The Department of Information Systems was established in 2015 on the basis of the Department of Computer Engineering and Software. Since September 2, 2025, due to a change in its name, the department has been functioning as the Group of Educational Programs (GEP) “Information Systems”.

The main areas of activity of the Group of Educational Programs “Information Systems” include conducting scientific research and teaching disciplines in the field of analysis, modeling, and design of information systems for various areas of activity, such as economics, management, science, education, and others.

The Group of Educational Programs “Information Systems” is a graduating unit in the following fields of training:

6В06101 – «Software Engineering» (bachelor's degree);

6B06115 – «Digital agricultural systems and complexes"» (bachelor's degree, Joint educational program with the International University of Information Technologies);

6B06104 – «DevOps engineering» (bachelor's degree, innovative educational program);

7M06101 – «Information systems and IT solutions by industry» (master's degree in scientific, pedagogical and profile areas);

8D06101 – «Big Data Analytics» (doctoral research, teaching and profile areas).

Rated IAAR 2025: undergraduate-4th place, masters – 2 place, doctorate -4 place.

According to the rating of "Atameken" - 10th place out of 55 universities of Kazakhstan.

The GEP «Information systems» employs more than 19 staff members. The degree of the GEP «Information systems» is 53%. The teching staff of the GEP «Information systems» is composed of 3 associate professors; 5 candidates of sciences, 5 doctors of PhD, 9 masters.

Every year, work is carried out to improve the skills of the teaching staff of the GEP «Information systems», foreign trips to Europe and CIS countries, courses in IT areasare organized. Aitimova U.Zh., Beldeubaeva Zh.T., Ismailova A.A., Shaushenova A.G. 16.05.2022-15.06.2022 passed advanced training at the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics under the educational internship program «Big Data Analytics». Shausenova A.G. and Nurpeisova A.A. in the educational program of the internship, they completed the course «Information and Communication Technologies, Machine Learning and Deep Learning» at the Hugo Kollantaya Krakow Agricultural University (Poland). In 2023, from July 3 to July 14, teachers of the GEP «Information systems» Nurpeysova A.A., Shaushenova A.G. completed a foreign scientific internship at a leading scientific organization in Milan (Italy). In 2025, Beldeubayeva Zh.T. and Ismailova A.A. completed an internship in Minsk (Republic of Belarus) at the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics on the topic “Big Data Processing and Machine Learning Methods in Knowledge-Intensive Applications.” From June 2 to July 2, 2025, Nurpeisova A.A. and Shaushenova A.G. completed an internship in Krakow (Republic of Poland) at the AGH University of Science and Technology (Stanislaw Staszic Academy of Mining and Metallurgy) on the topic “Object Recognition in Images and Video Streams Using Neural Networks.” From October 1 to November 3, 2025, Nurpeisova A.A. and Shaushenova A.G. completed an internship in Düzce (Türkiye) at Düzce University on the topic “TensorFlow and Keras.”

The research work of the GEP «Information systems»  is carried out within the framework of grant funding for scientific and (or) scientific and technical projects №AP23486538 «Research and development of an image recognition system in video streams based on artificial intelligence». The head of the project is Shaushenova A.G. – candidate of technical sciences, associate professor, co-head Nurpeisova A.A. – PhD, acting associate professor; for 2023-2025 of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan scientific project №AP19678041 «Development of software for identification of tandem repeats during genome-wide sequencing». Project manager – Ismailova A.A. – PhD, associate professor.

Master's and doctoral studies are conducted only according to a multilingual program, as well as in 2016 the multilingual program for the bachelor students was introduced. In order to organize the educational process, working curriculum for specialties carrying out the multilingual training, EMC of disciplines in Kazakh, Russian and English languages, СED, structure of multilingual educational programs were developed. The disciplines of the working curricula of specialties that train multilingual personnel are divided into three groups: disciplines delivered in Kazakh, disciplines delivered in Russian, disciplines delivered in English.

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM 6В06101 - «Software engineering»

The direction 6B061 - «Information and communication technologies» is aimed at meeting the needs of society in qualified personnel in the field of information technology and computer technology, capable of solving complex engineering problems.

The purpose of the educational program is to train software engineers capable of successful independent and team professional activity in the field of software engineering.

Competitive advantages of the graduate of EP «Software engineering» are:

− in-depth knowledge of modern and advanced DevOps techniques;

− ability to analyze big data using artificial intelligence;

− the ability to apply acquired knowledge at all stages of application development, from server logic to client code that runs directly on users ' devices.

MAJORS: Object-oriented programming and design patterns, mobile application Design, Algorithms, data Structures and programming, Architecture of computer systems and server operating systems, virtualization and containerization Technologies, CI / CD, programming in MS SQL, Internet application Design and SEO optimization, Design of software interfaces (API) and SDK development tools, etc.

