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

This course is accredited by the Institute of Chartered Foresters and gives partial fulfilment of Professional Membership Entry.

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.

Entry to SUFONAMA requires a good first degree in a relevant subject, or second class honours degree in a relevant subject with a minimum of two years relevant experience in forestry, agriculture or other land use related work in a position of demonstrable responsibility. Relevant professional experience should be supported by additional evidence such as authorship of appropriate professional reports or a record of active membership of a relevant professional organisation or International Scientific Society. In general, however, applicants are judged on their individual merits and age, work experience and other factors are also considered.

There are excellent employment opportunities in the broad area of forestry including national government, international organisations and consultancies. Many recent SUFONAMA graduates have gone on to do PhD research.