Institute of Geography, Geology, Tourism and Service

Duration: 4 years (8 semesters)

Full-time program

The profile is relevant, practice-oriented, aimed at the professional training of an active, competitive specialist of the new generation,

• Experienced in international practices of physical geography and spatial planning
• capable of carrying out comprehensive geographical research and working on spatial and territorial development and planning.

The profile

• Provides students with a systematic understanding of contemporary socio-economic geography;
• involves the study of existing and the development of new methods and technologies of geographical research, justification, evaluation and study of spatial and territorial planning projects;
• provides training based on the implementation of modern scientific achievements in the educational process;
• allows to study some of the most important disciplines based on practical examples of geographical projects in Russia and abroad,
• ensures a seamless combination of the best Russian and international traditions.

The profile includes

• Modern teaching technologies, including analysis of real situations and cases;
• Work on modelling and designing the space of territories, etc., which contributes to the development of intellect, creativity and critical thinking.

The programme is taught by professors and associate professors from the Department of Geography, Geology, Tourism and Services, as well as practitioners, including its graduates, who hold leading positions in relevant organisations.

Main subjects studied:
• Physical and geographical research methods;
• Specially protected natural areas of the continents;
• Landscape aesthetics and design;
• Microclimatology;
• Water reservoirs and their impact on the environment;
• Principles of land use;
• Hydrography of the continents;
• Geography of modern continental landscapes;
• Rational use and protection of water resources;
• Landscape planning.

Duration: 4 years (8 semesters)

Full-time program

The programme is relevant, practice-oriented, aimed at the professional training of an active and competitive new generation of specialists,

• familiar with international practices of economic and geographical research and spatial planning
• with analytical skills in comprehensive geographical research and work related to spatial and territorial development and planning.

The programme

• provides students with a systematic understanding of the modern structure of socio-economic geography
• involves the study of existing and the development of new methods and technologies of geographical research, justification, evaluation and review of spatial planning projects.

Practitioners teach and help with the preparation of scientific and practical projects and practice-oriented assignments.

The educational process includes a large number of subjects with the use of information technology.

Main subjects studied:

• Basics of Sustainable Development;
• Research and modelling of geographical space;
• Socio-economic geography;
• Economic and Social Geography of the World;
• Urban Strategic Planning;
• Spatial development and spatial planning;
• Modern technologies in the study of territorial systems;
• Geoglobalistics;
• Transport logistics of the city;
• Economics of Urban Planning;
• History of Urban Planning;
• Regional Studies;
• Engineering Studies in Urban Planning;
• Assessment of quality of territorial and spatial environment of the settlement;
• Theory of Sustainable Development of the City.

Duration: 4 years (8 semesters)

Full-time program

The profiles are relevant, practice-oriented, aimed at the professional training of an active, competitive specialist of the new generation,

• Experienced in international practices of physical geography and spatial planning
• capable of carrying out comprehensive geographical research and working on spatial and territorial development and planning.

The profile

• Provides students with a systematic understanding of contemporary socio-economic geography;
• involves the study of existing and the development of new methods and technologies of geographical research, justification, evaluation and study of spatial and territorial planning projects;
• provides training based on the implementation of modern scientific achievements in the educational process;
• allows to study some of the most important disciplines based on practical examples of geographical projects in Russia and abroad, and ensures a seamless combination of the best Russian and international traditions.

The profile includes
• Modern teaching technologies, including analysis of real situations and cases;
• Work on modelling and designing the space of territories, etc., which contributes to the development of intellect, creativity and critical thinking.

The programme is taught by professors and associate professors from the Department of Geography, Geology, Tourism and Services, as well as practitioners, including its graduates, who hold leading positions in relevant organisations.

Main subjects studied:

• Extracurricular work in Life Safety;
• Extracurricular Work in Geography;
• Geography of Population;
• Geography of soils with the basics of soil science;
• Geomorphology;
• Geographical space exploration and modelling;
• Landscape science;
• Meteorology and climatology;
• Methods of teaching life safety;
• Methods of teaching geography;
• Fundamentals of scientific geographical research;
• Extremely dangerous natural phenomena on the territory of Russia;
• Labour protection at work and in the educational process;
• Workshop on methods of teaching geography;
• Modern means of assessment of learning outcomes in the field of life safety;
• Modern means of assessment of learning outcomes in geography;
• Modern theories of geography;
• Social and Economic Geography;
• Ways of autonomous survival;
• Tourist and excursion activities in education;
• Physical geography of continents and oceans;
• Physical geography of Russia.

