Dates and facts

History:

The Department of Physical Chemistry was opened in 1977, the first head of which was the first rector of Karaganda State University, academician E.A. Buketov. The first department consisted of the dean of the Faculty of Chemistry, Omarova R.G., and students of Buketov E.A., who were invited to the university from the Chemical and Metallurgical Institute: Valikhanov N.H., Zhambekov M.I., Kozorin L.G., Egorova I.V., Novik S.N., Kalanova Sh.M. A little later, after defending their PhD thesis in In Moscow, Masalimov A.S., Nurgaliev B.Z., Zhumadilov E.K., Makarov G.V. began working at the department.
In the 80s, on the basis of the Department of Physical Chemistry, the problematic research laboratory "Chemistry and Technology of Chalcogens and Chalcogenides", the Department of Colloidal Chemistry and Ecology (Head of the Department, Professor Zhuravlev V.P.), Department of Electrochemistry (Head of the Department, Prof. Zhurinov M.Zh.), the second department of Quantum Chemistry in the Soviet Union (Head of the Department, Prof. Minaev B.F.). As
a result of optimizing the structure of higher educational institutions in Kazakhstan, the departments of physical and quantum chemistry were re-united in 1995, under the leadership of Dr. Masalimov A.S.
In 1997, the departments of Quantum, Physical and Analytical Chemistry were merged and the Department of Physical and Analytical Chemistry was established. During the existence of the department, Minaev B.F., Makarov G.V., Sharipov M.Sh., Masalimov A.S., Beznosyuk S.A., Irgibayeva I.S., Amerkhanova S.K., Nikolsky S.N. defended their doctoral dissertations.
Over forty people have defended their PhD theses, including those currently working at the department: Khalitova A.I., Abulyisova L.K., Nikolsky S.N., Pustolaikina I.A., Kasymova M.S., Kurmanova A.F., Kutzhanova K.Zh. and others. It should be noted that a significant part of the dissertations were defended in major centers of science and education.: Lomonosov Moscow State University, INEOS named after A.N. Nesmeyanov, IOH named after N.D.Zelinsky.
Since the beginning of the department's foundation, its heads have been: academicians E.A. Buketov, Z.M. Muldakhmetov, professors V.G. Shkodin, M.Z. Ugorets, M.S. Sharipov, A.D. Kagarlitsky, A.S. Masalimov.Currently, the department is headed by Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Professor Nikolsky S.N.

Students:

The demand for the department's programs is evidenced by the growth of the student body, which has increased more than 5 times over the past 5 years. 29 students of Altai State University (Barnaul, Russia) were trained as part of academic mobility.

Employment opportunities:

The graduate employment rate is 100%.

Teachers:

The share of teachers of the department with academic degrees is 90%. Among the teachers there are 2 holders of the republican title "The best University teacher" (Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Professor Masalimov A.S. and Candidate of Chemical Sciences, Professor Abulyisova L.K.), the holder of the state scholarship for young scientists (Candidate of Chemical Sciences, associate Professor Pustolaikina I.A.), 3 winners of the O.Sh. Kurmanaliev Prize (Doctor of Chemical SciencesPhD, Professor Nikolsky S.N., PhD, Associate Professor Pustolaikina I.A., PhD, Associate Professor Kurmanova A.F.), winner of the prize. D.Kunayeva (Candidate of Chemical Sciences, associate professor A.F. Kurmanova), 3 holders of the honorary diploma of the mayor of the city (Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Professor S.N. Nikolsky, Candidate of Chemical Sciences, associate Professor I.A. Pustolaikina, Candidate of Chemical Sciences, associate professor Kurmanova), 3 holders of the honorary diploma of the rector of the university (Candidate of Chemical Sciences, associate professor Pustolaikina I.A., Candidate of Chemical Sciences, Associate Professor Kutzhanova K.J. and Candidate of Chemical Sciences, Associate Professor Kurmanova A.F.), Academician of the Higher School of Economics (Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Professor Masalimov A.S.), 2 members of the International Society of EPR (ESR) Spectroscopy (IEPR (ESR) sosiety) (Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Professor Masalimov A.S., Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Professor S.N. Nikolsky); 2 honored workers of KarSU named after E.A. Buketova (Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Professor Masalimov A.S., Candidate of Chemical Sciences, Professor Khalitova A.I. and Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Professor Nikolsky S.N.).

Educational programs:

The educational programs "Chemistry" and "Fundamental Chemistry" offer a multilingual education format at three levels: bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees.

Dissertation Council:

The University has opened a specialized dissertation council for the 6D060600-Chemistry program.

Leadership and accreditation:

All programs of the department have national accreditation and occupy worthy positions in the national ratings of NAOKO, Atameken, according to which in 2020 the educational program 6B060600-Chemistry took the 2nd place in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Partners:

International cooperation is carried out with Altai State University (Russia); B.Khmelnitsky National University (Ukraine); Norfolk State University (USA).