36 monthsProgramme duration
20,000 GBPTuition Fee/year
SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Agriculture and Forestry
Degree
BSc
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
Studying Conservation with Forestry prepares you to tackle the greatest environmental challenges of our time, climate change, loss of biodiversity, and deforestation.
Forests are the most biodiverse of all terrestrial ecosystems and contain the vast majority of the world’s species. Providing food, shelter, drainage, medicine, raw materials, and supporting the livelihoods of millions of people worldwide, they cover an estimated 30% of the Earth’s land surface, account for 50% of plant productivity, and store up to 45% of the world’s carbon.
Accredited by the Institute of Chartered Foresters (ICF), our BSc (Hons) Conservation with Forestry will give you a deeper, science led, understanding of the biodiversity of forests and woodlands and their role in reducing the impacts of human activities, including climate change. You will focus on the principles of biological conservation, forest ecology, forest ecosystem function, and the management of forests across the globe to meet conservation objectives.
Studying in a fantastic location for field trips and projects near Eryri National Park Authority, you also have access to the 82 hectares of woodlands, many semi natural, and farmland we own at the University’s Henfaes Research Centre. The Centre, also a Defra study farm and part of the Global Farm Platform, hosts a range of forestry and land-use research experiments that provide excellent learning resources.
Bangor University was the first university in the UK to offer a degree in forestry. We also launched the career of the world’s first female forester, Mary Sutherland. Today, our forestry alumni are part of the forestry and woodland management heritage, capacity, and expertise of a huge array of countries and organisations.
Our graduates have sat on the Government’s Climate Change Committee and Tony Fearnside worked for the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation watershed management project and received an OMA Medal of the order of Australia for his for service to the community of the Australian Capital Territory.
Our extensive local, national, and international networks and active research programmes allow us to deliver high quality teaching which addresses cutting-edge issues, from investigating the role of trees on African livelihoods to biodiversity assessments in the Caribbean montane forests and climate change assessments the Amazon rainforest. Our research, much world leading, concerns forests and climate change adaption, mitigation, deforestation, biodiversity, disaster recovery, food security, flood protection, nutrient cycling, human wellbeing, conservation, and the role of forests in recreation.
We work closely with, and introduce our students to, organisations such as the ICF, Natural Resources Wales and Natural England, Eryri National Park Authority, the Environment Agency, Forestry Commission, Woodland Trust, Small Wood Association, Forest Research, Tilhill Forestry, Pryor and Rickett Silviculture, and many others. Some contribute to teaching and offer opportunities for projects and work placements.
Becoming a Chartered Forester
Chartered status is an internationally recognised badge of excellence. The Institute of Chartered Foresters (ICF) is the UK’s Royal Chartered professional body offering the Chartered Forester and Chartered Arboriculturist title. Accreditation of our BSc (Hons) Conservation with Forestry degree means that, upon successful graduation, you can start the journey to become a Chartered Forester. We will also pay your first year’s student membership fees.
Eligibility for Professional Membership Entry (PME) is assessed using a points-based system, where applicants must obtain 10 qualifying points. Points are awarded based on a combination of academic qualifications and relevant professional experience. This bachelor’s degree equates to the six points, and you can obtain an additional one point per year of full-time relevant work in a supervisory, managerial, or scientific capacity.
Forests are the most biodiverse of all terrestrial ecosystems and contain the vast majority of the world’s species. Providing food, shelter, drainage, medicine, raw materials, and supporting the livelihoods of millions of people worldwide, they cover an estimated 30% of the Earth’s land surface, account for 50% of plant productivity, and store up to 45% of the world’s carbon.
Accredited by the Institute of Chartered Foresters (ICF), our BSc (Hons) Conservation with Forestry will give you a deeper, science led, understanding of the biodiversity of forests and woodlands and their role in reducing the impacts of human activities, including climate change. You will focus on the principles of biological conservation, forest ecology, forest ecosystem function, and the management of forests across the globe to meet conservation objectives.
Studying in a fantastic location for field trips and projects near Eryri National Park Authority, you also have access to the 82 hectares of woodlands, many semi natural, and farmland we own at the University’s Henfaes Research Centre. The Centre, also a Defra study farm and part of the Global Farm Platform, hosts a range of forestry and land-use research experiments that provide excellent learning resources.
Bangor University was the first university in the UK to offer a degree in forestry. We also launched the career of the world’s first female forester, Mary Sutherland. Today, our forestry alumni are part of the forestry and woodland management heritage, capacity, and expertise of a huge array of countries and organisations.
Our graduates have sat on the Government’s Climate Change Committee and Tony Fearnside worked for the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation watershed management project and received an OMA Medal of the order of Australia for his for service to the community of the Australian Capital Territory.
