Overview

The Master of Sustainable Forest Management (MSFM) offered by University of British Columbia consists of field-work experience as well as course work, with students completing graduation requirements the following April. Students in the MSFM programme come from various backgrounds with bachelor degrees in ecology, physical geography, environmental sciences, forestry or allied disciplines.

The MSFM provides advanced study in natural resource stewardship. Programme components include: tree and stand dynamics, forest to landscape: structure and function, forest management, economics and administration of forestry, leadership skills, communication and critical reasoning, information acquisition and analysis, professionalism and ethics.

Career opportunities:

The MSFM curriculum is accredited by the Canadian Forestry Accreditation Board, and by the Society of American Foresters. With real world experience and hands-on projects, graduates of the MSFM programme are well positioned for employment. After graduation, you will know how to design and implement site and landscape level plans that integrate the environmental, social and economic components of sustainability. Graduates are now employed in both the public and private sector, primarily in Western Canada.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Fundamentals of Sustainable Forest Land Management

Land Information Acquisition and Analysis
Landscape-Level Forest Land Management

Professional Communication

Working with Diverse Knowledge Systems in Sustainable Natural Resources Management

Forest and Conservation Economics (elective)

Forest and Environmental Policy (elective)

Advanced Geomatics for Natural Resource Management (elective)
Supplementary coursework or Directed studies in specialization (elective)

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 9 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-07-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-02-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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100

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Credits

33 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Vancouver, Canada

Disciplines

Biodiversity & Conservation Environmental Management Forestry View 17 other Masters in Environmental Management in Canada

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Applicants must have an academic background in a relevant field such as forestry, environmental science, computer science or geography.

Proof of completion of a basic statistics course

Applicants must also show evidence of a working understanding of computer systems, such as understanding basic operating systems (Windows, MacOS), spreadsheets (Excel) and word processing.

The academic equivalent of a four-year bachelor’s degree with a minimum overall average in the B+ range in third- and fourth-year courses (at UBC, these are courses numbered 300-499).

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Tuition Fees

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43166 CAD / year

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21021 CAD / year

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Additional Details

Tuition is $21020.97 CDN per year for domestic students

Tuition is $43,166.04 CDN per year for international students

Living costs

Vancouver

Canada

1590 - 2686 CAD / month

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