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Dear colleague,
I trust this email finds you well.
We are glad to inform you that the call for application for fully funded DAAD EPOS
scholarships to study M.Sc. in Tropical Forestry (academic intake 2025-27) is now open.
Kindly spread the word in your professional and social networks using your social media
handles as well as via emails. A poster and an email template is attached for the same
purpose.
Thank you in advance for your time and consideration.
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Subject: Call for Applications: Fully funded DAAD EPOS scholarship to study M.Sc. in
Tropical Forestry (academic intake 2025-27) in Dresden, Germany
You are invited to apply for studying Master of Science in Tropical Forestry (academic
intake
2025-27)<https://tu-dresden.de/bu/umwelt/forst/studium/studiengaenge-der-fachrichtung-forstwissenschaften/master-studiengang-tropical-forestry-and-management/inhalte-des-studiums>
with classes starting in October 2025. The course is taught in English language at the
Technische Universität Dresden, one of the 11 German Universities of Excellence.
Since its inception in 1995, this unique 2-year master's degree program has garnered
international recognition through its focus on social, ecological and economic aspects of
tropical forest management. This is an excellent opportunity to study in an international,
intercultural, and dynamic working environment offered at the reputed ‘Chair of Tropical
and International Forestry’<https://tu-dresden.de/bu/umwelt/forst/inter/tropen> that
offers integrated specialization in tropical ecology, forest and development policy and
resource management. In this programme, you will learn from and work alongside a competent
academic and research
team<https://tu-dresden.de/bu/umwelt/forst/inter/tropen/die-professur/beschaeftigte>,
who will supervise your field research in international tropical or sub-tropical contexts.
Drawing on a century-long expertise in forest sciences, our programme puts emphasis on the
ecological, technical as well as social science dimensions in forestry. Special attention
is given to the socio-economic as well as socio-political aspects during the education. At
the end of the study program, interested graduates with outstanding merit will have a
chance to enter our PhD program and join our team of
researchers<https://tu-dresden.de/bu/umwelt/forst/inter/tropen/forschung>. You will
also benefit from our competent alumni network
<https://tu-dresden.de/bu/umwelt/forst/inter/tropen/networks> of over 400 forestry
professionals employed by some of the major national, international, intergovernmental,
and private organizations around the world.
Applications for DAAD EPOS scholarship applications will be accepted from 01 September
2024 to 30 October 2024 through online portal of MSc Tropical Forestry
programme<https://tif.forst.tu-dresden.de/home>.
Click
here<https://tu-dresden.de/bu/umwelt/forst/studium/studiengaenge-der-fachrichtung-forstwissenschaften/master-studiengang-tropical-forestry-and-management/frequently-asked-questions>
for MSc Tropical Forestry’s official website.
Click here
<https://www2.daad.de/deutschland/stipendium/datenbank/en/21148-scholarship-database/?status=&origin=&subjectGrps=&daad=&intention=&q=epos&page=1&detail=50076777>
for DAAD website with overview, application requirements and procedure.
Click here
<https://tu-dresden.de/bu/umwelt/forst/studium/studiengaenge-der-fachrichtung-forstwissenschaften/master-studiengang-tropical-forestry-and-management/termine>
for TU Dresden’s application procedure.
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Best regards,
Lakshmy Jalaja Rajan
Technical Programme Coordinator
MSc Tropical Forestry
<https://tu-dresden.de/bu/umwelt/forst/studium/studiengaenge-der-fachrichtung-forstwissenschaften/master-studiengang-tropical-forestry-and-management>
programme
Postal address:
Technische Universität Dresden
Faculty of Environmental Sciences
Institute of International Forestry and Forest Products
Chair of Tropical and International
Forestry<https://tu-dresden.de/bu/umwelt/forst/inter/tropen>
01062 Dresden
Contact:
E-Mail: tropentutor(a)mailbox.tu-dresden.de
Tel.: +49 351 463-31851
Office: Pienner Straße 7, Cotta-Bau, Room 0.14, 01735 Tharandt
https://navigator.tu-dresden.de/raum/614100.0230)
Office hours:
Tuesday & Thursday: 09.00 to 17.00
Wednesday: 09.00 to 12.00
For consultation in person, please book an appointment via email.
