PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY AND NATURE RESOURCE USAGE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL MECHNIKOV’S UNIVERSITY OF ODESSA
In 2009, 75-th anniversary of Geology-Geography Faculty of National Mechnikov’s University in Odessa was celebrated with present of many graduatings of past years. At the same time, Physical Geography Department was founded much earlier, in time of organization of Imperial Novorussian University in Odessa in 1865. The Department gave start to Physical Faculty, Geological Cathedras, museums, Hydrometeorological Observatory of the Black and Azov Seas. Today the Department specialization are Oceanology, Climatology, Coastal Sciences, Landscape Sciences, Erosive processes. Students, post-graduate students and professors are working on the near sea territory, in coastal zone and in opened sea according to programmes of bachelor, master, PhD and ScD.