On October 20, 1933 by Resolution of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR "On personnel training for Kazakhstan" was established the Kazakh Mining and Metallurgical Institute (KazMMI) with two faculties: mining and non-ferrous metals in a capital of Kazakhstan, Alma-Ata.

On September 19, 1934 the first academic year at Kazakh Mining and Metallurgical Institute began.

1436 issued by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan on September 22, 1999, Kazakh National Technical University was named after Kanysh Satbayev.

[3] The Scientific Library is subscribed to around 500 Kazakh and Russian periodicals, and conducts book exchanges with other universities.

[3] An online library was developed in 2009, which hosts over 14,700 documents, and attracts more than 40,000 unique visitors annually.