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School of Forestry  | Kura Ngahere

UC is the only university in New Zealand to offer professional forestry degree programmes, including undergraduate programmes run through the School of Forestry and the Faculty of Engineering. Our first-class facilities include teaching and research spaces and the Wood Technology precinct, which contains a timber drying and preservation unit, a pulp and paper room, and a general workshop.

There are many plantation and native forest areas, both publicly and privately owned, used for teaching and research within convenient range of the University.  Field trips to Canterbury's indigenous and exotic forests are integral to our teaching and we have strong relationships with local forest organisations and their valuable staff. Students also travel to Hanmer Springs; the West Coast; the Nelson region; and the central North Island on extended field trips. Students regularly visit several wood processing industries in Canterbury with which we maintain regular contact.

Our 2023 Prospectus provides information on our people, our students and our programmes.

Our students undertake a wide range of research projects as part of their study. Undergraduate Forestry Dissertation Abstracts, Postgraduate Abstracts and an alphabetical listing of all Dissertations and Theses are available from the UC Library collection, online from 2003 or through the Macmillan Brown Library.

Bachelor of Forestry Science

Our students have access to world-class teaching and facilities, and go on to diverse careers around the world.

BE (Hons) in Forest Engineering

This Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) degree trains students to design, construct and evaluating forest operation systems.

Staff contact and profiles

Contact our collegial international team for advice or inquiries, and view our full research and publications profiles.

Postgraduate study and research

Our students are involved in cutting-edge research projects and courses. Explore your options.

Laboratories and facilities

Our staff and students have access to world-class research facilities and field stations. Find out more. 

Research groups and centres

Find out what our world-leading experts, research groups and centres are working on.

Forestry 50th Anniversary

Growing the Future with Lessons from the Past: celebrating 50 years of forestry education and research

Seventh International Faustmann Symposium

School of Forestry | University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand 1-3 April 2023

News, events and seminars

View our full news archive for latest School of Forestry news and scholarships announcements.

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Devastating consequences from planting pine after ...

On The Conversation, Emeritus Professor David Norton discuss how native forests need to replace pine forests as a long ...

Cyclone Gabrielle triggered more destructive ...

On The Conversation, Adjunct Senior Fellow Mark Bloomberg covers why New Zealand must change how it grows trees on ...