ІСТОРИЧНІ ВІХИ БІОЛОГО-ТЕХНОЛОГІЧНОГО ФАКУЛЬТЕТУ (До 65-річчя з дня заснування )
Based on the Decree of the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Education of the USSR on January 8, 1949 in Lviv State Veterinary Institute zootechnical faculty was opened. In 1976 zootechnical faculty was renamed into zooengineering and in 2004 was named faculty of biology and technology. For 65 years of faculty’s existence 5357 specialists were trained. Some graduates have made a great contribution to development of Ukrainian livestock breeding and improvement of its productivity. Today at five courses of biological and tehnological faculty 542 students are studying. Faculty members provide training to students using the latest achievements of world and national biotechnological science. This is contributed by high level of teaching staff qualification, knowledge of foreign languages, work and internships in leading agricultural higher schools of Ukraine and foreign countries, as well as appropriate educational and production base of faculty: modern computer labs with internet access, well equipped with modern appliances and laboratory apparatus, application in the educational process and research of video and computer equipment and another education technical facilities. Scientists of the faculty work on problems of animal nutrition using the mixed feed of highly enriched multi-premixes, develop genetic breeding methods of western ukrainian interbreed type of black spotted dairy livestock consolidation. There is a specialized council for doctoral and master''s theses defence at the faculty.