Application

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. 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 in the table below. Please send the complete set of documents to the Chair of Tropical Forestry, and make sure, that all your 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”.

DAAD scholarships

Students from developing countries are invited to apply for a DAAD EPOS scholarship. Applications for DAAD scholarships have to be submitted to the institute (address see here) not later than the 30th of October one year prior to the beginning of the course. You can find the DAAD application form here.

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”.

Admission summary

 

Individual funding

DAAD-scholarship

Application deadline

EU citizens: 15th of July
Non EU citizens: 31th of May
of the same year

30th of October
of the year before

Application form

TU Dresden online-registration. SELMA-website is open from 1st April.

DAAD application form (pdf download)

Admission documents

    

Letter of Motivation in English (Hand-signed and with recent date)

2 pages

 2 pages

Curriculum vitae in English (Hand-signed and with recent date)

X

X

Research Concept Note in English

-

 2 pages

School leaving certificate / High school graduation certificate (certified copy)

X

X

University degree and related academic transcript (certified copies, including grading scale and certified translation if necessary)

X

X

One letter of recommendation from a senior academic
All recommendation letters must have a letterhead, signature and official stamp and must be of recent date.

-

X

One letter of recommendation from your employer
All recommendation letters must have a letterhead, signature and official stamp and must be of recent date.

 - X
Certificate(s) of Employment from the employer in the home country - at least two years after BSc-degree

Two recent photographs

-

X

English language certificate (TOEFL or IELTS, certified copy) or a certificate giving evidence that English was the medium of instruction at your former university.

X

X

Certificate showing the financial background (e.g. approval letter of donor, bank statement, etc.)

only for non-EU citizens (important to fulfil visa requirements)

-

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

We welcome your application and will support your application within our possibilities! If you need further information, please check the FAQ site, there you can contact the tutor of the M.Sc. course “Tropical Forestry”.

Addresses of selected foundations or institutions:

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