Duration: 4 years (8 semesters)

Full-time program

Professional activity of the graduate:

• Geological exploration for hydrocarbon deposits in regional studies;
• Design and research activities in the oil and gas industry.

Main subjects studied:

• Fossil geology and geochemistry;
• Planning and execution of geological exploration;
• Methods of searching for hydrocarbon deposits;
• Computer technologies for geological and geophysical data processing;
• Petroleum lithology.

Duration: 4 years (8 semesters)

Full-time program

Professional activity of the graduate:

• Design and survey work for industrial and civil engineering projects, for the development of mineral deposits;
• Geological prospecting for underground water.

Main subjects studied:

• Foundations and basements;
• Engineering and geological calculations;
• Dynamics of underground waters;
• Soil mechanics;
• Hydrogeochemistry.

Duration: 4 years (8 semesters)

Full-time program

The profile is aimed at training highly qualified specialists with knowledge of

• Field and desktop mapping
• Databases,
• the design of new digital mapping products and user interfaces.

During their studies, students will learn how to

• Collect, organise and process spatial information at a range of scales, from local to global;
• produce thematic maps, map series or atlases
• Use and develop geographic information technologies and systems and telecommunications;
• Create databases and digital cartographic information banks;
• Use computer technology in scientific research and economic practice;
• Carry out cartographic interpretation of the results of various researches and observations, as well as data of statistical observations.

Main subjects studied:

• Topography;
• Map science;
• Geodesic bases of maps;
• Thematic Mapping in Physical Geography;
• Computer graphics and cartographic image processing;
• Aerospace imagery interpretation;
• Digital photogrammetry;
• Space imagery for map production;
• Geographic Information Software;
• Mathematical support and management of information systems;
• Geoinformatics;
• Map database design;
• Engineering geodesy;
• Fundamentals of statistics;
• Aerial Photogrammetry.

Duration: 4 years (8 semesters)

Full-time program

This profile prepares students for activities in congress and exhibition business, including organizing, holding and servicing congress, exhibition and symposium events, aimed at establishing and developing trade, economic, cultural and investment cooperation between Russian and foreign companies.

The educational process has a practical character with the development of competencies.

Highly qualified specialists and practitioners are involved in the implementation of the educational programme and they help to

• master practical skills
• test the theoretical knowledge acquired in practice.

Teachers use modern methods and information and communication technologies in the educational process.

Students learn two foreign languages during their studies.

Main subjects studied:

• Basics of project activities in services;
• Information networks and databases in congress and exhibition activities;
• Negotiation and public speaking techniques;
• Quality in services;
• Exhibition equipment;
• Basics of accounting in congress and exhibition activities;
• Business planning in congress and exhibition activities;
• Expertise and diagnostics of congress and exhibition activities;
• Innovations in congress and exhibition activities;
• Outsourcing and outstaffing in congress and exhibition activities;
• Logistics in congress and exhibition activities;
• Technical terminology in a foreign language (INCOTERMS, EDI);
• Fundraising and sponsoring;
• Geography of exhibition activities in Russia and worldwide;
• Management of congress and exhibition activities.

Duration: 4 years (8 semesters)

Full-time program

The profile is relevant to the realities of today’s economic development of the region and the country as a whole, as it focuses on the activity the purpose of which is

• Realisation of tourism and recreation needs
• recovery and development of physical and mental strength, improvement of intellectual level, which is based on the intrinsic value not only of the results, but also of the recreation process, its quality and the demand of consumers (society).

Highly qualified personnel, practitioners, who implement the educational programme, help to

• Develop practical skills,
• Test the theoretical knowledge acquired in practice.

Teachers use modern methods and information and communication technologies in the educational process.

Students learn two foreign languages during their studies.

Main subjects studied:

• Tourism statistics;
• Basics of project activities in tourism;
• Innovation in Tourism;
• Principles of Entrepreneurship in Tourism;
• Tourism Marketing;
• Financial and economic activities of a tourism enterprise;
• Tourism formalities;
• Information Technology in Tourism;
• Insurance in tourism;
• Intercultural interaction in tourism;
• Tourist transfer;
• Transport services in tourism and excursion activities;
• Geography of tourism in Russia;
• Studies of foreign tourist countries;
• Ecological safety of tourist and recreational systems.

