Bangor University

Sustainable Forest and Nature Management (SUFONAMA) (Erasmus Mundus course) MSc

Bangor UniversityBangor, United Kingdom

Course overview

The course is a two-year world-class integrated programme aimed at qualifying graduates to deal with the huge challenges facing temperate forestry, agriculture and sustainable land use. The teaching staff are research active and the students will benefit from our wide range of research activities and contacts in the UK and overseas. By joining the teaching and research experiences of five European leading educational institutions, this unique course will constitute an in-depth educational programme with inherent impetus to stay at the forefront of research-based teaching strongly linked to realities in many European and non-European countries.

The SUFONAMA course is offered by a consortium consisting of five institutions: Danish Centre for Forest, Landscape and Planning, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark School of the Environment and Natural Resources, Bangor University, Bangor, Wales, UK. of Forest Sciences and Ecology, University of Goettingen, Faculty Goettingen, Germany Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden, and Faculty of Agriculture, University of Padova, Padova, Italy. Detailed information on the SUFONAMA Masters course is available at: https://em-sufonama.eu/ This web-page describes the Sustainable Forest and Nature Management course as structured in the current academic session. While the aims of the programme and the broad structure of the degree are similar from year to year, details may change over time to meet the requirements of the profession and of academic audits, and to ensure that the programme remains effective and up-to-date.

Key highlights

  • Erasmus Mundus programme delivered by a consortium of five European institutions
  • Partners in Denmark, Wales, Germany, Sweden and Italy
  • Tackles challenges in temperate forestry, agriculture and sustainable land use
  • Taught by research-active staff with UK and overseas research contacts
  • Research-based teaching linked to realities in European and non-European countries

Entry requirements

  • Degree: 2nd class — to include relevant subject

Scholarships

  • Deans Scholarship - Postgraduate Research

    20% reduction in the published Postgraduate Research tuition fee for each year of study.

    Up to 20% of fees
  • Heads of School Scholarship

    10% reduction in the published Postgraduate Research tuition fee for each year of study.

    Up to 10% of fees
  • Inclusive Bangor Scholarships

    Payment towards tuition fees for one-year taught or research postgraduate Masters (or for two years if studying part-time). This will be capped at £9,500.

  • Refugee Scholarship

  • Vice-Chancellor Postgraduate Research Scholarships

    50% discount on the published International Tuition Fee for each year of study.

    Up to 50% of fees

Careers this course leads to

  • Forest manager
  • Conservation manager
  • Land use consultant
  • Environmental policy adviser
  • Forestry researcher
  • Natural resource management officer

Admission

Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to Bangor University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.

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