The programme ensures that graduates will be able to:

– carry out their professional activity increasing sustainability of regional agriculture and rural development;

Purpose:

– to ensure acquisition of knowledge, skills and experience required to carry out professional activities in the field of sustainable agriculture and rural development;

– to train high-qualified personnel which is capable of project and engineering activities aimed at the development of social, ecological and economic processes in rural areas.

Scope of professional expertise:

– agronomic researches and developments aimed to solve cases of high quality production in plant breeding, which fosters sustainability of agriculture and rural development.

The objects of professional activity:

– Varieties of field, fruit and vegetable crops, genetic collections of plants, selection process, agronomical landscapes, natural fodder lands, soil and its fertility, pests and anti pests, plant breeding production technology.

Types of professional activity:

– project and engineering

Professional tasks:

– crop yields programming for different levels of agricultural technology;

– development and implementation of projects, eco-safe procedures and techniques of high quality plant breeding food production considering the properties of agricultural landscapes and economic activity;

– design of adaptive landscape systems for various legal forms of agribusiness and their development;

– consultations on innovations in agriculture.

Description of the Master-program
«Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development” – SARUD

Western and European countries are experienced in training specialists for sustainable development of rural areas. Universities of Germany, Great Britain, Denmark, Australia, Czech Republic and other foreign countries implement master-programs on sustainable agriculture and rural development, while this area is fundamentally new for Russian universities. Therefore, training of effective staff in the field of sustainable rural development is an urgent and relevant task
The new Master program with a profile “Sustainable agriculture and rural development” was developed in frames of the EU project Erasmus+. Novosibirsk State Agricultural University has launched the Master-programme at the Faculty of Public Administration under the major “Public Administration”. The program is designed for 120 ECTS; education assumes full – time course, which lasts 2 years and part-time course, which lasts 2 years and 5 months. The graduates receive a state diploma with the qualification “Master of Science in Public administration”.

Master program “Sustainable agriculture and rural development” aims at training managers of a new type in rural areas; the program meets the requirements of a multidimensional complex of competencies that correspond to the universal model of higher education in European countries. The master program integrates interdisciplinary knowledge with a balanced focus on the pillars of sustainable rural development seen as ecology, socio-economic development and agronomy. The courses are logically structured and aimed at formation of general cultural, general professional competences, professional and University professional competences. In order to fulfill the requirements and expectations of stakeholders, the curriculum includes agricultural, environmental and socio-economic modules: Environmental problems in rural areas, Organic farming, Management of bioresources, Economics of rural areas, Development of tourism in rural areas. Highly qualified teachers and practical experts from regional and municipal authorities are involved in teaching on the Master-program. The prospective models of rural development management are revealed and explored at the lectures of foreign professors from leading universities in Europe.

This program aims, to greater extent, at already working professionals. Statistics shows that these specialists have mainly agro technological or managerial education, and each of them lacks the appropriate, relevant and necessary knowledge. At the same time, the program is also attractive for graduates, as evidenced by the incoming students in 2017-2018.

The programme is attractive due to its integrated and interdisciplinary approach to sustainable development. It gives a unique chance to graduates to become competitive in the domestic and international labor markets. The Master program provides (optionally) academic mobility and training for 1 semester in one of the partner universities of Russia and Kazakhstan. Students have internship in the state and municipal authorities.

The curriculum developers took into consideration the principles of the Bologna process, they analyzed regional labor market and needs in qualified specialists in the field of sustainable agriculture and rural development; they developed requirements to training of specialists and identified the target group; introduced interdisciplinary approach and balance of the sustainable development pillars (economy, ecology, agronomy, social services); introduced University professional competences and developed learning outcomes for each course in compliance with Dublin descriptors.

Graduates from the Faculty of Public Administration are comprehensively developed professionals, intelligent specialists with creative and organizational skills, communication skills and responsibility. Graduates from new Master-program are particularly in demand in the municipal authorities responsible for complex (sustainable) development of rural areas.

Description of the Master-program

«Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development” – SARUD

Western and European countries are experienced in training specialists for sustainable development of rural areas. Universities of Germany, Great Britain, Denmark, Australia, Czech Republic and other foreign countries implement master-programs on sustainable agriculture and rural development, while this area is fundamentally new for Russian universities. Therefore, training of effective staff in the field of sustainable rural development is an urgent and relevant task

The new Master program with a profile “Sustainable agriculture and rural development” was developed in frames of the EU project Erasmus+. Novosibirsk State Agricultural University has launched the Master-programme at the Faculty of Public Administration under the major “Public Administration”. The program is designed for 120 ECTS; education assumes full – time course, which lasts 2 years and part-time course, which lasts 2 years and 5 months. The graduates receive a state diploma with the qualification “Master of Science in Public administration”.

