Voronezh State University of Forestry and Technologies named after G.F. Morozov

Voronezh State University of Forestry and Technologies named after G.F. Morozov is a large university of forestry engineering profile with long traditions and the ninety-year history of educational, scientific and cultural activities. The University is the only institution, which implements a comprehensive educational program to train qualified personnel in the field of sustainable forest management, plantation forestry, forest genetics and selection, field afforestation, ecology and environmental management, landscape architecture, fighting wildfires, comprehensive mechanization and automation of production processes, processing and modification wood, furniture manufacture, operation and maintenance of road transport, organization and road safety, industrial economy and production management in the vast geographical area of Central, North Caucasus and Southern Federal districts of the Russian Federation.
University became the birthplace of many new areas of research and training. Now the University implements 30 major educational programs (profiles) to train bachelors, 11 master's programs; 10 post-graduate programs are accredited.
Since 2008, according to the agreement between the United Nations Organization on Education, Scientific and Cultural questions (UNESCO) unique to the Russian Federation UNESCO Chair "Protection of biodiversity of forest ecosystems in the context of sustainable development" have been operating on the basis of VSUFT.
For about 90 years VSUFT has graduated over 50 thousand qualified professionals. Currently, many of the former students have become respected and well-known experts in the world, including the chairman of the State Forestry Committee, ministers, heads of agencies of the regional forestry, forestry director, honored foresters, honored Master of Science and Technology, State prize laureate, honored employees of higher education, academics and professors.

In 2017 "Social Navigator" MIA "Russia Today" with the participation of the Center for Labor Market Research presented "The rating of the demand for universities in Russia in 2017”. In total in 2017, the study included 448 universities from 81 subjects of the country. Higher education institutions were assessed on such criteria as the demand for trained professionals by employers, the commercialization of the intellectual product produced by the university, and the demand for a research product. The rating included state, departmental, municipal and private higher education institutions that provided training for basic and supplementary higher education programs. Voronezh State University of Forestry and Technologies named after G.F. Morozov again entered the top 10 rating of agricultural universities of the country. https://na.ria.ru/20171212/1510667253.html

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