SPECIALTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

UNDERGRADUATE
1-31 01 01 Biology (majors)
Specialties:
6-05-0511-01  Biology
Profiling: Microbiology and molecular biology
qualification – biologist, teacher
full time of study (4 years)
part  time of study (5 years) 
Studied subjects: botany, zoology, chemistry, genetics, microbiology, systems biology, fundamentals of biotechnology, selection of producers, plant physiology, human and animal physiology, xenobiology, engineering enzymology, industrial microbiology, virology, molecular biology, pharmacognosy, etc.
ECTS (total): 197

6-05-0511-06 Biotechnology
qualification – biotechnologist
full time of study (4 years)
Studied subjects: botany, zoology, chemistry, genetics, microbiology, pharmacognosy, plant growing, systems biology, cytology and histology, human and animal physiology, biochemistry, molecular biology, vector systems, genetic engineering, virology, sanitary and medical microbiology, engineering enzymology, methods of working with DNA, immunology, biotechnology, plant physiology, isolation and purification of biotechnology products, transgenic eukaryotic organisms, ecology and environmental management, etc.
ECTS (total): 197

MASTER'S PROGRAM

7-06-0511-03  Microbiology
Profiling: Applied Biotechnology
degree – master
full time of study (1 year)
Studied subjects: molecular microbiology; non-cellular infectious agents of microorganisms, animals and humans; molecular microbiology; organization and management of  biotechnology laboratories; research seminar; industrial biotechnology; microbiological synthesis of antibiotics; highly specialized microbiological practicum; acellular infectious agents of microorganisms, animals and humans, etc.
ECTS (total): 45

1-31 80 01 Biology
degree – Master of  Biological Sciences
full time of study (1 year 8 months )
Studied subjects: modern problems of biology; cell biology; epigenetics; fundamentals of neurobiology; analytical biochemistry; applied problems of biology, biotechnology and ecology; genomic bioinformatics; organization and management of biotechnology laboratories; DNA diagnostics and DNA passportization, etc.
ECTS (total): 60

POSTGRADUATE:

03.01.06  Biotechnology (including bionanotechnology) (biological and agricultural sciences)
science degree – PhD
full time of study (3 years) 

GRADUATES DISTRIBUTION:

  1. Food industry (dairy, meat, drinks, etc.)
  2. Pharmaceutical companies, pharmacies (medicines, vaccines, disease diagnostics)
  3. Biotechnology for the production of biologically active substances (vitamins, enzymes, proteins, hormones, lipids, etc.)
  4. The medicine
  5. Cosmetology and perfumery
  6. Veterinary medicine, plant and animal protection products (cell and embryo culture, in vitro ovogenesis, artificial insemination, transgenic plants and animals, pesticides, herbicides)
  7. Chemical industry (ethyl alcohol, acetone, butyl alcohol, polymers)
  8. Enzyme industry (biological washing powders, pectinases in fruit juices, biosensors)
  9. Ecology
  10. Metallurgy
  11. Schools, colleges, universities (biology teacher)
  12. Customs, etc.