Opening for applications for 2021-2022 : February 15 - May 30 2021 ; deadline for receipt of applications : May 30, 2021
Steps to follow :
1/ Apply on line : Click on"Je candidate" (upper right side).
2/Fill and sign your appplication file.
3/ Download online your application file as well as your cover letter -mentionning your chosen path- and your CV
3/PLEASE NOTE : Due to the sanitary situation, application file as well as all your documents- including recommandation letters are to be sent by email to :
masteraetpf-nancy[a]agroparistech.fr
N.B : Thanks to prefer to use cloud links to send your documents such as Wetransfer or Google drive (otherwise, email boxes may get overcharged)
Only file declared complete on the 30th of May will be examined by the admission commitee .}
Click here for online pre-registration of your application : >> APPLY
Scholarship-endowment possible only for FEN Students in Master 2 via Labex ARBRE, this scholarship cannot be combined with an Erasmus Mundus Scholarship.
Please click HERE to download the document to be returned with the application file
- Application file for scholarship Labex ARBRE
- Application file for scholarship Labex ARBRE
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Download the information brochure Forest and their Environment(FEN) :
- Flyer_FEN_ENG
Download the welcome guide for information about pedagogical and administrative procedures as well as practical information about student life in France
- welcome guide AETPF Nancy
Few practical information about student life in France for foreigners
NEW !
You can do a Double master’s degree with Universidad de Valladolid - SPAIN (duration 2 years / double degree plan ) :
In the first year, students join the program Forest and their ENvironement (FEN) and the second year the Data Science-based Forest Management classes (DataForest, Palencia Spain).
You must pre-enroll in the FEN program at AgroParisTech (via "je candidate" right top of the page)
Teaching will be in French (the first year, Master 1), in English and Spanish the second year (a B1 in English and Spanish is needed but a B2 is recommended).
Key words
Temperate forests, forest ecosystems, environment, global change, sustainable forest management, sivicultural system, forest ecology, economics.
Degree from
AgroParisTech
Takes place in
Nancy, France
Targeted audience
This master course is open to international students (including Erasmus Mundus European forestry students) with a curriculum in forest science, agronomy, plant ecology, aiming at developing professional activities in the field of forest resources and ecosystems.
Students will be recruited on selective basis with a view to mix national origins. Depending on their education, applicants should justify a 1st year MSc level (M1) or master’s degree or equivalent (M2) as acknowledged in the EHEA (European Higher Education Area), or justify at a minimum a bachelor’s degree in non-european areas, with an educational background in forestry, plant science, agronomy, ecology, eco-physiology, or environmental science.
B2 level in English required : check the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR). Equivalent qualifications are IELTS >5, TOIEC >700, TOEFL IBT >90, or Cambridge FCE.
Objectives and skills
FEN is a major integrally ensured in English. FEN addresses environmental and management challenges in temperate forests in the current and future context of local and global environmental changes.
Aimed skills :
Knowledge and understanding of the organization and functioning of forest ecosystems,
Ability to analyze observations and experiments on forest ecosystems using appropriate quantitative tools,
Understanding and development of modeling approaches to forest ecosystems,
Ability to use major research tools and methods : identification and formalization of a research issue, literature analysis, oral and written scientific communication, in an English-speaking environment.
Target fields of activity and employment
- Careers of managers in public and private institutions in charge of environmental expertise, sustainable management of forest resources and areas, consulting for environment in forestry, agencies or organizations in charge of the technical evaluation of forest policies.
- Careers of scientists, scientific managers in research and R&D institutions, missions with an international dimension.
Curriculum
An introductory session gives an overview of European forests and the major issues related to their management.
The core of the major provides fundamental and applied knowledge on the functioning and dynamics of forest econsystems, inculding tree physiology, biogeochemistry and ecology.
A "tools and methods" session provides knowledge and training on the main quantitative tools used in ecosystem diagnosis and experiment analysis, including GIS, statistics and modelling.
The first semester (S9) relies on 9 compulsory training units (30 ECTS) :
Fundamental and applied knowledge
- European forests, sustainable forest management, certification
- Understanding tree structure and functions
- Biogeochemical cycles in forest ecosystems
- Dynamics of forest plant and tree communities
- Forests and forestry in a context of global change
Tools and methodology
- Project in forest ecology and management
- Advances statistics or GIS for forest science and forest ecology
- Models in forest management
- Forestry wood-chain tour
Internship
The second semester (S10) consists of an internship of a duration of > 20 weeks, evaluated through a written dissertation and an oral defense for 30 ECTS credits. The intership takes place either in a research laboratory, or in institutions, companies or associations of relevant fields of application, in Nancy, or in any place including foreign countries. Interships can be proposed by students.
Students’ evaluation
Each compulsory training unit is evaluated on specific bases and gives right to 3 or 6 ECTS credits. The internship is evaluated based on a written dissertation, an oral presentation to the master jury, and advice from the internship supervisor.
Supervision of the major
Paulina PINTO (AgroParisTech) and Dominique Gérant (Université de Lorraine)
Educational team
AgroParisTech : UFR Forêt, arbre, milieux naturels, département SIAFEE
Université de Lorraine : Faculté des Sciences et Technologies
External : INRAE (BETA laboratory - SILVA laboratory),IGN, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Application form should include :
- The EUROPASS documents (http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/en/documents )
- Marks obtained over the previous educational year,
- One application letter,
- One recommendation letter from a senior professor/scientist of earlier educational courses/internships.
