Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Department of Forest Sciences

The Department of Forest Sciences is pleased to welcome all new students to Tharandt. Please find below the dates and further information about the start of your studies.
Welcome to Tharandt!

Welcome for all first-year students of Forest Sciences / Bachelor

We are planning a welcome in presence. Please visit the web pages regularly for updates.
Ceremonial welcome on 05.10.2022.
The welcome ceremony will take place in the lecture hall J1.
Judeich-Bau, Pienner Str. 19, Tharandt, lecture hall J1 (ground floor)
Time: Wednesday, 05.10.2022, 13:30 until 15:00
afterwards the student council organizes the following program for you:
Tree planting, city and campus tour and from 17:00 barbecue together at the Cotta-Bau.

On 06. and 07.10. there will be some introductory events. There you will also learn how to enroll in the elective modules in the first semester.You can find the schedule for this week on the timetables page.

coming soon here: Timetable introductory week freshmen bachelor forestry.
From 10.10.22 the regular courses will start.
You will find the timetable soon here.

Information from the Forestry Student Council for first-year students in the Bachelor's program:

After the official welcome of the Bachelor students on Wednesday, 05.10.2022, we will offer you a campus tour with all kinds of insider tips.
Afterwards we want to have a barbecue with you and all other interested people at the Cotta-Bau (start approx. 17:00).

A few weeks after the start of the university the highlight usually awaits you: the "Erstipirsch". You can find out when it will take place this year here.

More information will follow during the university day. It should be said: We are already looking forward to it!

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Office: Annex building Stöckhardt-Bau, Pienner Straße 23, 1st floor

Welcome for all first-year students of the Master's programs in Forest Sciences:

Time: Monday, 10/10/2022, 12:30 - approx. 13:30,
Place : Lecture hall H1
Introduction of the master students of all master programs

Forestry / Master

Time : Monday, 10.10.2022, 13:30 - approx. 14:30,
Place : Lecture hall H1
Specific information about the master's program in forestry.
Please enroll in SELMA from 04.10.22 for the compulsory modules of the first semester.

Wood Science and Technology / Master

Time : Monday, 10/10/2022, 13:30 - approx. 14:30,
Place : Lecture hall H5
Specific information about the master's program in Wood Science and Technology.
Please enroll in SELMA from 4.10.22 for the compulsory modules of the first semester.

Tropical Forestry / Master

Time : Monday, 10/10/2022, 13:30 - approx. 14:30,
Place : Lecture hall H2
Specific information about the master's program Tropical Forestry.
Please enroll in SELMA for the first semester modules starting on 10.04.22