Upon admission, the applicant chooses the language of instruction: Kazakh, Russian and English.

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM 6B06115 – «Digital agricultural systems and complexes»

In 2021 NCJSC «S.Seifullin Kazakh Agro Technical Research University» and NCJSC «The International University of Information Technologies» developed the educational program 6B06115 - Digital agricultural systems and complexes in the direction B057 – «Information Technologies».

The direction of B057 – «Information technology» prepares highly motivated personnel for innovative and knowledge-intensive areas of agriculture with theoretical and practical knowledge, skills and abilities necessary for their implementation in professional activities, meeting the needs of domestic and global intellectual labor markets, ready to make a qualitative breakthrough in the agricultural sector of the economy of Kazakhstan. A specialist in the digitalization of agriculture will use the tools of the programming language when solving production tasks and perform data analysis, identify trends. And also this educational program will allow you to develop mobile applications for the needs of the agricultural sector.   

A specialist in the digitalization of agriculture, also advises consumers on how to apply IT infrastructure components in the agricultural sector of the economy and modernize agricultural systems and complexes.

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM 6B06104 – «DevOps engineering»

The goal of the Educational Program «DevOps Engineering» is to train specialists who are proficient in modern technologies in the IT industry, capable of synchronizing all stages of creating a software product, as well as automating deployment and maintenance through the use of DevOps technology.

Objectives of the educational program «DevOps engineering»:

− developing skills to effectively apply the DevOps approach in the development and operation of software, speed up the process of releasing new versions of software, improve its quality and reliability, as well as ensure security and data protection.

− training students to work on different platforms with different programming languages, automate workloads between multiple cloud providers, provide internal and external support on multiple platforms.

− formation of theoretical and practical knowledge for studying the basic concepts and methodologies of DevOps, developing and setting up infrastructure using tools and platforms used in DevOps, modern practices and methods, testing applications using different methodologies.

The educational program is aimed at meeting society's needs for qualified personnel in the field of software development and operation using and applying modern DevOps methods and technologies.

The DevOps engineer profession is included in the Atlas of new professions and competencies in demand in the labor market of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The proposed draft educational program contributes to the acquisition of high-quality professional skills by students, which will ensure employment and high wages.

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM 7M06101 – «Information systems and IT solutions on industries»

The purpose of the educational program: the formation of students 'competencies to ensure their professional activities in the field of information systems and training in research, development, implementation and maintenance of information technologies and systems in different sectors of the economy.

Educational program is aimed at acquiring skills to develop new methods and means of designing information systems based on modern technologies, to carry out supervision of the design, implementation and maintenance of information systems and technologies, it conducts the research and development of theoretical and experimental models of objects of professional activity in the areas with the aim of introducing it; it arranges the collaboration with the teams of customer and developer, etc.

Our graduates are competitive in the labor market. Areas of professional activity of graduates — any structure where information systems operate: ACS departments of banks and large industrial enterprises, small and medium-sized businesses, provider organizations, computer centers, etc.

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM 8D06101 – «Big Data Analytics»

The purpose of the educational program: training of scientific and pedagogical personnel in the field of ICT and managers, analytical specialists in demand in IT companies and large manufacturing enterprises, where it is necessary to regularly analyze large volumes of data, who are able to build processes for optimal data collection, operational data processing, data analysis, optimization of business processes, forecasting consumer behavior, analysis of statistical indicators, risk analysis, development of business solutions, etc. to improve the company's performance.

The educational program is aimed at preparing the synthetic profession of «data scientist». Data scientists must have skills and knowledge from several disparate fields: computer science and programming, mathematical methods, and business administration and management. Such synthetic specialties are always in great demand, but also difficult to master. The key methods of data analysis today are machine learning, data mining, process mining, visual analytics, time series analysis and others.

By analyzing big data, you can create new services and products, optimize your business, and therefore make money. Big Data technology allows you to reduce costs for IT infrastructure and software, reduce labor costs through more effective methods of data integration, management, analysis and solution development; generate increased revenue and profits through new or more efficient ways of doing business. That is, at the present stage, the same technologies represent a qualitatively new value for the enterprise.

In the direction 8D061 - Information and communication technologies (8D06101 – «Big data analytics»; 8D06103 – «Modeling and optimization of business processes»; 8D06102 – «Systems engineering» (6D070300 – «Information systems»)) on September 22, 2023, by order No. 598, the dissertation council was opened

Since 2021, Shaushenova Anargul Gimranovna candidate of technical sciences, associate professor has been the Head of the Group of Educational Programs “Information Systems.”