On April 27, the Institute of Geography hosted the Open Day of the Magistracy

On the online platform, listeners from the cities of Altai Krai, the Kemerovo Region of Russia, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan joined the webinar, graduate students of Altai State University took part in the webinar in person.

The Institute of Geography is a leading center for geographic education and research in the geosciences. The institute has four departments, each of which is a leading center in its direction. The Institute brings together specialists, expert practitioners, scientific organizations, public authorities and business representatives, which opens up endless opportunities for building a career in any of the Institute's areas.

The Institute of Geography currently implements six areas of the master's program, including eight programs. At the webinar, heads of educational programs spoke about the opportunities that open up for graduates and the uniqueness of each program at the webinar.

Master's program 05.04.02 "Geography" includes three educational programs:

1. "Geoinformation technologies for the sustainable development of the region", the program director Irina Rotanova, candidate of geographical sciences, an associate professor of the Department of Physical Geography and GIS;

2. "Agromonitoring and sustainable development of territories", the program director Andrey Bondarovich, candidate of geographical sciences, an associate professor of the Department of Economic Geography and Cartography;

3. "Spatial analytics and environmental management in Central Asia", the program director Olga Latysheva, candidate of agricultural sciences, an associate professor of the Department of Economic Geography and Cartography.

Direction 05.04.06 "Ecology and nature management" on the profile "Management of nature management", the program director Svetlana Slazhneva, candidate of geological sciences, an associate professor of the Department of Nature Management and Geoecology.

Direction 21.04.02 "Land management and cadastres" on the profile "Cadastre and sustainable development of the territory", the program director Vladimir Tatarintsev, Doctor of Agricultural Sciences in Economics, Professor of the Department of Economic Geography and Cartography.

Direction 35.04.09 "Landscape architecture" in the profile "Landscape architecture", the program director Olga Baryshnikova, candidate of geographical sciences, an associate professor of the Department of Physical Geography and GIS.

Direction 43.04.01 "Service" on the profile "Management of the sanatorium and resort business", the program director Natalya Bitter, candidate of pedagogical sciences, an associate professor of the Department of Recreational Geography, Service, Tourism and Hospitality.

Direction 43.04.02 "Tourism" in the profile "Tourist and recreational systems: design and management", the program director Alexander Redkin, candidate of geographical sciences, an associate professor of the Department of Recreational Geography, Service, Tourism and Hospitality.

Employment prospects and career trajectory after graduation from INGEO master's programs were revealed by invited master's graduates of the Institute of Geography.

“A master's degree is decisive for the career growth. It is quite difficult to take a leadership position without a master's degree. In my department, out of nine people, eight are graduates of the educational programs of the Institute of Geography. There are more than a thousand jobs in the system of state management of nature management in Altai Krai alone. Basically, these are top managers, and several times more employees at enterprises interacting with the environmental management department, who, in their professional activities, simply need to know the environmental management system,” said Nina Loginova, Deputy Head of the State Geological and Land Supervision Department, INGEO, supervision of protected areas and in the field of hunting of the South Siberian Interregional Department of the Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Nature Management (Rosprirodnadzor).

“Having a master’s degree from the Institute of Geography, I got a job at the Forest Protection Center of Altai Krai, where I promoted the creation of a department for remote observations and geographic information systems. Subsequently, my scientific work, carried out in the magistracy, aroused great interest in Moscow at the competition of scientific projects organized by Roslesozashchita. Colossal knowledge, experience in analytics and work with GIS programs were highly appreciated, and I received an invitation to work in Moscow. But, despite the good offer, I decided to continue improving my knowledge, so I chose to further improve my skills at my native university. The foundation of knowledge gained in the magistracy of the Institute of Geography allowed me to go into science. Now I work at the Institute and lead the university development project within the framework of the Priority 2030 Program. I believe that the master’s degree and the knowledge gained have become fundamental in my work trajectory!” shared her story Lyudmila Dolgacheva, teacher at the Department of Physical Geography and GIS, head of the project “Ecological state of agrogenic soils and modes of their rational use in the conditions of the dry steppe of Altai Krai.”