Michurinsk State Agrarian University
The university provides bachelor and master courses in different branches of agriculture for about 7400 students. Academic staff of the university conducts research in horticulture, agronomy and agricultural ecology, food production, agricultural engineering and economics. 113 PhD students carry out research in 21 major fields of agriculture. The university arranges 3-4 international scientific conferences annually on research in different agricultural and food production areas. About 90 international students from the CIS, Africa and China study at MichSAU bachelor and master courses. Some courses are partially delivered in English. Providing strategic partnership among agribusiness, education and society as well as working out the system of continuing education for agricultural professionals are key aims of the Institute of Further Training and Students’ Employment Assistance, which belongs to the university structure. Located in the Central Black Earth Zone, MichSAU plays an important role to provide the region with qualified agricultural experts. The university closely cooperates with the regional enterprises organizing consultancy work for agricultural experts. Due to the participation in the project of infrastructural development the university has recently built and equipped a new greenhouse research complex and a modern scientific-research centre, including the laboratory of advanced storage technologies, the laboratories of soil chemistry and physics and functional food production. Due to its longstanding tradition much attention is given to the development of the horticultural area, e.g. testing the frost resistance capacity of apple rootstocks. Preserving the fertility of the black soil types in the region has become more acute recently and is within the research scope of the Soil Chemistry and Physics Laboratory that has been investigating the biological peculiarities of the black soil degradation and estimation of its agro-ecological characteristics.
Contact:
Elena Yashina
Head of International Relations
Phone: +4 75 45 9 45 09
e-mail: yashina@mgau.ru