UBC Faculty of Forestry

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Transformative. Environmental. Solutions.

The Faculty of Forestry at UBC equips the next generation of leaders with the tools to discover solutions to some of the most pressing challenges affecting communities around the globe. Recognized worldwide for our award-winning education, research, and initiatives, we are home to some of the most innovative minds and approaches.

Focused on the environmental and forest sciences, our work is leading to advances in areas such as biodiversity management, the bioeconomy, conservation, and sustainability. UBC Forestry students gain knowledge, skills, and hands-on experiences from our multidisciplinary faculty of experts, with access to cutting-edge equipment, facilities, and field locations. Through the lens of collaboration, we offer forward-thinking undergraduate and graduate studies that open doors to exciting careers or further studies.

UBC is consistently ranked as the top 50 of all universities in the world

#34 UNIVERSITY IN THE WORLD

Source: Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings 2024

1:17 | INStrUCTOR-To-STUDENT RATIO

UBC Forestry offers small, engaging classes with skilled faculty, fostering active learning.

UBC is ranked in the top 5 universities in Canada for research

#2 UNIVERSITY IN Canada for Research

Source: Times Higher Education Rankings 2023

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Upcoming Events

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November 27, 2024 | 5pm-8pm
FSC Atrium
Come and join us for a fun evening with our Urban Forestry community!

November 28, 2024 | 8:30 - 11 AM
Chan Centre / Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre
Join us on November 28 as we celebrate our Forestry graduates during the Fall ceremony.

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UBC Forestry is located at UBC’s Point Grey campus on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Territory. We acknowledge the culture, history, and traditions of the Musqueam and other Indigenous Peoples who have stewarded this land and its forests for millennia. We are grateful to learn, research, and work inside the beautiful Forest Sciences Centre in Vancouver, in our research forests in Maple Ridge and Williams Lake, on Haida Gwaii, and in numerous locations around the world.

Building on a foundation of research and knowledge-sharing, we support individuals and communities to become agents of change for a sustainable future.