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A new specialization - Aquaculture and Aquariology on Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Fisheries,  University of Warmia and Mazury UWM, Olsztyn, Poland, will be initiated  in the academic year 2007/2008.
Activities will be lectured in English and will last for 3 semesters.

We are inviting foreign and Polish graduate students to start studies on our faculty. We guarantee high level of education, because Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Fisheries, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, has a long (over 50 years) reputation in the field of education and training in fisheries and aquaculture.
We would like to remind you that students from EU Member States could study in Poland on the same conditions as Polish students.
You may find materials concerning the rules of studies at the UWM, on the website of Foreign Cooperation Office - http://www.uwm.edu.pl/bwz and the information about our faculty at the address: www.uwm.edu.pl/wosir.
Any questions regarding  studies should be directed to person responsible for the new specialization:
dr hab. Małgorzata Woźniak
Deputy Dean 
E-Mail: malgorzata.wozniak@uwm.edu.pl
Phone:  (+48) 89-523 34 21,  523 38 29, 523 37 62
Fax: (+48) 89-523 36 51  

Master of Science programme in Aquaculture and Aquariology
offered at Faculty  of   Environmental Sciences and Fisheries, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland.

Rationale
Aquaculture has been one of fastest growing segments of global food production in recent decades, and is the answer to the limits in exploitation of natural resources of waters. Aquaculture’s contribution to the total global fisheries landings increased from 5.3% in 1970 to over 32% in 2000. Global boom in aquariology makes the ornamental fish industry the second largest source of profitability in aquaculture production. The trade with a turnover of US $ 5 billion and an annual growth rate of 8 percent offers a lot of scope for development. Increasing interest in world aquaculture and aquariology with simultaneous development new supplemental disciplines as larviculture, conservation aquaculture, astaciculture, raniculture, conchoculture gives important input to biology, biotechnology, engineering and marketing, and has been facing with wider needs of training of qualified personnel to solve problems of these emerging fields of human activity. The Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Fisheries, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, has a long (over 50 years) reputation in the field of education and training in fisheries and aquaculture. During this time we trained a fishery staff for several countries as Hungary, former Yugoslavia, Cyprus, Egypt, Zaire and Pakistan.

Aim of the Programme
The aim of the programme is to deliver knowledge and practical possibilities to perform and supervise research in various fields of aquaculture and aquariology and to finalize education on higher level.

Programme Content
The Master of Science in Aquaculture and Aquariology is 1.5-years’ programme at university level covering the most important aspects of these fields.
Because, this is second education level of fisheries education, realized at the Faculty for Polish students for 5 years, supplementation of basic fishery knowledge is needed for people without the first education level finalized. This will be solved by delivering shorter way to education of about 60% of basic programme as Fundamentals in Fisheries throughout the period of three semesters.

Admission requirements
The program is open to holders of an undergraduate degree (level I) in fisheries, aquaculture, Animal Husbandry, Ichthyology, biology, agronomy, veterinary medicine, or any related area from recognised College or University.

The detailed programme content

Master thesis and optional courses

Students choose 2 supplemental courses and 1 course from general group.

Fundamentals in Fisheries (for undergraduates from related area) – 60% of basic knowledge from fisheries

* - courses about basic fishery knowledge have in total 930 hours as standard, 60% from this value gives 558 hours (i.e. 186 hours per semester)

Accomodation
Costs of accommodation in a student hostel at the campus amount from PLN 235 to 300 (60 – 80 EURO) per month for a place in a quadruple or triple room. The requirement of PLN 150 deposit payment before taking occupation should also be taken into account. The costs of meals at the students’ canteen are – lunch 2,5 EURO. The costs of the other two meals should not exceed the amount of 2 – 3 EURO on condition that students prepare them on their own at the hostel. The rooms are adequately equipped for that purpose.