Master program “Sustainable agriculture and rural development” aims at training managers of a new type in rural areas; the program meets the requirements of a multidimensional complex of competencies that correspond to the universal model of higher education in European countries. The master program integrates interdisciplinary knowledge with a balanced focus on the pillars of sustainable rural development seen as ecology, socio-economic development and agronomy. The courses are logically structured and aimed at formation of general cultural, general professional competences, professional and University professional competences. In order to fulfill the requirements and expectations of stakeholders, the curriculum includes agricultural, environmental and socio-economic modules: Environmental problems in rural areas, Organic farming, Management of bioresources, Economics of rural areas, Development of tourism in rural areas. Highly qualified teachers and practical experts from regional and municipal authorities are involved in teaching on the Master-program. The prospective models of rural development management are revealed and explored at the lectures of foreign professors from leading universities in Europe.

This program aims, to greater extent, at already working professionals. Statistics shows that these specialists have mainly agro technological or managerial education, and each of them lacks the appropriate, relevant and necessary knowledge. At the same time, the program is also attractive for graduates, as evidenced by the incoming students in 2017-2018.

The programme is attractive due to its integrated and interdisciplinary approach to sustainable development. It gives a unique chance to graduates to become competitive in the domestic and international labor markets. The Master program provides (optionally) academic mobility and training for 1 semester in one of the partner universities of Russia and Kazakhstan. Students have internship in the state and municipal authorities.

The curriculum developers took into consideration the principles of the Bologna process, they analyzed regional labor market and needs in qualified specialists in the field of sustainable agriculture and rural development; they developed requirements to training of specialists and identified the target group; introduced interdisciplinary approach and balance of the sustainable development pillars (economy, ecology, agronomy, social services); introduced University professional competences and developed learning outcomes for each course in compliance with  Dublin descriptors.

Students learn to apply modern methods of integrated assessment of rural development, to design and implement municipal programs for sustainable development of rural areas, to use innovative methods in the management of rural development.

Graduates from the Faculty of Public Administration are comprehensively developed professionals, intelligent specialists with creative and organizational skills, communication skills and responsibility. Graduates from new Master-program are particularly in demand in the municipal authorities responsible for complex (sustainable) development of rural areas.

The programme ensures that graduates will be able to:

– carry out their professional activity increasing sustainability of regional agriculture and rural development;

– carry out research activity in education and science institutions;

– compete in the labour market.

Purpose:

– to ensure acquisition of knowledge, skills and experience required to carry out professional activities in the field of sustainable agriculture and rural development;

– to train high-qualified personnel which is capable of innovative scientific and managerial activities aimed at the development of social, ecological and economic processes in rural areas.

Scope of professional expertise:

– economic, financial, marketing and analytical departments of rural companies of different legal forms operating in various industries;

– state and municipal governing bodies;

– academic and institutional research organizations;

– professional educational organisations, educational organisations of higher education, additional professional education.

The objects of professional activity:

– Behaviour of economic operators – their costs and

– Operating markets

– Financial and informational flows

– Operational and scientific processes

Types of professional activity :

– scientific and research;

– project and economic;

– analytical;

– managerial.

-Summary to the study program «Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development», 6M080100 – Agronomy:

The study program is developed under Erasmus + project, SARUD – «Sustainable agriculture and rural development» and is aimed at training specialists who will develop agriculture and rural areas in three aspects of sustainability, namely environmental protection, economic development and the social aspects of life in rural areas.

The future of both rural and urban residents depends on the development of rural areas. The village produces food, and preserves the traditions and cultural values ​​of people. Nature is less affected by industry in rural areas. Healthy population is born and grows up in villages. There is a transition from an external model of rural development (support for the transfer of advanced technologies and practices from urban to rural) to the internal model.

Key Features:

-territorial framework (not sectors but the whole territory);

-safekeeping, use and value of local activities and natural resources;

-orienting point to the needs, skills, opportunities and prospects for rural development;

-the main principle is the participation (involvement) of local residents in the implementation (management) of rural development.

