摘要:The Department of aquatic bioresources and aquaculture of Kuban state University trains students in the direction of 35.03.08 Aquatic bioresources and aquaculture (bachelor's degree), profiles Ichthyology and Aquaculture; 35.04.07 Aquatic bioresources and aquaculture (master's degree), orientation (profile) Ichthyology; 06.06.01 Biological Sciences (training of highly qualified personnel), profile 03.02.06 Ichthyology. An integral feature of a trained specialist, whose qualifications meet the current labor market conditions, is the acquisition of a set of research competencies in the field of fisheries science and production. The increasing inclusion of the research approach in the period of training, production practices and implementation of specialized disciplines, together with the educational approach, allows students to develop the necessary intellectual and creative thinking of students. Individual students with their works became winners and prize-winners in the all-Russian competition of the Final qualifying work’s in the field of Aquatic bioresources and aquaculture.