Learning model in Kazakhstani Universities is being focused on transforming education from teacher-centered to student-centered approach. This transformation requires academic staff retraining and a significant modernization of educational process. In this article we discuss issues of methodological readiness of academic staff for student-centered learning, which has been recently implemented into the practice at the Chemistry Faculty of the Karaganda Buketov University. We have studied ways in which educators can be trained in innovative teaching methods. One of the ways is the advanced training course organized at the Karaganda Buketov University within the framework of the ENTER Erasmus+ project. We discuss the progress made by academic staff in mastering interactive lecturing, case-study, project-based learning as well as consider the problems and difficulties that teachers of the Chemistry Faculty face when organizing learning& teaching process according to the student-centered approach principles. Academic staff of four Departments of Karaganda Buketov University, namely Inorganic and Technical Chemistry, Physical and Analytical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Polymers, Chemical Technology and Petrochemistry Departments were involved in this study. Surveys were carried out to gain detailed information about issues considered. The findings were subsequently analyzed to provide insight on the readiness of university teachers for student-centered learning under modern conditions. [For the full proceedings, see ED630893.]