Students of the Department of Personal Development and Education take an active part in the social and research activities of the university. They participate in university, republican and international scientific conferences, republican Olympiads, competitions of scientific projects. During their studies, they attend trainings, public lectures of scientists from Kazakhstan and abroad, international scientific seminars. Projects developed by students and teachers of the department win various competitions. Students take an active civic position in the life of the university and the country as a whole.

The department's students take an active part in research work:

1) Khitrik Darya (group Ps-302(a)) became the winner of the Republican competition "Youth Initiatives" among students, held at the Department of Pedagogy and Management in Education of the Kazakh National University named after Al-Farabi. Supervisor - PhD, postdoctoral student Popandopulo A.S.;

2) Valeria Lokay (group Ps-302) received a diploma for taking 3rd place in the All-Russian competition with international participation of research projects of master's students and young scientists of Russian and foreign educational institutions of higher education, dedicated to the Day of Russian Science. Supervisor - Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences of the Russian Federation, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Professor Aubakirova R. Zh.;

3) Valeria Lokay (group Ps-302) received a 3rd degree diploma in the Intra-university competition of student research papers "On the role of academician K. I. Satpayev in the formation of modern Kazakhstani science". Supervisor - Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences of the Russian Federation, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Professor Aubakirova R. Zh.;

4) Pupareva Darya, Mironycheva Elizaveta (group Ps-302), Abdrakhmanova Adema (group Ps-301) took part in the XVI Republican student subject Olympiad in Psychology at KAZGLU named after M.S. Narikbayev. Supervisor - PhD, postdoctoral student Popandopulo A.S.;

5) Rakushina E. (group SR-302), Misheleva S., Zharikov N., Musaldaev Zh. (group MPs-22n), Bondarenko D., Plotnikov A. (group Ps-102), Zakieva Zh. (group Ps-402) took part in the International Scientific Conference "XXIV Satpayev Readings"; 

6) Antyasova T. (group Ps-402) took part in the Republican Scientific and Practical Conference "Actual Problems of Early Professional Self-Determination of Students in the BSE System".