In addition, the development of agriculture and rural areas should be on the principles of sustainability. Sustainable development presupposes a relationship between environmental protection, economic development and the social aspects of life in rural areas.

Part of the sustainable development of rural areas is the sustainable development of agriculture (forestry), environmental and social bases.

Sustainable development of agricultural production is understood as such a system of its management, which ensures a constant and sufficient supply of the population of urbanized territories with food and raw materials, on condition of efficiency of economic activity without damage to the surrounding environment on the basis of advanced environmentally oriented technologies.

The program is aimed at training specialists who will develop agriculture and rural areas in the above three aspects of sustainability. Disciplines contain knowledge about production technologies, issues of rural economy, social and ecological foundations of rural development, as well as its diversified development based on the skills and capabilities of the local population, the available natural and climatic conditions, environmental protection and preservation of their identity, traditions and cultural values.

Within the 6M080100 – Agronomy, master students can choose the study program developed according to Erasmus + project «Sustainable agriculture and rural development».

-Information on entry (where and how, SARUD Study Programs of other partner universities):

On the study program «Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development» 6M080100 – Agronomy can enter students who have the bachelor’s degree in economics and agriculture. The main condition for enrolling in a master’s program is that the entrant must have the appropriate prerequisites – the disciplines containing the knowledge, skills necessary for mastering the corresponding professional curriculum of the magistracy.

For entry, the entrant must pass the following entrance exams:

Testing in a foreign language (English, French, German) and a comprehensive oral examination in the specialty: Crop production, Farming, Protection of crops against pests and diseases.

Persons who hold international certificates confirming the knowledge of a foreign language in accordance with the European competencies (standards) are exempt from the entrance exam in a foreign language for a master’s degree in the following examinations:

-English: Test of English as a Foreign Language Institutional Testing Programm (TOEFL ITP – not less than 460 points), Test of English as a Foreign Language Institutional Testing Programm Internet-based Test (TOEFL IBT,– not less than 87), (TOEFL – not less than 560 points), International English Language Tests System (IELTS, not less than 6.0);

-German: Deutsche Sprachprufung fur den Hochschulzugang (DSH, Niveau С1/level C1), TestDaF-Prufung (Niveau C1/level C1);

-French: Test de Français International™ (TFI – not less than В1 in reading and listening sections), Diplome d’Etudes en Langue Français (DELF, level B2), Diplome Approfondi de Langue Français (DALF, level C1), Test de connaissance du Français (TCF – not less than 400 points).

It is possible to study in the Master’s program both at the expense of financing under the state educational order, and at the expense of payment from own means or other sources. The competition for studying on the state educational order can participate persons who receive education of this level for the first time.

Receiving applications:  from July, 10 till July, 30.

Entrance examinations: from  August, 10 till August, 20, enrollment – until 25 August.

Similar study programs are open to partner universities on the SARUD project: S.Seifullin Kazakh Agrotechnical University, Astana (http://kazatu.kz/ru/ob-universitete/centr-razvitiya-mejdunarodnogo-sotrudnichestva-i-poliyazichnogo-obrazovaniya/ erasmus / ob-yavlyaetsya-nabor-v-magistraturu-so-specializaciey-ustoychivoe-selskoe-hozyaystvo-i-razvitie-selskih-territoriy-sarud /) and Sh. Ualikhanov Kokshetau state University, Kokshetau (http: // www .kgu.kz / index.php / node / 456).

Information about studying (summary to the modules, how to learn, discipline, etc.)

The master students of the study program learn the disciplines of the compulsory component provided by the national standard of education of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the discipline of the elective component. Advice on the choice of elective disciplines gives the adviser. Master student fills in the form for enrolment the disciplines for compiling the IC (individual curriculum). Master student must earn 59 credits in order to complete the master’s program and gain a diploma and a master’s degree. The research work of the master student is 7 credits, the teaching practice is 3 credits, the research practice is 3 credits, the final assessment is 4 credits, the study of the disciplines of the compulsory component is 10 credits and the elective component is 32 credits.

Elective disciplines of the study program «Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development»

-Information on employment (where alumni can work after graduation):

The specialty is an interdisciplinary one at the intersection of the economy and agriculture.

