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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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Latest news
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Eva Mayr-Stihl Foundation Professorship for Forest Phytopathobiomes : Dr. Chhana Ullah
The faculty is delighted to announce that the first of five appointment procedures within the framework of the Forests in the Anthropocene call has been successfully completed with the appointment of the Eva Mayr-Stihl Foundation Professorship for Forest Phytopathobiomes with Mr. Chhana Ullah. After completing his studies in Bangladesh, Mr. Ullah earned a master’s degree in Nematology at Ghent University before joining the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, where he completed his PhD in 2018 on the topic of chemical defense mechanisms against fungi in forest tree species. Prior to his move to Göttingen, he led the project group “Chemical Ecology of Plant-Pathogen Interactions” at the Max Planck Institute. The faculty is pleased to welcome Mr. Ullah. (Photo: Anna Schroll)
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Do red squirrels and dormice get along?
Can animals share the same space peacefully high above the ground in the treetops? A research team at the University of Göttingen has found that forests combining both deciduous and conifer trees make it easier for red squirrels and dormice to coexist. “Our results show that dormice and red squirrels are not avoiding each other. In fact, they can live together quite well in mixed forests,” says lead author Pedro Mittelman, a PhD researcher in Wildlife Sciences at the University of Göttingen.
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Timetables
The timetables for the summer semester 2025 are online. There may still be changes in the coming days, updates to the schedules will then be uploaded accordingly.
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News from the faculty
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Göttingen University subjects get good grades!
Good results for the University of Göttingen: in the latest "QS World University Rankings by Subject", Agricultural and Forestry sciences are once again ranked first in Germany, and 21st worldwide (up from 24th last year).
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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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Global patterns in seed plant distribution over millions of years
Why do some plants thrive in specific regions but not in others? A study led by researchers at the University of Göttingen explores the factors shaping plant distributions and how these patterns have changed over millions of years.
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New approaches to palm oil cultivation: tree islands for more biodiversity
In a long-term experiment on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, an international research team led by the University of Göttingen has shown how tree islands promote biodiversity in oil palm plantations. The results show that the creation of tree islands in large oil palm monocultures allows native tree diversity to recover naturally. The results of the study were published in the journal Science.
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Faculty of Forest Sciences
and Forest Ecology
Büsgenweg 5
37077 Göttingen