Kostroma State Agricultural Academy: faculties

For many, getting higher education is a chance not only to gain new knowledge, but also to extend your childhood for 4 or 5 years. That is why this period becomes the most memorable. To spend the best years of your youth it is possible in сельхоз. Academy in Kostroma. Here, students receive a quality education, become qualified professionals who are in demand on the labor market. What is the Kostroma State Agricultural Academy? What faculties does she have?

Brief History of the University

At the beginning of the XIX century, the Kostroma Oblast experienced a shortage of agricultural personnel. An attempt was made to rectify the situation in 1920 - an institute was opened in Kostroma to train relevant specialists. However, his story did not last long. At this time in Kostroma there was not enough material and technical base, teaching staff, so the institute was transferred to another city 3 years after the opening.

The necessary conditions for the reopening of the institution appeared in the post-war years. The opening of the Agricultural Institute took place in 1949. It was called "Karaevo", since it was created in the homonymous village, famous for breeding cattle with high milk productivity. From this educational institution later appeared Kostroma Agricultural Academy. The faculties that it has are always worth considering, because annually applicants make a choice and sometimes experience difficulties in it. So, the academy has 6 such structural divisions:

• Electric power;
• economic;
• Engineering and technological;
• Zootechny and veterinary medicine;
• Architectural and construction;
• Agribusiness.

Electric Power Department

The history of this faculty began in 1981. The Rector of the Institute ordered the creation of an electrification branch on the basis of one of the structural subdivisions. It worked for 3 years, and then it became an independent faculty. In 2016, it was renamed. The faculty of electrification became the power engineering faculty.

At present, the Kostroma State Agricultural Academy, represented by this structural unit, can offer only two courses of study for entrants to the bachelor's degree - "agroengineering" and "electrical engineering and electric power engineering". At the first of them, students are prepared for operation, repair, maintenance of various machines and equipment, and at the second - to transfer, use and distribution of electrical energy in production.

Faculty of Economics

The Kostroma State Agricultural Academy has been training economists for agriculture since 1963. At that time, these specialists were very much needed. Now the situation has not changed. Specialists with economic education are still in demand on the labor market. The Academy provides training in several areas:

• "economy";
• "management".

On each of the directions there are several profiles. They are associated with taxes and taxation, buh. Accounting, analysis and audit, small business management, etc. You can apply to the faculty not only for full-time education. The Kostroma Agricultural Academy also has a correspondence department. Also it is worth considering that on all specialties there is an opportunity to study remotely.

Faculty of Engineering and Technology

This structural unit exists for several decades. It was created during the formation of the Kostroma Agricultural Institute. Earlier the division was called the Faculty of Mechanization of Agriculture. In 2011, in connection with the renaming, the Engineering and Technology Department appeared.

The structural subdivision organizes the educational process in 2 areas of training at the bachelor's degree. Applicants to this faculty choose either "agroengineering" or "operation of transport-technological complexes and machines". After graduation, graduates are arranged for various enterprises of the agro-industrial complex, in research and design institutes, design organizations.

Faculty of zootechny and veterinary medicine

The Agricultural Academy in Kostroma established this structural unit in 1949. Today it prepares bachelors in the direction of "zootechny". The entrants have two options: to choose a profile associated with unproductive livestock (ie, breeding), or to pay attention to the profile that is associated with the technology of production of livestock products.

For people who want to enter a specialty, there is a specialty in the Academy "veterinary medicine". It is divided into several profiles:

• "Animal diseases";
• "Veterinary pharmacy";
• "Veterinary and sanitary examination".

Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering

The appearance of this structural unit is connected with the opening of the specialty "agricultural construction" in the educational institution. This event occurred in 1975. Together with the specialty appeared the same branch. The faculty was created a little later. The date of its foundation is 1978. The purpose of the faculty was to train builders.

The modern structural subdivision offers several directions. This is "architecture" and "construction." For the educational process there is a sufficient material and technical base. Kostroma State Agricultural Academy has properly equipped laboratories, computer classes, architectural workshops.

Faculty of Agribusiness

The history of the school shows that the faculty of agribusiness appeared in 1949. At the time of creation, it was called agronomic. After several decades, it became agrotechnological, and at the end of the last century was named the Faculty of Agribusiness.

The structural subdivision offers prospective students such a direction as "agronomy". Students learn how to grow plants, carry out an examination of the quality of crop production. After graduation they are arranged in agrofirms, enterprises engaged in the processing of plant raw materials, scientific research organizations.

In conclusion, it is worth noting that the university offers incoming a wide range of faculties, areas of training and specialties. Kostroma Agricultural Academy has approved budget places for many of them. Passing point for free training is to be specified in the admissions office. It stores all the statistical information, the results of the admission campaigns of the past.