Head of the Department
Pasichnyi Vasyl
Professor, D.Sc.
(established in 1967)
The Department of Technology of Meat and meat products carry out professional training of specialists with the educational degree "Bachelor" in the specialty 181 "Food technologies". It includes the specialization "Food technologies and engineering" and the educational degree "Master" in the specialty 181 "Food technologies" under the educational program "Technologies of meat storage, canning and processing" and the interdisciplinary educational and scientific program "Industrial and craft technologies for HoReCa in tourism" in the fields of knowledge 18 "Production and technologies", 24 "Sphere of service" in specialties 181 "Food technologies" and 242 "Tourism".
The Department of Technology of Meat and meat products today is a strong fusion of experience and wisdom with young enthusiasm. This is a collective of like-minded people united by a common desire to prepare an independent Ukraine with highly qualified specialists for the meat industry of the food industry.
Currently, the department employs a team of professionals, including two professors, doctors of technical sciences, six associate professors, and one assistant, all candidates of technical sciences.
The future of the department is the improvement and development of scientific research, educational, methodological, and scientific work.
The teachers of the department adapt the educational process to the modern requirements of production: the curricula are improved, the work plans of the academic disciplines are refined annually, and the material base is strengthened. Considerable attention is paid to the computerization of the educational process. A significant part of educational and methodological work is the preparation of electronic lectures, methodical recommendations, textbooks, and practical and laboratory classes, which are used remotely online. The department has a modern computer class with a connection to a local computer network with access to the Internet for independent work and calculations - a significant impetus in increasing the interest and quality of independent work of students through the credit-module system.
The department has two educational and research laboratories for conducting laboratory classes and conducting scientific research, and an animal husbandry office, which is equipped with modern devices and specialized equipment. In 2021, a specialized R&D center was created at the department together with PrJSС «MHP» - a specialized research and production laboratory for the organization of the educational process and scientific research at the level of the educational programs "Bachelor", "Master", "Doctor of Philosophy" in the direction of "Food technologies" by students of higher education, scientific-pedagogical and scientific workers, conducting events related to the exchange of experience with stakeholders, domestic and foreign scientific institutions and enterprises. The creation of this center is aimed at strengthening partnership relations of the "education - science - production (business)" system to adapt the knowledge and skills of university graduates to modern business needs, development, and renewal of the department's material and technical base.
All the necessary conditions have been created for students of the meat and meat products technology department to undergo familiarization-production, technology, and pre-diploma practices. During their studies, students undergo internships at the leading enterprises of the industry, in particular "Cherkasia Food Company" LLC (Cherkasia Region), "Globinsky Meat Processing Plant" LLC (Poltava Region), Zhytomyr Meat Processing Plant (Zhytomyr) OJSC , Myronivsk MPZ "Legko" (Kyiv region), PJSC "Kremenchugmyaso" (Poltava region), JSC "Meat processing plant "Yatran" (Kirovohrad region), LLC "Vinnytsia Poultry Factory" (Vinnytsia region), PJSC "Kozyatinsky meat processing plant" (Vinnytsia region), LLC "Masar Agro" (Ternopil region), CJSC "AF Berezanska poultry factory" (Kyiv region), PJSC "Myronivska poultry factory" (Kyiv region), VKF "Ukrprompostach- 95" LTD" (Kyiv region), PE "Dmytruk Yu.R." (Volyn region), OJSC "Bershadsky Poultry Plant" (Vinnytsia region), LLC "Tulchinmyaso" (Vinnytsia region), PE "Rykun A.P." (Khmelnytskyi region), LLC "Rosan-Agro" (Lviv region), FG "World of Meat" (Transcarpathia region), LLC "Naturprodukty" (Kyiv region), LLC "Komplex Agromars" (Kyiv region ) and others, which comprehensively expand and consolidate the knowledge gained during lectures, laboratory and practical classes at the university.
Students of higher education can deepen their skills, practical skills, and competencies during internships not only at domestic enterprises. In particular, since 2020, the department and the Danish company "Goodvalley" with production facilities in Poland have concluded a cooperation agreement with the possibility of industrial practice and internship for students of higher education and teachers of the department at a meat processing plant in Poland.
In ensuring the quality of educational activities, great importance is attached to the practical training of those seeking education. A graduate who has practical work experience is more adapted to future work activities, and can better assess professional tasks. The motivation of the practice is not only that the students of education were able to consolidate the theoretical knowledge and competencies acquired at the university, but also that they overcame the psychological barrier of entering the workforce, and were able to feel at ease in it, without fear.
For the first time in the NUHT, it was at the Department of Meat and Meat Products Technology that the dual-form training began in the 2017-2018 academic year. The dual form of education involves a combination of classroom training with practical training in industrial settings to consolidate theoretical knowledge acquired during university studies. On the initiative of the management of the Ternopil meat processing plant, an agreement was signed with the university on the training of highly qualified specialists for the production needs of the meat processing industry of Ukraine. The pilot project covers three important components for the self-realization of a successful person: study - work - experience. According to this form of education of a young specialist, the educational institution prepares together with the enterprise. This form of education is timely and progressive, about modern requirements, because students are already employed.
In ensuring the quality of educational activities, great importance is attached to the practical training of those seeking education. A graduate who has practical work experience is more adapted to future work activities, and can better assess professional tasks. The motivation of the practice is not only that the students of education were able to consolidate.
