One of the fundamental and applied research departments of the Faculty of Geography with significant scientific achievements. Founded by Professor Petro Tsis in 1950.

The department successfully operates the scientific school “Regional, Engineering, and Environmental Geomorphology” and the research direction “Pleistocene Paleogeography.”

For over 60 years, the department was home to an outstanding researcher of the Ukrainian Carpathians, a long-time head of the department (for more than 40 years), and dean of the Faculty of Geography. He was awarded the title of “Honored Professor of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv” (2002) and “Honored Worker of Education of Ukraine” (2009). He was widely recognized in the global scientific community—Professor Yaroslav Kravchuk, the founder of the scientific school “Regional, Engineering, and Environmental Geomorphology,” originally established by Professor P. Tsis.

Today, the Department of Geomorphology and Paleogeography employs 9 lecturers, including 2 professors (one of whom is a Doctor of Sciences), 7 associate professors, as well as 1 senior research fellow and 2 members of the teaching and support staff.

The department includes the Research Laboratory of Engineering-Geographical, Environmental Protection, and Tourism Studies (NDL-51), classrooms for geomorphology and paleogeography, and a geomorphological map office.

The department oversees the Dniester Geographic Station, which serves as the primary site for geography students’ field practices.

The department provides training for specialists at the bachelor’s and master’s levels in the fields of 106 “Geography” and 103 “Earth Sciences”. It is the graduating department for the educational and professional program “Global Changes in Geomorphosystems and Geohazards” at the second (master’s) level of education.

In 2020, the department celebrated its 70th anniversary. To mark this occasion, a national scientific and practical conference was held on November 26-27, 2020, with the participation of more than fifty scientists from Ukraine and Poland. As a result of the conference, abstracts of presentations were published. Additionally, an informational guide was issued, covering the history of the department’s formation and development, an overview of its educational and research activities, and biographical data of its staff.