Faculty of Biology

Duration: 4 years (8 semesters)

Full-time program

Main subjects studied:

• Clinical Biochemistry;
• DNA-technology;
• Plant biochemistry;
• Biochemistry of critical conditions;
• Biochemistry with basic molecular biology;

Duration: 4 years (8 semesters)

Full-time program

Main subjects studied:

• Environmental anatomy of plants;
• Ecological Physiology;
• Ecology of Krasnodar Region;
• Ecological Monitoring, Fundamentals of Environmental Management

Duration: 4 years (8 semesters)

Full-time program

Main subjects studied:

• Genetics and Breeding;
• Genetic biotechnology;
• Specific genetics of plants;
• Genetic Monitoring;
• Genetic Monitoring;

Duration: 4 years (8 semesters)

Full-time program

Main subjects studied:

• Methods of zoological research;
• Ornithology;
• Hydrobiology;
• Herpetology;
• Teriology;
• Entomology;
• Ichthyology;
• Introduction to palaeontology;
• Theoretical Foundations of Environmental Protection

Duration: 4 years (8 semesters)

Full-time program

Main subjects studied:

• Microbiology with basic virology and biotechnology;
• Medical Microbiology;
• Microbial bioenergetics;
• Creation and application of microbial preparations;
• Genetic engineering of bacteria.

Duration: 4 years (8 semesters)

Full-time program

Main subjects studied:

• Ichthyology;
• Hydrobiology;
• Fish Ecology;
• Fish Behaviour;
• Fish Physiology;
• Ichthyopathology

Duration: 4 years (8 semesters)

Full-time program

Main subjects studied:

• Biological bases of fish farming;
• Methods of fisheries research;
• Water resources and water consumption in aquaculture;
• Enemies and diseases of fish in aquaculture.

Duration: 2 years (4 semesters)

Full-time program

Main subjects studied:

• Nature management;
• Specially Protected Natural Areas;
• Modern Problems of Biology;
• Agroecology;
• Geoecology;
• Applied Ecology; Applied Ecology;
• Systems Ecology; System Ecology;
• Environmental Safety;
• Environmental Expertise;
• Environmental monitoring.

Duration: 2 years (4 semesters)

Full-time program

Main subjects studied:

• Fauna and ecology of urbanised areas;
• Basics of biosecurity;
• Biodiversity;
• Basics of Environmental Management;
• Ecosystem monitoring;
• Parasitology;
• Biopollution;
• Environmental impact assessment and environmental expertise.

Duration: 2 years (4 semesters)

Full-time program

Main subjects studied:

• Environmental biotechnology and microbiological monitoring;
• Cell and DNA Technologies;
• Basics of microbial-plant interactions;
• Preparation of products of microbial synthesis;
• Biosecurity in microbiology.

Duration: 2 years (4 semesters)

Full-time program

Main subjects studied:

• Fundamental and Applied Biochemistry;
• Bioinformatics and data analysis;
• DNA diagnostic techniques;
• Fundamental and applied genetics;
• Genetic bases of selection;
• Molecular Biology.

Duration: 4 years (8 semesters)

Full-time program

Disciplines::

• Biodiversity of aquatic ecosystems;
• Research work in ichthyology.

Candidate’s examination in the special discipline «Ichthyology».

Duration: 4 years (8 semesters)

Full-time program

Disciplines::

• Entomology;
• Ecology and zoogeography of insects.

Candidate’s examination in the special discipline «Entomology».

Duration: 4 years (8 semesters)

Full-time program

Disciplines::

• Regional ecology;
• Biology and ecology researches methods.

Candidate’s examination in the special discipline «Ecology».

Main scientific directions developed by the department:

• Study of flora of the ecosystems of the North-West Caucasus and Pre-Caucasus, its protection and rational use.

Main scientific directions developed by the department:

• Development of methods to increase fish productivity of natural and artificial waters in the South of Russia.
• Calculation of damage caused by economic activities to aquatic biological resources of reservoirs in the region.
• Study of the current ecological status of water bodies in the North-West Caucasus.
• Composition, peculiarities of distribution and biology of allochthonous fish species in the waters of the North-West Caucasus.
• Assessment of the impact of water with altered physico-chemical characteristics on the early stages of fish development.

The main scientific directions developed by the department:

• Alternative energy sources based on microbial technology;
• Genetic basis of agricultural plant breeding;
• Applied biochemistry and molecular biology;
• Development of microbiological technologies for rehabilitation of natural ecosystems;
• Microbiological processing of oily waste;
• Microbiological Control and Monitoring of Objects;
• Development of technologies for protection of materials against microbial damage.

The main scientific directions developed by the department:

• Ecological-faunistic and biomonitoring studies of entomocenoses of southern Russia, insect sociology and breeding;
• Biological justification of monitoring the main pollinators of field and fruit crops in the Western Caucasus;
• Study, conservation and use of public insects in Krasnodar region;
• Fauna of terrestrial and aquatic biocenoses of the North-West Caucasus;
• Ecological-faunistic and biomonitoring studies of aquatic biocenoses of southern Russia;
• Ecological and toxicological assessment of aquatic zoocenoses using lower vertebrates;
• Ecology, biology and conservation of amphibians and reptiles of the North-West Caucasus;
• Assessment of damage to biodiversity objects — components of flora and fauna and their habitats when planning and carrying out economic works, calculation of damage, development of a list and calculation of costs of compensation measures in Krasnodar region.

• The Kuban State University Botanical Garden;
• Biological station «Kamyshanova Polyana» named after Professor V. Nagalevsky;
• Training and scientific-production laboratory for the study of honey bees;
• Novorossiysk Training and Research Marine Biological Centre.