Global Forestry University of Padua
| Award | Attendance | Study | Duration | Start | Domestic fees | International fees |
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| MSc | On-Campus | Full-time | 2 - 3 years | find out | find out | find out |
The Erasmus Mundus programme offers a number of scholarships.
Alternative sources of founding and living costs exist and are findable at the link: https://globalforestry.eu/applications/scholarships/
- A student’s Erasmus Mundus scholarship amount to a maximum of 33.600 € (1.400 € per month for up to 24 months);
- Students not covered by an Erasmus Mundus scholarship may apply for Erasmus+ Mobility Grants, in that case students can apply for 10 to 12 monthly Erasmus+ Mobility Grant contributions with a monthly amount of 450-500 € depending on the chosen mobility track and on the total amount of Erasmus+ funding allocated to the University of Copenhagen by the EU Commission.
Other opportunities to receive financial support are the “ITTO Fellowship Programme” and the “World Bank Scholarships Program”.
Course overview
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Global Forestry (GLOFOR) is a two-year English language world-class Erasmus Mundus MSc programme that prepares graduates to deal with forestry’s tremendous contemporary challenges and potentials in dealing with the problems of biodiversity protection, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and the development of a circular bio-economy. |
Deforestation and forest degradation account for 10-15% of the world’s greenhouse gas emission, thus contributing to the global loss of biodiversity and undermining the live-hoods of millions of people who depend on forests.
These processes predominantly take place in low-income areas, especially in the Global South; for this reason, a global transformation towards an equitable and green economy will not be possible unless forests in medium and low-income areas come under sustainable forms of utilization and protection. In the meanwhile, forest cover is growing in most of the advanced economies representing an opportunity for the development of a bio-economy based on closer to nature forest management criteria.
Watch the GloFor video presentation.
Entry requirements
Contact University of Padua to find course entry requirements.
Why study at University of Padua
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