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BASHKIR STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
Department of Fundamental and Applied Microbiology
Bachelor's program
MAVZIUTOV, Airat Radikovich
Head of the Department
Awards and achievements of the educational program. Students of the program are trained under the guidance of the Federal Academic Methodological Association in the higher education system in an enlarged group of majors and training programs Biological Sciences of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. The quality of training was evaluated as part of internal and external audits and recognized as complying with education quality standards ISO 9001. The educational program was successfully accredited by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation in 2011 and 2013. It was top ranked within the project Best Educational Programs of Innovative Russia in 2016.
University partners within the educational program. The university has concluded cooperation agreements with the National Immunobiological Company, 100% shares of which are owned by the Rostekh State Corporation; the Microgen Research and Production Association of the Ministry of Healthcare of Russia; the State Research Center for Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology of the Russian Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing; Saint Petersburg Pasteur Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology of the Russian Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing; the Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics of Ufa Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Students' and alumni's achievements. Over the period of 2013-2017 students and postgraduate students of the department have become nine-time grant holders and winners of the most prestigious contests and scientific forums (the UMNIK Youth Scientific and Innovation Contest, the RosMolodezh all-Russian contest of youth projects, etc.) In 2015 they won in the category of Best Innovation Product in the field of Groundbreaking Technologies in Medicine at the Youth Innovation Forum of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and became two-time holders of grants of the President of the Republic of Bashkortostan.
Facilities and resources. Students acquire the necessary knowledge in molecular biology, genetic engineering, immunochemistry, bioengineering, and strong research skills using modern research and laboratory equipment in the field of molecular biology, bacteriology, virology, parasitology, and mycology.
Opportunities for students. The best Bachelor graduates can improve their professional level pursuing a Master's and postgraduate degree.
Employment prospects. Alumni can be employed by the laboratories of the Microgen Research and Production Association and the State Research Center for Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology of the Russian Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing; by the laboratory of cellular technologies of Bashkir State Medical University, the tissue cryopreservation laboratory of the All-Russia Center of Ophthalmic and Plastic Surgery, bacteriological and clinical diagnostic laboratories of healthcare institutions of the Republic of Bashkortostan, teach major subjects at the university departments and Ufa Medical College, etc.