Duration: 4 years (8 semesters)

Full-time program

The profile

• is important for the modern economy of the region and the country,
• is a systematic study and practical implementation of hotel, accommodation and guest house services, as well as apartment rentals,
• is focused on hospitality and catering services.

The programme is delivered by highly qualified staff who help students to

• Learn practical skills,
• Put the theoretical knowledge they have acquired into practice.

Teachers use modern methods and information and communication technologies in the teaching process.

Students learn two foreign languages during their studies.

Main subjects studied:

• Intercultural Interaction in the Hospitality management;
• Principles of project work in the hospitality management;
• Principles of hospitality;
• Management in hotel and restaurant activity;
• Work organisation in hotel business;
• Information technology in hotels and restaurants;
• Quality management in hotel and catering activity;
• Anti-crisis management in hotel and catering activity;
• Technological documentation and product (work) quality of catering services in hotel complexes;
• Logistics in hotel and catering activity;
• Basics of catering and hotel business;
• Sanatorium and resort activity;
• Logistics in hotel and catering activity; Logistics in hotel and catering activity;
• Material and technical base of hotel and catering complexes;
• Management of resort and recreational resources.

Duration: 4 years (8 semesters)

Full-time program

The profile is relevant, practice-oriented, aimed at professional training of active, competitive specialists of the new generation with analytical skills in the field of complex environmental research, whose work is aimed at ensuring ecological safety and minimising the negative impact of economic and other industrial activities on the environment.

Main subjects studied:

• Assessment of environmental safety of technologies and production;
• Environmental assessment of natural environment components;
• Fundamentals of environmental control;
• Environmental safety assessment of natural objects;
• Ecological support of economic activities;
• Ecology of urban environment.

Duration: 5 years (10 semesters)

Full-time program

The profile is relevant, practice-oriented, aimed at the professional training of an active, competitive specialist of the new generation, who is

• familiar with international practices in exploration geophysics
• possessing analytical skills in providing a complete set of works for prospecting and exploration of mineral deposits.

The programme

• Provides a systematic understanding of geophysical methods for the prospection and exploration of mineral deposits;
• involves the study of existing and the development of new methods and technologies of prospecting geophysics;
• provides education based on the introduction of modern scientific achievements into the educational process;
• enables the study of the most important individual disciplines on the basis of practical experience in Russia and abroad; and
• provides an organic combination of the best Russian and foreign traditions.

The programme uses modern educational technologies, including analysis of real-life situations, training simulating professional roles and actions, design, etc., which contribute to the development of intellect, creativity, critical thinking.

Main subjects studied:

• Electrical prospecting;
• Magnetic prospecting;
• Gravity prospecting;
• Seismic prospecting;
• Geophysical Well Surveys;
• Vertical Seismic Profiling;
• Geophysical field theory;
• Interpretation of gravity and magnetic anomalies;
• Seismic Wave Sources;
• Digital Signal Processing;
• Completion of terrestrial geophysical methods;
• Marine Geophysics;
• Seismostratigraphy and geological section prediction;
• Integrated geophysical data interpretation systems;
• Geophysical recording and processing complexes;
• Three dimensional seismic survey;
• Vibration seismic survey;
• Geological and Geophysical Engineering Research;
• Well drilling;
• Petroleum subsurface hydrodynamics;
• Applied thermal physics in geological media.

Duration: 5 years (10 semesters)

Full-time program

The programme is relevant, practice-oriented, aimed at the professional training of an active, competitive specialist of the new generation, who

• Is familiar with international petroleum geophysical practices
• has analytical skills to provide a complete set of works in well logging.

The programme

• Provides a systematic understanding of geophysical well logging methods;
• Provides research into existing and development of new methods and technologies of field geophysics;
• provides training based on the introduction of modern scientific achievements into the educational process;
• provides an opportunity to study some of the most important subjects using practical examples of Russian and international experience;
• provides an organic combination of the best Russian and foreign traditions.

The programme uses modern educational technologies, including analysis of real-life situations, training simulating professional roles and actions, design, etc., which contribute to the development of intellect, creativity, critical thinking.

