15, 2022, senior lecturer of the Department of Economics Gulmira Narbayeva completed an internship at Michigan State University (United States of America) under the Higher Education Teaching and Learning Leadership program.
In the period from October 24 to November 04, 2022, the Enactus KATRU team performed at the Enactus World Cup 2022 with the Bird: from Yard to Table project, aimed at increasing productive employment of rural residents and providing quality products to the urban population. According to the results of the special competition "Caring for the earth, caring for people" from the company "Olzha Agro", the team of Seifullin KATRU received (a grant of 1,000,000 tenge) in the Nomination "Successful project" from the company KMF KMF Demeu. According to the results of participation in the Enactus World Cup 2022, the team entered the TOP 16 among 32 teams.
Under the guidance of Ph.D. in Economics, Acting Professor of the Department of Economics Nurmukhametov N. N., a study is being conducted:
According to the budget program: 217 "Development of science" subprogram 102 "Grant financing of scientific research"
According to the project: IRN AP19680251 "Analysis of the problems of the development of the circular economy in the agro-industrial complex of Kazakhstan with the development of a model for using its capabilities in modern conditions."By priority: "Research in the field of social sciences and humanities"
In a specialized scientific field: Current problems of research in the field of microeconomics, management, business entities and business environment development.
The research group was determined taking into account the goals and objectives set within the framework of the project and the available scientific groundwork on the research topic, which is confirmed by the results of scientific papers. The research group included Ph.D. in Economics, Associate Professor Temirova A., Ph.D. in Economics, Associate Professor Mukhambetova Z.., Ph.D. in Economics, Associate Professor Kunafina G., Ph.D. in Economics, senior lecturer Yusupova S.
Within the framework of the IRN AP19680251 project "Analysis of the problems of the development of the circular economy in the agro-industrial complex of Kazakhstan with the development of a model for using its capabilities in modern conditions" the period from 04.12 to 09.12.2023 under the leadership of the project manager, PhD, Acting Professor Nurmukhametov N. and the project executors, Head of the Department of Economics, PhD, Associate Professor Temirova A. , Ph.D. in Economics, Acting Professor Mukhambetova Z.., Ph.D. in Economics, Associate Professor Kunafina G.T., Ph.D. in Economics, senior lecturer Yusupova S. . A visit was made to the Kazan State Agrarian University, the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Russian University of Cooperation.
The main purpose of the visit was to maintain mutually beneficial cooperation, carry out joint work in the agro-industrial sector and jointly implement specific tasks in the field of circular economy.
During the visit, a number of working meetings and negotiations were held. Following the results of the visit to Kazan, an agreement was reached on further cooperation and interaction of universities with the Seifullin KATRU.
Since September 2024, the joint educational program "Agrarian Business" will be implemented jointly with the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (Moscow, Russia) to train highly qualified specialists in agricultural business based on the integration of efforts and accumulated knowledge in the field of educational, methodological and research activities.
Leading scientific and teaching staff of universities will be involved in the implementation of the joint educational program. The joint program is aimed at training specialists capable of solving a wide range of tasks, using advanced technologies and solutions to achieve the goals facing enterprises and organizations of the agricultural sector anywhere in the world today.
Advantages of the double degree program:
• International experience;
• employment prospects after graduation;
• mastering progressive knowledge from leading teachers of partner universities;
• obtaining 2 diplomas from the Seifullin KATRU + partner university (RUDN).
The department has implemented an international educational project – "Improving postgraduate education in the field of sustainable agriculture and agro-systems of the future" (SAGRIS), project number 610383-EPP-1-2019-1- DE-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP, (Coordinator - University of Applied Sciences Nürtingen-Geislingen, Germany), Coordinator at Seifullin KATRU – Associate Professor of Economics Meleshenko N. (Direction of cooperation: cooperation in the field of innovation and exchange of practices; deadlines: 15.01.2020 – 14.01.2023
The purpose of the SAGRIS project is to help strengthen the profile and internationalization of universities and increase the potential of young scientists to meet the demand for research in the field of sustainable agriculture and agro-systems of the future in Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation.
Within the framework of the Consortium of Agricultural Universities for the Development of the Countries of Central Asia and the South Caucasus (CASCADE), work has been strengthened in the following areas to increase the international rating of participating universities at Seifullin KATRU: academic reputation, citation index, the share of foreign students and foreign teachers, the development of the Extension system, etc.
Nurlan Kulbatyrov, Deputy General Director of the Center for Trade Policy JSC, a specialist practitioner, Master of Economics, and faculty of the Economics Department are involved in teaching at the International School of Economics and Management in the discipline "Economics of the Agricultural Sector".
ENACTUS KAZAKHSTAN NATIONAL EXPO
Report on key vectors of EEC development
Seitova Yenilik went to the Summer School on the basis of an announced grant to Italy