Department of Forest Science, The University of Tokyo

Curriculum
The Graduate School Department of Forest Science, as a place where ambitious and motivated students can pursue learning in line with their individual goals, such as by deepening the expertise in forest science that they acquired during their undergraduate studies or broadening their research horizons in forest science by exploring its associated fields.
Department of Forest Science: We seek to promote world-class education and research in fields including the biological, environmental, resource, and social sciences as they relate to forests and to train professional personnel capable of solving basic and applied problems of forests relating to ecological processes and sustainable management.
Education System
In the Graduate School Department of Forest Science, students can select their research supervisors from the faculty members of core laboratories of the department, and also from those of the Asian Natural Environmental Science Center or the University of Tokyo Forests for their master’s or doctoral research.
Department of Forest Science (Master’s Course) Lectures

	Offered in 2023	Offered in 2024
Subject Name	Basics in Silviculture Advanced Forest Soil Science Environmental Forest Botany Tree Physiology Forest Entomology Soil Zoology Forest Mensuration Forest Valuation Forest Economics Economics of Resources and Environment Forest History Advanced Forest Utilization Forest Civil Engineering Forest Machinery and Operation Advanced Forest Hydrology Hydraulics of Sediment Transport Advanced Forest Harvesting Engineering Landscape Engineering Environmental Design Advanced International Forestry Forest Ecology Forest Hydrological Processes Forest Functional Biology Forest Science Overseas Training I Forest Science Seminar I	Forest Ecology and Society Advanced Silviculture Tropical Forest Science Advanced Forest Botany Forest Pathology Advanced Forest Ecology Environmental Zoology and Ethics Advanced Forest Management Forest Planning Forest Policy Forest Policy in Europe and its Influence Advanced Erosion Control Engineering Forest Operations System Planning of Erosion Control Environmental Physics of Forest Revegetation Engineering Landscape Architecture Forest Recreation Sustainable Forest Management Advanced Forest Ecosystem Science and Management Forest Dynamics Biodiversity Science Forest Utilization and Management System Forested Watershed Management Forest Gene Resource Utilization Forest Management Study Forest Symbiotic Biology Forest Science Overseas Training II Forest Science Seminar II

10 or more credits are necessary, with each subject earning 2 credits

Graduate School Entrance Examination

Entrance examinations are held every year in August to qualify for the master’s course and in February for the doctoral course. Also, it is recommended that students intending to take the examination contact faculty members in the laboratory where they wish to study in order to confirm details, such as the content of their research project, the research circumstance, and the possibility of acceptance prior to application. Application guidance for recruitment for the following academic year is held annually around June, so please take advantage of this opportunity. Additionally, for application guidance and the latest information about entrance examinations, please visit the homepage of the Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the University of Tokyo.

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