1937-1941 

Kyzylorda Pedagogical Institute  worked in parallel with the Teachers' Institute.

1941-1945 

The evacuated Kiev and Kharkiv universities were located on the basis of the Kyzylorda Pedagogical Institute.

In March 1952 

The Kyzylorda Pedagogical Institute was named after N. V. Gogol.

July 13 1976 

In Kyzylorda opened a branch of the Zhambyl Hydromelioration and Construction Institute.

November 15 1990 

The branch of the Zhambyl Hydromelioration and Construction Institute has been transformed into the Kyzylorda Institute of Agro-Industrial Engineers.

February 12 1992 

April 21 1992 

Kyzylorda Institute of Engineers of Agro-Industrial Production was named after the laureate of the State Prize, two-time Hero of Socialist Labor Ibrai Zhakaev.

The N. V. Gogol Kyzylorda Pedagogical Institute was named after the Great Steppe philosopher Korkyt Ata and renamed the Korkyt Ata Kyzylorda Pedagogical Institute.

May 7 1996 

- The Korkyt Ata Kyzylorda Pedagogical Institute has been transformed into the Korkyt Ata Kyzylorda Humanitarian University.

- Kyzylorda Institute of Engineers of Agro-industrial Production named after I.Zhakaev transformed into Kyzylorda Polytechnic Institute named after I. Zhakaev.

 March 24 1998 

The Korkyt Ata Kyzylorda Humanitarian University and the I. Zhakaev Kyzylorda Polytechnic Institute were merged and transformed into the republican state-owned enterprise "Korkyt Ata Kyzylorda State University".

April 28 2012 

The Republican state-owned enterprise "Korkyt Ata Kyzylorda State University" has been reorganized into a republican state enterprise on the right of economic management "Korkyt Ata Kyzylorda State University".