40 MSc scholarships for international elite programmes in forestry and natural resource management - 10.12.2008

The Centre for Forest, Landscape and Planning, Faculty of Life Sciences at University of Copenhagen, co-ordinates two Erasmus Mundus MSc programmes related to forestry and natural resource management. These highly competitive programmes are two-year integrated MSc courses giving students direct access to the best teaching in this area in Europe:

SUTROFOR (Sustainable Tropical Forestry): The overall objective is to qualify graduates to deal with the challenges in contemporary tropical forestry, that is, sustainable tropical forestry management is becoming increasingly complex due to improved knowledge and a growing demand for products and services.

SUFONAMA (Sustainable Forest and Nature Management): The overall objective is to qualify graduates to deal with the challenges of modern natural resources management in Europe and other temperate regions, that is, sustainable management of forests and nature areas in an integrated landscape context.

Full descriptions of the two Erasmus Mundus MSc programmes, inclusive of application procedure and forms, can be found on:

www.sutrofor.net and www.sufonama.net

There are forty scholarships available for non-EU students: each of EUR 42,000 (EUR 21,000 annually for two years). Applications must be received by 16 January 2009. The application deadline for EU students is 14 August 2009; financial support opportunities for EU students are also available, see homepages for further details.

Dr. Carsten Smith Olsen and Dr. Niels Strange
Director of SUTROFOR and Director of SUFONAMA
Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen,
Danish Centre for Forest, Landscape and Planning
Rolighedsvej 23
DK-1958 Frederiksberg C
Denmark