Plant quarantine and protection (by methods)

The Master's Programme in Plant Quarantine and Protection (by methods) — 70811001 — belongs to the field of Agriculture and trains highly qualified specialists in protecting agricultural crops from pests, diseases, and weeds, and in organizing plant quarantine.

Students develop advanced competencies in modern methods of plant protection and quarantine, the diagnosis and monitoring of pests and diseases, integrated pest-management systems, and the safe and rational use of plant-protection means. The curriculum covers entomology, phytopathology, agricultural toxicology, quarantine regulations, and the introduction of innovative, environmentally sound, and resource-efficient protection technologies, together with applied scientific research in the field.

Throughout the programme, students strengthen their research, analytical, and managerial skills and engage in scientific and innovative activity. Graduates are prepared to work in plant-protection and quarantine services, farms and agro-clusters of various forms of ownership, the institutions of the Ministry of Agriculture, scientific-research institutes of the Academy of Sciences and the sector, and educational institutions, as well as to pursue scientific-pedagogical activity in higher, secondary specialized, and vocational education after appropriate pedagogical retraining.