Bashkir State Agrarian University

Bashkir State Agrarian University, BSAU – one of the oldest agricultural higher education institutions of Russia and a centre of education and research in the Bashkortostan Republic.

History

July 23, 1930 - Bashkir Agricultural Institute was established

December 30, 1933 - First class of graduates

1947 - Forestry Faculty was created

1950 - Farm Mechanization Faculty was set up

1954-1964 - Veterinary clinic, the main academic building and dormitory housing No. 1 were completed

1954 - Dissertation Defense for Candidate of sciences degree (PhD) started

1966 - A new major on «Economics and Farm Management» opened

1969 -Institute provides a major on «Accounting and Analysis in Agriculture». Advanced Management Training Faculty was formed

1980 - Bashkir Agricultural Institute was awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour for training highly qualified experts for agriculture and scientific achievements

1993 - Institute got the status of University and was renamed as Bashkir State Agrarian University.

1999-2009 - Palace of Culture «Yubileiny» was granted to the University. Connecting bridges between academic buildings were built. Livestock and poultry courtyard was built . Training and Scientific Center and tractor testing track built

2005 - A new branch in Sibai city was opened

2005 -Information Technologies and Management Faculty was created

Physical resources and facilities

• 7 modern academic buildings

• 7 faculties

• 7 comfortable dormitories

• Institute for Further Professional Education

• Extramural Training Department

• Library

• Information Technology Center

• Journal «Vestnik of BSAU»

• BSAU Publishing Centre

• Innovation Center

• Institute for Innovation Development

• Research and Education Center

• Training and Scientific Center

• Training and experimental farms

• Livestock and poultry courtyard

• Machine and tractor station

• Training apiary

• Greenhouses

• Winter Garden

• Aesthetic Education Center

• Youth Palace

• Sports and recreation camp

• Swimming pool

• Sports Centre

International activity

The University has been steadily maintaining contacts with leading academic institutions of the CIS countries, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Mongolia, and Turkey.

Academic mobility of teachers, undergraduates and postgraduates is realized within the framework of DAAD, TEMPUS, Fulbright programs and agreements with partner institutions. Over the past three years 260 undergraduates, postgraduates and teachers had an opportunity to participate in academic exchange programs, take practical training at agrarian enterprises or undertake internships abroad.

The most important partners of the University include such international organizations as AMAZONE, KWS SAAT AG, KWS LOCHOW GMbH, EKONIVA, Syngenta AG, Farmtec.

Faculties

1. Agrotechnologies and Forestry - The faculty is the oldest unit of the university, its first activities were aimed to found an educational institution. The faculty has been renamed for several times since it was founded as Plant Growing in 1930. In 1933 it became Grain Production, in 1943 it was referred to as Crop Growing, then it had the status of the Agronomy faculty and Agrotechnologies and Agribusiness. It was reformed into the faculty of Agrotechnologies and Forestry on July 1, 2014.

Its main research areas:

study of soil formation processes and agroecological assessment of soil;

breeding and seed production of high productive environmentally adaptable early maturing varieties and hybrids of wheat, winter rye, sugar beet, clover, beans and sunflower;

scientific bases for crop and medicinal plants cultivation technologies;

production technologies to produce high-quality environmentally friendly plant products;

flow production technologies for high-protein fodder and alternative fodder crops;

agroecological features and application of biopreparations, bioactive fertilizers for seeds;

increasing efficiency of forests in the South Ural.

The faculty trained more than 12 highly-qualified experts, Bachelors and Masters.

2. Nature Management and Construction

he faculty was formed in the early 1970s to satisfy an arisen demand for qualified engineers to conduct necessary scientific studies and construct land reclamation facilities.

Its main research areas: Improving hydromechanization means of production processes in agriculture; price zoning of residential areas; land regulation in farm enterprises; higher efficiency of irrigated land use; integrated watershed management; maintenance monitoring and safety declaration of hydraulic structures; water quality prediction for water storage reservoirs in Bashkortostan; bed and foundation designing for site groundwater constraints; slope stability assessment.

More than 2,500 highly-qualified experts in Land Reclamation, Land Management and Land Regulation. graduated from our faculty.

The faculty consists of the following departments:

• Land Survey,
• Real Estate Cadastre and Geodesy,
• Land Management, Construction and Hydraulics.

3. Food Technologies

Food Technologies faculty was developed in 2001 to provide highly-qualified personnel for food and processing industries of the Republic of Bashkortostan. Our graduates are main heritage and pride. They have unique knowledge that helps them to take leading positions in different spheres and contribute to success of Bashkortostan and Russia.

The faculty closely cooperates with food processing enterprises where students undertake their internship and gain work experience. Important lectures and practical classes are given by leading food technology experts. Course works and graduation theses are usually based on internship data. There are university departments at leading food and processing enterprises to develop fundamental and applied researches for food production.