Main subjects studied:

• Electric prospecting;
• Magnetic Prospecting;
• Gravity Prospecting;
• Seismic Prospecting;
• Geophysical prospecting;
• Borehole geophysics;
• Physics of oil and gas reservoirs;
• Estimation of hydrocarbon reserves;
• Well logging geophysical equipment;
• Integration of borehole geophysical methods;
• Interpretation of geophysical well data;
• Checking the technical condition of a well;
• Geological and technological studies during the drilling of wells;
• Field development control using geophysical methods;
• Geological and geophysical modelling of reservoirs under development;
• Perforating and blasting of wells;
• Engineering geological and geophysical studies;
• Well drilling;
• Subsurface petroleum hydrodynamics;
• Applied thermal physics of geological media.

Duration: 2 years (4 semesters)

Full-time program

The programme has a current, practical character, aimed at the professional training of an active, competitive specialist of the new generation:

• familiar with international practices of economic and geographical research and spatial planning
• Able to carry out comprehensive geographical research and analysis, and to work on issues related to global change and spatial development.

The programme

• Provides students with a systematic understanding of the contemporary structure of socio-economic geography
• involves the exploration of existing and the development of new methods and technologies for geographical research, justification, evaluation and scrutiny of spatial planning projects.

Practitioners teach academic subjects and help students do scientific and practical projects and practice-oriented assignments.

In the educational process, many disciplines are taught using information technology.

Main subjects studied:

• Strategic planning of socio
• economic development of regions
• Changes in the territorial organisation of society
• Spatial development and management
• Theories of global change
• Global socio
• ecological sustainability
• Modelling of regional socio
• economic development
• Geopolitics
• Integrated territorial development programmes
• Administrative and territorial organisation of the state
• Management of territorial and political systems
• Regional policy
• Fundamentals of local economy
• Theory of Spatial Development
• New economic geography
• History, theory and methodology of geography.

Duration: 2 years (4 semesters)

Full-time program

The profile has a current, practical character, aimed at the professional training of an active, competitive specialist of the new generation,

• experienced in international practices of physical geography research and spatial planning
• competent in integrated geographical research and work related to physical geography and spatial planning. The profile
• provides students with a systematic understanding of the contemporary structure of socio
• economic geography
• focuses on the exploration of existing and the development of new methods and technologies of geographical research, justification, evaluation and assessment of spatial planning projects
• provides education based on the implementation of modern scientific achievements in the educational process
• enables the study of some of the most important disciplines on the basis of practical examples of the implementation of geographical projects in Russia and abroad, and
• provides an organic combination of the best Russian and international traditions.

The programme uses modern educational technologies, including analysis of real situations and cases, work on modelling and design of space, territories, etc., which contribute to the development of intellect, creativity, critical thinking.

The teaching process is carried out by leading full-time lecturers as well as managers and employees of professional organisations.

Main subjects studied:

• Geo-ecology
• Fieldwork in physical geography
• Use and processing of geographical information
• Problems of nature management in Krasnodar region
• Geomorphology of urban areas
• Anthropogenic landscapes of the continents
• Modern problems of landscape science
• Specially protected natural areas of Krasnodar region
• Land reclamation and water management complex in Kuban
• Physical and geographical zoning of the North Caucasus
• Physical geography of the world
• Landscape and territorial planning.

The programme has a current, practical character, aimed at the professional training of an active, competitive specialist of the new generation

• familiar with international management practices in tourism and recreation systems
• with analytical skills in geography and tourism.

The programme is run by highly qualified staff who help students to

• Develop practical skills
• Put theoretical knowledge into practice.

Teachers use modern methods, information and communication technologies in the educational process.

Main subjects studied:

• Project Management in Geography
• System Analysis and Decision Making in Geography
• Leisure Geography and Resource Studies
• Foreign Languages in Professional Practice
• Geographic Information Systems in Tourism and Leisure
• Theory and practice of intercultural communication in the workplace
• Geography of international and domestic tourism
• Theory and design of tourism and leisure systems
• Business planning and forecasting in tourism and recreation
• Expertise of projects and works in tourism and recreation systems
• Territorial marketing
• Strategic management of tourism and recreation areas
• Special economic zones in tourism and recreation
• Sustainable development of tourism and recreation systems
• Methods of complex research of tourist-recreational systems.

