MSc Sustainable Tropical Forestry (Sutrofor)

at Bangor University

Program structure

Forest Resource Assessment: This module provides an introduction to world forest resources and policy.

Silviculture: This module develops an understanding of silviculture and forest management and the interaction of management systems with the physical environment. A common component explore the silvicultural systems and interventions used to realise desired future forest conditions

Research Planning and Communication: This module aims to support the dissertation planning process and encourage critical thinking about the research process.

Climate Change and Tropical Forestry - Monitoring and Policies: This module focuses on popular discourses on the relationships between climate change, forests and livelihoods.

Preparing Field Work in the Tropics: This module develops in-depth factual location specific knowledge  relevant to tropical forestry issues.

Sustainable Tropical Forestry Summer School: This module applies data collection and evaluation methods in the field.

Agroforestry Systems and Practice: This module introduces the concepts behind this land use system and ways in which it is practiced around the world. Topics covered are the principles of ecological and biophysical interactions, and the social, economic and ecosystem benefits.

Natural Resource Management: The purpose of this module is to give students a theoretical understanding of the systems approach to managing natural resources to provide various ecosystem services, as well as a practical grounding in the ways in which natural resource managers can draw on a variety of knowledge sources to inform themselves and others of the impacts of land management interventions.

Optional Modules:

This is dependent on where the second year of study is selected.

The main student selection criteria are: a good undergraduate university degree; the applicant’s CV; documentation of proficiency in English (and French if choosing Montpellier); the applicant’s personal statement of motivation; recommendations from two references, of which at least one academic.

Tuition Fee Per Year

£ 18,050

Career opportunity

There are excellent employment opportunities in the broad area of tropical forestry including national government, international organisations and consultancies. Many recent SUTROFOR graduates have gone on to do PhD research.