Faculty of Metallurgy and Mechanical Engineering

The Faculty of Metallurgy and Mechanical Engineering was reorganized from the Faculty of Metallurgy and Construction in 2017. The training of specialists is conducted in accordance with the credit system of training. In 2010-2012, the dean of the faculty was Ph.D., Associate Professor Tanaguzov B.T. Since January 2013, the dean of the faculty was Ph.D. Smailov S.A., since September 2014, the dean was Associate Professor, Ph.D. Zhabalova G.G., since September 2017.  The faculty was headed by Associate Professor, Ph.D. Musin D.K., since September 2021, the faculty is headed by Ph.D., Professor G.G. Zhabalova.

As of September 1 , 2021 , the faculty includes three departments:

• Department of Metallurgy and Materials Science (Head of the Department – PhD, Yerzhanov A.S.);
• Department of Materials Processing by Pressure (Head of the Department – PhD, Ainabekova S.S.);
• Department of Chemical Technology and Ecology (Head of the Department – PhD, Associate Professor Kabieva S.K.);

Three departments — "Metallurgy and Materials Science", "Materials processing by pressure", "Chemical Technology and Ecology" are producing. The Faculty trains bachelors and masters in metallurgy, mechanical engineering, chemical technology and industrial safety, as well as PhD doctors in the doctoral program in metallurgy and nanotechnology.

The faculty currently employs a highly qualified teaching staff, including 4 Doctors of Sciences, 16 candidates of Sciences, 8 PhD doctors and 12 Masters of Sciences.

Students study both disciplines in the profile of their chosen specialty, as well as general professional, natural-scientific and socio-humanitarian character. Students acquire professional skills in the specialty during practical training at the enterprises of the city and the Republic. There is an opportunity to study at other universities of the Republic of Kazakhstan and outside the country (USA, Spain, Czech Republic, Poland, Bulgaria, Germany, etc.) under the academic mobility program. Foreign specialists are invited to teach students. Among the outstanding graduates of the faculty are the first President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, former Minister of Ferrous Metallurgy of the USSR, former Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, now President of Financial and Industrial Groups of Russia Oleg Nikolaevich Soskovets.