Bachelor’s in Forestry and Ecosystems Management - Cooperative Degree
From Winter Semester 2019/2020, the University of Applied Sciences Erfurt will be offering the Bachelor's in Forestry and Ecosystem Management as a cooperative degree with integrated work placements in a host organization. Two thirds of the cooperative degree program consist of modules to be completed at FH Erfurt. Several work placements in the host forestry business will strengthen your skills, and the last two semesters of the seven-semester degree program must be entirely spent in the forestry business. This ideal combination of theory and practice allows for a particularly practice-oriented degree program, geared towards developing a high level of professional skills for your chosen field of work in forestry.
Starting out
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Student Secretary for the Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Horticulture and Forestry
Aylin Rottleb
lgf-studsekretariat@fh-erfurt.de
+49 361 6700268
Program Director
Prof. Dr. Dirk Landgraf
This ideal combination of theory and practice allows for a particularly practice-oriented degree program, geared towards developing a high level of professional skills for your chosen field of work in forestry. The program structure is based on the content of the regular Bachelor's degree course. Practical modules I and II serve to provide company-specific specialization in the skills acquired in your studies, while practical modules III and IV are completed entirely in the forestry business. Further short practical placements will round off your skills development and will be arranged in line with the focus of your host company.
During the 7-semester degree program, 32% of the training takes place in the workplace.
For the entire duration of the degree course, the host company will pay the student a wage.
Overview
- Qualification Bachelor (Bachelor of Science)
- Duration 7 semesters
- Starts Winter Semester
- Costs/tuition fees -
- Restricted admissions Numerus Clausus
- General entry requirements yes Show
- Specific entry requirements no
The cooperative degree program requires its students to take two thirds of the modules at FH Erfurt. Several work placements in your host forestry business will strengthen your skills, and the last two semesters of the seven-semester degree program must be entirely spent in the forestry business. This ideal combination of theory and practice allows for a particularly practice-oriented degree program, geared towards developing a high level of professional skills for your chosen field of work in forestry.
- Program regulations
Applications are to be submitted directly to the cooperating host companies (currently Bundesforst, ThüringenForst AöR, Ministry of Economics, Tourism, Agriculture and Forestry of Saxony-Anhalt) to begin studying in the winter semester.
Please note that the cooperating host companies may have differing deadlines for applications!
Applicants are selected directly by their host company, which will first verify that they fulfil the legal requirements for admission to a degree program at the university of applied sciences. The applicants sign their training contract directly with the host company.
Cooperating host organizations:
The future is in your hands
Our Bachelor's graduates work as service providers for society, for forest owners or as freelancers. However, their most important “employer” is the forest itself. Today, whatever the job in question, there is a stronger focus on functional roles, particularly in management, controlling and consulting.
This requires us to work collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders and specialist fields. In addition to professional expertise, loyalty and social skills are essential when it comes to tackling day-to-day tasks.
Main areas of work for our graduates:
- Managing forest districts in the public or private sector
- Administrative duties as clerks in public authorities responsible for forestry, hunting and fishing, plant protection, environmental protection and nature conservation
- Forest-related service companies (engineering offices, logging companies, tree maintenance and trail building contractors, landscape conservation organizations, etc.) at management and team level
- Consultancy work in the fields of forestry, hunting and nature conservation
- Timber procurement and logistics in the timber industry
- Consultancy work in the field of environmental policy
- Public relations, forest pedagogy, educational work relating to the environment and forestry in particular
- Managing game reserves, climbing parks and other nature-related leisure facilities
- Environmental and nature tourism
- Vocational training (forestry apprentices)
