One of the main indicators of the internationalization of educational and scientific processes at Kostanay Regional University named after A. Baitursynov is the engagement of foreign professors from leading overseas universities.
In the course of experience exchange, professors deliver lectures, assist in the development of joint educational programs, conduct scientific research, serve as foreign scientific advisors for our PhD candidates, and participate in scientific events.
The work on attracting foreign scholars to the university is carried out continuously in cooperation with foreign partner universities, in accordance with preliminary agreements and the university's needs.
Key Criteria and Preconditions for Inviting Foreign Scholars:
Inviting foreign scholars aims to internationalize the university's education, stimulate the active implementation of the Bologna Process principles, enhance the university's competitiveness, and create an attractive image of the university in society.
Within the framework of attracting foreign scientists at the expense of the national budget to the Department of ‘Agronomy’ of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences was invited Ph.D., associate professor of the North - Western University of Agriculture and Forestry Zhang Peng.
He has authored more than 100 articles in peer-reviewed international journals. He participated in the ‘Twelfth Five-Year Plan’, the National Science and Technology Support Plan ‘Integration and Application of Agricultural Water and Soil Resources Efficient Utilisation Model in the Dryland of Northwest China’ (2011BAD29B09), as well as the project ‘Technology for Regulating the Use of Light Energy in Crop Habitat Processes’ (2013AA102902), the sectoral public welfare project of the ‘Twelfth Five-Year Plan’ ‘Research and Demonstration of Water Efficient Water Use Technology in Rainfed Areas’ (2013AA102902), and the ‘Research and Demonstration of Water Efficient Water Use Technology in Rainfed Areas’.
Professor Peter Enders, specialises in condensed matter physics and quantum mechanics. He is a Doctor of Physics and Mathematics researching axiomatic and real unity of physics and is the author of the book ‘Classical and Quantum Mechanics: A Historical-Axiomatic Approach’.
During his month-long visit, Professor Enders gave lectures on quantum and atomic physics to undergraduates and classes on theoretical physics and methods of teaching high school physics courses in English to graduate students. He has also conducted seminars for teachers, doctoral students and master's students on teaching complex topics of general physics in schools in Germany and Kazakhstan.
Peter Enders' scientific work has been recognised both in Germany and internationally. Since 2015 he has been an Honorary Professor at the Abay Kazakh National Pedagogical University.
Scientific supervisor of doctoral students of OP ‘8D08101 Agronomy’. Hirsch index - 27, is the author of more than 100 articles in peer-reviewed international journals. He is engaged in research and teaching of molecular pathology of plants and molecular biology of fungi.
Professor Weixin Shan was the first to clone an avirulent oomycete gene: the avirulent Avr1b gene of Phytophthora sojae. During his research, he found that 3-phosphatidylinositol phosphate as a receptor molecule is widely involved in the transmembrane transport of effector proteins, which are key to the pathogenesis of eukaryotic pathogens, into animal and plant cells, and he established an affinity interaction system between P. parasitica and the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana
Within the framework of the programme of academic mobility of teaching staff, a professor of Uludag University was invited to Akhmet Baitursynuly KRU. Author of more than 50 textbooks, monographs and 120 scientific papers, Hirsch index (index h=14).
Scientific areas: world geography, population geography, geopolitics, social and economic geography. Executor of various international projects (Turkey, Belarus, Poland).
The professor gave classes for students of the Pedagogical Institute and Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, as well as master classes for young scientists and advanced training courses for teaching staff.
Professor, Director of the Department of Marketing at the Free University of Burgas (Bulgaria), PhD in Sociology, gave lectures to students of the educational programmes ‘Physical Education and Sport’, ‘Tourism’ and ‘Restaurant and Hotel Business’ on topical issues of practical management and marketing in modern conditions.
Professor, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences (PaedDr.), Master of Philosophy (MA), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.)
Holder of certificates ‘Training for Managers’ (MEC Trenčín, Slovakia), ‘National Project for Further Education: Communication, Marketing and Management in Education’ (MEC Trenčín, Slovakia), ‘Creative Methodology in the Classroom’, ‘Activating Methods and Strategies in University Students’ Learning’ and many others.
