The newspaper Vremya published an article on the establishment of a state biotechnological university in Kharkiv, which is to be joined by the Kharkiv Petro Vasylenko National Technical University of Agriculture, the Kharkiv State Zooveterinary Academy, the Kharkiv National Agrarian University named after Vasyl Dokuchaev, and the Kharkiv State Food and Food University. . The government’s decision in this regard was made last week and it immediately caused a significant resonance among the scientific community, the public and the media. In particular, the media company Vremya inquired about the opinion of leading Kharkiv scientists, recognized scientific and moral authorities in the agricultural higher school of Ukraine, what they think about this decision, and what may be behind it.