On January 16, 2020, Chairperson of the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan Dariga Nazarbayeva held a meeting of Committee on Agrarian Issues, Environmental Management and Rural Development.

Chairman of the Board of S. Seifullin Kazakh Agrarian University A.Kurishbayev made a presentation. A. Kurishbayev also spoke about the positive results of the University's work on identifying unused agricultural land and controlling the harvest using space monitoring. Some local executive authorities have already started using such services. "This makes it possible to get accurate data and avoid paperwork,» the Rector said.

At the meeting, continuing the topic of assigning the University graduates and highly qualified specialists to a village, the Chairman of the Board of S.Seyfullin Kazakh Agrarian University A. Kurishbayev suggested the cooperation of small farms as one of the solutions. If it is difficult to create conditions for modern personnel alone, then, by cooperating, farms will be able to provide personnel with normal social conditions and a social package, the University Rector believes.

Since 2012, KATU has been one of the 800 best universities in the world, according to the results of the QS World University Rankings world university ranking. In the national ranking of universities of Kazakhstan, KATU takes 3rd place among the 20 top universities.

“In collaboration with leading professors and consultants from UC Davis, a program has been developed for transforming KATU into a Western type agricultural research university. According to the order of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, we started transforming KATU into a world-class research agrarian university,” A.Kurishbayev said.