Graduates of the master’s program are well-oriented in the theory of sustainable development, the main indicators of sustainable development, they possess the legal and regulatory foundations of sustainable development, the concept and state programs of the Republic of Kazakhstan regulating the development of the agro-industrial complex, the foundations of traditional and biological technologies for agricultural production. They have deep knowledge in the field of agricultural production economy, sources of financing investments in the agroindustrial complex, the impact of agricultural production on the environment, the methods of its monitoring and evaluation, the cultural aspects of rural work, the psychology of communication, methods of personnel management, modern social problems of the village and ways to solve them, local brands of national and traditional food products, recreational potential of the region and the Republic of Kazakhstan in the development of agroecotourism.

Graduates of the program can work in the civil service, be employees of organizations of any form of ownership, act as scientific and pedagogical workers.

Contacts and responsible person:

Agrarian-Biological Faculty, Kostanay, Abay Ave., 28,

Dean’s office: 8-7142-55-84-67, 8-7142-55-84-63,

kalimov@list.ru,

Admission board: 8-7142-55-81-00

DESCRIPTION OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM

6М050600 – «Economy» SARUD

1. Aims and objectives of the educational program

The 6M050600 educational program, “Economy” SARUD, meets the needs of practically oriented education in the field of sustainable development of agriculture, and also it reflects the need for the development, implementation and administration of programs for integrated and sustainable development of rural areas.

Innovative development of the economy requires the participation of qualified employees of enterprises of any industry at all stages on a multilingual basis: Kazakh, Russian and English languages. The rapid growth of the volumes and quality of information, accompanying modern economic processes, requires high demands to the quality of decisions in the economic sphere.

The main goal of the development of rural areas is to ensure the income of residents in these regions. This means maintaining the resource potential of primary producers of goods and services as a necessary base for diversification of the incomes on the base of optimizing the value added cost chains based on sustainable use of resources.

Sustainable agriculture produces products with efficient use of resources and conservation of the natural potential of ecosystems. Agricultural production systems need to be assessed in terms of how they meet the requirements for the use of natural resources, and what contribution they make to the socio-economic environment.

The actuality of the educational program within the specialty 6M050600 – “Economy” SARUD is stipulated by the growing demand for economists – professionals in planning the activities of enterprises and organizations of various forms of ownership and management. No company can exist without economists – after all, as soon as the company appears, immediately there is a need for planning. Therefore, we can say that today the economist is one of the main and most required professions.

The purpose of the educational program for the specialty 6M050600 – “Economy” is the preparation of masters capable to analyze the constantly changing conditions for the sustainable functioning of agricultural enterprises, organizations, national companies, development institutions, as well as governmental bodies at the different levels (district, region, republic) and apply development concepts of rural areas to the peculiarities of local conditions.

The main objectives of the Master’s degree program are to provide conditions for:

– obtaining a high-grade, high-qualitative profile education, professional competence in the field of economy, ecology, sociology, management, organization and technology of production;

– acquiring the a high general intellectual level of development, mastery of literate and developed speech, humanitarian culture, high moral, ethical and legal norms, a culture of thinking and the skills of scientific organization of work;

– developing the creative potential, initiative, innovation and competitiveness of masters at the labor market, providing the opportunity for the maximum rapid employment for the specialty;

– selecting the individual education programs by undergraduates and providing targeted training for organization orders;

– deepening the theoretical, practical and individual training of students in the chosen trajectory;

– developing the ability of students to self-improvement and self-development, the needs and skills of independent creative mastery of new knowledge throughout their active life;

– training the specialists with a high level of professional culture, including a culture of professional communication, having a civil position, able to formulate and practically solve modern scientific and practical problems, successfully carry out research, teaching and management activities.

2. General characteristics of the educational program

The educational program for the specialty 6M050600 – “Economics” is developed on the basis of the State Compulsory Standard of Higher and Post-Graduate Education, approved by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, dated on the August 23, 2012 № 1080, Typical teaching plan of specialty 6M050600 – Economy. It corresponds to the national qualification’s framework and professional standards; it also corresponds to the Dublin descriptors and the European Qualifications Framework.

The educational program within the frameworks of the specialty 6M050600 – “Economy” is designed on the basis of a module system of studying the disciplines and contains 7 modules that form the general cultural and professional competencies of future specialists.

The educational program foresees the broad basic professional training, which should be aimed at achieving the fundamental nature of the subject knowledge of future specialists. This should provide the undergraduate student with a common integrated methodology of professional activity, develop the ability of future professionals to professional creativity, to form a need for further raising the educational level.

