Degree Programme in Sustainable Forest Management | Bachelor of Natural Resources | full-time

This degree programme focuses on sustainable planning, caring and utilization of forest resources. Studying takes place in beautiful Evo campus, around 40 km from Hämeenlinna city center. Our campus is well known for its unique demonstration forest of 1800 ha that is located right at the campus area. No wonder a great deal of the studies is executed outside in the fresh air, right in the demonstration forest.

Content of the studies 

During your studies, you will familiarize yourself with sustainable forestry, forest measurement, timber harvesting and procurement, forest ecology and forest planning. In addition to these, you will choose from a variety of profiling studies to modify your degree programme to suit your interests. These studies can be for example wood procurement, planning and management of forest resources and production of services in forestry, GIS, recreational usage of forests and renewable energy resources.

Worklife

After graduation, you can work in wood procurement, forest services, and planning or management of forest resources as an expert. Some of your students also become entrepreneurs and start their own business after graduation. 

Suomenkielinen tiivistys

Englanninkielisessä metsätalousinsinöörin koulutuksessa pääset oppimaan uutta kestävästä metsänhoidosta, tutustumaan metsien taloudelliseen merkitykseen sekä hallitsemaan alalla käytettäviä sovelluksia ja teknologiaa. Kansainvälisessä koulutuksessa opiskelet osana ryhmää, joka koostuu eri puolelta maailmaa tulevista opiskelijoista. Pääset siis kehittämään englannin kieltäsi, ja opiskelemaan metsätalouden kehdossa, Evon kampuksella! Tiesitkö, että Evon kampuksella on n. 1800 hehtaaria opetusmetsää meidän opetuksemme käytössä?