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Syrlybayev Marat Kadiruly, was born in a family of employees on February 18, 1963 in the Dzhambul region of the Moyinkum district.

After graduating from the secondary school in Alma-Ata, with distinction in 1980, he entered and graduated from the Faculty of History of S. M. Kirov Kazakh State University.

Higher education in Banking he received from the Market Institute under the Kazakh State Academy of Management, and the qualification of a lawyer from the Kazakh National Agrarian University.

His career began in 1985 as a teacher of the Department of History of the USSR at A. S. Pushkin Ural Pedagogical Institute. In 1992 he became a teacher of the Department of History of Kazakhstan in al-Farabi Kazakh National University.

In 1995 worked as the specialist of the Department of Relations with World Financial Institutions and the analysis of their activities of the Central Asian Bank for Cooperation and Development; since 1996 became deputy to the General Directorate of Economic Partnerships and JSC with the participation of the states of the State Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan on State Property Management; in 1998  was appointed to the post of vice-president: JSC "Кітап әлем"; in 2001  was appointed as the deputy Vice-Rector on general and economic-production issues of al-Farabi Kazakh National University; since 2002 - the head of the educational management department at the Kazakh National Agrarian University; in 2006 was appointed to the post of Vice-Rector on economic issues of the Kazakh National Agrarian University; since 2008 –  the head of the Internal Audit Department of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Kazakhstan; in 2009 was transferred to the position of the head of the Strategic Planning Department of the Department of Strategic Planning and Analysis of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Kazakhstan, since 2010- the deputy chairman of the Management Board for Financial Affairs: JSC "Мал өнімдері корпорациясы"

In 2010 became the head of the financial and economic service at  L.Gumilyov Eurasian National University. From 2011 to 2018 - the Vice-Rector for Financial and Economic Affairs issues. Since May, 2018 - the rector of Sh. Ualikhanov Kokshetau State University.      State awards and honorary titles: medal «Қазақстан Республикасының тәуелсізігіне 20 жыл», order "Kurmet", medal «20 years anniversary of the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan», badge «Honorary Education Worker of the Republic Kazakhstan»      Specializations and career development courses: «Eurasian Higher  Education Leaders Forum», Nazarbayev University, Astana, 2015; «The Automatization of Higher Education Institutions best practices from leading US Universities», USA, 2015; «Eurasian Higher Education Leaders Forum»; Nazarbayev University, Astana, 2014; «Management Education Technology PROGRAM», MES RK and the International Academy of Business; "Management Strategy of a Modern University", Almaty, 2012; Quality Manager, Kazakhstan Quality Organization, Almaty, 2012; "Retraining courses for civil servants appointed to a leading position in the program "Public Planning, result-oriented»; Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan., Astana, 2009; International Standards financial reporting and audit ", JSC" Center for training, retraining and improvement of professional skill of specialists of the bodies of the financial system MF RK. Astana, 2008.

Special information

In 2015 enlisted in the staff reserve of administrative public service level "A".

Additional information

Scientific degree: candidate of economic sciences

Political party: a member of the party "AMANAT", Deputy of the Akmola Regional Maslikhat

Languages: Kazakh, Russian, English - colloquial

Marital status: married, five children.

Education:

E.A. Buketov Karaganda State University:

• Faculty of History, Specialty "History" (1993)
• Faculty of Law, Specialty "Jurisprudence" (1999)
• Postgraduate study at E.A. Buketov KarSU (1998)

Candidate of Historical Sciences (2002)

Work Experience:

• 1988-1989: Handyman, methodologist in sports, Shchorsovsky state farm, Shchuchinsky district, Kokchetav region.
• 1993-2006: Teacher, senior lecturer, Associate Professor, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of History, Head of the Department of World History and Defense, E.A. Buketov KarSU.
• 2006-2009: Associate Professor, Department of International Relations and Socio-Humanitarian Disciplines, A. Myrzakhmetov Kokshetau University.
• 2009-2010: Head of the Research and Editorial and Publishing Department, Kokshetau Technical Institute of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Scientific Secretary of the Institute, certified with the rank of lieutenant.
• 2010-2024: Associate Professor, Head of the Department of International Relations and History, Vice-Rector for Scientific Work, A. Myrzakhmetov Kokshetau University.
• Since 05.06.2024: Board Member – Vice-Rector for Social and Cultural Development, NJC "Sh. Ualikhanov Kokshetau University".

State/Scientific Grants:

• Awarded " Жоғары оқу орнының үздік оқытушысы – The Best University Teacher" (2013, MES RK).
• Head of the scientific project for grant financing by the Committee of Science of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2022-2024 on the topic IRN AR14871057: "Солтүстік Қазақстандағы этносаралық қатынастардың аймақтық ерекшеліктері", "Regional Peculiarities of Interethnic Relations in Northern Kazakhstan".

Social Activities:

• Member of the Akmola Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan (APK).
• Chairman of the scientific expert group at the Akmola Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan (2017-2022).

• Doctor of Philological Sciences, Professor.
• Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Higher Education of Kazakhstan
• .Academician of the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Kazakhstan.
• Recipient of the State Grant “Best University Teacher – 2010”.

