Master's Program 'Food Biotechnology' Is Open For Application

15:58, June 30, 2020

Learn more about highlights of the program and students' feedback!

We continue to share news about our Master's Degree Programs. Next in the line is Food Biotechnology. We asked former students about their experience in Yekaterinburg, during their period of studies. Here you can see some of the beautiful feedbacks from our alumni, some of whom came back to their home countries, some continued their researches. This program’s graduates are be qualified for careers in production quality control, product and new biotechnologies development and innovation in food and drink industries.

PROGRAM GOAL

Training highly qualified future specialists in production quality control, product development and innovation in food and drink industries.

PROGRAM HIGHLIHTS

• Close collaboration with research institutes, industry and employers
• Access to advanced equipment for food analysis, properties of microorganisms and cell cultures
• In-depth studies of biotechnological processing of raw materials, beer and wine production, yeast biotechnologies and metabolic and genetic engineering.

FACILITIES

• Full-equipped Microbiological and Biotechnological Laboratory at UrFU
• Biochemical Laboratory at UrFU
• Accredited research laboratory of complex expertise and attestation of organic materials at UrFU
• Research Laboratory of Organic Synthesis, Innovation Center of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Technologies, UrFU

INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS

• Patra, Beersfan (Yekaterinburg) and Baltika (Saint-Petersburg);
• Zelenyi Bor (Food Products and Drinks Manufacturing Company, Yekaterinburg);
• Unilk-Danone (Dairy Production Company, Yekaterinburg) and others

Contact the International Student Admission Center. You can either send us an e-mail (admission@urfu.ru) or fill in the Admission Form at our official web-site www.urfu.ru. For all program details you can contact the program facilitators, Prof. Maxim A. Mironov & Elena G. Kovaleva, m.a.mironov@urfu.ru; e.g.kovaleva@urfu.ru

Ibrahim Monika Nabil Hayed (Egypt)

PhD Student at ITMO University, Saint-Petersburg

My experiences increased in some courses as in food biotechnology equipment (with Professor Maksim Mironov), quality control of biotechnological products (with Professor Elena Kavaleva), basic biotechnological metabolism (with Professor Maksim Zahartsaf), plant biotechnology and innovative biotechnology (with Professor Irina and Professor Nouraly from Kazakhstan). So, my knowledge increased in this courses a lot and I got new ideas which helped me in my research work in my master degree or in my Phd now.

Anindita Mukerdji (India)

PhD Student at UrFU.

Each and every person involved in my academic career has played a vital role in the successful completion of my degree requirements. From the bottom of my heart, I would like to thank Ural Federal University, all the course instructors, teachers, staffs, campus staff and management for the wonderful and knowledgeable time I have spent in university.

Guillome Horé (Côte d'Ivoire)

Senior Teacher, Higher Technical School of Yopougon, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire 

In any case, all the lecturers were up to scratch, starting with all your lectures related to quality control, beer, etc. They currently allow me to focus on specific goals with my students. There is also and especially Dr. Irina’s lectures: nutrition and homeostasis, the binomial lecturers of Kazhastan, the Doctor Mohamed Darkanzali. Dr. Zakartsev's lectures have given me a good understanding of the biocatalysis (enzymology) and glucidic metabolism that I currently provide in metabolic biochemistry in a simplified way to my students. Professor Mironov's lectures were interesting and really practical for the company, and so on. Moreover, since last week, I am teaching microbiology courses with a biotechnological tendency to bachelor students at a higher institute: www.inphb.ci.

Svetlana Shatunova (Russia)

Master Student, University of Queensland, Brisbane

I was one of the first students of the Master's Program in Food Biotechnology. I would like to note that this area in modern biotechnology is one of the most promising areas. Students have the opportunity to choose for themselves: to undergo scientific practice as within the walls of the university with a greater focus on the scientific side, or in the existing biotechnological production. For example, some students underwent summer practice at a wine company in the Krasnodar Territory. I believe that the program meets modern requirements, and it is very important that students of Food Biotechnology can develop in the direction they have chosen, receiving qualified support from the best teachers of UrFU.

Duru Kingsley (Nigeria)

PhD Student at UrFU.

Leaving for Russia after being admitted by the university was eureka moment for me, not knowing what to expect, I was determined to survive in my new environment. Faced with the harsh weather condition, and language constrain, the only option left was for me to adapt, and that did not take long, thanks to the international support section of the institution. Generally, my expectations were well met on arrival and continued throughout the duration of my studies.

Muhammad Arslan Ghouri (Pakistan)

Quality Assurance Manager, Vanila Food Industry, Pakistan. 

I am always thankful to my Ural federal university because they give me chance to come here in Russia for getting high quality education. I am thankful to all Russian people they welcome me warmly and provide me good environment. At the end I am specially thankful to all my staff Professor Elena Kovaleva, Professor Maxim Mironov, Professor Maxim Zakhartsev and Others they always help me in my study work. I wish in future I go there back for my PhD program and continue my study again.