The programme has a current, practical character, aimed at the professional training of an active, competitive specialist of the new generation having analytical skills in the field of complex environmental researches and works directed on

• Ensuring environmental safety,
• minimising the negative impact of economic and other industrial activities on the environment.

Main subjects studied:

• Methods of biodiversity assessment
• Fundamentals of energy and resource saving
• Geo-ecological monitoring.

The programme has a current, practical character, aimed to train an active and competitive new generation of professionals,

• who are familiar with international geophysical practices
• who have the analytical skills to provide a full range of expertise in the geophysical methods of exploration of the Earth’s crust.

The programme

• provides students with a systematic understanding of geophysical prospecting and exploration methods
• Includes the study of existing and the development of new methods and technologies of prospecting geophysics
• provides training based on the introduction of modern scientific achievements into the educational process
• allows to learn some of the most important subjects on the basis of practical examples of Russian and international experience
• provides an organic combination of the best Russian and foreign traditions.

The programme uses modern educational technologies, including analysis of real-life situations, training simulating professional roles and actions, design, etc., which contribute to the development of intellect, creativity, critical thinking.

Major subjects studied:

• Computing in Geology
• Soil mechanics
• Probabilistic
• statistical methods of geological and geophysical data processing
• Seismic prospecting in the study of the upper part of the geological section
• Electric prospecting in the study of the upper part of the geological section
• Gravity and magnetometry for the study of the upper part of the geological section
• Computational mathematics systems
• Engineering geophysics tasks
• Management of production processes in geological exploration
• Digital registration of geophysical data
• Georadar research
• Completion of geophysical methods in engineering surveys
• Modern problems of geology
• Seismo
• acoustic research in water areas
• Study of physical and mechanical properties of rocks
• Seismic microzonation
• Geophysical monitoring of tectonic activity in Kuban region
• Application of geophysical methods in archaeology
• Investigation of underground utilities using geophysical methods.

The graduate’s field of work:

• Geological consultancy
• Public administration in subsoil use
• Examination of mineral reserves
• Legal regulation of mineral extraction.

Main subjects studied:

• Computer technology for conducting, processing and interpreting geological and geophysical materials
• Oil and gas content of the shelf
• Complex reservoirs
• Modern geodynamics of oil and gas basins
• Project Management in Geology.

The graduate’s field of work:

• Geological risk management
• Engineering and geological documentation expertise
• Public administration in construction, urban planning activity
• Legal regulation of planning and surveying activities.

Main subjects studied:

• Geo
• information systems and technologies for solving engineering and geological problems
• Methods of typification, engineering
• geological zoning and modeling
• Engineering and geological protection of territories against natural hazards
• Risk analysis of geological hazards
• Engineering and geotechnical investigations.

The Department of Economic, Social and Political Geography is one of the top ten centres of economic, social and political geography in Russia, along with Moscow and St. Petersburg, where the training of professional geographers and economic, social and political geography research are carried out in priority scientific directions. Among the higher educational institutions of Krasnodar region the department is the only structural unit that trains specialists, bachelors, masters in economic, social and political geography, teachers in the profiles «Geography» and «Life safety».

The mission of the Department is to educate and train professional geographers in the field of education, scientific research and project surveying activity, who can work successfully in institutions and organisations of the widest profile.

Currently, the Department participates in the implementation of Bachelor’s (05.03.02 Geography, 44.03.05 Pedagogical Education), Master’s (05.04.02 Geography) and Postgraduate (05.06.01 Earth Sciences) programmes. The Department has more than 100 undergraduate and postgraduate students.

The Department has launched and implemented additional professional programmes — programmes for professional retraining «Teacher» and «Management of resorts, hospitality and tourism», which allow you to acquire new skills and (or) competencies necessary for future professional activities.

Since 2013 the Department has been headed by Vera Minenkova, Candidate of Geography, Associate Professor.

Graduates of the Department work in key positions in government agencies and enterprises of Krasnodar Region, Republic of Adygea and other regions of Russia and the world.

The mission of the Department of Physical Geography is to train highly qualified personnel in the system of geographical education, landscape and territorial planning, as well as to train researchers aimed at achieving basic and applied scientific results.

Teachers of the Department participate in international conferences, have publications in foreign languages and take part in research work.

