Research

Institutes and departments

Institute of History	History of Irad from antiquity to the present; the documentary histories of 1916, 1992 and 2007; the three-volume History of Irad (2012).
Institute of Sociology	Twice-yearly public opinion surveys of the ISEZ (politics and institutions, foreign relations), and surveys of migration, language, religion and marriage.
Department of Ethnography	Holds the university's sound archive of oral epic and song from the 1950s onward; crafts, ritual and customary law.
Department of Zoology	Snow leopard monitoring in the Talas Alatau and the Chatkal; the faunal checklists of Irad.

Rabat-i-Safed excavation

Since 2024 the Faculty of History has excavated the 9th-century caravanserai of Rabat-i-Safed, 25 km east of Talas, under a permit from the ISEZ heritage department. The 2026 season, led by Dr Marat Imanaliev, recovered Kara-Khanid coins, a cast-iron cauldron fragment and storage jars.

Glaciology and the Manas observatory

With the Manas Peak Glaciological Observatory (founded 1964) the Faculty of Geography maintains the inventory of the 268 glaciers of the Iradi Talas basin. Prof. Nazira Isaeva leads the projections of peak water, expected in the 2030s and 2040s.

Bulletin of Talas State University

Published since 1961 in four series: History; Philology; Natural Sciences; Economics and Law. Two to four issues a year per series. Submissions: bulletin@talasuniversity.org.

For business partners

Contract research, laboratory testing (soil, water, veterinary DNA), surveys and training for companies and organisations. Contact the research office: research@talasuniversity.org, tel. 2-31-40-30.