Admission Requirements

Applicants must hold a university degree (at least B.Sc. or an equivalent degree) in forestry, or in a related field like agriculture, horticulture, land-use or regional planning, geography, water management/hydrology, biology, ecology, regional development or governance of natural resources. Moreover, applicants need proficiency in the English language (TOEFL 80 iTB (550 PBT, 213 CBT) or IELTS 6.0, certificate), if English is not the native language or medium of instruction during BSc (please attach an attestation to your application files). Courses start in October every year (winter term).

Individual funding

Applicants have to register in the TU Dresden online-registration portal SELMA and send the required application documents as hard copies via post. Application deadlines for the start of study in October of the same year are
- for non-EU citizens is the 31th of May, and
- for Germans and EU-citizens the 15th of July.

A list of required paper documents is given below. After completing your online registration in SELMA, please print out and sign the generated application form and send it via post along with the complete set of documents to the address indicated on the application form. Please make sure that all documents arrive at the university by the indicated date.

PLEASE NOTE: Applicants for the M.Sc. course “Tropical Forestry” must not use the “Uni Assist” application portal but directly the TU Dresden application portal “SELMA”.

Application documents

• TU application form (download and sign it after your registration in SELMA)
• Curriculum vitae (in English, hand-signed and with recent date)
• Letter of motivation (in English, two pages, hand-signed and with recent date)
• University degree certificate and related academic transcripts (certified copies, including grading scale and certified translation if necessary)
• English language certificate (e.g. TOEFL [minimum score: PBT 550, iBT 80], IELTS [minimum band 6.0] or Certificate of English as medium of instruction)
• One recent photograph

DAAD scholarships

Students from developing countries (see current list of eligible countries) are invited to apply for a DAAD EPOS scholarship. The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) offers a limited number of scholarships to highly qualified applicants. The current call for applications and necessary application documents for the scholarship for an EPOS study program can be found on the DAAD's website.

Application documents

• All documents listed on the DAAD’s website (under “Application procedure”)
• Additionally required documents:
  • Research concept note (for a possible Master thesis topic; incl. problem statement, research objectives, methodology, timetable, bibliography listing all cited publications; two pages)
  • One recent photograph

The complete set of application documents has to be submitted via email to latest until the 30th of October one year prior to the beginning of the course. Only complete applications can be considered!

FAQ

In case of questions – please consult to our M.Sc. Tropical Forestry FAQ site first!
If you need further information, please do not hesitate to contact the tutor of the M.Sc. course “Tropical Forestry”.

You can find an estimation of living costs here (incl. livelihood costs, travel costs, semester fee).

You can check our list of funding institutions to search for further funding options next to the DAAD EPOS scholarship.

The international office of TU Dresden provides information for international students and applicants.