Department of Physical Geography and Cartography

Head of Department: Anatolii Mykhailovych Bainazarov, Associate Professor, PhD (Geographical Sciences)
Phone: +380 (50) 901-51-53
E-mail: physgeo@karazin.ua

The Department provides training for higher education applicants in the following programs:

Bachelor’s Degree

Specialty E4 “Earth Sciences”

• Educational and Professional Program “Physical Geography, Monitoring, and Cadastre of Natural Resources” (duration — 3 years 10 months)

• Educational and Professional Program “Cartography, Geoinformatics, and Cadastre” (duration — 3 years 10 months)

Specialty A4.07 “Secondary Education (Geography)”

• Educational and Professional Program “Secondary Education (Geography)” (duration — 3 years 10 months)

Specialty C6 “Geography and Regional Studies”

• Educational and Professional Program “Recreational Geography and Territorial Geoprocessing” (duration — 3 years 10 months)

Master’s Degree

Specialty E4 “Earth Sciences”

• Educational and Professional Program “Geography” (duration — 1 year 4 months)

• Educational and Professional Program “Cartography, Geographic Information Systems, and Remote Sensing of the Earth” (duration — 1 year 4 months)

• Educational and Scientific Program “Environmental Management, Landscape Planning, and Territorial Restoration” (duration — 1 year 9 months)

Specialty A4.07 “Secondary Education (Geography)”

• Educational and Professional Program “Geography, Human and Nature, and Excursion Work” (duration — 1 year 4 months)

Specialty C6 “Geography and Regional Studies”

• Educational and Professional Program “Recreational Geography and Territorial Geoprocessing” (duration — 1 year 4 months)

Postgraduate Studies (Doctor of Philosophy / PhD)

Specialty E4 “Earth Sciences”

• Educational and Scientific Program “Earth Sciences” (duration — 4 years)

Research Areas

The scientific activity of the Department of Physical Geography and Cartography focuses on a wide range of topics, including:

• thematic cartography (environmental protection, landscape, tourism and recreation, educational, and others);

• application of GIS and remote sensing (RS) technologies for geographical research;

• continuous geographical education;

• synergy of landscape–morphological territorial organization: from natural patterns to innovative potential for environmentally sustainable energy;

• the geomorphological school of Kharkiv University in the information age: innovative potential in knowledge and application for automatic landform recognition;

• tourism and local studies;

• hydrological and climatic regimes, assessment of water quality within the Siverskyi Donets River basin and the Kharkiv region;

• geographical foundations of natural resource cadastre.