Department “Information Technology”

The Department of Information Technology is one of the oldest and at the same time the youngest at the faculty. Despite the approval of its modern name only in 2012, the history of the team and the scientific tradition of the department begins in 1989. Its first name is “Automation and Computer Engineering”, Almaty branch of the Dzhambul Institute of Light Industry. The head of the department was Ph.D. Bekbaev A.B. In 1996, the department changed its name to “Computer Science and Applied Mathematics” of the Almaty Technological Institute, since 1999 the department has functioned on the basis of CJSC ATU, the head of the department is Ph.D. Kashibaev K.B. Over the years, the department was headed by Ph.D., Vinnitskaya M.A., Ph.D. Makhmutov S.M. Since 2002, the department again changed its name to “Automation and Informatics”, Dauletbakov B.D. became the head of the department, then Doctor of Technical Sciences. Sinchev B.K. Since 2003, the new name is “Computer Science and Applied Mathematics”, 2004 – “Information Systems”, 2010 – “Informatics and Information Systems”. From 2012 to this day, the department has been called “Information Technology”. From 2012 to 2016, the department was headed by Doctor of Technical Sciences. Zaurbekov N.S. Then she supervised the work of the department. Currently, since November 2019, the head of the department is Associate, Professor, PhD-Doctor, holder of the title “Best Teacher 2018” Malikova F.U.

The activity of the department is aimed at training highly qualified specialists in the field of programming and information systems in the following educational programs: 6B06101, 7M06101 – “Information Systems”, 6B06102 – “Computer Engineering and Software”, 6B06103, 7M06103 – “Software Engineering”. The department also teaches academic disciplines of the general education cycle for all specialties of the university’s bachelor’s degree.