Faculty History

The Faculty of Biology and Geography has been functioning since the formation of the Buryat-Mongolian Agricultural Pedagogical Institute (February 10, 1932), initially on the basis of the Faculty of Natural Sciences with two leading departments - Botany and Chemistry. In 1936, the first graduation of biology teachers was made, in 1942 the department of geography was opened. From 1954 to 1956 faculty worked as "biological", from 1957 to 1992. - "biological and chemical". In 1984, the department of anatomy and physiology of humans and animals appeared at the faculty, in 1988 the department of geography was created and a new specialty "Geography" was opened along with "Biology", "Chemistry", "Medicine". In 1993, a new department was formed - ecology.

In 1995, Buryat State University was formed on the basis of BSPI and BF NSU. In the same year, the department of geology was opened within the faculty. In 1997, the Faculty of Chemistry separated from the faculty, in 1999 - the Faculty of Medicine. The faculty became "biological and geographical".

In 2001-2002 Postgraduate studies and two dissertation councils for defending dissertations for the degree of Doctor of Biological Sciences in the specialties "Ecology" and Botany "and geographical sciences in the specialties" Geoecology "," Physical Geography, Biogeography, Geography of Soils, and Geochemistry of Landscapes "," Economic and social geography". In 2003, a new department was opened - land use and land cadastre with two specialties "Land cadastre" and "City cadastre". In 2006, another specialty "Nature management" was opened.

Since 2015, the faculty has been called the Faculty of Biology, Geography and Land Use.

Currently, the faculty has 4 departments:

• head Department of Botany - Ph.D. biol. Sciences, Assoc. Tatyana Georgievna Baskhaeva;
• head Department of Zoology and Ecology - Ph.D. biol. Sciences, Assoc. Larisa Aleksandrovna Naletova;
• head Department of Geography and Geoecology - Dr. Geogr. sciences, prof. Bair Oktyabrevich Gomboev;
• head Department of Land Use and Land Cadastre - Ph.D. biol. sciences, prof. Valery Nikitich Khertuev.

The faculty has 51 teachers, incl. 13 professors, doctors of sciences, 38 candidates of sciences (associate professors and senior lecturers).

To date, 351 students study full-time at the faculty, of which they study in the direction of preparation:

• 06.03.01 Biology - 97 people,
• 06.04.01 Biology - 28 people,
• 05.03.02 Geography - 78 people,
• 05.04.02 Geography - 29 people,
• 03/21/02 Land management and cadastres - 51 people,
• 21.04.02 Land management and cadastres - 28 people,
• 03/21/03 Geodesy and remote sensing - 28 people.

10 students study in absentia in the direction of preparation 44.03.01 Pedagogical education. Profile Biology.

Directions of undergraduate studies:

• Field of study: 05.03.02 Geography;
• Field of study: 06.03.01 Biology;
• Direction of training: 21.03.02 Land management and cadastres;
• Direction of training: 21.03.03 Geodesy and remote sensing;
• Direction of training: 44.03.01 Pedagogical education. Profile biology (correspondence).

Master's Degrees:

• Direction of training: 05.04.02 Geography, qualification;
• Field of study: 06.04.01 Biology, qualification;
• Direction of preparation: 21.04.02 Land management and cadastres.

PhD

• Direction: 05.06.01 Earth Sciences
• Profile: 25.00.23 Physical geography and biogeography, soil geography and landscape geochemistry
• Profile: 25.00.24 Economic, social, political and recreational geography
• Profile: 25.00.36 Geoecology (Earth Sciences)
• Direction: 06.06.01 Biological Sciences
• Profile: 03.02.01 Botany
• Profile: 03.02.03 Microbiology
• Profile: 03.02.08 Ecology (in biology)
• Profile: 03.02.13 Soil science
• Profile: 03.03.01 Physiology

Small innovative enterprises and scientific departments

• Scientific herbarium, head - Dr. Biol. sciences, prof. Namzalov B.B.;
• Educational and experimental forestry, head Ph.D. Petelin Sergey Mikhailovich, in the structure of UOL - Botanical Garden, head of Ph.D. s.-x. sci., prof. RAE Batueva Yulia Mikhailovna;
• Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Head - Cand. biol. Sciences Lavrentieva E.V.

