7M11201 - Life safety and environmental protection

The relevance of the program:

At all enterprises of the Republic of Kazakhstan and around the world, great attention is paid to safety and environmental protection, every year all companies receive confirmation of compliance with safety and environmental requirements. The specialty "Life safety and environmental protection" is unique among other specialties due to its main feature - it is applicable in any field of human activity from agriculture to the nuclear industry, including design, management and control organizations, including in the fields of medicine and emergency situations. Environmental and occupational safety issues are inevitably present in the conduct of any economic activity, so this specialty remains in demand all over the world.

For the economy of the region and the country as a whole, our specialties are of paramount importance in terms of preserving the health and life of workers, preventing various losses related to safety at work. As well as in the field of preserving the country's natural resources, both the resource base of industry and the national heritage to create conditions for the health of the nation of present and future generations.

Personnel training is carried out in the scientific and pedagogical direction.

The consumers of this Educational Program are the services of enterprises and organizations of various forms of ownership, spheres of activity, organizational and legal forms, as well as applicants, the state.

The demands of employers are the training of highly qualified specialists based on the formation of professional competencies and personal qualities of competitive, creative and innovative-minded people who are able to realize their knowledge and skills in the field of life safety engineering, labor and environmental protection in the mining and metallurgical complex, heat and electric power industry, mining and processing of solid minerals, construction and the operation of production facilities for various purposes.

The educational program 7M11201 "Life Safety and environmental protection" reflects the requirements of academic and professional standards of the relevant industry, which provide students with both academic knowledge and the necessary skills and abilities.

International Partner University:

  • Universidad Politecnica de Madrid;
  • University of Latvia (Latvia, Riga);
  • National Research Tomsk State University.

Business partners:

The consumers of this educational program are the services of enterprises and organizations of various forms of ownership, spheres of activity, organizational and legal forms, as well as applicants, the state.

  • KAZZINC LLP;
  • Republican State institution "Department of Ecology for the East Kazakhstan Region of the Committee for Environmental Regulation and Control of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan";
  • Branch of Republican State institution at the Kazhydromet Plant of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan for East Kazakhstan and Abai regions;
  • East Kazakhstan branch of the RSE at the National Center for Occupational Hygiene and Occupational Diseases of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
  • Republican State institution "Yertis Basin Inspectorate for the Regulation of the Use and Protection of Water Resources of the Committee on Water Resources of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan";
  • ASS Korgan LLP;
  • Ecoservice LLP.

Languages of instruction:  Russian, Kazakh.

Objectives of the Educational Program

The objectives of the educational program 7M11201 "Life safety and environmental protection" are: to prepare graduates for industrial, technological, design, organizational, managerial and experimental research activities in the field of modern methods of ensuring environmental and industrial safety based on energy-saving, information and GIS technologies.

Graduates of the educational program "Life safety and environmental protection" can carry out professional activities in all sectors of the economy, including the military-industrial complex, industry, agriculture and utilities, production and consumption, government agencies in the field of life safety, environmental protection, protection in emergency situations, environmental services.

Educational base:

Digital Laboratory "Environmental and Industrial Safety"

The laboratory carries out academic and research activities in the field of occupational health and safety, environmental and industrial safety, support for training courses and all types of practices of educational programs "Life safety and environmental protection" and  "Innovative safety management in natural and man-made emergencies", educational blocks of general education disciplines, conducting advanced training courses qualifications.

Laboratory "Radiation and Biological Safety"

The laboratory carries out academic and research activities in the field of radiation and biological safety at work and public safety, supports training courses and all types of practices of the educational programs "Life safety and environmental protection" and "Innovative safety management in natural and man-made emergencies", conducts advanced training courses in the field of radiation and biological safety.

Laboratory "Fire safety"

The laboratory carries out academic and research activities in the field of fire safety, supports training courses and all types of practices of the educational programs "Life safety and environmental protection" and "Innovative safety management in natural and man-made emergencies", educational blocks of general education disciplines, conducting advanced training courses in the field of fire safety.

Laboratory "Occupational Safety and Industrial Safety"

The laboratory carries out academic and research activities in the field of occupational safety, safety and industrial safety, supports training courses and all types of practices of the educational programs "Life safety and environmental protection" and "Innovative safety management in natural and man-made emergencies", educational blocks of general education disciplines, conducting advanced training courses in the field of occupational safety and industrial safety.

Laboratory "Environmental Protection and Improvement"

The laboratory carries out academic and research activities in the field of ecosystem protection and restoration, air, water, soil quality, reclamation, waste disposal, etc., as well as in the field of environmental monitoring of natural environments and the urban environment, support for training courses and all types of practices of educational programs "Life safety and environmental protection" and "Innovative safety management in natural and man-made emergencies", and educational blocks of general education disciplines, conducting advanced training courses in the field of ecology and sustainable development.

Carbon Fiber Center

The center carries out research projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sequestration. The Center cooperates in this area with foreign universities. He oversees the organization of the carbon landfill at the Bukhtarma reservoir on the basis of the summer expedition campus "Prostor".

Information resources:

  • MapInfo Proffessional 11.5.

Research work:

Undergraduates participate in the implementation of the PCF project on the topic "Research of avalanche activity in the East Kazakhstan region for the development of monitoring systems and scientific justification of their placement" (IRN BR21882022) /research/progectsmon/projects/br21882022.aspx.

The results of scientific research of undergraduates are regularly published in publications of national and international importance. They also participate in the construction of a "green" university, and carry out research on data collection and analysis within the framework of UI GreenMetric.

Leading lecturers of the educational program:

  • Leading teachers of the educational PROGRAM6B11201 "Life safety and environmental protection" of D. Serikbayev EKTU;
  • Leading teachers of the National Research Tomsk State University, Russian Federation;
  • Leading teachers of the University of Latvia, Latvia, Riga.

As part of the academic mobility of foreign professors through the Ministry of Science and Higher Education at the D.Serikbaev National Technical University, Professor, Doctor of Microbiology Olga Mutere from Latvijas Universitate (Latvia, Riga) conducted lectures for undergraduates of the 7M11201 educational program "Life safety and environmental protection" on the discipline "Physico-chemical methods of analysis.

Internships for students:

According to the educational program 7M11201 "Life safety and environmental protection", the academic mobility of undergraduates is effectively carried out. As part of the external academic mobility, Aidarkhanov Didar, a master's student of the 20 MB-2 group, completed an internship at Univetrsidad Politecnica de Madrid.

As part of the implementation of measures to implement internal academic mobility on the basis of an agreement on mutual cooperation in the field of educational services dated 09/01/2021 between the non-profit joint stock company "D.Serikbayev EKTU" and the non-profit joint stock company "Toraigyrov University", undergraduates of groups 23 MBJ-2 and 23-MBJ-2z study the discipline "Assessment of reliability, survivability and safety of technical systems" using distance learning in the spring semester of the 2023-2024 academic year from 01/22/2024 to 06/02/2024.

Professional development of the teaching staff:

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