In the period from 2008 to 2012, M.Kh. Dulaty Taraz State University was headed by ASHIMZHAN SULEYMENOVICH AHMETOV.

A new stage in the development of the university has begun. The university employed 530 teachers, including 28 - doctors of sciences, professors, 206 - candidates of sciences and associate professors. A multi-stage training system is being introduced - undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate and PhD doctoral programs. In order to intensify educational and scientific activity, new services and divisions were opened: educational-methodical management, registration office, center for new information technologies, research department, scientific library, printing house, sports club, etc.

The university has become a consulting center for higher educational institutions of the republic on the introduction of a credit system of education.

In 2005, the university was awarded a certificate of compliance with international quality standards. The university has implemented an ISO-9001 management system that meets international standards.

For its half-century history, M.Kh. Dulaty Taraz State University rightfully became a leading university in the Zhambyl region.