The mission of the Department is to train highly qualified mining engineers — geophysicists capable of analysing, modelling and solving problems in the field of geology and geophysics, as well as to train researchers aimed at achieving fundamental and applied scientific results.

Teachers of the Department participate in national and international conferences; have publications in foreign languages; carry out scientific, pedagogical, methodological and practical work according to the profiles of the disciplines taught. Main areas of scientific research:

• Generalisation of geological and geophysical materials on field and field methods of investigation of the territory of the Western Kuban Trough and development of oil and gas fields in the region in order to justify the promising directions of geological exploration in the region
• Justification of field geophysical data for the calculation of hydrocarbon reserves in new oil and gas fields in the West Kuban Trough
• Development of mathematical models and computer programs for oil spill detection in the Azov
• Black Sea basin
• Geological and geophysical surveys of hazardous natural geological features
• seismic zones, landslides, field testing of soils, routing of utilities, etc
• Development of geophysical survey technologies for engineering surveys for industrial and civil engineering purposes
• Modelling of seismic wave fields: development of algorithms and software
• Development of seismic survey technologies in shallow water and transit zones
• Development of methods for grouping pneumatic sources for marine seismic surveys. Theoretical and experimental study of their characteristics.

The Department of Petroleum Geology, Hydrogeology and Geotechnics trains highly qualified specialists in the field of petroleum and engineering geology.

The staff of the Department includes representatives of famous «geological schools», who participate in international conferences and carry out scientific research. Their publications are listed in international journals indexed in Scopus and WoS. The staff of the Department has won more than 20 prizes, awards and diplomas. Heads of the leading industrial enterprises of Krasnodar region are invited to read individual courses.

Modern information resources are widely used in the educational process. There are laboratories of physical properties of rocks, petrography and geological modelling. Field training is carried out at the University’s training base on the Black Sea coast.

The Department offers a wide range of career opportunities and its graduates are highly sought after in the Russian and international markets.

The mission of the Department of International Tourism and Management is to provide undergraduate, masters and doctoral studies in tourism, hospitality and services; to promote research and development in leisure geography and world-class tourism science and to train professionals capable of successfully managing organisations in a dynamic and global business environment.

As students progress through the programmes of the Department, they acquire key skills. Graduates work not only in Russia but also abroad.

The faculty of the department actively participates in scientific conferences on the problems of tourism, hospitality and services. Teachers of the department publish scientific and educational works on tourism, hotel industry and services. There are a number of manuals devoted to the organisation of the educational process and students’ practice in the direction of training.

The scientific activity of the Department is focused on research in the following areas

• Study of floristic and phytocoenotic biodiversity of the Caucasus ecoregion, status of rare species
• Study of contemporary geo-ecological problems of sustainable development of mountain regions
• Red List monitoring
• Regional phytoprospecting
• Inventory of strictly protected areas in the north
• western part of the Greater Caucasus and optimisation of the system of protected areas
• Study of degradation processes in the ecosystems of the Krasnodar region
• The structure and functioning of urban ecosystems
• Application of modern magnetic resonance methods to study the environmental characteristics of natural environment components
• Study of characteristics of ecological balance in urban areas
• Soil chemistry and ecology.

A scientific conference «Topical problems of geoecology and nature management» is organised at the international level, the proceedings are published following the conference.

The mission is to promote the training of highly qualified specialists in modern geographical research, socio-economic geography, digital cartography and geoinformatics. The Department of Geoinformatics is the only educational centre in Krasnodar region that trains specialists in the field of geoinformatics and cartography. Training in geoinformatics has been carried out since 2000. Graduates of the department work in Russia and abroad in modern high-tech spheres:

• Geo-information systems for various activities (from municipal to ecological),
• geodesy and engineering surveying
• nautical and other mapping
• Space data interpretation,
• 3D modelling, etc.

The practical orientation of the education is achieved by involving managers and employees of geodetic organisations in the educational process.

Primary professional skills and abilities are acquired by the students during practice in profile organisations of Krasnodar region.

Active methodical and research work is carried out in the department:

• Teaching materials are published,
• Scientific research activity is organised, the results of which are regularly presented at Russian and international scientific conferences,
• The results are regularly presented at Russian and international scientific conferences and published in leading professional journals.