S. Toraighyrov Pavlodar State University was founded in 1960. Then it was called Pavlodar Industrial Institute.

Over the years, PSU changed its name 4 times. It was called: Pavlodar Industrial University, Kazakh State Technical University, Pavlodar State University and since 1996 S. Toraighyrov Pavlodar State University.

In 1965, the first “Farewell Bell” was sounded for students. The mechanism has been started.

Since that time, to date, in the archive of PSU there are 76789 personal files of graduates. Such a registered number of people graduated during 59 years.

Among them, we can meet the personal files of well-known politicians, businessmen and heads of large enterprises. They are Danial Kenzhetayevich Akhmetov, who graduated from university in 1976, currently holds the post of Akim of the East Kazakhstan Region, Vladimir Yakovlevich Bobrov, general director of “Kazenergokabel” JSC, graduate of 1975, Timur Muratovich Suleimenov, Deputy Chief of Staff of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, graduate of 2006, Andrey Batrachenko, “Kazakhstan Electrolysis Plant” JSC, graduate of 2011 and others.