Almaty Polygraphic College -Technical School №28 was opened by the order of the Council of Ministers of the Kazakh SSR dated April 14, 1977.

    In 1989, the printing school was awarded the title of laureate of the Lenin Komsomol Prize for high performance in the training of workers. Technical school №28 in 1985 in accordance with the order of the City Department of Vocational Education №37 of 15/08/1985 was renamed into "Secondary vocational school №5".

    Secondary vocational school №5 in accordance with the order of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 27.05.1996, №152 was reorganized into "Vocational and technical school №5". Vocational and technical school №5 by the Decree of the Akimat of Almaty city №63 of 17/05/2002 it was renamed into "Professional School №5".

    PS №5 by the Resolution of the Akimat of Almaty city №3/544 of 14.08.2008 was renamed into the State Institution "Professional Lyceum №5". SI  PL №5 in accordance with the Resolution of the Akimat of Almaty city №1/116 of 18.02.2013 was reorganized into the State Enterprise "Almaty Polygraphic College" of the Education Department of the city of Almaty.

    In 1995, vocational school №5 switched to training workers in a new specialty - "Operator on typesetting computer technology."Since 2000, vocational school №5 has been training for the qualification "Proofreader", specialty "Printing" in the state language. In October 2002, PL №5 was admitted to the Association of Printers of Kazakhstan.

    In 2003, the Lyceum was awarded a diploma for active participation in the project of the domestic printing industry and a great contribution to the development of the industry. Since 2014, in the specialty: "Bookbinder", 50 students have studied in dual training (period of 10 months). 26 students in LLP "DAUIR" and 24 students in LLP "POLYGRAFKOMBINAT".

• In April 2016, the Southern representative office was opened on the basis of the printing house of Alem-print LLP in Shymkent;

• On September 14, 2016, the Central Representative Office was opened on the basis of the printing house of LLP "Form-plus" in Karaganda;

• On September 23, 2016, a Western representative office was opened on the basis of the printing house of Akzhar-ABK LLP in Aktobe;

• By order №572 dated 23.09.2016. "On educational and methodological associations of organizations of technical and vocational education"