Our extensive local, national, and international networks and active research programmes allow us to deliver high quality teaching which addresses cutting-edge issues, from investigating the role of trees on African livelihoods to biodiversity assessments in the Caribbean montane forests and climate change assessments the Amazon rainforest. Our research, much world leading, concerns forests and climate change adaption, mitigation, deforestation, biodiversity, disaster recovery, food security, flood protection, nutrient cycling, human wellbeing, conservation, and the role of forests in recreation.
We work closely with, and introduce our students to, organisations such as the ICF, Natural Resources Wales and Natural England, Eryri National Park Authority, the Environment Agency, Forestry Commission, Woodland Trust, Small Wood Association, Forest Research, Tilhill Forestry, Pryor and Rickett Silviculture, and many others. Some contribute to teaching and offer opportunities for projects and work placements.
Becoming a Chartered Forester
Chartered status is an internationally recognised badge of excellence. The Institute of Chartered Foresters (ICF) is the UK’s Royal Chartered professional body offering the Chartered Forester and Chartered Arboriculturist title. Accreditation of our BSc (Hons) Conservation with Forestry degree means that, upon successful graduation, you can start the journey to become a Chartered Forester. We will also pay your first year’s student membership fees.
Eligibility for Professional Membership Entry (PME) is assessed using a points-based system, where applicants must obtain 10 qualifying points. Points are awarded based on a combination of academic qualifications and relevant professional experience. This bachelor’s degree equates to the six points, and you can obtain an additional one point per year of full-time relevant work in a supervisory, managerial, or scientific capacity.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Agriculture and Forestry
Degree
BSc
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
Studying Conservation with Forestry prepares you to tackle the greatest environmental challenges of our time, climate change, loss of biodiversity, and deforestation.
Forests are the most biodiverse of all terrestrial ecosystems and contain the vast majority of the world’s species. Providing food, shelter, drainage, medicine, raw materials, and supporting the livelihoods of millions of people worldwide, they cover an estimated 30% of the Earth’s land surface, account for 50% of plant productivity, and store up to 45% of the world’s carbon.
Accredited by the Institute of Chartered Foresters (ICF), our BSc (Hons) Conservation with Forestry will give you a deeper, science led, understanding of the biodiversity of forests and woodlands and their role in reducing the impacts of human activities, including climate change. You will focus on the principles of biological conservation, forest ecology, forest ecosystem function, and the management of forests across the globe to meet conservation objectives.
Studying in a fantastic location for field trips and projects near Eryri National Park Authority, you also have access to the 82 hectares of woodlands, many semi natural, and farmland we own at the University’s Henfaes Research Centre. The Centre, also a Defra study farm and part of the Global Farm Platform, hosts a range of forestry and land-use research experiments that provide excellent learning resources.
Bangor University was the first university in the UK to offer a degree in forestry. We also launched the career of the world’s first female forester, Mary Sutherland. Today, our forestry alumni are part of the forestry and woodland management heritage, capacity, and expertise of a huge array of countries and organisations.
Our graduates have sat on the Government’s Climate Change Committee and Tony Fearnside worked for the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation watershed management project and received an OMA Medal of the order of Australia for his for service to the community of the Australian Capital Territory.
Our extensive local, national, and international networks and active research programmes allow us to deliver high quality teaching which addresses cutting-edge issues, from investigating the role of trees on African livelihoods to biodiversity assessments in the Caribbean montane forests and climate change assessments the Amazon rainforest. Our research, much world leading, concerns forests and climate change adaption, mitigation, deforestation, biodiversity, disaster recovery, food security, flood protection, nutrient cycling, human wellbeing, conservation, and the role of forests in recreation.
We work closely with, and introduce our students to, organisations such as the ICF, Natural Resources Wales and Natural England, Eryri National Park Authority, the Environment Agency, Forestry Commission, Woodland Trust, Small Wood Association, Forest Research, Tilhill Forestry, Pryor and Rickett Silviculture, and many others. Some contribute to teaching and offer opportunities for projects and work placements.
Becoming a Chartered Forester
Chartered status is an internationally recognised badge of excellence. The Institute of Chartered Foresters (ICF) is the UK’s Royal Chartered professional body offering the Chartered Forester and Chartered Arboriculturist title. Accreditation of our BSc (Hons) Conservation with Forestry degree means that, upon successful graduation, you can start the journey to become a Chartered Forester. We will also pay your first year’s student membership fees.
Eligibility for Professional Membership Entry (PME) is assessed using a points-based system, where applicants must obtain 10 qualifying points. Points are awarded based on a combination of academic qualifications and relevant professional experience. This bachelor’s degree equates to the six points, and you can obtain an additional one point per year of full-time relevant work in a supervisory, managerial, or scientific capacity.
Forests are the most biodiverse of all terrestrial ecosystems and contain the vast majority of the world’s species. Providing food, shelter, drainage, medicine, raw materials, and supporting the livelihoods of millions of people worldwide, they cover an estimated 30% of the Earth’s land surface, account for 50% of plant productivity, and store up to 45% of the world’s carbon.