Today the faculty is engaged in chemical, technical and biological studies aimed at developing up-to-date technologies for animal and plant products production and processing, production of environmentally friendly food.

The faculty includes 4 departments:

• Chemistry,
• Life Safety and Technological Equipment,
• Catering Technology and Processing of Plant Raw Materials,
• Meat and Milk Technology.

4. Economics

Economics Faculty was established as the result of opening a new major on "Economy and Organization of Agriculture" in 1966.

The faculty consists of four specialized departments:

• Organization and Management;
• Economics of Farm Production;
• Accounting, Statistics and Information Systems for Economy;
• Finances and Credit.

The main research areas are: Improving financial architecture of economic systems; development of guidelines to improve accounting and economic analysis of business activities in farm enterprises; development of rural economy based on optimization of agricultural and non-agricultural activities; Management of enterprise economy (finance) in farm enterprises; economic issues in development of farm production; improving economic and statistical assessment of priority areas in innovative economy.

Students of the faculty take an active part in various regional and international competitions, contests, conferences, where they show good knowledge of their majors and win prizes.

Graduates of the faculty are in great demand in the labour market. A job of an economist has been always very popular and relevant, they can work in different fields and industries. In fact, there is no area where economists are not necessary or unpromising. They plan economic activities for a small department of an enterprise or a private company as well as conduct large-scale financial planning for economy of the whole country. The gained knowledge on Economics and work experience can be also helpful to start your own business.

5. Biotechnologies and Veterinary Medicine

The Faculty of Biotechnologies and Veterinary Medicine was founded by merging the faculties of Biotechnologies and Veterinary Medicine in 2012.

The Faculty of Biotechnologies started its history in 1930. It was first called as Animal Breeding. First animal breeders majored on Milk Production graduated from the Institution in 1933.

The Veterinary Medicine faculty was established in 1934. There was founded and operates a Vet Consulting and Diagnostic Centre. It includes an initial consultation room, a pet surgery room, an ultrasound scan and electrocardiography room, a laboratory for hematological, biochemical analysis and PCR, an X-ray room, a pharmacy, a pet boarding kennel.

The faculty has trained more than 9,000 animal breeders, animal engineers, 7,000 vet doctors. They serve in different spheres of animal production in the Republic of Bashkortostan, in Russia, CIS countries as well s in Afghanistan, Mongolia, Vietnam, Germany.

The faculty has four departments:

• Private Animal Science and Breeding; Animal Physiology,
• Biochemistry and Feeding,
• Morphology, Pathology, Pharmacy and Non-Contagious Diseases;
• Infectious diseases, Animal Hygiene and Veterinary Inspection.

6. Mechanics

Farm Mechanization Faculty was founded in 1950 and became a real source of farm engineers as well as a base to develop new faculties and majors at the university.

The faculty has developed the following scientific fields:

(1) Improvement of technology and facilities for technical service of automobiles, tractors and mobile equipment;

(2) Development of resource technologies for machine parts recovery and hardening;

(3) Studies of agricultural machinery working processes, modelling of mechanized crop production processes.

There are the following innovative science and production departments: Research and Production Company "Bashdiesel"Laboratory No. 19 of Russian State Research Institute "Technical Service Technology and Means for fuel Injection equipment of car, tractor and combine diesel engines", "Repair. Restore. Upgrading", "Engineering centre', small innovative enterprises "Vuz-techservis" and "Sputnik-al'ians".

Students of the faculty become winners and champions of many regional and Russian student competitions on different engineering subjects. The faculty's team has been a winner of many All-Russian student competitions on Theory of Machines and Mechanisms, Applied Mechanics and Farm Mechanization.

The faculty has trained more than 10 thousand engineers.

At present, the faculty consists of five departments:

• Mathematics,
• Mechanics and Engineering Graphics,
• Сonstruction and Road, Public Work and Farm Machinery,
• Machine and Tractor Systems,
• Metal Technology and Car Repair.

7. Energy

Energy Faculty started its history since 1998.

The faculty is provided with up-to-date facilities and equipment that contributes much to high quality training and fruitful research work. The very nature of training is based on a strong educational and technical base.

The departments of the faculty have two display rooms, a training ground, 28 training laboratories. Some of them are considered to be unique in equipment level and quality. These are the following laboratories: "Installation of electrical and automation equipment", "Lighting and Electric Technologies", "Automation Engineering", "Heat Engine Test", "Electromagnetism", "Electric micromachines, Automatic Control Systems for Apparatus and Automated Electric Power Supply", "Alternative Energy Sources". There is a specialized training ground to study power supply facilities.

The faculty has prepared more than 3,000 engineers.

Today, the faculty consists of the following departments:

• Thermal Power and Physics;
• Electric Machinery and Electric Equipment;
• Electric Power Supply and Use in Agriculture.