Institute of Geography
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The Faculty of Geography was formed in 1986. It was based on the Department of Environmental Management under the Faculty of Biology. The faculty is one of the leading Siberian centers for training highly-qualified specialists.
Graduates of the faculty work for environment protcetion organizations, higher education establishments, scientific and research institutions, project organizations, schools, companies in the area of recreational services and tourist business, etc.
Faculty’s lecturers are very experienced. Doctors and Candidates of Geography account for 2/3 of the whole number of lecturers.
The Institute of Geography offers the following educational programs
Postgraduate courses:
- Geomorphology and evolution geography.
- Environmental geoscience.
- Economic, social, political and recreational geography.
The Faculty of Geography offers Youth Education Tourism Program.
Faculty Structure
- Department of Natural Management and Environmental Geoscience
Research is counducted in the spheres of natural resource management, evolution geography, environmental geoscience and paleoecology, geomorphological ecology. The department is equipped with modern technical facilities and has the Laboratory of Mineralogy.
- Department of Physical Geography and Geographic Information Systems
Scientific research is focused on the study of mountain and plain landscapes and their evolution in the recent geological past, current state and protection. The department trains specialists in the field of geographic information systems.
- Department of Economic Geography and Cartography
Scientific research touches ecological mapping, economic, social and political geography of Russia and the world, cartographic method of research and other related disciplines.
- Department of Recreational Geography, Tourism and Regional Marketing
The department carries out training of specialists in tourism on the levels of higher education and secondary vocational education. Graduates work in tourism service, including travel agencies and tour operators.
- Laboratory of Mineralogy
Laboratory was founded in 1991 on the basis of collections of minerals and rocks, provided by employees of the Institute of Mineralogy, Ilmen State Mineral Reserve. The laboratory has its own funds of educational and methodical literature, which is necessary to ensure the educational process.
- GIS Center
Center works on the premises of the Faculty of Geography. Its main objectives are promoting GIS-technologies in education, using GIS in scientific work, developing projects with the usage of GIS, space image identification and classification.