The University of Montenegro Biotechnical Faculty ( Montenegrin: Biotehnički fakultet Univerziteta Crne Gore ''Биотехнички факултет Универзитета Црне Горе'') is one of the educational institutions of the

University of Montenegro The University of Montenegro ( cnr, Универзитет Црнe Горe / Univerzitet Crne Gore) is a national public university of Montenegro. Its central administration and majority of constitutive faculties are located in the country's cap ...

. The building is located in

Podgorica Podgorica (Cyrillic: Подгорица, ; lit. 'under the hill') is the capital and largest city of Montenegro. The city was formerly known as Titograd (Cyrillic: Титоград, ) between 1946 and 1992—in the period that Montenegro form ...

, at the University campus.

History

Scientific research in agriculture in

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was established in 1937, when the Ministry of Agriculture of the

Kingdom of Yugoslavia The Kingdom of Yugoslavia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kraljevina Jugoslavija, Краљевина Југославија; sl, Kraljevina Jugoslavija) was a state in Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1941. From 1918 ...

decided to establish the experimental State Research Station for Southern Cultures in Bar. After

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, the founding of new institutions and renewal of previously existing ones followed, such as: * ''the Institute for Agricultural Research'' in Podgorica (1945) * ''the Institute for Animal Husbandry (Livestock)'' in

Nikšić Nikšić ( cnr, Никшић, italic=no, sr-cyrl, Никшић, italic=no; ), is the second largest city in Montenegro, with a total population of 56,970 located in the west of the country, in the centre of the spacious Nikšić field at the foot ...

* ''the Institute for Southern Cultures and Viticulture'' in Bar (1947) * ''Soil Testing Units'' in Bar (1949) * ''Veterinary Diagnostic Units'' in

Titograd Podgorica (Cyrillic: Подгорица, ; lit. 'under the hill') is the capital and largest city of Montenegro. The city was formerly known as Titograd (Cyrillic: Титоград, ) between 1946 and 1992—in the period that Montenegro forme ...

(1950) and * ''the Centre for Fruit Growing'' in

Bijelo Polje Bijelo Polje ( cnr, Бијело Поље, ) is a town in northeastern Montenegro on the Lim River. It has an urban population of 15,400 (2011 census). It is the administrative, economic, cultural and educational centre of northern Montenegro. ...

(1952). The Agricultural Institute was established in 1961, as a result of merging the above-mentioned institutions. It functioned under that name until 1997, when it was transformed into the Biotechnical Institute by including the ''Forestry Sector'' into one unique scientific research institution. By establishing the Studies of Agriculture, in 2005, the Institute developed into a faculty, and in 2008 formally changed its name into the Biotechnical Faculty.

Organization

The Faculty of Biotechnology has adequately equipped classrooms and laboratories situated in the Faculty's buildings in

, Bar and

, as well as experimental plots for a part of students’ professional practice and organization of Faculty production.

Undergraduate academic studies

The undergraduate academic studies are divided in two study groups: * ''Plant production'' ** Undergraduate applied studies of ''Continental fruit growing'' in

** Undergraduate applied studies of ''Mediterranean fruit growing'' in Bar * '' Cattle breeding''

Specialist academic studies

The specialist academic studies at the Faculty have four study groups: * ''Fruit and wine growing'' * ''Cultivation of soil and vegetable growing'' * ''Plant protection'' * ''Cattle breeding''

Master studies

The master studies of Plant production are organized on the following three groups: * ''Fruit and wine growing'' * ''Cultivation of soil and vegetable growing'' * ''Plant protection''

References

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Biotechnology Biotechnology is the integration of natural sciences and engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms, cells, parts thereof and molecular analogues for products and services. The term ''biotechnology'' was first used ...

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1961 establishments in Yugoslavia Organizations established in 1961