Abdyldaev Kurmanbek Kiyanovich
indepiksu@gmail.com
Issyk-Kul State University is the biggest Higher Educational
Institution in Issyk-Kul region. Since it has been established
IKSU is considered to be the intellectual vanguard of IssykKul region and the “smithy” of pedagogical and scientific
professional community.
History
 In 1940 the biennial Teacher`s Institute was opened in Karakol
containing 150 students. It was the fourth Higher Educational
Institution in Kyrgyzstan (after medical, pedagogical and
agricultural institution).
 During the World War II Pedagogical Institute in Frunze moved
to Przhevalsk and the Ship building Institute in Leningrad has
also been evacuated here. The well-known scientists of
Kyrgyzstan and USSR arrived to Przhevalsk.
 In 1944, the name of G.Dimitrov was given to the institute. In
1953 there has been opened the Przhevalsk Pedagogical Institute
on the base of that Teacher`s Institute.
 In 1988, the Przhevalsk Pedagogical Institute has become the
branch of Kyrgyz State University. In 1992 the Karakol Branch of
KSU becomes the self dependant ( separate) University and was
given the name of the first Kyrgyz linguist , the educator and
Public figure Kasym Tynystanov.
Structure
Institute of Economics and Management
Physical-Technical faculty
Pedagogy faculty
Kyrgyz philology and journalism
faculty
Art and culture faculty
Mathematics and computer
sciences faculty
Environmental Sciences and
tourism faculty
Russian philology and foreign
languages faculty
 39 chairs are in function now. There are more than
36 specialties and 2 directions of bachelor degree.
The teacher`s staff of the University consists of a
great amount of highly educated and qualified
teachers. The number of them is 396, 78 of them
have PhD degree.
 The total amount of students is 6710.
Field of study
Mathematics
Applied mathematics and informatics
Software of the computing engineering and
computer system
Computer system of the information
processing management
Regional introduction (bachelor)
History
Social work
Oriental studies
Physics
Management and safety of traffic
Electric service
Maintenance and service of vehicular and
manufacturing machinery and equipment
Domestic radioelectronic equipment
Professional education
Kyrgyz language and literature
Pedagogy and methods of elementary
education
Journalism
Physical training
Art
Musical education
Design in light industry
Design
Russian language and literature
Foreign language
Chemistry
Biology
Geography
Ecology
Forestry
Social culture service and tourism
Accounting, analyse and audit
Management of organization
Finance and credit
State and municipal management
Tax and taxing
Economy (bachelor)
 Besides 7 educational buildings and a student`s hotel.
University has a botanical garden, where students can do
their practical researches.
 Also university have turner`s and joiner’s shops for
doing practice; and training material base such as
“Law information centre’ and “Tourist information
center” for students to study and work
simultaneously. In the framework of the TEMPUS
PERSEUS project was created Research,
Development and Innovation Centre, it will help
to strength of our connection between University –
Enterprise - Science.
 For research in nanotechnology was open
Nanotechnology Centre
 The scientific library is equipped with modern
technology, connected to the internet and gives
the opportunity to work on electronic-library,
electronic catalog and contains the rich scientific
literature.
International relations:
 For the last 15 years the staff of the university has been taking an
active part in international educational and grant programs
financed by TEMPUS, Soros Kyrgyzstan Fund, Global Economic
Fund, SIDA, Peace Corpse, IREX, PEAKS, USAID, OUN, French
and German Embassies, JICA, Eurasia Pacific Uninet, NGO
Miliekontact International, and Erasmus Mundus External
Cooperation Window lot 9.
 Some teachers take part in individual grant programs being the
lecturers on international level and experts in different fields of
research.
 The number of students who are being trained abroad is also
increasing. During the last two years 30 students have studied
and had practice in different European and Asian countries.
 Besides, the university hosts the foreign volunteers, professors
and students from other countries such as: Turkey, Russia,
China, Pakistan, Korea, Check Republic, Poland and Central
Asia on different programs.
List of Tempus projects
Number
Project name
Project objectives
MP_JEP 23027
Tourism and Hospitality
Studies in Central Asia
ToHoSt-CA aims to create a European-Asian network in tourism and
hospitality studies. The main goal of the network is the dissemination
of project results. Analyze and evaluation of Tempus and other
Community project results will be disseminate by: the publication of
books and learning materials, seminars and workshops, website
building, the proposal for convergent curriculum and the
implementation of intercultural modules. The guideline for these
activities will be the definition of professional profiles, in
collaboration with the related industry.
