Selection and seed production of agricultural crops.

The Bachelor's Programme in Selection and Seed Production of Agricultural Crops (60810600) belongs to the field of Agriculture and trains highly qualified specialists in breeding new crop varieties and producing high-quality seed.

The programme is oriented toward the efficient use of land, water, energy, and material-technical resources to develop new crop varieties and produce their high-quality seeds for agricultural production. Students develop competencies in the selection (breeding) and seed-production processes of agricultural crops, the intensification of these processes, raising the yield and quality of crop products, and the rational use of technical means in professional activity. The curriculum covers plant breeding, genetics, variety testing, and modern seed-production and nursery technologies.

Throughout the programme, students gain practical, applied experience alongside their theoretical training. Graduates are prepared to work in farms and seed-production enterprises of various forms of ownership, breeding and variety-testing organizations, agro-clusters, scientific-research institutes, and state and local agricultural management bodies, as well as to pursue scientific-research and teaching activity in secondary specialized and higher education institutions.