The Department of Physics has been organized among the top 10 departments of the Institute on November 25 in 1931. During the organization the Department consisted of 4 people (head of department, 2 teachers and 1 assistant). In 1931-1932 y, the department of physics was based on the premises of Kazakh Pedagogical Institute, where lectures and laboratory classes were trained. In 1938, due to the opening of the Pediatric department, the Department staff has consisted of 7 people. In the postwar years the Department has led educational work with students of 3 departments: medical, pediatric and sanitary-hygienic, and the number of employees was up to 9 people.

In the second half of the 50s with the organization of correspondence and evening forms of learning and the opening of pharmaceutical and dental faculties the educational process at the Department became multidisciplinary. In 1966 at the Department was formed spectroscopic laboratory, which allowed members of the Department along with academic work to lead scientific research work also. The main topic of scientific work was “Determination of content of micronutrients in biological tissues.” At the same time, at the Department was created mechanical workshop for the repair of instruments not only of physics, but also in other departments of the institute.

Since 1975 y. at the Department have been mastered the new curriculum, which provides for new types of specialization – medical electronics and medical cybernetics for students of 2nd year of medical and pediatric departments and the basis of materials science at the dental faculty with the mandatory laboratory classes. Forces of the Department staff created the necessary methodological manuals for teachers and students.

Since 2005 y, the staff of Department had 33 employees, which are: 1 professor, 7 docent, 9 senior teachers and 16 teachers. At the department were carried out researches in the field of science in different directions. The department consisted of 7 candidates of science, 2 masters, 7 researches.

At the department training was carried by the State mandatory education standard-2006. Staffs of the department had prepared all the methodological documentation

Staff of the Department have taught the students of first, second, third and fourth-year medical disciplines such as biophysics, computer science, mathematics, biological statistics, information technology in health care, biological physics, medical electronics, programming, medical and biological processes, numerical methods of analysis.

Course of “Biophysics” at current stage

Teachers of the сourse teach classes on subjects of “Biophysics”, “Physics”, “Mathematics”, “Theoretical and Applied Mechanics”, “Electric equipment”, “Descriptive Geometry and Engineering Graphics”, “Biological statistics”, “Mathematics in the economy.“

Training is taught for the students of the first year as a full-time and correspondence courses.

At the course of “Biophysics” work 2 professors, 1 docents, 3 senior teachers, 2 teachers and 2 assistants, by widely using advanced learning technologies in teaching and control of student knowledge.