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The Forest Engineering Program officially began in 1997. Students with the minimum “Quantitative-2 (SAY-2)” score from the National University Student Selection and Placement Test (ÖSS) are admitted to the program. With the quality of education and training and scientific academic studies, DU Faculty of Forestry, Forest Engineering Program is one of the top programs in Turkey. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, the four-year program provides students education and training in sustainable management of natural in particular forest resources at the international standards with the compulsory and elective courses offered in its curriculum. The dynamic educational and training activities of the program are continuously updated in order to reflect the contemporary issues in natural resource management and technological achievements.
Theory is put in practice with courses taught in the department and labs of the subprograms including Silviculture, Forest Entomology and Protection, Watershed Management, Soils and Ecosystem, Forest Infrastructure, Geodesy, Photogrammetry, and Botany as well as an Herbarium. Also, the lab works of the BAP- and TUBITAK-funded research projects of our faculty members and thesis or dissertation analyses of the MSc, and PhD students are carried out in these facilities. 

The program aims to achive education&training, research&development, and extension services in sustainable management of natural resources as well as admistration and inspection activities in this area to the highest international standard. The program in this respect focuses on raising forest engineers competent in delineating and mapping the forested areas, conducting the field measurements of and planning for designated areas including national parks, nature conservancy areas, green zones, determining the appropriate species, quantity, distribution of tree seedlings to be planted based on soil and site suitability, selecting appropriate tree species for forest areas, overseeing planting operations, preventing and controlling forest pests and fires, caring for and tending the existing forests and plantations, protecting the wildlife and planning for reproduction of the wildlife.  

The program has a vision of playing a pioneer role in education and training in sustainable management of natural particularly forest resources, making significant contributions to science, technology, and the community at local, regional, and global levels, and graduating forest engineers preferred in the job market. 

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Students who successfully complete the programme will be awarded an Bachelor's Degree in Forest Engineering.

It is a programme that provides undergraduate (first cycle) education.

The admission of students to the programmes is made according to the Student Selection and Placement Centre (OSYM – University entrance exam) within the framework set by the regulations of Higher Education Council (HEC). After students inform the Student Selection and Placement Centre about what programmes they want to study at, students are placed in the related programmes according to their scores they got from the exam.

Foreign students are admitted to the related programmes with the scores of internationally acceptable exams such as SAT, ACT or are admitted to the related programmes with their high school graduation grades (Undergraduate and Graduate Programmes for Foreign Students Admission Guidelines).

The admission of students of General Academic Exchange Protocol to the related programmes are done within the framework of the bilateral agreements (ERASMUS, FARABI, etc) signed between Duzce University and the partner universities. Guest students may enrol into the courses in this programme, if the related academic unit approves. Sufficient language knowledge is required to monitor the programme.

To complete the available courses in the program (a total of 240 ECTS) successfully, the students have to get at least 50 points out of 100 and required to achieve 2.50 on a 4.00 weighted grade point average. To graduate from the programs students should get at least DD in all of the courses provided. Students are also required to complete the compulsory practice in the specified time.

Students enrolled in DU might be exempted from certain courses within the framework of certain regulations. A student can be exempted from a certain course provided related course content previously received from another institution complies with that of DU, which is subject to approval and verification by the Board of faculty/graduate school/school.

Recognition of Education Abroad

DU recognises academic terms and courses studied by a student that has been involved in an exchange programme for one or two terms at the universities with which a partnership was established.

Students that are selected to avail themselves of Student Mobility for Studies under ERASMUS are obliged to draw up an education agreement with relevant ERASMUS Unit Coordination prior to the mobility term. The education agreement demonstrates the courses to be studied at the partner university the student intends to go, as well as appropriate ECTS credits.

In addition to this, students shall be asked to issue a Recognition Sheet, which refers to the equivalent of foreign courses in DU, so that the credit transfer is planned and approved.

At the end of the exchange term, the courses studied abroad are recorded and demonstrated in the transcript, together with the original course codes and names and ECTS credits. Pursuant to ERASMUS Programme and Collaboration Agreements concluded thereunto, official transcripts will quote, an abbreviation signal of ET, European Transfer, for the courses studied abroad.

The objective of the Forest Engineering Program is to graduate Forest Engineers who
- can preserve, improve and sustainably manage scarce natural resources in reference to dynamic scientific, technological, educational, and social issues,
- are competent in education and research,
- are aware of professional responsibilities,
- adhere to the ethical values
- are attentive, creative and have critical thinking skills
- can assume individual responsibilities      

No	Program Requirements
1	Understanding of sustainable resource use
2	Essential knowledge of flora, fauna, ecosystem and natural resource concerning forestry
3	Essential knowledge about the administrative and legal structure, policy-making and planning processes, supply-demand relations, socio-economic situation concerning forest resources of Turkey
4	Competence in defining, modelling and solving a problem concerning the field of forestry
5	Skill of using contemporary techniques and instruments needed for forestry practices
6	Skill of applying the knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering in forestry problems
7	Skill of designing and conducting experiments, analyzing the data, and interpreting the results
8	Skill of team-work within the forestry discipline as well as with other disciplines
9	Adequate knowledge and skill of foreign language to follow the facts and developments concerning forestry
10	Skill of effective verbal and written communication
11	Competence in taking initiative and acting independently
12	Knowledge and consciousness of quality
13	Consciousness of life-time learning
14	Consciousness of professional ethics and social responsibility

Please click the link below to see the file showing the relationship among Field of Education Qualifications-Learning Outcomes-National Qualifications Framework for Higher Education in Turkey for the Forest Engineering Programme.

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Forest engineers are predominantly employed by the government, specifically by the central bodies or branches of the General Directorates of Forestry, Combating Desertification and Erosion Control, and Nature Conservation and National Parks that operate under the Ministry of Forest and Water Affairs. Our graduates can also be employed by the General Directorates of Highways and Water Affairs for planning the landscape and dam watersheds and by the city municipalities for planning for parks and recreational areas.

Students who graduate from this program may continue graduate programs in accordance with the rules established.

- Forest Engineering Program (FEP) consists of at least 240 ECTS credits,

- The program also consists of the common compulsory courses and English dictated by the Higher Education Law as well as other common courses defined by the University Senate, 

- FEP students must fulfill a 30-day internship. Students can do their internships at the central and branch bodies of various directorates of the Ministry of Forest and Water Affairs including the General Directorates of Forestry, Combating Desertification and Erosion, and Nature Conservation and National Parks as well as government or private nurseries, municipalities, and private forestry offices.  

For each course, the method of assessment and grading is defined "Course Information Form" in details. Click for more information about regulations.

- to be succeeded from the cources that take place in educational programs in compliance with the legal regulations, 
- to be taken the required course credit 
- to be completed compulsory internship

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