SCM- T033A062006
JEP-26219-2005
Training for Tourism
Education Reform
Resource Sharing
Network of Academic
and Research Libraries
of Kyrgyzstan (KYRLIB-NET)
To disseminate the major outcomes of the Tempus MP_JEP_23027
project, and to support the implementation of the Bologna process.
To strengthen cooperation between academic and research libraries of
the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, through the establishment of a structured
cooperative network linking Kyrgyz National Technical University
(Bishkek), Issyk-Kul State University (Karakol) and Jalal-Abad State
University (Jalal-Abad) then extending to other HEIs; To develop and
promote the use of electronic information in Higher Education
Institutions, assisting the libraries of KNTU, ISU and JSU to develop
their departments of electronic documentation (integrated information
system, digitalization, management of subscriptions, enhancement of
free web resources); To share resources through a document delivery
network pertaining to international standards; To improve the
professional education of librarians in new methods and tools
available for documentary management, assisting ISU and JSU to
establish training centers and developing course modules and
workshops for training trainers, librarians and library users.
T012B04-2004 Creating National Information
Centres about the Bologna Process
in the Kyrgyz Republic.
The specific objective is to support the strong desire of the Kyrgyz Republic to reform its
Higher Education system in line with the Bologna process and support the ongoing
initiatives of the President's Administration, the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic, and
Kyrgyz universities in implementing the Bologna reform. This is to be accomplished by
supporting and giving substance to the Government decision to set up a National Bologna
Information and Training Centre at the International University of Kyrgyzstan in Bishkek
and a branch Centre at the Osh Technical University; through the further training and
collaboration with the core ministerial work group; the designation of Bologna Institutional
Coordinators for the 11 Kyrgyz institutions of the consortium; training in Kyrgyzstan and in
Europe of the core group, the staff of the Centre and the Branch and the Institutional
coordinators; formation of Bologna teams in each institution; the organization of training
and work sessions in Bishkek and of a website; the publication and dissemination on paper
and on-line of materials; the organization of a final conference in Bishkek to give
widespread knowledge and ownership of the project; to lay the foundations so that the
educational reform can go forward and the Information Centers be sustained in time.
SCMT057A062006
Extending Centres on the Bologna
Process and supporting Tuning
Teams in the Kyrgyz Republic
To extend, update and consolidate the support for the decision of the Kyrgyz Republic to
align its program of higher education reform according to Bologna criteria.
ETF-SM00071-2008
Awareness raising, Interest
development, Desire creation and
Action stimulation on the Bologna
Process expansion in Central
Asian countries and Russia
Plan to Establish ResearchScience-Enterprise oriented
Universities for the benefit of
Society
Central Asian Network for Quality
Assurance and Accreditation
The project aims at development of the National action groups of Bologna Practitioners in
the Partner Countries together the four main groups of stakeholders - Academia, Market,
and Government, Students - to work out and implement the strategy of Bologna Promotion
in their home countries.
CIBELES - Curriculum Invoking
Bologna -aligned Education
Leading to reform in
Developing of curriculum for Environmental Science for three level education: Bachelor –
Master - PhD
ETF-SM00056-2008
ETF-SM00074-2008
2010
Establishment of a structured partnership between universities and industry by
strengthening the knowledge triangle research-science-enterprise
Develop a Central Asian Network of agencies for quality accreditation and assurance
Introduce a set of standards, tools and guidelines in higher education institutions for
external and internal quality assurance Development of a register of information on Central
Asian accreditation systems and measures Development of Academic Recognition
Information Centers within the accreditation agencies
Erasmus Mundus Experience
 Issykkul State University participate on the Erasmus
Mundus External Cooperation Windiw Lot 9 from
2007
 From this moment till now on the mobility program
participate 5 teachers (Teaching Staff mobility), 2
PhDs (Post Doctoral studies), 4 undergraduates (PhD
and Master programs), 9 students (Bachelor
programs). Also we received 1 teacher and 4 students
from Europe.
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