Kazan State Agrarian University is one of the oldest higher educational institutions in the Volga region and Russia. It has old historical traditions. In 1922 Kazan Institute of Agriculture and Forestry was founded based on joining of the Forestry School of Kazan State University and agricultural department of Polytechnic Institute Kazan State Agrarian University is taking an active part in international cooperation of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tatarstan in the sphere of education and science. The University is developing a cultural relationship to achieve and maintain the international level of its educational programs, scientific research, organization, and management. It leads to the realization of the Bologna process's main objects and promotes integration into the international science and education system. International relations are developed through bilateral contracts and agreements, academic and student exchange programs with colleges, universities, and organizations in Germany, the USA, Great Britain, Switzerland, Sweden, Finland, the Netherlands, Denmark, etc. Currently, the University has contracts on academic exchange programs with the Pittsburg University (Kansas, USA) and Giessen University (Germany). Every year the students of the University take part in APOLLO and LOGO programs (Germany), AgriLida (Denmark), and others.
The mission of Kazan State Agrarian University is the establishment (based on innovative approaches) of a multilevel competitive system of staff training corresponding to the modern and potential needs of agriculture in the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tatarstan. The priority strategies of Kazan State Agrarian University are as follows:
- Advanced mastering of the professional education contents complying with the modern needs of the labor market, contemporary techniques and technologies in the agroindustrial complex
- Survey, development, and implementation of the innovative teaching methods and techniques based on the international and Russian experience
- Implementation of the innovative resource-saving technologies in agriculture: engineering, agronomics, cattle breeding, economy and management of the agroindustrial complex
- Field studies, practical and consultation activities, the establishment of educational farms
- Research, innovation, and experiment activities through the establishment of research institutes, technoparks, problem laboratories, business-incubators
- Development of international cooperation subject to the main trends of activities and priority of national projects in the agroindustrial complex and education
- Implementation of information technologies and computerization of all kinds of activities
- Development of the technical and material, educational, sports and health-improving facilities
- Professional and functional competence of the agroindustrial complex staff, professional, and social mobility in agriculture.