In 1992, she graduated with honors from National Research Tomsk State University with a degree in Russian Language and Literature. In 1996, she completed postgraduate studies at National Research Tomsk State University and defended her dissertation for the degree of Candidate of Philological Sciences. From 2006 to 2009, she studied in the full-time doctoral program at Ablai Khan Kazakh University of International Relations and World Languages (Almaty) and defended her dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Philological Sciences. From 2009 to 2010, she served as Head of the Department of General Linguistics at Sh. Ualikhanov Kokshetau State University. From 2010 to 2011, she was a member of the Expert Council under the Committee for Control in the Sphere of Education and Science. From 2011 to 2019, she served as Vice-Rector for Academic and Educational-Methodological Affairs at Sh. Ualikhanov Kokshetau State University. From 2019 to 2021, she served as Vice-Rector for Research and International Relations at Sh. Ualikhanov Kokshetau State University. Since March 2021, she has been serving as Vice-Rector for Research and Regional Engagement at Sh. Ualikhanov Kokshetau University.

Scientific Activity

She is the author of more than 150 scientific articles, including 9 publications in journals indexed in international citation databases (Scopus and Web of Science), 4 monographs, and co-author of 5 dictionaries.

• 2012–2014 – Head of the research projects “Kazakh Diaspora Abroad (Finland, Germany, Poland, Great Britain)” and “National and Cultural Dominants of the Kazakh Ethnos in the Aspect of Interlingual and Intercultural Interaction” (Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan);
• 2021–2023 – Researcher in the international scientific project carried out jointly with Nazarbayev University on the topic “Building Culturally Relevant Research Ethics in Social Sciences in Central Asia: Negotiating Local and Global Influences”;
• 2022–2024 – Head of the research project “Motivational Reflection of Children in the Conditions of Mono- and Bilingual Personality Formation” (Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan);
• 2022–2024 – Researcher in the grant-funded project “Creation of a Scientific and Educational Consortium of Universities of Kazakhstan to Reduce the Gap in the Quality of English Language Teaching between Urban and Rural Schools”;
• 2022–2024 – Scientific Supervisor in the postdoctoral program under the “Zhas Galym” grant (Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan);
• 2025–2027 – Head of the research project “Linguistic and Metalinguistic Reflection of Bilingual and Multilingual Children: Sociolinguistic, Psycholinguistic, and Lexicographic Aspects” (Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan).

A PhD in philological sciences (Kazakhstan), a graduate and global ambassador of Penn State University (USA) majoring in Management in Education and Internationalization, a recipient of the prestigious Bolashak Presidential Scholarship in Kazakhstan, and the title-holder of “The Best Lecturer of the Republic of Kazakhstan” in 2016.

Since 2012, Dr. Sagyndykova worked for 2 years as Head of Academic Mobility and the Bologna Process Department at the Kokshetau State University in Kazakhstan, later proceeding her career at Penn State University as Assistant Dean of the School of Law. At the same time, she underwent a scientific internship under supervision of the Vice-Provost of the University at the Global Programs Office and headed Penn State Law Eurasian Programs office.

In 2018, she held the position of Associate Professor of the Department of English and Teaching Methods at Kokshetau State University. Shokan Ualikhanov then worked as Head of the Department of Development and Alumni Relations at Narkhoz University (Kazakhstan) until 2021.

In 2021, Dr. Sagyndykova assumed the duties of Vice-Rector for Internationalization and Infrastructure Development.

PhD in Philology, Associate Professor

Corresponding Member of the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Member of the Expert Commission of the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan

Member of the Association of Professional Translators and Translation Companies of Kazakhstan

In 2005, graduated with honors from Sh. Ualikhanov Kokshetau University with a degree in Foreign Language: Two Foreign Languages (qualification: teacher of English and German). In 2007, completed master’s degree at the same university with honors in the same specialty. In the same year, completed a part-time law degree at the "Femida" Law Academy, receiving the qualification of Bachelor of Law.

In 2010, defended PhD dissertation in Philology (specialty 10.02.19 – Theory of Language).

September 2005 – August 2006: Lecturer, Department of Humanities and Language Training, Kokshetau Technical Institute of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Since September 1, 2006: Full-time lecturer at Sh. Ualikhanov Kokshetau State University

2010: Senior Lecturer, Department of English Language and Teaching Methodology

2017-2020: Developer of the academic program “Translation Studies”

2018 – Head of the Department of English Language and Teaching Methodology

2025 – Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs of Sh. Ualikhanov Kokshetau University

Research Activities

2019: Principal investigator of the university-funded research project “Cultural and Educational Potential of the Heritage of Akmola Region” within the Youth and Science initiative

2020–2022: Head of the project “Multicultural Space: Folklore Studies of the Ethnic Groups of Kazakhstan” funded by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan

2021–2023: Participant of the World Bank-supported project “Enhancing the Capacity of Teacher Education” in collaboration with Häme University of Applied Sciences (Finland) and Nazarbayev University. Role: curriculum developer and university faculty trainer under the Secondary Education Modernization initiative

2024: Researcher in the grant-funded project “Formation of Cultural Values and Civic Identity in Kazakhstan’s Multilingual Space in the Era of Globalization”

2024–2025: Participant in the “Strengthening Teacher Education Programme” in collaboration with Caravan of Knowledge

International Projects

2022–2023: Project Coordinator, Scaffolding Pedagogical University Development Courses, jointly implemented by the Akmola Regional English Language Teachers Association (ARELTA) and the Regional English Language Office (RELO) at the U.S. Embassy in Astana

2024: Participant in the InterLinks UK-Kazakhstan international project, implemented in partnership with Nottingham Trent University and funded by the British Council

2024: Developer of the online course Fundamentals of Research for the global Coursera platform

International Internships

2017: Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP), Porto, Portugal

2022: International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), U.S. Department of State. Topic: Digital Education in the USA: A Project for Kazakhstan (visited Washington, D.C.; Cincinnati, Ohio; and Des Moines, Iowa)