Department of Strategy and Development: 20 years in the university's history

On February 10, 2004, the Quality Management Center was established at the initiative of Viktor Petrovich Gusakov, the Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs of those years. In the course of further transformations and changes in the organizational structure of the University, the Center was transformed into the Department of Strategy and Development. Since its foundation, the head has been Marina Vladimirovna Pogrebitskaya, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Docent, academician of IAI, winner of the award "Best Quality Manager" from the Russian Register Certification Association.

Over 20 years of work, with the participation of the Department, 26 visits of external expert commissions were conducted, 75 self-assessment reports were prepared, 110 educational programs were accredited, more than 150,000 respondents were surveyed, and more than 40 questionnaires were created. 45 internal auditors were trained, 23 internal audits and 18 Quality weeks were conducted, and more than 500 documents were developed.

With the participation of the Department, the mission and strategic plan of the university, the design of the Kozybayev University website and brandbook were developed, the first agreements on double-degree education were signed, the university joined the European Association of Universities, the CIS Network University, the Global University Network of Excellence (AGUNE). 89 cooperation agreements were signed with foreign universities and organizations, 5 foreign scientists were recruited to the positions of university's top managers. The Department Director and the focus group worked on the implementation of their own project under the Erasmus+ grant.

At the moment, the main activities of the Department are:
-strategic and operational planning;
-development of the internal quality assurance system;
-institutional and programmatic accreditation;
-participation in educational ratings;
-business process management;
-creation of a comprehensive information resource about the university;
-conducting institutional research;
-design and development of the university's information website.