In cooperation with Z.Miknienė, scientific research was carried out under the GF project ‘Study of Fundamentals of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmocodynamics of New Generation Analgesic Drugs in Horses’ and an article was published in the journal ‘Application of Combined Anaesthesia in Surgical Castration of Stallions in Field Conditions’.
Doctoral student Abilova Zulkiya defended herself on this topic. At the moment is co-supervisor of doctoral student Shamgunov Nursultan and is preparing an application for the competition GF 2025-2027 on the theme ‘Epizootic monitoring of anaplasmosis in domestic horses in the territory of Kostanay region and Lithuania’ in which Z.Mikniene acts as a foreign consultant.
Hirsch Index - 19. Author of 76 articles in peer-reviewed international journals.
Has experience in commercialisation of research results in Turkey, Georgia (production of new generation fertilizers for field, fruit crops and indoor plants).
In A. Baitursynuly KRU twice participated in the International Scientific and Practical Conference ‘Baitursynov readings’, gave a number of guest lectures to students, masters and doctoral students of the Faculty of Agrarian and Biological Sciences on a gratuitous basis.
Author of 3 textbooks, Hirsch index - 15. Author of 50 articles in peer-reviewed international journals.
She has experience in commercialisation of scientific research results in Turkey, Georgia (protection of fruit crops from pests, technology of feeding fruit crops and indoor plants). In A. Baitursynuly KRU twice participated in the International Scientific and Practical Conference ‘Baitursynuly Readings’, gave a number of guest lectures to students, masters and doctoral students of Agrarian and Biological Faculty on a gratuitous basis.
Hirsch Index - 6. Author of 6 monographs, 2 Scopus articles, 11 articles in international indexed journals.
During her visit to Akhmet Baitursynuly KRU she gave lectures to students, consultations for master's and doctoral students, as well as advanced training course for teaching staff on ‘Research methods in philological and literary disciplines’.
Hirsch Index - 3, author of more than 10 articles in peer-reviewed international journals.
Andrea Letašiová, with her extensive research experience with children with special educational needs, can significantly contribute to the field of developmental psychology. Lectures and practical sessions focusing on diagnosis and research methods in developmental psychology will benefit undergraduate students by providing them with unique practical skills.
The organisation of an educational training and workshop on case-based practice in parent-child counselling will not only complement the theoretical knowledge of the students, but also prepare them for real-life professional scenarios. This event will create a learning environment conducive to the development of skills in the field of counselling and family support, which is important in the context of current challenges in the field of psychology.
Hirsch index is 10.
Ahmet Onur Girishgin conducted research under GF project #AP14869992 ‘Monitoring the spread of sarcocystosis in domestic animals in the context of food safety’ and published an article in Animals (Q1, percentile - 93) on ‘Equine Sarcocystosis in the Northern Region of the Republic of Kazakhstan’.
At the moment, an application for the GF 2025-2027 competition is being prepared on the topic ‘Epizootic monitoring of sarcocystosis in domestic and wild waterfowl in the territory of Kostanay region’ in which Ahmet Onur Girishgin acts as a foreign consultant.
Professor E. Todorova (Bulgaria) specialises in research related to solid waste processing technology, assessment of ecological impact on the environment. Within the framework of the ‘Foreign Scientist’ programme, a lecture course on the discipline ‘Solid Waste Recycling Technologies’ was delivered to undergraduate and master students, as well as a refresher course for faculty members on ‘Environmental Management System and Environmental Education’.
For the competition GF 2025-2027 years with faculty members of the Department of NSD prepared a research project on the theme: ‘Creation of the Centre of Eco-education and initiatives in the framework of sustainable development of Kazakhstan’. Professor E. Todorova together with faculty members of the departments, with the invitation of representatives of employers and students held a scientific seminar ‘Solid Waste Management’. A joint publication is planned with faculty members of the Department of NSD - Chernyavskaya O.M., Ruchkina G.A., Baubekova G.K..
Prof Muvaffak Duranli is a renowned Turkologist and Professor at Ege University. He is engaged in research on Turkic peoples, particularly the peoples of Siberia, such as the Sakha (Yakut) and the Dolgans. In his writings, he examines the contributions of Russian scholars, such as Vladimir Bogoraz, to Turkology. Duranli also researches the language, literature and folklore of Turkic peoples, with a particular focus on the preservation of endangered languages and traditions. He actively publishes in international scientific journals.
