On January 23-29, 2011 2 Professors from the Ecology Department (prof. Krektun Bohdan and Hnativ Petro) visited the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria,.

During the visit the presentation of Areas of Competence in Teaching and Research was made. Those included: : Soil, plants, and living beings; Land use, landscape, and infrastructure; Water, atmosphere, and environment; Alternative biogenic materials and bio-energy; Biotechnology; Forestry and wood sciences; Agricultural sciences; Food technology sciences.

The lecturers of the university shared their experience on the  modernisation of a  number of courses on the specialty “Environmental Protection” .

At the Departments of Water, Atmosphere and Environment and in the  Institute of Sanitary Engineering and Water Pollution Control they got acquainted with teaching methods and scientific and research activities of the academic staff in the issues of  protection the  natural water resources, river morphology and sediment transport,  water quality, hydrobiology and aquatic ecosystem, river restoration, concepts restoration ecology, current priority regards climate change.

They have also got experience how to upgrade the teaching laboratories, to update the library resources, and to create a relevant data base, how to involve the students into both educational and practical process.