Contacts: 670000, Republic of Buryatia, Ulan-Ude, st. Smolina, 24 "a", the main building of BSU, phone: 21-15-93, E-mail:

TERMS OF EDUCATION

ADMISSION PLAN - 2019

Specialty (direction)	Daily budget	Daytime paid	Correspondence budget	Correspondence paid
Biology (scientific and industrial activity)	20	40	25	40
Biology (scientific and pedagogical activity)	25	5	10	5
Biology (biotechnology)	45	30	-	-
Biochemistry	25	20	10	15
Microbiology	30	20	10	15
Bioecology	15	10	10	10
Total	160	125	65	85

ENTRANCE TESTS

Biology (DH)
Chemistry (DH)
Russian/Belarusian language (DH)

DOCUMENT DEADLINE-2019

For full-time and part-time forms of education:
- at the expense of the budget — from 12 to 17 July 2019;
- on payment terms - from July 12 to August 4, 2019

TERMS OF ENROLLMENT-2019

For education at the expense of the budget:
- full-time and part-time forms - from July 18 to July 28, 2019

To receive education on terms of payment:
- full-time and part-time forms - from August 5 to August 6, 2019

ENROLLMENT WITHOUT ENTRY TESTS

1. Winners (diplomas of І, ІІ, ІІІ degrees) of the International Olympiad (in accordance with the list approved by the Ministry of Education) and the Republican Olympiad in Biology held by the Ministry of Education in the academic year that ended in the year of admission.
2. Persons awarded during the last two years at the time of receiving general secondary, secondary specialized education with the badge “Laureate of the Special Fund of the President of the Republic of Belarus for Satsyalnaya Padtrymtsy zdolny nauchentsev and students” for high achievements in certain subject areas corresponding to the chosen profile (direction) education.
3. Upon admission to the specialty, the winners (diplomas of I, II, III degrees) of the third (regional, Minsk city) stage of the republican Olympiad in biology, held by the Ministry of Education in the academic year that ended in the year of admission, as well as persons awarded gold, silver a medal or graduated from institutions of secondary specialized education with a diploma with honors (if there is a recommendation from the pedagogical council of the educational institution they graduated from).

4. When entering a specialty 1-31 01 01-02 Biology (scientific and pedagogical activity) persons who have been trained in specialized classes (groups) of a pedagogical orientation of institutions of general secondary education, if there are marks in the education certificate of at least 7 (seven) points in all academic subjects and marks of at least 8 (eight) points in academic subjects corresponding to the subjects profile tests (subject to the recommendation of the pedagogical council of the educational institution they graduated from, and based on the results of an interview conducted by the HEI in the manner established by the Ministry of Education), subject to subsequent mandatory work on distribution after receiving higher education in full-time at the expense of the budget at least five years.

Graduates of specialized classes of pedagogical orientation must submit documents from 12 to 14 July 2019

List of positions, professions, types of entrepreneurial activity, specialties of vocational and secondary specialized education, giving the right to participate in the competition for higher education of the 1st stage in correspondence or evening forms at the expense of the republican budget

The list was compiled by educational and methodological associations in the field of higher education in accordance with parts one and two of paragraph 4 of the Rules for the admission of persons for higher education of the 1st stage, approved by Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus dated 07.02.2006 No. 80.

Approved by the First Deputy Minister of Education of the Republic of Belarus V.A. Bogush May 06, 2015

Features of accounting for the average score of a document on education

For enrollment of applicants who have received secondary specialized education, the average score of the diploma of secondary specialized education is taken into account in the total score.

For enrollment of applicants who have received vocational education on the basis of general secondary education, the total scores take into account the average score, defined as the arithmetic mean when summing up all marks in documents on education (certificate of general secondary education and diploma of vocational education).

Many scientists have long come to the conclusion that the Earth is a single organism in which all living beings are interconnected, and the violation of these connections leads to disastrous consequences for all mankind.

Oddly enough, but our planet has not yet been fully studied, as it is in constant development. Some species of living beings disappear, others appear. Therefore, today you will not surprise anyone with specialties that would have been a curiosity even 100 years ago. biochemist, microbiologist, geneticist, biotechnician and others.

You can get such an education only at the Belarusian State University of Minsk, which provides such an opportunity to everyone who is interested in wildlife and all the changes that take place in it.

