Gulia Kenzhebekovna Ilyashova is a 1999 graduate of the Institute of Economics and Law at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. She holds a bachelor's degree in economics and management. She graduated from the Department of Economic Theory at the University's Faculty of Economics and Business in 2003 and completed her postgraduate studies in 2005. She holds a Master's degree in economics and a PhD in philosophy. G.K. Ilyashova has been a senior lecturer in the Department of Economics since 2011. The department was responsible for preparing and maintaining documents for the Economics specialty for international accreditation, national ratings such as IAAR, NKOAKO, and others. She also oversaw the preparation of the OACB for the subject of Economic Theory. The department coordinates and develops the master's degree program in "7M04102 - Economics" and "6B04109 - Digital Economy." It oversees educational and industrial internships, as well as final qualifying theses. In the 2013-2014 academic year, it also played an active role in developing the working curriculum, the list of documents, and the creation of electronic documentation to obtain a license to open an MBA program in "Business Administration." As the department's responsible officer, it has proven itself to be a highly qualified specialist. In the 2020- 2021 academic year, it demonstrated significant activity in its self-reporting work for KazSEE accreditation. It conducts classes in both Kazakh and Russian. It regularly prepares students for student conferences at the department, where they win prizes. It actively participates in the social life of the university and the department, and continuously improves its skills. In the 2016-2019 academic year, she completed her doctoral program at the Higher School of Economics and Business in 6D0506-Economics and successfully defended her doctoral dissertation on "Self-Employment in the Modern Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan: Formation and Development Trends" on December 25, 2023. During the 2022-2024 academic years, she served as Deputy Head of the Department for Educational, Methodological, and Upbringing Work. She actively advises the department. Five articles on her dissertation topic are listed in the Scopus database: three published in scientific journals and two in Prociding. Her h-index is 2.