The Department of Hydrobiology and Ichthyology was created by merging two departments - General Zoology and Ichthyology and Hydrobiology in the process of restructuring and optimizing the structure of the NUBiP of Ukraine in 2015.

 It is a basic department in the training of specialists in the specialty 207 "Aquatic Bioresources and Aquaculture" OS "Bachelor" and OS "Master".

 The purpose of the creation of the department was the implementation of the State Program of Ukraine for the training of highly qualified specialists for enterprises of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, institutions of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine, the State Agency of Water Resources of Ukraine and the State Agency of Fisheries of Ukraine, research institutions, higher educational institutions of various levels of accreditation.

 The department provides:

- conducting all types of educational, methodological, scientific, cultural and educational work for students;

- carries out training of scientific personnel through postgraduate and doctoral studies in the specialties "Ichthyology" and "Fisheries";

- conducts advanced training courses for scientific and pedagogical workers and specialists in the fishery industry;

- works on the implementation of the results of scientific and technological progress in fishery production.

 The department carries out scientific and research work aimed at:

- development of methods for assessing the reserves of hydrobioresources, including fish, in inland water bodies of Ukraine;

- measures for the preservation of indigenous ichthyofauna and increasing fish productivity of natural water bodies;

- development of theoretical foundations of biomonitoring systems for water bodies of complex and fishery purposes;

- development of methods for assessing the physiological status of fish and managing water quality and bioproductivity of water bodies.

 The scientific and pedagogical workers of the department have developed a number of methodological recommendations relating to:

- assessment of the state of ichthyofauna of continental water bodies and its preservation;

- increasing fish productivity of water bodies and the quality of fish products of natural and quasi-natural freshwater bodies;

- methods for optimizing the ecological conditions of fish reproduction and cultivation;

- use of anti-stress substances in fish farming;

- use of biologically active substances (vitamins, micro-, macroelements and others) to regulate metabolism in fish and increase the intensity of their growth;

- assessment of the ecological state of water bodies for fishery purposes using a biomonitoring system;

- selection of indicator organisms for their use in a biomonitoring system;

- selection of integral indicators of indicator organisms for their use in a biomonitoring system.