INNOVATE SHAKARIM UNIVERSITY
Real growth. Real challenges. Real people.
This time, we talk about how INNOVATE SHAKARIM UNIVERSITY became not a tech expo, but a showcase of thinking. It became clear: the university is no longer just walls and lectures — it’s a laboratory of ideas and solutions being created today. Not in the future, but now. Not in a metropolis, but here in the Abai region.
This is exactly the mindset of Nadir Kadyrovich Ibragimov, Candidate of Technical Sciences and senior lecturer of the Department of Technological Equipment. He brought to the forum not just a 3D printer, but a fully working device, assembled by hand in his own garage from everyday materials.
“The base is just a piece of fiberboard. The total cost was around 26,000 tenge. For comparison, a factory-made version starts from 140,000. And the most important thing — it works. We print both artistic and technical objects on it. From phone stands to custom mechanical parts — it all depends on the task.”
As Nadir Kadyrovich explains, the logic is both simple and elegant:
“Here’s a plastic bottle. I cut it into strips. The strip becomes filament. The filament becomes a product. The cost? Just time. Students come, they work, they experiment. This is not a toy — it’s a working tool. We don’t need to hire turners or machinists anymore. We input the parameters — the machine gives us the output.”
Nadir Kadyrovich leads a student scientific club. He knows firsthand: technology doesn’t change anything by itself. People do. And the INNOVATE SHAKARIM UNIVERSITY forum became exactly the kind of catalyst that doesn’t just invite students to observe — it inspires them to create.
“I remember my own confusion when I was an applicant. It was a friend’s advice that led me to this department. Then came graduate studies, and a defense. Now I’ve been teaching for over 20 years. Our department is unique — a student can go from bachelor’s to PhD without leaving our scientific school. It’s an environment where researchers are born.”
He notes that everything is changing — education, motivation, approaches, student mindset. But one thing remains:
“Dedication to the craft. Integrity in the profession. Respect for engineering work. These don’t go out of style. And they are exactly what move the university forward.”
That’s the essence of this forum: not to inspire — but to activate. Not to talk about technology — but to build it with your hands. Not to imagine the future — but to assemble it, even from a piece of fiberboard and a plastic bottle.
INNOVATE SHAKARIM UNIVERSITY is where engineering thinking stops being theory — and becomes momentum. And those who launch it? They’re not waiting for change. They’ve already hit the power button.