Accredited by the Institute of Chartered Foresters (ICF), our BSc (Hons) Conservation with Forestry will give you a deeper, science led, understanding of the biodiversity of forests and woodlands and their role in reducing the impacts of human activities, including climate change. You will focus on the principles of biological conservation, forest ecology, forest ecosystem function, and the management of forests across the globe to meet conservation objectives.
Studying in a fantastic location for field trips and projects near Eryri National Park Authority, you also have access to the 82 hectares of woodlands, many semi natural, and farmland we own at the University’s Henfaes Research Centre. The Centre, also a Defra study farm and part of the Global Farm Platform, hosts a range of forestry and land-use research experiments that provide excellent learning resources.
Bangor University was the first university in the UK to offer a degree in forestry. We also launched the career of the world’s first female forester, Mary Sutherland. Today, our forestry alumni are part of the forestry and woodland management heritage, capacity, and expertise of a huge array of countries and organisations.
Our graduates have sat on the Government’s Climate Change Committee and Tony Fearnside worked for the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation watershed management project and received an OMA Medal of the order of Australia for his for service to the community of the Australian Capital Territory.
Our extensive local, national, and international networks and active research programmes allow us to deliver high quality teaching which addresses cutting-edge issues, from investigating the role of trees on African livelihoods to biodiversity assessments in the Caribbean montane forests and climate change assessments the Amazon rainforest. Our research, much world leading, concerns forests and climate change adaption, mitigation, deforestation, biodiversity, disaster recovery, food security, flood protection, nutrient cycling, human wellbeing, conservation, and the role of forests in recreation.
We work closely with, and introduce our students to, organisations such as the ICF, Natural Resources Wales and Natural England, Eryri National Park Authority, the Environment Agency, Forestry Commission, Woodland Trust, Small Wood Association, Forest Research, Tilhill Forestry, Pryor and Rickett Silviculture, and many others. Some contribute to teaching and offer opportunities for projects and work placements.
Becoming a Chartered Forester
Chartered status is an internationally recognised badge of excellence. The Institute of Chartered Foresters (ICF) is the UK’s Royal Chartered professional body offering the Chartered Forester and Chartered Arboriculturist title. Accreditation of our BSc (Hons) Conservation with Forestry degree means that, upon successful graduation, you can start the journey to become a Chartered Forester. We will also pay your first year’s student membership fees.
Eligibility for Professional Membership Entry (PME) is assessed using a points-based system, where applicants must obtain 10 qualifying points. Points are awarded based on a combination of academic qualifications and relevant professional experience. This bachelor’s degree equates to the six points, and you can obtain an additional one point per year of full-time relevant work in a supervisory, managerial, or scientific capacity.
Admission Requirements
88+
Offers are tariff based, 88 - 120 tariff points from a Level 3 qualification* e.g.:
We are happy to accept combinations of the qualifications listed above, as well as alternative Level 3 qualifications such as City & Guilds, Access and Cambridge Technical Diplomas.
We also welcome applications from mature learners.
International Candidates: International Candidates: school leaving qualifications that are equivalent to A levels/Level 3 and/or college diplomas are accepted from countries worldwide (subject to minimum English Language requirements). More information can be found on our International pages.
*For a full list of accepted Level 3 qualifications, go to www.ucas.com.
**Similar subject areas may be considered on a case-by-case basis.
- A Levels: Including grade C in a science subject at A2 level (e.g. Biology, Geography, Geology, Environmental Sciences/Studies, Chemistry, Physics, Maths, Economics, Statistics, Psychology). Key Skills and General Studies not accepted.
- International Baccalaureate Diploma (including H5 in a science subject)
- Access: Science/Environmental-based Access course pass required
- BTEC National Extended Diploma: MMM-DDM in a relevant subject (e.g. Countryside Management, Applied Science, Forestry & Arboriculture, or Animal Management)
- City & Guilds Advanced Technical Extended Diploma (1080): MMM-DDM in a relevant subject (e.g. Countryside Management, Forestry & Arboriculture, Land & Wildlife Management)
- Welsh Baccalaureate is accepted
- Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma in Applied Science or Laboratory Skills**: MMM-DDM
- T-levels: considered on a case-by-case basis
- Extended Project Qualification: Points can include a relevant Extended Project (EPQ) but must include a minimum 2 full A-levels, or equivalent.
We are happy to accept combinations of the qualifications listed above, as well as alternative Level 3 qualifications such as City & Guilds, Access and Cambridge Technical Diplomas.
We also welcome applications from mature learners.
International Candidates: International Candidates: school leaving qualifications that are equivalent to A levels/Level 3 and/or college diplomas are accepted from countries worldwide (subject to minimum English Language requirements). More information can be found on our International pages.
*For a full list of accepted Level 3 qualifications, go to www.ucas.com.
**Similar subject areas may be considered on a case-by-case basis.
3 Years
Sep
Tuition fees
Domestic
9,790 GBP
International
20,000 GBP
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