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Postgraduate Forestry

22 November 2023

There are postgraduate courses and research opportunities in Forestry Science and Forest Engineering, with our academics active in numerous areas of research. Admission depends on the programme you want to enrol in, your academic background, and whether you're a domestic or an international student. Find out about postgraduate forestry study at UC.

HOW TO APPLY

Why choose postgraduate study?

Admission requirements depend on the programme you wish to enrol in, your academic background and whether you are a domestic or international student. Contact us to discuss your eligibity.

Research candidates must identify their intended research area and potential primary supervisor. Find out more about our individual research interests.

 

Postgraduate research in Forest Engineering

There are exciting research opportunities in Forest Engineering. Questions about how best to maximise production efficiency of mechanised operations; or how to minimise the environmental impacts of forest operations, or about how to integrate new technology still need to be addressed.

The Forest Engineering programme enjoys a very high level of support from the New Zealand forest industry, with many companies and harvesting contractors prepared to help out.

Currently we are able to offer a PhD degree in Forest Engineering, but no specifically endorsed Forest Engineering Master's degree. For students with an engineering background the most suitable path is to enrol in Master of Engineering in Civil Engineering. Students with a forestry background should enrol in a Master's in Forestry Science. Please contact Rien Visser to discuss your options.

Scholarships and funding

Please contact Jeanette Allen for information about UC PhD and Masters Scholarships and the TW Adams scholarship. In addition to these there may be scholarships available for a targeted research project. Such scholarships will be advertised in the School of Forestry news.

The University makes a number of postgraduate scholarships available. Depending on funding from external sources, we can sometimes offer research stipends for postgraduate students. See the Scholarships database for all available scholarships.

Need more information?

For general inquiries contact our Co-ordinator. If you have an inquiry about research, contact the relevant academic staff member.

Research topics in Forestry Science

Our research can be broadly grouped into four research clusters that have several academic staff involved in each cluster and also overlapping between the clusters. If your interests are related but you are unsure if they directly link to our academic staff members' current research focus, you can negotiate other research topics with potential supervisors.

Current and recent postgraduate Postgraduate Research show a broad range of subjects. Recent theses can be found on the UC Library database.

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