Faculty opening

Since biology is a science that comprehensively studies all living beings on the planet and their interaction with each other and the environment, the need for specialists in this field became a priority in the USSR already at the end of the 20s of the last century. In Belarus, it was decided to open a department of natural science at the pedagogical department as early as 1922, and already the first enrollment was more than 150 people. Since biology as a science developed, new specialties appeared, and the number of people wishing to study increased every year, it was decided to create a separate training course, which subsequently separated into a new department.

The Department of Biology at the Belarusian State University of Minsk was opened in 1931 and since that time has been in constant development, as well as the science that is studied there. If in the 40s and 60s the faculty consisted of only 5 departments, then today there are 9 of them, among which 4 are completely new directions in biology.

Every year, more than 450 applicants enter various specialties of the Faculty of Biology of Minsk State University, and in general, almost 2,000 people study at the faculty every year.

The popularity of the department is caused not only by the demand for specialists in this field, but also by the well-equipped training base, which includes:

• Zoo museum.
• Botanical Garden.
• Research laboratory.
• Laboratory of Computing Technology.
• Vivarium and herbarium.

Location of the biofaculty in Minsk

The Department of Biology had to go through a lot together with BSU during the Soviet period. So, during the war years, she was evacuated in full force to the Skhodnya station, where teachers and students harvested wood and helped repair railway tracks, and continued their classes during short periods of rest.

After the end of the war, they already had to participate in the reconstruction of the capital after the bombing and erect a new building for the biofaculty of the Belarusian State University. Minsk at that time needed new specialists, therefore, as soon as it became possible, the students again filled the classrooms, but for a long time they had to “huddle” in an old two-story building that did not at all correspond to the scientific needs of the department.

Today, the address of the Biology Department of Minsk State University is 10 Kurchatova Street, where the Department of Biology moved in 1973. The need for a new building has been brewing for a long time, as not only the number of new disciplines has grown, but also the number of students. Currently, its building houses not only classrooms, but also the Zoological Museum and the Botanical Garden, which invite young people to work for them. You can write about the desire for cooperation to the address: Faculty of Biology, Belarusian State University, Minsk, Independence Ave., 4.

How to enter and what specialties

To date, at the Faculty of Biology, you can enter the following departments:

• Specialty: "Biology", direction - "research and production" and "scientific and pedagogical activity", specialization - zoology, botany, genetics, human, animal and plant physiology, molecular biology.
• Specialty: "biochemistry" with a specialization in the biochemistry of drugs and analytical biochemistry.
• Specialty: "microbiology", specialization - "applied" and "molecular biology".
• Specialty: "bioecology", specialization - "general ecology".

To become a student and study one of the listed specialties at the Faculty of Biology, Minsk State University (applicants' reviews confirm this), you should have extensive knowledge in biology and chemistry, as well as an average score on the results of the Unified State Examination:

• For admission to the budget department - 284 points.
• On a paid basis, 212 passing points are enough.

The training lasts 5 years, the deadline for submitting documents to budgetary departments is from 12 to 17. 07, for part-time students - from 12.07 to 04.08. At the Faculty of Biology, Minsk State University, there is no correspondence department only for the specialty "Biology" in the direction of "Biotechnology". All other departments provide both full-time and distance learning. As the “lucky ones” who entered the university note in their reviews, the additional points that are awarded for participation and victory in biological olympiads and other educational competitions help to get ahead of competitors and provide a place in the budget department. You can find out if the surname of the applicant is included in the lists of enrolled (biological department, Belarusian State University Minsk) students by driving to the head building of the university or by calling the hotline.

General ecology and teaching

This department trains not only teachers of biology and chemistry at schools, but also such narrowly focused specialists as a "biologist-ecologist". The opening of the department of "general ecology and methods of teaching biology" took place in 1974 after the Biology Department of Minsk State University moved to a new building.

To date, the department has 10 teachers, of which three are doctors and four are candidates of biological sciences. The scientific disciplines that are studied at this department are:

• general ecology;
• biometrics;
• hydroecology;
• agricultural ecology;
• geography;
• nature management;
• methods of teaching biology and educational work.

The Department of General Ecology and Teaching Biology provides applicants with the opportunity to study full-time and part-time. Over the years of her work, more than 1000 certified highly qualified environmental biologists have graduated. Students who graduated from this department speak warmly about its teachers.

Department of Botany

This department was opened when there was no Faculty of Biology at BSU Minsk. In 1924, on the basis of the Faculty of Education, a department of natural science was opened, which included 3 biological departments: botany, zoology and animal physiology.

