Plant Protection and Quarantine

The goal of the educational and professional program is to equip future specialists with a comprehensive set of knowledge, abilities, and skills for application in their professional activities in the field of plant protection and quarantine, aimed at solving complex problems related to the environmentally sound and economically viable protection of plants from harmful organisms, conducting phytosanitary monitoring, including the development of pest management systems, disease progression monitoring, and weed control at the species and population levels, ensuring compliance with phytosanitary measures in crop production technologies; inspecting products from the crop production and forestry sectors to ensure compliance with legislation on plant protection and quarantine and to ensure phytosanitary safety; and developing scientifically sound integrated plant protection systems and monitoring their implementation.

The program's subject area covers agrobiocenoses of cultivated plants, methods for identifying quarantine pests, and principles of environmentally safe crop protection.

The bachelor’s-level educational and professional program “Plant Protection and Quarantine” is distinguished by its comprehensive curriculum, which combines an in-depth study of the biological characteristics of harmful organisms with the mastery of modern methods of integrated protection of agrocenoses. A distinctive feature of the program is its focus on practical diagnostics and phytosanitary monitoring, where students learn to work with both traditional microscopic methods and innovative IT solutions, including digital weed maps and drones for crop surveys. In addition to the technical aspects, the program places significant emphasis on the regulatory framework: future specialists study international phytosanitary standards (ISPS), customs control procedures, and product certification rules in detail, enabling them to work successfully both at agricultural enterprises and in government agencies responsible for phytosanitary safety, ensuring high-quality crops and their compliance with expert requirements.

A specialist is qualified to perform work in a profession whose designation corresponds to the National Classifier of Ukraine “Classifier of Professions” DK 003:2010: 2213.2 – plant protection agronomist; plant quarantine inspector; 2211.2 – entomologist; entomophytopathologist; 3212 – plant protection inspector.

Continuing education to earn a second (master’s) degree.