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» You can study forestry at university

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The School of Forestry – Kura Ngahere – is part of the College of Engineering at the University of Canterbury.

The School of Forestry, within the University of Canterbury's College of Engineering, is the only university in New Zealand that offers a degree course in forestry.

Find out what about the Bachelor in Forestry Science and the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Forestry Engineering.

If you're interesting in the many training courses across a wide range of forestry careers, check out forestrycareers.nz

Resources

School of Forestry 2022 Prospectus | 647 KB | PDF

Find out about all the courses on offer at the School of Forestry and learn about what some of the people who have studied there are up to.

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