Already at that time, the training of students was not exclusively theoretical, as they were connected to research work carried out by teachers of the department. Naturally, the lack of a practical base affected the scale of the educational process, but it was at that time that the idea of ​​​​creating the Zoological Museum and the Botanical Garden was born and gradually brought to life.

Today, the main direction of the work of the Department of Botany is the training of specialists who are engaged in the study and assessment of the state of plants growing in Belarus in various biomes and zones.

The main teaching disciplines of the department:

• plant morphology;
• systematization of higher plants;
• crop production;
• geobotany;
• pharmacognosy and others.

Not so long ago, a branch of the Department of Botany was opened at the Institute of Experimental Botany. VF Kuprevich, which allowed students to study in modern scientific laboratories equipped with the latest equipment. In their feedback, students note that this opportunity helped them to study their future specialty in depth.

Cell biology and bioengineering

This department was opened at the Minsk State University in 1928, when there was a shortage of workers qualified in the field of plant physiology and their biochemistry. Since its foundation, this department has produced almost 1,700 specialists, which indicates the demand for specialists involved in the development of increasing crop yields, predicting environmental threats and ways to prevent them.

Among the disciplines studied:

• plant physiology;
• occupational Safety and Health;
• xenobiology;
• introduction to systems biology and others.

The department provides education and training of specialists in the following specialties:

• Biology (scientific activity).
• Biology (pedagogical activity).
• Bioecology.
• Biochemistry.
• Microbiology.
• Physiology of plants.

Graduates of the department are engaged in teaching activities and conduct scientific research in the reserves and reserves of the country. The reviews and memories of most of them about the years of study at their favorite faculty are the most pleasant.

Department of Genetics

Genetics is a relatively "young" science, but it is developing so rapidly that a scientific department that conducts training and scientific activities in this direction was opened at the Belarusian State University already in 1947.

Initially, the department carried out developments in the direction of studying the genetic characteristics of the alkaloid content of lupine, then, already in the 60s and 70s, it began to train specialists in genetics and cytology. Along with academic education, scientific developments in the field of molecular genetics of bacteria are carried out at the department.

For the entire time of the department's work, 10 people among its graduates became doctors of science, and more than 70 - candidates. Currently, at this department, students receive stationary and correspondence education, it also has a master's and postgraduate studies.

To enroll in the Department of Genetics, you should contact the admissions office, located in the central building of the university, and not the Faculty of Biology of Minsk State University. How to get to Independence Avenue, 4? From the bus station, a fixed-route taxi No. 1 goes to it. From the central building directly to the building of the biological faculty at 10 Kurchatov Street, bus No. 47 goes (it also goes from the railway station).

Department of Biochemistry

Biochemists study the chemical processes that take place in the cells of plants and living organisms. This science considers not only the relationships and the elements that make up them, but also observes the mechanism of the occurrence of certain diseases in order to eliminate them.

To become a biochemist, one should enter the biological department of the Belarusian State University in Minsk. The feedback from graduates suggests that, despite the difficulty in studying such disciplines as biochemistry, biophysics, bioengineering and others, the very process of obtaining theoretical and practical knowledge is very exciting.

The Department of Biochemistry was opened in 1965 and today it has two new directions in specializations: “biochemistry of drugs” and “analytical biochemistry”. The training lasts five years, and the passing score for admission to the budget department is 316.

It trains specialists in such fields as nanobiotechnology, medical biochemistry, pharmacology and others.

Science at the biological faculty

This faculty stands out from the background of applied departments in that its staff and students are constantly in scientific research, since there is a well-equipped laboratory at the research institute for this, and its own Botanical Garden, and the Naroch Biological Station, and SNIL.

Scientific papers and books written on the basis of the results of practical experiments conducted jointly by teachers and students are published annually. It is not at all difficult to get into the literary lists of the biology department of the Belarusian State University in Minsk and pass for a person with a scientific mindset, if you take a serious approach to writing a term paper or a thesis.

Working at SNIL (student research laboratory), future specialists in molecular biology are trained in:

• cultivation of microorganisms and bacteria,
• molecular cloning,
• DNA sequencing,
• design of transgenic organisms.

and much more, which subsequently helps them find work in the best laboratories in the country or participate in international biological projects.

student life

But students of the Biology Department of Minsk State University are busy not only with education and science. Talented young people are happy to participate in the performances of the Biotheatre, which has been successfully operating since 1976. Not only student skits and KVNs are held here, but performances are also staged according to scripts written by students and teachers.

