Forest Sciences

In Forest Sciences MSc course fromUniversity of Helsinki, you will come to view forests not only as a setting for jogging trails or as a source of wood, but rather as a source of versatile renewable resources and as complex ecological systems that are closely connected to their environment. The relationship between humans and nature and between society and natural resources is a strong feature of these studies.

The Master's program in Forest Sciences at the University of Helsinki is based on the research at the Department of Forest Sciences which has been ranked 4th in the world, placing the department as one of the best in the world.

Career opportunities:

Studies are part of your career. At the University of Helsinki, all degrees include career planning.The Career Services at the University of Helsinki, in cooperation with degree programs, supports the growth of your expert identity as part of your studies and with separate services.

From the start of your studies until one year after the completion of your degree, the Career Services supports your career path.

Career Services

• gives career counselling and job seeking support,

• arranges info sessions, workshops and events,

• provides suitable job and traineeship offers for students,

• shares university’s subsidy for traineeships and

• facilitates group mentoring programs.

Courses included:

• Re­spons­ible busi­ness man­age­ment in circular and bioeconomy

• Forest business economics

• International forest policy, politics and power

• Behavioural change and sustainability

• Tree eco­physiology

• Mit­ig­a­tion of cli­mate change in forestry

• Sustainable forest eco­sys­tem man­age­ment