Finance

Department «Finance»

The Department «Finance and Credit» was founded on August 26, 1996.

The first graduation of financial specialists was carried out in 2000. In 2005, in order to improve and streamline the structure of departments, a reorganization was carried out. The department “Finance and Credit” was divided into two: “Banking” and “Taxes and Taxation”.

At different times, the departments were established by candidate of economic sciences, professor Sh.S. Bekibaeva, doctor of economic sciences, professor S.ZH. Zhakipbekov, candidate of economic sciences, docent  Z.A. Bigeldieva. From 2018 to the present, the department is headed by A.N. Aitymbetova, candidate of economic sciences, associate professor.

The modern department “Finance” was formed in August 2014 through the merger of the departments “Banking” and “Taxes and Taxation” and is a structural unit of the High School “Management and Business” of M.Auezov South Kazakhstan University. The department has an experienced teaching staff, including 1 doctor of economic sciences, 3 professors, 9 candidates of economic sciences, 4 PhDs, 9 masters, who have extensive experience in teaching and practical activities.

Every year, the department graduates about 75-85 bachelor’s graduates in the educational program 6B04140 “Finance”, as well as 10-15 master’s graduates in the educational programs 7M04140/7M04142 Finance.” In 2021, the department developed and opened the doctoral educational program 8D04140 “Finance”. In 2023, applications for grants for training in this program are being accepted.

 In general, over the entire period of professional activity, the department’s staff has trained more than 5,000 specialists who, after graduating from the university, successfully work in various spheres of the economy: financial, banking, tax spheres of the country, in production associations, insurance and investment companies, state and commercial enterprises.

Teaching staff of the department actively participate in scientific research, in international and national conferences, over the last 3 years (since 2020) over 500 articles have been published in various scientific and practical journals, including: high-ranking international journals included in the SCOPUS databases, WoS, RSCI, journals recommended by Committee for Quality Assurance in the Field of Science and Higher Education of Ministry of science and higher education of the Republic of Kazakhstan, etc.

The teachers of the department are also actively involved in international cooperation projects in the form of scientific internships and academic training in foreign universities. So, according to the international program “Bolashak”, category “500 scientists”, candidate of economics, associate professors, head of the department “Finance” Aytymbetova Ainura Nurlanovna in the period from 01.06.-30.11.2022. Studied at the University of Minnesota, USA.

According to the international program “Bolashak”, the direction of study is master’s degree, candidate of economic sciences, professor of the department of “Finance” Isaeva Gulmira Kuzdeualievna in the period from 01.11.2021-01.31.2022. Studied at the University of Leeds, UK.

For the period from 2020-2023 more than 25 students of the Department «Finance» studied offline and online on external and internal academic mobility at universities in Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, Poland, Turkey, etc.

The main goal of the staff of the Department «Finance» is to improve the quality of training of competent, competent, creative, competitive professionals who meet the modern level and criteria of the labor market, capable of independently improving their knowledge and skills.

Over the past 5 years, the faculty of the Finance Department has published 168 scientific articles in the proceedings of international scientific and practical conferences, 106 in the proceedings of republican scientific and practical conferences, 31 in scientific journals of Kazakhstan and foreign countries, there are over 180 acts of implementation in the educational and production process. There is a grant project financed by the Ministry of Science and  Higher Education  of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Over 5 years, more than 10 copyright certificates for scientific and methodological works have been received.

The implementation of the Concept for improving financial literacy for 2020-2024 by representatives of the akimat of the region "Agency for the regulation and development of the financial market of the Republic of Kazakhstan" of the Agency for the regulation and development of the financial market of the Republic of Kazakhstan, approved by the Decree of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated May 30, 2020 No. 338, was conducted by students of the specialty Finance an offline lecture on financial literacy, including countering fraud and pyramid schemes, in order to conduct large-scale educational work.

Teachers and undergraduates of the Higher School of Management and Business of SKU named after M. Auezov held an event on the theme “The Dawn of Independence is Eternal”, dedicated to the Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Independence Day of the Republic of Kazakhstan is the most important and valuable holiday for our country. The future development and prosperity of Kazakhstan depends on our educated youth, who know their history and traditions, and respect the traditions of all peoples. The need to form young people who achieve success in modern science for the benefit of our state was noted.

Teachers and undergraduates of the Higher School of Management and Business of SKU named after M. Auezov took an excursion to the Mukhtartan research center. A young scientist of the center, AzimkhanIsabek, introduced “The World of Abai”, “The Works of M. Auezov”, spoke about the valuable material of the center, the developed scientific concept. We felt especially proud when we learned about the history and saw the original “Marmartas” within the walls of our university.

On 12/08/2023, a festive event was held on the theme “Shakarim’s Heritage is a National Treasure”, dedicated to the 165th anniversary of the birth of the poet, thinker, composer, translator ShakarimKudaiberdiuly.

ShakarimKudaiberdiuly was born in 1858 in the foothills of Mount Chinggis, Abay region, former Semipalatinsk region. A great poet, learned thinker, historian, translator, musician, who continued the traditions of the Great Abai and made a great contribution to the progress of our national consciousness. ShakarimKudaiberdiuly was the nephew of AbayKunanbayev and after the death of his father he was raised by AbayKunanbayev. Already at the age of seven, he was distinguished by a special predisposition to poetry. He independently learned Arabic, Persian, Turkish and Russian, and was fond of the works of Eastern and Russian classics.

On November 13, 2023, the branch of the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Shymkent organized an open day on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the national currency of the Republic of Kazakhstan tenge and the 80th anniversary of the SKU named after M. Auezov, in which teachers, students, masters of the educational program “Finance” took part "

• At M. Auyezov University, under the guidance of the head of the department, Professor Aitymbetova A. N., and senior lecturer Duisenbekuly A.Zh. students of the 3rd year of the group EF-21-5tk Sandybaev A. and the 2nd year of the group EF-22-5tk Orynkozhaev A. We took the first place and won the 800,000 tenge business ideas (projects) competition "My first Startup" (February 2024).

• At the K. Sagadiev University of International Business on November 13-16 in the 2023 academic year, under the guidance of the head of the Department, Professor Aitymbetova A. N. and Professor Isaeva G. K. 2nd year students, gr.EF-22-5r Umarova Seda, Chilingarova Ebru, Kasymov Alizhan, students 4-the 1st year of gr. EF-20-5tk- Abildabek Askar, Oteshova Symbat, Saparali Zhanel became holders of a certificate for active participation in the interuniversity business game "Financial Genius" in Almaty.