The hierarchy of goals implies a transition from the fundamental bases of classical education to basic disciplines of the economic nature and then to the highly specialized disciplines of sustainable agriculture and development of rural areas.

The educational program in the specialty 6M050600 – “Economy” contains:

1) theoretical training, including the study of cycles of basic and profiling disciplines in the amount of 42 credits;

2) additional types of training – various types of professional practices, research work of the undergraduate;

3) intermediate and final attestation.

The study of the cycle of basic disciplines is aimed at forming an aggregate of fundamental knowledge in general theoretical, economic and managerial disciplines. Understanding the relationship between theoretical analysis and empirical data.

The cycle of profiling disciplines is focused on the study of key theoretical aspects of sustainable agriculture and development of rural areas, theoretical and practical aspects of management at macro, meso- and micro levels.

3. Qualification characteristics:

The field of professional activity of masters includes:

• организации любых организационно-правовых форм (коммерческие, некоммерческие, государственные, частные), в которых выпускники работают в качестве исполнителей или руководителей младшего уровня в различных экономических службах;
• organization of any organizational and legal forms (commercial, non-commercial, public, private) in which the graduates work as performers or leaders of junior level in various economic services.
• state and local government bodies;
• structures in which graduates are entrepreneurs, creating and developing their own business.

Objects of professional activity of masters are:

• management processes of organizations of various organizational and legal forms;
• processes of state and municipal management.

Master in the direction of training 6M050600 – “Economy” is preparing for the following types of professional activity:

• organizational;
• information-analytical;

Master in the direction of training for the 6M050600 – “Economy” should be prepared for professional activities that ensure rational management of the economy, production and social development of the enterprises of all organizational and legal forms, taking into account industry specificity, technology, production organization, effective use of natural resources on the positions requiring the basic economic education, and professional knowledge of the sectoral economy and enterprise economics.

Master in the direction of training 6М050600 – “Economy” should solve the following professional tasks in accordance with the types of professional activity:

• organizational and managerial;
• planned economic;
• project-economic;
• financial and economic;
• analytical;
• foreign economic;
• entrepreneurial;

4. Prospects for the employment of specialists

The objects of professional activity of the graduates of the specialty 6M050600 – “Economy” are:

 enterprises of branches of agriculture of various organizational and legal forms, their structural production and functional subdivisions;

 infrastructure facilities of the enterprise;

 research institutions;

 governmental state bodies and local self-management.

Graduates of the specialty 6M050600 – “Economy” are demanded by the large organizations and institutions of Astana and other cities of Kazakhstan: the Ministry of Agriculture, the Research Institute of the Economy of the AIC and the DoRT, JSC “KazAgroMarketing”, JSC “Kazagrofinance”, AF Rodina, etc. Besides, many graduates are akims of regions and districts, heads of departments of national companies.

The university concluded contracts for practical and industrial training (practice) by undergraduates studying at the specialty “Economy”. The main practice bases for undergraduates of the educational program “Sustainable Agriculture and Development of Rural Areas” are the following organizations: JSC “KazAgroMarketing”, JST “Kazagrofinance”, LLP “Novokubanskoe”, JSC “Astana Onim”, AF “Rodina”, AF “Aktyk” , LLP “AKA” and others.

The number of employed graduates of the past years for the specialty 6M050600 – “Economy” is from 95% to 100% annually

Direction of training: Social sciences, economics and business

Specialty: 6M050600 – “Economics”

Educational Program: Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development

Academic degree: Master of Economics in the specialty “6M050600 – Economics” (scientific and pedagogical direction)

Description of the educational program. The Master program “Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development (SARUD)” focuses on practical training in sustainable agriculture and rural development.

Being an interdisciplinary specialty at the intersection of economics and agriculture, SARUD Master program includes studying the basic world concepts of sustainable development, covering all three components of sustainability and issues of economic, social and institutional development, the ecological well-being of rural areas, as well as aspects of agricultural production.

SARUD Master program was developed jointly by the universities of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation in cooperation with European universities led by the project coordinator at the University of Hohenheim, Germany within the framework of the Erasmus + program with the support of the European Union.

https://sarud.uni-hohenheim.de

          The main goal of the educational program is the development of personal qualities among master students, the formation of general cultural and professional (design, research, communication, organizational, managerial, critical-expert) competencies, development of skills for their implementation in practical activities (design, research, communication, organizational, managerial, critical, expert) in accordance with the requirements of the country’s legislation.

