Quality of higher education, higher technical education defines the level of country development and welfare of its citizens. That is why a number of reforms have been implemented in Ukraine for the past time, the main purpose of them is improvement of quality of higher education up to the level of the world requirements.

The Odessa National Academy of Food Technologies is on a new stage of development. A stepwise principle of higher education has been completely implemented at the Academy, from a junior specialist to a bachelor, master, Candidate and Doctor of Sciences.

Today 11 faculties comprised of four educational institutes, the faculty of post-graduate education, the research institute, the college and three technical secondary schools represent a powerful scientific-educational center in the south of our country that unites approximately 15,000 students, 2,400 teachers and employees, with about 100 professors and 400 associate professors, candidates of sciences included.

In the jubilee 2012 year we have established four institutes that united century traditions and current innovations. Their main purpose of functioning is large-scale implementation of the education model of the best European universities from knowledge acquirement to their use based scientifically. By unanimous solution of the members of the Academic Board all the four institutes got names after the leading industry figures and scientists who have direct relation to the destiny of our Academy.

The Technological Institute of Food Industry named after M.V. Lomonosov united faculties «Processing of grain, bread products, confectionery, mixed fodder and biofuel», «Food Technology, Perfume and Cosmetics Examination and Commodity Science», «Processing of wine & tourism business» and «Innovation technological processes of nutrition and restaurant-hotel business». M.V. Lomonosov was the first of Russian scientists who as far back as in the middle of the XVIII century made theoretical researches in the sphere of creation of effective mills, he made an inestimable contribution to development of representations on food in the sphere of achievements in chemistry and mechanics. The Odessa Technological Institute of Food Industry was named after him for the period of time from 1968 to 1994. Today the famous name «Lomonosov» is not forgotten yet, and the historical equity has been restored.