As part of the program “Attracting foreign scientists to Kazakh universities” the Department of Pharmaceutical and Toxicological Chemistry, Pharmacognosy and Botany annually invites scientists from leading universities in the world to give lectures, conduct consultations and seminars, as well as to act as scientific supervisors of master’s and doctoral students. Inviting scientists from abroad allows students to develop their competencies through new knowledge and teaching methods from the perspective of an international approach to the educational process. Also, the involvement of specialists is carried out for the purpose of professional development of the teaching staff of the department, to provide consultations on various academic and scientific issues. Working with visiting professors facilitates the conclusion of agreements and memorandums of cooperation with foreign universities and organizations, joint projects and programs for external academic mobility of students and teaching staff, the organization of internships for teachers and students in foreign universities and research centers, the development of international relations, and the search for foreign partners in the field of scientific and educational activities. As part of the implementation of the visiting professor program, the department, together with invited foreign professors, develops textbooks, teaching aids, publishes scientific articles, carries out research projects and works.
Among the guests are Professor Inna Ivanovna Terninko (St. Petersburg State Chemical and Pharmaceutical University, St. Petersburg), Professor Svetlana Vladimirovna Terentyeva (Novosibirsk State Medical University, Novosibirsk), Professor Erdogan Orhan Ilkay (Gazi University, Novosibirsk). Ankara), Professor Valery Alekseevich Kataev (Bashkir State Medical University, Ufa), Professor Guzel Minullovna Latypova (Bashkir State Medical University, Ufa).
The department cooperates with leading foreign universities: Tashkent Pharmaceutical Institute (Uzbekistan, Tashkent), Bashkir State Medical University (Republic of Bashkortostan, Ufa), Medical University of Lublin (Poland), University of Sussex (England, Brighton), Gazi University ( Turkey, Ankara), St. Petersburg State Chemical and Pharmaceutical Academy (RF, St. Petersburg), Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (Lithuania, Kaunas), Jan Komensky University (Slovakia, Bratislava), Institute of Biomedical Chemistry (RF, Moscow).
In general, the program to attract foreign scientists contributes to:
- Conclusion of international agreements;
- Strengthening the image of the university in the global educational space and entering the top group of the best universities in the world;
- Strengthening research activities within the framework of joint international projects;
- Increasing the number of international publications;
- Participation and holding of international conferences.
