- Degree
- PhD, Dr forest, or Dr rer nat (doctoral studies with a focus on natural sciences)
- Course location
- Göttingen
- Teaching language
- • German
• English
- Languages
- Courses are usually held in English. The dissertation is often written in English.
- Mode of study
- Less than 50% online
- Programme duration
- 6 semesters
- Beginning
- Only for doctoral programmes: any time
- Application deadline
- No application deadline
- Tuition fees per semester in EUR
- None
- Combined Master's degree / PhD programme
- No
- Joint degree / double degree programme
- No
- Description/content
- The PhD programme offers advanced studies in theoretical and methodological forestry and forest ecology (doctoral seminar, research methods, interdisciplinary topics, key skills, in-depth specialisation).
The following research fields are offered at the faculty:
• Bioclimatology
• Forest Inventory and Remote Sensing
• Forest Botany and Tree Physiology
• Ecoinformatics, Biometrics and Forest Growth
• Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding
• Forest Policy and Forest History
• Forest Work Science and Engineering
• Forest Economics and Sustainable Land-Use Planning
• Forest Zoology and Forest Conservation
• Wood Biology and Wood Products
• Wood Technology and Wood-Based Composites
• Forest Nature Conservation
• Soil Science of Temperate Ecosystems
• Soil Science of Tropical and Subtropical Ecosystems
• Molecular Wood Biotechnology and Technical Mycology
• Silviculture and Forest Ecology of the Temperate Zones
• Tropical Silviculture and Forest Ecology
• Ecosystem Modelling
• Wildlife Management
• Biodiversity, Macroecology and Biogeography
• Landscape Resilience