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Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology
The Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology offers an up-to-date and varied course of study that illuminates forests with their properties and their importance for biodiversity and climate protection, but also explicitly deals with the possibilities of human use, thereby addressing economic questions as well as social ones, and the dimension of forests and its use. The course also provides knowledge about the properties and possible uses of wood and wood products. Our faculty maintains numerous cooperations with other universities, research institutions and interdisciplinary centers all over the world and is active in many interdisciplinary research associations.
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Introduction Days
The faculty welcomes new Bachelor's and newly enrolled Master's students with introduction days in the week before lectures begin. During the ‘O-Phase’ you will get to know the faculty and receive all the information you need for a successful start to your studies.
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Timetables
The timetables for the winter semester 2024/25 are online. There may still be changes in the coming days, updates to the schedules will then be uploaded accordingly.
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Call for Scholarship Applications: Master scholarships by German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for students from DAC countries
You may apply for our M.Sc. Program Forest and Ecosystem Sciences, study track: Tropical and International Forestry (TIF) including a DAAD EPOS scholarship for the intake 2025. Application Closing Date: 31.10.2024
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News from the faculty
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Graduation ceremony 2024
The pictures of the 2024 graduation ceremony can be viewed here. The Faculty wishes its graduates all the best for the future.
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Confidante
Our confidante, Katrin Meyer, would like to introduce herself to you. She will be happy to serve as your first point of contact for problems or conflicts of any kind, offering advice and, if necessary, referring you to the responsible offices and committees, such as the ombuds office.
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Measuring trees and finding orchids
Together with a professional team from the IPB in Bogor and the University of Tadulako in Palu, Mary Mulligan, PhD student in the Forest Inventory Department, conducted field research in Lore Lindu National Park (Indonesia) and shares her unforgettable impressions in an impressive film documentary.
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Press releases
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Tropical forest resilience to seasonal drought linked to nutrient availability
Tropical forests are highly productive ecosystems accounting for nearly half of the global forest carbon sink. If tropical forests can no longer remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, the effects of climate change may become even more severe. In recent times, these forests have been found to be increasingly limited in nutrients, which may affect their resilience to seasonal droughts and the rate at which they can remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
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Nitrogen pollution drives forest plants west
The movement of plant species across Europe has mainly been attributed to climate change. However, a new study shows that other environmental factors play an important role. An international research team led by the University of Ghent, with the participation of the University of Göttingen, examined the biodiversity of forests in relation to climate change and the input of nitrogen and sulphur.
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More press releases
Here you can find more press releases about the faculty and an archive.
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Faculty of Forest Sciences
and Forest Ecology
Büsgenweg 5
37077 Göttingen