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MSc Tropical Forestry at TU Dresden

TU Dresden, Germany

Programme overview

Master programme in tropical forestry training managers to develop knowledge-based, innovative and sustainable management concepts for natural forests, plantation forests, agroforestry systems and urban green space, including control of their use and protection.

Faculty: Faculty of Environmental Sciences  |  Duration: 4 semesters (2 years) full-time; 8 semesters part-time  |  Study mode: full-time (part-time option); English-taught  |  Intake: winter semester  |  Location: Dresden, Sachsen, Germany

What you will study

Content covers climate and ecology including ecosystem functions and services, forest-related development policy, and forest cultivation using models and rural development instruments.

Career pathways

Heading forestry and timber enterprises and bilateral and multilateral forest-management projects, and government advisory work on forest development.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A degree in forest science or a related field (for example agriculture, horticulture, landscape and regional planning, geography, water management, biology); English at level B2; proof of special aptitude under the aptitude assessment regulations. Numerus clausus: no, but an aptitude assessment procedure is required. Application deadlines for the first subject semester (German applicants and Bildungsinländer): Aptitude assessment request period: 1 June – 31 July; Application period for study: 1 June – 15 September. International applicants: Application period non-EU applicants: 1 April – 31 May; Application period EU applicants: 1 April – 15 July. Application is made online through the TU Dresden application portal.

Intake: winter semester

Duration: 4 semesters (2 years) full-time; 8 semesters part-time

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