Forestry and Environmental Management degrees (TRANSFOR-M)

About This Course

This course is a two-year taught Masters programme which leads to a Bangor degree and a Canadian degree (i.e., a dual degree) across the fields of forestry and environmental management. The programme is offered by a consortium of eight universities: three in Canada, four in the European Union (EU), and Bangor in the UK.

Students will spend their first year at Bangor University and their second year at a Canadian partner university.

The partners in the TRANSFOR-M consortium are:

• Bangor University, Wales, UK
• University of Eastern Finland, Finland
• University of Padova, Italy
• University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
• Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden
• Lakehead University, Canada
• University of Alberta, Canada
• University of British Columbia, Canada

Bangor University degrees available under TRANSFOR-M are:

• MSc Agroforestry and Food Security
• MSc Conservation and Land Management
• MSc Environmental Forestry

Canadian degrees available under TRANSFOR-M are:

• Master of Forest Management (Lakehead University)
• MSc (University of Alberta)
• Master of Agriculture, MAg, including second-level specializations (University of Alberta)
• Master of Forestry, MF, including second-level specializations (University of Alberta)
• Master of Forestry, MF (University of British Columbia)

Candidates are requested to apply to one of the consortium universities and must be selected by both it and a partner university. Selection will favour students with strong academic records, experience, and credentials that indicate serious interest in international work.

Important information about Fees

TRANSFOR-M students applying through Bangor will have Bangor as their ’home’ university and a ’host’ university in Canada.

TRANSFOR-M students from Canada have a ’home’ university in Canada and Bangor as the ’host’ university. Bangor ‘home’ students will pay their tuition fees to Bangor University throughout the two years of study.