Teaching

Joint study programmes within the framework of the NFZ.forestnet network

Binational doctoral school Risk Management in Forestry

With the asssitance of the Université franco-allemande / Deutsch-Französische Hochschule, UFA / DFH, the NFZ.forestnet has launched a binational doctoral school on risk management in forestry. This doctoral school is to provide a medium for the further qualification and exchange of young researchers within the network. Supported are especially the mobility of doctoral students and their supervisors, as well as workshops to the theme of risk-management, trainings and courses to further scientific excellence, and the study of the other language. Over and above their own research activities, doctoral students will be part of a well-structured education, similar to what has been established successfully in the international promotion programme „Forestry in Transition“ and the "RP2E". Beside the abovementioned services and courses, this means co-tutoring by two professors and the presentation of regular progress updates in milestone colloquia and annual reports.

The financial assistance offered by the doctoral school with the funds of the UFA / DFH includes:
·Mobility aids for doctoral students to a maximum of € 300 per month spent at a partner institution abroad,
·Costs of workshops, trainings and language courses
·Travel costs for doctoral students and their supervisors

At the end of June 2006, a binational committee will select the first participants to the school on the basis of their written applications. A call for applications has been launched and can be downloaded » here.


Joint diploma Nancy-Freiburg

From both the side of ENGREF and ALU, the academic programmes "Ingénieurs du Génie Rural des Eaux et des Forêts Bac+6/7" and "Diplomforstwirt" have been trimmed for mutual compatibility and over the past years a joint diploma has been offered where the students often spend considerable time abroad.

The diploma is financed by the UFA/DFH French-German University and offered a limited number of students an excellent chance to get grounded in two quite different (academic) cultures. read more on the integrated double diplom Forstwissenschaften - Science Forestiéres





Joint field week "Mountain Forest Ecology in the Swiss Alps"

This field week in the Swiss Alps provides students an understanding on the topic of mountain forest ecology and management and gets them involved into research. The participants learn to define research objectives, formulate research hypotheses and to set-up and carry out a small research project.
This field week is jointly organized by the Institute for Forest Growth (IWW) of the Faculty of Forest and Environmental Sciences Freiburg i. Br. (Germany), the ETH-Zürich (Switzerland) and the Swiss-Avalanche-Research-Institute Davos (SLF) under the auspices of NFZ.forestnet. It will take place in Davos-Switzerland from June 16th to 22nd 2007 and is offered to students from all partners of the network NFZ.forestnet.
» Report of the field week 2006 written by a participant. » Contact for further information.





Studying forestry and environmental science in Nancy
ENGREF Nancy offers a series of technical diplomas and specialised masters:

Formation des Ingénieurs Forestiers - FIF (Bac+5) (Forest Engineering)
Formation des Ingénieurs du Génie Rural des Eaux et des Forêts (Bac+6/7) (Land, Water and Forest Engineering)
MSc Water Management
MSc Forest, Nature and Society (with a "tropical option")
MSc Rural Development
MSc Geographic Information Systems
MSc Environmental Engineering

The UHP also offers many studies in the fundamental life sciences and soil science. In collaboration with the INPL and ENGREF it now offers the MSc Forest, Agronomy and Environmental Science.

The INPL offers a.o. some technical environmental studies in their Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Agronomie et des Industries Alimentaires.





Studying forestry and environmental science in Freiburg

The ALU has recently switched to the bachelor-master system and is now in a transition phase offering teachings in both systems.

The "old" study programmes offer diplomas (Diplomwirt) in
-Forest Science
-Geography
-Hydrology
-Meteorology

New study programmes at the Faculty of Forest and Environmental Sciences are:
B.Sc. Geography (starting winter semester 2005/06)
B.Sc. Forestry and Environment (starting winter semester 2005/06)
M.Sc. Environmental Governance (taught in english, starting winter semester 2005/06)
M.Sc. Forests, Environment and Bioresources (taught in english, starting winter semester 2005/06)
M.Sc. Forest Sciences (starting winter semester 2008/09)
M.Sc. Geography (starting winter semester 2008/09)
M.Sc. Hydrology (starting winter semester 2008/09)





Studying forestry and environmental science in Zürich

The ETH is also in the process of stepping over on a bachelor-master system and is phasing out the diplomas in forestry and environmental science. These are to be replaced by a bachelor in Environmental and Nature Sciences and a master in the same field. Within this master the Major in Forest and Landscape Management might be of interest here. Further, a flyer (PDF format) is available.