The long-awaited opening of the educational laboratory "E-sports and gamification of education" took place at EKTU.

The event was held with the support of the International Technopark of IT startups "Astana hub", the cultural center "American Corner", the acceleration program of startups "Tech Central Asia".

The chairman of the board, rector Rakhmetullina Saule noted that D. Serikbayev EKTU is always at the forefront of the development of modern IT technologies and teaching methods. In EKTU, the material and technical base of the university, educational and methodological materials are constantly being improved, the partners of the university are the largest international companies: Huawei, Oracle, Company 1C.

It should be noted that projects have already been developed on the basis of the new center, which are being implemented with the help of young professional students. Among them: modeling of industrial equipment; virtual simulator for starting the engine of the T-72 tank; safety training when working in mines; telegram bot of EKTU for students and applicants; mobile application on the history of Kazakhstan; application for tourism using augmented reality technologies; Abay studies using 3D tours.

During the opening of the new Center with their experience at Google (in Ireland); American Corner; Tech Central Asia, etc. natives of Ust-Kamenogorsk shared.

The opening of the Center was held in the style of an open exhibition - various events were held simultaneously in several zones. The organizers are sure that the new laboratory will become an excellent educational center, and who knows, maybe their own Bill Gates, Mark Zurkerberg or Ilona Masks will appear within the walls of the university.