The main activity of the faculty is aimed at training in the field of sanitary and epidemiological surveillance, the main work of which is the prevention and reduction of morbidity, assessment of the impact of environmental factors, research in the field of hygiene and epidemiology, the development of quality management and risk in health care, ensuring good governance at different levels of health authorities.

-General hygiene;

- Medical ecology;

- Communal hygiene;

- Military hygiene;

- Food hygiene;

- Occupational health;

- Hygiene of children and adolescents;

- Radiation hygiene.

Members of the Department collaborate with foreign companies as: tWHO in KR, MercyCorps KR, and provide practical assistance to the Ministry of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic – in development of physiological norms of nutrition for certain groups of the population; to the Ministry of Social protection – in development of the minimum consumer basket; t the Ministry of Economic development of the Kyrgyz Republic –in development of technical regulations for quality and food safety.

At the Department were defended 5 doctoral and 25 master's theses. Were published 4 monographs, 5 textbooks in the Kyrgyz language and more than 50 manuals and recommendations. Scientific work is carried out on the grant funded by the Ministry of education.

A laboratory for determining the quality and safety of food products was opened at the profile Department of hygienic disciplines, faculty of medical and preventive care, with the grant support of the Japanese Embassy. The laboratory is equipped with modern devices from Russia, Germany, Switzerland, Japan and America; such as the Kjeldahl instruments (determination of protein), Soxhlet instruments (determination of fat), Refractometer (determination of carbohydrates), spectrophotometer and electric microscope with software and other equipment that allows to carry out research and guarantee accurate results of the analyses.