The Grodno State Agrarian University (russian: Гродненский государственный аграрный университет, GSAU) is one of four agricultural universities in
Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...
, established in 1951 in
Grodno
Grodno (russian: Гродно, pl, Grodno; lt, Gardinas) or Hrodna ( be, Гродна ), is a city in western Belarus. The city is located on the Neman River, 300 km (186 mi) from Minsk, about 15 km (9 mi) from the Polish b ...
. It employs over 760 staff including over 320
academic
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educators. The GSAU offers some 13 different fields of study, 7 faculties in
Agricultural Sciences
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,
Economic Sciences
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Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics analyzes ...
,
Veterinary Medicine
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,
Food Production
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.
History
On 17 January 1951, the university was founded consisted of Faculty of Agronomy and Faculty of Animal Science (Zootechnical) and one of them was accommodated in
Stanislavovo a former summer residence of the last Polish king. In 1962 the Faculty of Plant Protection was founded. During the 90th the rapid growth of the university began because it was still the only one agricultural education establishment for Western part of Belarus.
Campus
The campus (more than 15 ha) is located mostly in the northern center of Grodno, very close to the district of Dzieviatovka.
Faculties
* Agronomical
* Accountancy
* Biotechnology
* Economics
* Food Technology
* Faculty of Plant Protection
* Veterinary Medicine
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Assets
* Belarusian Public Association of Veterans
* Virtual Museum
Notable students and staff
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Alaksandar Iosifovich Dubko (1938-2001) was the former chairman of the Hrodna Regional Executive Committee. In 1960 graduated from the Grodno State Agrarian University with a degree in agronomy. Have worked in different positions in agrarian sector, was a director of one of the biggest agricultural companies in Grodno region. In 1994, he was a candidate for President of Belarus.
References
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Universities in Belarus