MSc in European Forestry

Academic area	Technical
Course start-up	2006-2007
ECTS credits	120 ECTS credits
Educational goals	Students on this Master’s Degree will be expected to learn about the European forest market, understand the ecological role of forest systems, the way they function and their effect on society. In short, they will receive the training required to find employment in companies based across Europe, in the EU’s public administrations and in NGOs. Therefore, the course gives specific training that will enable students to acquire skills in the use of computer programs specific to forest environments, analyse and assess the environmental impact of their professional activities, and to set up and coordinate transnational work groups. Students will also be expected to acquire the ability to work in different cultural contexts and know different languages, as well as to keep abreast of the latest advances made in the technologies related to the field.
Type	Research/professional
Study regime	Full-time
Modality	Face-to-face
Number of places available	20
Inter-university master's degree	Yes
Coordinating university	University of Eastern Finland
Partners	Paris Institute of Technology for Life, Food and Environmental Sciences (AgroParistech ENGREF), France University of Eastern Finland (UEF), Joensuu, Finland (Coordinating university) University of Freiburg, Germany Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden University of Lleida (UdL), Spain Wageningen University, the Netherlands University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU), Austria
Fees	Tuition fees are set by the consortium of the partner universities.
Academic secretary's office	mscefsecretariat@joensuu.fi
Contact emails	mscef@joensuu.fi cvega@eagrof.udl.cat

Last modified: 05/28/2012