He followed his father Sarsen Amanzholov's steps continuing in this field of study.
Amanzholov graduated in 1957 at the Eastern Languages Institute of Moscow State University, in Turkic philology.
In 1975 he submitted his doctoral thesis on "Materials and research in the history of Old Turkic writing".
1979-1995 dean of the General Linguistics Faculty at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University Amanzholov lectured for one year at the Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey, in 1993/1994.
In 1995, he became a full member of the Kazakhstan Academy of Humanities.