A study plan adjusted to the areas of interest. Application of science to forestry and resources management...
The MSc in Forest Engineering and Natural Resources, is a 2-year duration course with the following structure:
14 modules
Spread over 3 semesters, modules are focused on the various essential aspects of sustainable resources' management and their challenges.
The student may select 2 optional modules, one in each year, out of a set of available modules that may or may not take place depending on the number of enrolled students. These modules aim to diversify the training in particular areas of interest.
84 credits
MSc Thesis
Final component of the master’s degree in Forest Engineering and Natural Resources that completes the study plan, allowing to explore a specific theme whose written presentation and evaluation confers the master’s degree.
Can be presented in different formats:
- Dissertation;
- Project work;
- Professional internship Report.
36 credits
Highlights
- 2-year training (4 semesters);
- 2 optional modules;
- core modules focused on managing:
- fire
- wildlife
- pests and diseases
- resources
- inland water
- Enterprises' shcoolarships;
Study plan
| Course Modules | Credits | |
| 1st Year | ||
| 1st Semester | ||
| Remote Sensing | Mandatory | 6 |
| Statistics and Experimental Design | Mandatory | 6 |
| Funcionamento dos Ecossistemas Florestais | Mandatory | 6 |
| Forest Pest Management | Mandatory | 6 |
| Optional 1 | Mandatory | 6 |
| 2nd Semester | ||
| Fire Ecology and Management | Mandatory | 6 |
| Forest Tree Breeding | Mandatory | 6 |
| Modeling Forest Ecosystems | Mandatory | 6 |
| Vegetation Monitoring with UAVs and LiDAR | Mandatory | 6 |
| Optional 2 | Obrigatória | 6 |
| 2nd Year | ||
| 1st Semester | ||
| Forest and Natural Resources Management | Mandatory | 6 |
| Gestão e Conservação da Fauna Silvestre | Mandatory | 6 |
| Technological Materials of Forest Origin | Mandatory | 6 |
| Agroforestry and Forest Restoration | Mandatory | 6 |
| Thesis | Mandatory | 6 |
| 2nd Semester | ||
| Thesis | Mandatory | 30 |
Optional Course Modules
| Course modules | Field | |
| 1st Year - 1st Semester | ||
| Data Management and Storage | Forest Engineering | |
| Management and Conservation of Vegetation | Forest Engineering | |
| Gestão e Conservação de Sistemas Fluviais | Forest Engineering | |
| Governança Florestal | Forest Engineering | |
| 1st Year - 2nd Semester | ||
| Applied Machine Learning | Forest Engineering | |
| Arboriculture and Urban Forestry | Forest Engineering | |
| Business Strategy and Project Evaluation | Forest Engineering | |
| Geoprocessing and Spatial Analysis | Forest Engineering | |
| Investigação Operacional Aplicada | Forest Engineering |
Professors
- Expert Faculty:
- 36 Ph.D Professors;
- High degree of scientific and pedagogical preparation;
- Dynamic, committed and competent Team;
- High number and diversity of specialties related to Forest Engineering.
- Relationship of proximity between professors and students;
- International environment:
- Erasmus students;
- Erasmus Mundus – MEDfOR students.
- Important role in society and scientific research;
- Professors
integrated in research centers classified as excellent:
- participation and cooperation in (inter)national research activities;
- coordination of (inter)national research networks and/or projects.
- More than 200 references of scientific and pedagogical works in 2021;
Combining theory & practice
Throughout the 3 semesters students find a selection of modules that address the THEORETICAL-PRACTICAL CONCEPTS related to various aspects of resource management from fire ecology and management to inland waters management, through the wildlife management and through the pest management.
The application of ANALYSIS TOOLS such as remote sensing, operations research, statistics and modeling of forest resources will be constant in all semesters.
The range of modules also includes subjects such as ecosystem functioning, genetics and breeding, vegetation monitoring with UAVs and LiDAR and forest products.