Center for Science and Innovation

Purpose and objectives

To enhance scientific capacity in line with international cooperation trends in education, establish links with foreign educational organizations, unite efforts of students and young researchers to advance science, organize students' research work, and develop the university's scientific activities.

Main tasks

• Preparation of strategic and other plans of research work of the university
• Coordinating departments' work on government-funded and contract research and faculty participation in MSHE RK and other ministerial grant competitions
• Methodological guidance and information services for drafting and obtaining pre-patents and patents; supporting the inventive and rationalization work of departments and laboratories
• Forming a specialist group for techno-economic analysis of research and recommendations for implementation
• Modernization of existing and creation of new problem research laboratories
• Accounting and reporting on research and its implementation in production and teaching
• Nominating fundamental and applied research topics for national and international grants
• Organizing international, national and regional scientific-practical conferences
• Scientific cooperation with other institutions and organizations
• Preparation for publication of the scientific journal "Vestnik ZhezU"

Functional responsibilities

• Overall management and control of departments' research work in accordance with the Charter, MSHE RK regulations, and orders of the President-Rector
• Preparing reports related to the center's functional responsibilities
• Monitoring compliance with deadlines
• Organizing the conclusion of scientific cooperation agreements
• Organizing and supervising scientific conferences at ZhezU
• Controlling the preparation of cost estimates and annual plans
• Supervising contract agreements with organizations for research work
• Organizing and supervising the university's research activities, including departments, business incubator and problem laboratories
• Submitting materials to the Scientific and Technical Information Center on research, contract works, and state-funded topics
• Preparing annual reports on research performance
• Monitoring reports on scientific business trips
• Processing and archiving master's students' personal files
• Cooperation with the city museum and archive
• Preparing reports on students' research activities
• Development of the center's technical base and information services
• Development of the most promising scientific directions
• Development of scientific and technical cooperation with other universities
• Ensuring interaction with other structural units
• Direct subordination to the President-Rector
• Maintaining the quality management system

Research work with students

• 1.Student Olympiads in disciplines and specialties
• 2.Scientific conferences, seminars and research work
• 3.Student participation in government-funded and contract-based departmental research
• 4.Student participation in international and national conferences and competitions
• 5.Submitting best student research work to international and national competitions
• 6.Publishing the works of young researchers

History

The Department of Science and Postgraduate Education was renamed the Center for Science and Innovation by Order No. 15 of 28.02.2018.