Forestry and Environmental Management degrees (TRANSFOR-M) MSc

This course is a two-year taught Masters programme which leads to a Bangor degree and a Canadian degree (i.e., a dual degree) across the fields of forestry and environmental management. The programme is offered by a consortium of eight universities: three in Canada, four in the European Union (EU), and Bangor in the UK. Students will spend their first year at Bangor University and their second year at a Canadian partner university.

The partners in the TRANSFOR-M consortium are: Bangor University, Wales, UK University of Eastern Finland, Finland University of Padova, Italy University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden Lakehead University, Canada University of Alberta, Canada University of British Columbia, Canada Bangor University degrees available under TRANSFOR-M are: MSc Agroforestry and Food Security MSc Conservation and Land Management MSc Environmental Forestry Canadian degrees available under TRANSFOR-M are: Master of Forest Management (Lakehead University) MSc (University of Alberta) Master of Agriculture, MAg, including second-level specializations (University of Alberta) Master of Forestry, MF, including second-level specializations (University of Alberta) Master of Forestry, MF (University of British Columbia) Candidates are requested to apply to one of the consortium universities and must be selected by both it and a partner university. Selection will favour students with strong academic records, experience, and credentials that indicate serious interest in international work. Important information about Fees TRANSFOR-M students applying through Bangor will have Bangor as their ’home’ university and a ’host’ university in Canada.

TRANSFOR-M students from Canada have a ’home’ university in Canada and Bangor as the ’host’ university. Bangor ‘home’ students will pay their tuition fees to Bangor University throughout the two years of study.