There are also scientific circles at the faculty, where students share their achievements and discuss the works of their scientific colleagues.

Sports life at the university is no less active. Faculty of Biology students participate in competitions in volleyball, table tennis, chess and other sports.

Finally

The Faculty of Biology of Belarusian State University in Minsk is a living organism, a huge world, which hundreds of young people dream of entering every year. This is due to the fact that graduates of the Faculty of Biology are successful specialists in their chosen field, which is possible only if there is an excellent material base and high-quality teaching methods.

The faculty was established on October 1, 1995 on the basis of the Faculty of Natural Sciences. 39 full-time teachers work at 3 departments of the faculty, including 1 doctor of science, 2 professors, 19 candidates of science. More than 800 students study, there are full-time and part-time departments. For their education, 19 equipped classrooms and a biological museum were provided. Ample opportunities are provided for teachers and students of the faculty by the Center for Ecology of the University, in the structure of which there is a department "Agrobiology", a Winter Garden, a garden of continuous flowering, an arboretum.

Contact Information

Dean's office hours

Monday - Friday: 8.30 - 17.00

Saturday: 8.30 - 13.30

Sunday is a day off

Deanery

	Nichishina Tatyana Viktorovna	dean, candidate of pedagogical sciences, associate professor, tel. 21-69-49 Reception time: Tuesday 15.00 - 17.00
	Kovalenko Viktor Viktorovich	Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs, Senior Lecturer, tel. 21-70-78
	Tolkach Galina Vladimirovna	Deputy Dean for educational work, Art. teacher, tel. 21-70-78
	Lenivko Svetlana Mikhailovna	Deputy Dean for Research, Candidate of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor
	Severin Natalya Vladimirovna	specialist in the organization and provision of the educational process, tel. 21-70-78
	Ogievich Yulia Viktorovna	secretary, tel. 21-70-78

Chairs

Specialty

DAY FORM OF TRAINING

Specializations:

• 1-31 01-02 01 "Zoology"
• 1-31 01-02 02 "Botany"
• 1-31 01-02 07 "Genetics"

Specialist Qualification: Biologist. Biology and chemistry teacher.

Duration of study: 4 years

• Biologist

Specialization:

• 1-33 01 01 01 General ecology

Duration of study: 4 years

List of primary specialist positions:

• trainee teacher
• Ecologist
• Biologist
• Teacher
• Junior Research Fellow

Specialist Qualification: Lecturer

Duration of study: 4 years

List of primary specialist positions:

• Teacher
• Teacher

EXTRAMURAL STUDIES

Specializations:

• 1-31 01-02 01 "Zoology"
• 1-31 01-02 02 "Botany"
• 1-31 01-02 07 "Genetics"

Specialist Qualification: Biologist. Biology and chemistry teacher

Study period: 5 years

List of primary specialist positions:

• Biologist
• Junior Research Fellow

Specialization:

1-33 01 01 01 General ecology

Qualification of the specialist: Biologist-ecologist. Biology and ecology teacher

Study period: 5 years

List of primary specialist positions:

• trainee teacher
• Ecologist
• Biologist
• Teacher
• Junior Research Fellow

Scientific activity

The departments of the Faculty of Biology work on the following scientific topics:

• Research work on the topic "Evaluation of the morphophysiological and genetic activity of brassinosteroids and steroidal glycosides to expand the spectrum of action of plant bioregulators of steroid nature" (supervisor - Karoza S.E., Associate Professor of the Department of Zoology and Genetics, Ph.D., Associate Professor);
• Research work on the topic "Establishment of the role of programmed cell death in the response of the wheat root to the impact of copper nanoparticles" (supervisor - teacher of the Department of Zoology and Genetics Kirisyuk Yu.V.);
• Research work on the topic "Methodological support of ecological and botanical disciplines" (supervisor - head of the department of botany and ecology Matusevich N.M., candidate of biological sciences, associate professor);
• Research work on the topic "Ecologization of the content of biological education of students" (supervisor - Martysyuk I.A., Associate Professor of the Department of Zoology and Genetics, Ph.D., Associate Professor);
• Research work on the topic "Formation of professional competencies among students in the study of disciplines of the chemical cycle" (supervisor - head of the department of chemistry Stupen NS, Ph.D., associate professor).