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Master AETPF, parcours Forests and their Environment (FEN), M1 and M2 at AgroParisTech

AgroParisTech, France

Programme overview

Two-year master track on the functioning and dynamics of temperate forest ecosystems and the quantitative tools for their sustainable management under global environmental change. Teaching involves more than 30 professors and senior scientists from nine research labs at AgroParisTech, Université de Lorraine and INRAE.

Faculty: AgroParisTech Nancy (Université de Lorraine)  |  Duration: Two years (M1 and M2)  |  Study mode: full-time; M1 in French, M2 entirely in English  |  Location: Palaiseau, Île-de-France, France

What you will study

An introductory session on European forests and their management issues, a core on forest ecosystem and community functioning and dynamics (tree physiology, biogeochemistry, ecology), and a tools and methods session covering GIS, statistics and modelling.

Career pathways

R&D or expert posts in environmental diagnosis and management of forest ecosystems in public and private, national and international institutions; scientific careers in forest ecology and management research; PhD study.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Selective recruitment of 15 to 20 students; applications from 25 March to 31 May. M1: bachelor's degree in biology, French at B2 level. M2: M1 or master's degree (or equivalent recognised in the EHEA) with a background in forestry, plant science, ecology, ecophysiology or environmental science; English at B2 level (for example IELTS above 5, TOEIC above 785, TOEFL iBT above 90, or Cambridge FCE). A Labex ARBRE Excellence scholarship of 7,500 euros was offered in 2024 to a foreign M2 student.

Domestic applicants: EUR 250 a year. Registration range stated on the programme page for EU students; national fee, not programme-specific tuition Source

International applicants: EUR 3,770 a year. Upper figure of the stated range for students from outside the EU Source

Duration: Two years (M1 and M2)

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