Bryansk State Agricultural Academy is one of the most popular educational establishments in the Bryansk region. It has a long history dating back from 1930 when a new agricultural college was set up in a small village of Kokino not far from Bryansk. The college was organized and headed by P. D. Rylko, who did much to make Kokino one of the most beautiful and attractive places in the region. Specialists trained by the college contributed much to the development of agriculture in the Bryansk region as well as in many countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America. In 1967 the college was decorated with the Order of the Red Banner of Labour.
In 1980 to meet the increasing demands for highly qualified specialists Bryansk Agricultural Institute was formed on the basis of Kokino Agricultural College. The first teachers who contributed much to the development of the Institute were Y. P. Vaschekin (the former rector), B. V. Lyabakh, V. V. Varyvdin, S. D. Pogorelov, N. I. Putintsev and some others. In 1984 the first students graduated from the Institute. Since then the Institute has trained about 5, 000 highly qualified specialists for different spheres of agriculture. Now many of them head big agricultural enterprises, banks and offices. Some of them work as teachers and are engaged in research.
In April 1995 thanks to its achievements in educational, scientific, cultural and instructive activities the Institute was reorganized into Bryansk State Agricultural Academy.
At present the Academy is a large educational, scientific and production complex, comprising the experimental farm “Kokino”, the Kokino base of Russian Horticulture Selection Institute, the joint-stock company “Dobrun”, Trubchevsk Agricultural College.
The Academy has six faculties, such as the Agro-ecology Institute, the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology, the Engineering Faculty, the Faculty of Power Engineering and Land Management, the Economics Faculty and the Correspondence Faculty. The Academy trains agronomists, ecologists, veterinarians, economists, accountants, engineers and other qualified specialists.
The Academy has 35 departments and the teaching staff includes over 300 teachers. There are 18 academicians, 49 professors and 165 associate professors among them. About 5, 200 people study at the Academy. The best students may continue their studies and carry out researches taking a postgraduate course the Academy provides.
The curriculum consists of the disciplines the students specialize in, social sciences and physical training. All the students study foreign languages. Students are to attend different lectures and seminars. Students' practical work is given much attention to at our Academy.
Each faculty has a students' research society stimulating their creative thinking and scientific work. The course of studies lasts about five years. An academic year is divided into two semesters each ending in an examination session. Those who pass the exams successfully get a scholarship. On graduating the students receive diplomas.
The Academy has 7 buildings housing numerous classrooms, lecture halls, laboratories and workshops equipped with modern instruments and apparatus. The department of foreign languages has 5 laboratories where students may listen to a tape-recording or see a video-film.
In the Academy there is a canteen and a café, 6 hostels, a large assembly hall, a musical school, two gymnasiums and a stadium where students go in for amateur talent activities and sports.
The library of the Academy has a lot of books and textbooks on different specialties and 190 magazines and newspapers. The reading room is at students' disposal.
The historical museum of the Academy has a rich exposition of photos, documents and things telling visitors about the history of Kokino and the Academy.
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