The university trains specialists for all sectors of the economy, science and culture of the region, the republic and the world. South Kazakhstan State University. M. Auezov is one of the brightest brands in the sphere of higher education of the republic.

Last year, the university took an honorable third place in Kazakhstan in terms of the overall rating and third place in terms of the number of grants won. Currently, more than 1,500 teachers are engaged in teaching activities at the university, of which 4 are academicians of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 4 academicians of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 123 doctors of science, 600 candidates of science. The best scientists and specialists with practical experience, leading scientists from countries near and far abroad, including the USA, Germany, Spain, Belgium, Russia, are involved in the educational process. The material and technical base of the university consists of ten educational buildings of a modern type, two sports complexes, six student dormitories.

Over 600 million tenge was spent on re-equipment and creation of a modern material and technical base by the university, of which over 300 million tenge was spent only on the purchase of the latest equipment. In the current year, a regional engineering laboratory of structural and biochemical materials is being created at the university (funding is 200 million tenge).

The most modern laboratory units for distillation of oil, determination of the fractional composition of crude oil, determination of the rheological properties of oil road bitumen that meet European standards have been purchased. Some installations have no analogues in Kazakhstan, so the apparatus for clear distillation of petroleum distillates was noted at the International Exhibition "Education-2007". About 20 thousand students study at the university in 83 specialties.