Sphere of professional activity

The sphere of professional activity of graduates are state bodies, institutions and organizations of all forms of ownership, scientific research institutions.

Master of Economics in specialty 6M050600 – “Economics” can carry out analytical, research, organizational and administrative (administrative) and educational (pedagogical) activities in the following areas: study of the functioning of sectoral and regional markets, economic entities of various organizational and legal forms; improvement of the enterprise management system; formation of economic strategy and enterprise policy; regulation of socio-economic relations at the state, sectoral and intra-firm levels.

Types and functions of professional activity

Master students should be able to apply the received theoretical knowledge in practice, receiving, analyzing, interpreting, summarizing, evaluating and presenting information on the activities of the organization.

Graduates of the master degree in specialty 6M050600 “Economics” can perform the following types of professional activities:

• production and management;
• scientific-research;
• pedagogical;
• organizational and technological;
• audit;
• business administration;
• project;
• investment-innovative.

Functions of professional activity:

– participation in the development of state programs for the development of national economy sectors;

– organization, planning and coordination of enterprise management activities and the formation of its market strategy ;

– development of measures to improve the organization of activities of all units, including: planning, forecasting, management of costs and material supply, logistics, sales;

– ensuring the implementation of production programs, projects, enterprise development strategies;

– planning and implementation of foreign economic activities of economic entities;

– planning the costs of maintaining the workforce, conducting analytical calculations on the organization and standardization of labor, improving the methodology for calculating wages, and the allocation of payroll;

– management of planning, implementation of works on the examination of design, design documentation in terms of its compliance with international standards;

– implementation of economic analysis and interpretation of financial, accounting and other information contained in the reporting of economic entities and the use of information obtained for the adoption of management decisions;

– conducting analytical calculations on the basis of standard techniques and the current regulatory and legal framework for fixed assets, inventory management, cost management; determination of the economic efficiency of the enterprise;

– economic justification and implementation of innovations in the sphere of tangible and intangible production;

– control of all types of economic, organizational and managerial activities;

– monitoring compliance with standards and standards of environmental management and environmental protection.

List of expected professions in the educational program

Expected professions: positions of managers and specialists at enterprises of various organizational and legal forms of management, including in akimats; employees in the field of economy and statistics; employees in financial and economic departments; economist of the analytical unit and economist of enterprises and organizations of various industries and forms of ownership.

Master students have good job opportunities in various economic structures, financial and economic organizations, joint-stock companies, various economic partnerships and non-profit organizations, can engage in entrepreneurial activities.

Passport of the educational program

-Summary to the study program «Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development», 6M050600 – Economics:

The study program is developed under Erasmus+ project, SARUD – «Sustainable agriculture and rural development» and is aimed at training specialists who will develop agriculture and rural areas in three aspects of sustainability, namely environmental protection, economic development and the social aspects of life in rural areas.

The future of both rural and urban residents depends on the development of rural areas. The village produces food, and preserves the traditions and cultural values ​​of people. Nature is less affected by industry in rural areas. Healthy population is born and grows up in villages. There is a transition from an external model of rural development (support for the transfer of advanced technologies and practices from urban to rural) to the internal model.

Key Features:

-territorial framework (not sectors but the whole territory);

-safekeeping, use and value of local activities and natural resources;

-orienting point to the needs, skills, opportunities and prospects for rural development;

-the main principle is the participation (involvement) of local residents in the implementation (management) of rural development.

In addition, the development of agriculture and rural areas should be on the principles of sustainability. Sustainable development presupposes a relationship between environmental protection, economic development and the social aspects of life in rural areas.

Part of the sustainable development of rural areas is the sustainable development of agriculture (forestry), environmental and social bases.

Sustainable development of agricultural production is understood as such a system of its management, which ensures a constant and sufficient supply of the population of urbanized territories with food and raw materials, on condition of efficiency of economic activity without damage to the surrounding environment on the basis of advanced environmentally oriented technologies.

The program is aimed at training specialists who will develop agriculture and rural areas in the above three aspects of sustainability. Disciplines contain knowledge about production technologies, issues of rural economy, social and ecological foundations of rural development, as well as its diversified development based on the skills and capabilities of the local population, the available natural and climatic conditions, environmental protection and preservation of their identity, traditions and cultural values.

