FORESTRY ENGINEER

As a forestry engineer, you will carry out responsible work in various tasks within the forest bioeconomy. Employment opportunities can be found in the forest industry, forestry associations, forest service companies, the Finnish Forest Centre, and Metsähallitus.

In your role as a forestry engineer, you will plan and implement forest management, collect and utilise forest resource data, or work in timber purchasing. You may also be involved in supervising timber harvesting and transportation, advising forest owners, or working as a forest service entrepreneur. The growth of the forest bioeconomy ensures increasingly better employment prospects for forestry engineers. Bioeconomy and the circular economy are integrated into the curriculum.

The degree comprises 240 ECTS credits. The forestry engineer studies are currently only available in Finnish.

Forestry engineer education

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"Studies are practical, including theory, field teaching, project studies, and internships. The core of the studies is modern forestry expertise in northern conditions."

Academic staff responsible for the programme

All email addresses follow the format firstname.surname@lapinamk.fi

Student Counsellor

Veikko Maijala

+358 40 706 1699

Programme Coordinator

Mikael Kukkonen

+358 40 610 8351

Practical Training Coordinator

Anne Saloniemi

+358 44 478 0265

Thesis Supervisor

Jussi Soppela

+358 40 012 8301