Material and technical resources

One of the factors necessary to ensure successful, high-quality training of students in educational programs is a developed material and technical base.

At the moment, in the implementation of the educational process, the department of international relations uses 21 classrooms, 1 computer class, 3 language laboratories for 20 seats each, 3 special lecture halls (339 audience named after diplomat N. Tyuryakulov, 319 audience - Center for European Information, 316 audience - “Diplomatic Protocol and Etiquette”). The information is presented in Table 1:

Table 1 - Information about classrooms

 

The study area for 1 student of the given contingent is 953.4 sq. M. taking into account the divergence of employment. Also in the learning process involved 1 reading room for 60 seats, a gym with a total area of ​​508 sq.m.

Training rooms are provided with passports, which indicate the purpose and equipment of the means of individual and fire protection. Cabinets are equipped with educational furniture, computer equipment, traditional and multimedia boards, laboratory equipment, visual stands, sports equipment. The offices have TVs, video players, tape recorders, projectors with an interactive whiteboard. There are also music libraries, video library.

Computer classes are provided with Internet access and a local university network. The bandwidth of the Internet network is 100 Mbps. The Department of International Relations has 10 computers, 2 multifunction devices, 5 printers, 2 scanners.

In general, the training area used in the learning process of students in the specialty fully complies with sanitary and fire regulations, normative indicators established by SES RK 5.03.009-2006 "Educational and tangible assets of higher educational institutions"

The material and technical, and social base of the university is being modernized by updates of the the computer park, laboratory equipment, training and office furniture, sports equipment, purchases of multimedia and printing equipment, conduct of fiber-optic networks, restoration of facades of buildings, current and major repairs in educational buildings and student homes.

In the educational building No. 1 (EAB), where students learn the educational program «International Relations», there have been created conditions for teaching students with disabilities and disabled people (there are a ramp at the entrance, and a functioning elevator with access to all floors of the educational building).

Within the framework of the Student's social support program, the medical center, a student cinema (in student's house No. 5), sports sections (football, volleyball) operate.

The ENU Scientific Library is one of the main educational resources for trainees in the educational program «International Relations».

The general fund of the scientific library, which is used by students of the educational program «International Relations», contains more than 1.5 million copies (146 8 titles) of books.

The scientific library has access to the databases of «POLPREDCOM» («ПОЛПРЕДcom»), «KnigaFund» («Книгафонд»), «RSL» («РГБ»), «East-View», «EBSCO», «PressReader», «EuromonitorInternational» and provided by the National Center for Scientific and Technical Information (NCNTI) under the national license the Republic of Kazakhstan ThomsonReuters, Elsevier, Springerlink and others.

Students of the educational program «International Relations» use the services of the AmericanCornerAstana information center, opened in September 2015 within the partnership with the US Embassy in Kazakhstan. The Center provides access to printed and electronic collections, cultural and educational programs and promotes the development of multilingual education. Students and teachers have access to the English-language multidisciplinary informational database of American spaces eLibrary USA. About 30 resources are collected in this electronic resource. Especially popular are AcademicOneFile, GREENR, JSOR, ProQuest, ebrary, which offer scientific articles, books and sites in different branches of science (anthropology, business and economics, computer technology and IT, education, engineering and technology, history, languages, linguistics, law, psychology, religion, social sciences, physics, biology and biotechnology). Also in the eLibrary are collected materials for students and teachers, who study or teach subjects of the educational program «International Relations» in English, resources on the methodology of teaching disciplines of the educational program «International Relations», prepared plans and projects (https://www.facebook.com/AstanaAmericanCorner/).

At the International Relations Department operates The Resource Center for the Study of Integration Organizations of Latin America and Eurasia (office 336, SAC), Audience of the diplomatic protocol and etiquette (office 316, SAC), Center for European Information (office 319, SAC). In these centers, students have access to scientific and practical literature on International Relations and the possibility of in-depth study of this branch of International Relations.

Students of the educational program «International Relations» have access to computer classes: educational building number 1 (EAB) - 352 auditorium, educational building number 3 (CISI) - 202 classrooms.

Access of users to the information resources of the library is realized through the Internet site http://lib.enu.kz and full-text databases of the scientific library www.enulib.enu.kz

The website of the scientific library: library.enu.kz is presented in Russian and the state language. Visits of the library site constitute about 3000 users daily. Through the library website, readers have access to newspapers and magazines, there is an opportunity to get acquainted with new literature and also to use the world library resources in the field of international relations.

The demand for the library fund is revealed through user service, the number of book out on loan (PRO Procedure ENU 405-16 "Library", approved by the order of the ENU Rector № 11-21 of 27.09.2016).