Biology

Biological direction includes:

Bachelor's degree (individual educational trajectory - biochemistry and biotechnology, cell and molecular biology, genetics and evolutionary biology, Microbiology, physiology and neurobiology) – 599 people (42 for.);

Master's degree (Microbiology and Virology, biochemistry and molecular biology, genetics, biomedical science, bioinformatics, neurobiology, pharmacology, information technologies in pharmacology. Totaly 16 programs, including 3 in English medium, 1 ("Human and animal Physiology") in network form with the participation of 5 Federal Universities, 1 has international accreditation "Neuroscience") – 100 (32 for.) people;

Postgraduate studies (9 specialities) – 145 (26 foreigners).

Key Russian and foreign partners in realization of programs of this direction and their role:

Giessen University named Justus Liebig (Giessen, Germany); Mediterranean Institute of neurobiology (Marseille, France); Institute Pasteur (Paris, France); Hiroshima University (Hiroshima, Japan); Jagiellonian University (Krakow, Poland); Max Planck Institute Badnauhaym (Leipzig, Germany); Louisiana tech University (Baton Rouge, USA); University of Eastern Finland (Kuopio, Finland); University of Salzburg (Salzburg, Austria); Cancer center Fox chase (Philadelphia, PA, USA); Institute for polar and marine research named Alfred Wegener (Potsdam, Germany); Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics of Kazan scientific center RAS; Institute of organic and physical chemistry of Kazan scientific centre RAS; Institute of biochemistry and physiology of microorganisms RAS, Moscow; Institute of biochemistry and physiology of microorganisms RAS, Pushchino, Russia; Murmansk marine biological Institute, Kola scientific center RAS; Polar research Institute of marine fisheries and Oceanography (PINRO), Murmansk.

The role of partner organisations (approx 200) — scientific training and scientific production practices.

Graduates are employed in research institutions of RAS and Universities, research and design organizations, the Ministry of environment, Government institutions like Rosprirodnadzor, Rosselkhoznadzor, Glavrybvod, food and biotechnological production, divisions of criminalistics of the Ministry of internal Affairs, the laboratory of functional diagnostics, institutions of the system of standardization of pharmacological and food products, the Petrochemical industry, a breeding station of Rospotrebnadzor, biotechnological production, agriculture, plant protection station, forest experiment station, forest reserves, botanical gardens, company landscaping and decorative floriculture, educational institutions. In 3-5 years of work graduates of the KFU are beginning to occupy positions of heads of laboratories, production sites, managers of creative groups in the industry research Institute.