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. 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”.
DAAD scholarships
Students from developing countries are invited to apply for a DAAD EPOS scholarship. Applications for DAAD scholarships have to be submitted not later than the 30th of October one year prior to the beginning of the course.
You can find the DAAD application form here and all further required documents are listed in the table below. We recommend you to submit the complete set of application documents to our students tutor (tropentutor@mailbox.tu-dresden.de), who will check them for completeness. In case of a complete application you will be asked by the tutor to send all documents via post to the institute (address see here).
Important Information: If applying to more than one course, please list courses in order of priority in the DAAD application forms and do not change these priorities in the respective application. When applying for more than one postgraduate course (maximum 3 courses), you have to submit one motivation letter explaining why you are applying for these specific courses and why you chose that priority.
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
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Individual funding |
DAAD-scholarship |
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Application deadline |
EU citizens: 15th of July |
30th of October |
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Application form |
TU Dresden online-registration. SELMA-website is open from 1st April. |
DAAD application form (pdf download) |
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Admission documents |
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Letter of Motivation in English (Hand-signed and with recent date) |
2 pages |
2 pages Important: When applying for more than one postgraduate course (maximum 3 courses), you have to submit one motivation letter explaining why you are applying for these specific courses and why you chose that priority. |
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Curriculum vitae in English (Hand-signed and with recent date) |
X |
X (please use the sample europass form) |
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Research Concept Note in English |
- |
2 pages |
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School leaving certificate / High school graduation certificate (certified copy) |
X |
X |
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University degree and related academic transcript (certified copies, including grading scale and certified translation if necessary) |
X |
X |
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One letter of recommendation from a senior academic |
- |
X |
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One letter of recommendation from your employer |
- | X |
| Certificate(s) of Employment from the employer in the home country | - | at least two years after BSc-degree |
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Two recent photographs |
- |
X |
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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 |
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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:
- Akademisches Auslandsamt of the TU Dresden
- DAAD
- List of funding institutions