Within the 6M050600-Economics, master students can choose the study program developed according to Erasmus + project “Sustainable agriculture and rural development”.

-Information on entry (where and how, SARUD Study Programs of other partner universities):

On the study program «Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development» 6M050600-Economics can enter students who have the bachelor’s degree in economics and agriculture. The main condition for enrolling in a master’s program is that the entrant must have the appropriate prerequisites – the disciplines containing the knowledge, skills necessary for mastering the corresponding professional curriculum of the magistracy.

For entry, the entrant must pass the following entrance exams:

Testing in a foreign language (English, French, German) and a comprehensive oral examination in the specialty: Enterprise Economics, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Enterprise Investment Activities.

Persons who hold international certificates confirming the knowledge of a foreign language in accordance with the European competencies (standards) are exempt from the entrance exam in a foreign language for a master’s degree in the following examinations:

-English: Test of English as a Foreign Language Institutional Testing Programm (TOEFL ITP – not less than 460 points), Test of English as a Foreign Language Institutional Testing Programm Internet-based Test (TOEFL IBT,– not less than 87), (TOEFL – not less than 560 points), International English Language Tests System (IELTS, not less than 6.0);

-German: Deutsche Sprachprufung fur den Hochschulzugang (DSH, Niveau С1/level C1), TestDaF-Prufung (Niveau C1/level C1);

-French: Test de Français International™ (TFI – not less than В1 in reading and listening sections), Diplome d’Etudes en Langue Français (DELF, level B2), Diplome Approfondi de Langue Français (DALF, level C1), Test de connaissance du Français (TCF – not less than 400 points).

It is possible to study in the Master’s program both at the expense of financing under the state educational order, and at the expense of payment from own means or other sources. The competition for studying on the state educational order can participate persons who receive education of this level for the first time.

Receiving applications:  from July, 10 till July, 30.

Entrance examinations: from  August, 10 till August, 20, enrollment – until 25 August.

Similar study programs are open to partner universities on the SARUD project:  S.Seifullin Kazakh Agrotechnical University, Astana (http://kazatu.kz/ru/ob-universitete/centr-razvitiya-mejdunarodnogo-sotrudnichestva-i-poliyazichnogo-obrazovaniya/ erasmus / ob-yavlyaetsya-nabor-v-magistraturu-so-specializaciey-ustoychivoe-selskoe-hozyaystvo-i-razvitie-selskih-territoriy-sarud /) and Sh. Ualikhanov Kokshetau state University, Kokshetau (http: // www .kgu.kz / index.php / node / 456).

Information about studying (summary to the modules, how to learn, discipline, etc.)

The master students of the study program learn the disciplines of the compulsory component provided by the national standard of education of the Republic of  Kazakhstan and the discipline of the elective component. Advice on the choice of elective disciplines gives the adviser. Master student fills in the form for enrolment the disciplines for compiling the IC (individual curriculum). Master student must earn 59 credits in order to complete the master’s program and gain a diploma and a master’s degree. The research work of the master student is 7 credits, the teaching practice is 3 credits, the research practice is 3 credits, the final assessment is 4 credits, the study of the disciplines of the compulsory component is 10 credits and the elective component is 32 credits.

Elective disciplines of the study program «Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development»

-Information on employment (where alumni can work after graduation):

The specialty is an interdisciplinary one at the intersection of the economy and agriculture.

Graduates of the master’s program are well-oriented in the theory of sustainable development, the main indicators of sustainable development, they possess the legal and regulatory foundations of sustainable development, the concept and state programs of the Republic of Kazakhstan regulating the development of the agro-industrial complex, the foundations of traditional and biological technologies for agricultural production. They have deep knowledge in the field of agricultural production economy, sources of financing investments in the agroindustrial complex, the impact of agricultural production on the environment, the methods of its monitoring and evaluation, the cultural aspects of rural work, the psychology of communication, methods of personnel management, modern social problems of the village and ways to solve them, local brands of national and traditional food products, recreational potential of the region and the Republic of Kazakhstan in the development of agroecotourism.

Graduates of the program can work in the civil service, be employees of organizations of any form of ownership, act as scientific and pedagogical workers.

Contacts and responsible person:

Agrarian-Biological Faculty, Kostanay, Abay Ave., 28,

Dean’s office: 8-7142-55-84-67, 8-7142-55-84-63,

kalimov@list.ru,

Admission board: 8-7142-55-81-00