Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry

Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry promotes sustainable use of natural resources and human wellbeing through scientific research and teaching.

Our values are:

• biodiversity
  
• human wellbeing
  
• ethicality

The state of the environment and sustainable use of natural resources are the base for human wellbeing now and in the future.

Faculty consists of 9 departments, 18 disciplines and has over 3200 students, of which 600 are graduates.

Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry is situated on Viikki campus, together with three other Faculties of University of Helsinki: Faculty of Bioscienses, Faculty of Pharmacy and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. The Viikki Science Park is, with more than 6,000 students, one of the largest concentrations of biosciences in the world.

Vision of Faculty for years 2007-2009
The Faculty is an internationally recognised research and teaching unit that enjoys a solid reputation for its scientific expertise and is regarded as an attractive cooperation partner.

Strategic resources:
The know-how of the Faculty is focussed on scientific knowledge of the whole production and marketing chain, as well as natural circulation "from the woods to the world market" and "from the field to the household".

Research and teaching are founded on the basic sciences (biology, chemistry, physics), technology, social sciences, and economics.

Multidisciplinary innovativeness
Cooperation between the units at the Viikki Campus in the development of interdisciplinary research and teaching
As part of the University of Helsinki, the Faculty is part of a leading European university

Undergraduate Studies:
Applicants are eligible if they have completed the secondary education and they are eligible for university level studies.
The main language of instruction at the undergraduate level is Finnish. Some courses are also offered in Swedish. It is not possible to complete the Bachelor of Science degree without adequate knowledge of Finnish language.

International Master's Degree Courses
Students need to have completed a suitable Bachelor's degree or an equivalent degree in Finland or abroad by July of the year they intend to start the course.
All applicants need to submit a certification of their English language skills.

Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry offers five international Master's Degree Programmes. Programmes are multidisciplinary international two-year programmes with instruction in English.

• Master's Degree Programme in Biotechnology (MBIOT)
  
• Master's Degree Programme in Plant Production Sciences (MScPPS)
  
• Master's Degree Programme in Forest Sciences and Business (MScFB)
  
• Master's Degree Programme (CBU) in Forestry and
• Environmental Engineering
  
• Master's Degree Programme in Food Sciences (MScFood)

The University of Helsinki - the leading university in Finland

The University of Helsinki is Finland’s oldest, biggest and most diverse institution of higher education conducting research and providing education based on it. The University of Helsinki consists of 11 faculties, representing all academic disciplines with the exception of technology and business, and it operates on four campuses.

The University community comprises 38,000 degree students, two-thirds of whom are women. The annual intake of new students is close to 4000; only one-fifth of the applicants pass the demanding entrance exams. The University currently has 1,200 international degree students and annually more than 700 exchange students come to study here.

Eleven faculties include - theology, law, medicine, humanities, natural sciences, behavioural sciences, social sciences, agriculture and forestry, veterinary medicine, bioscience and pharmacology - are all top of their league even in international comparison.

The strengths of the University of Helsinki are internationally acclaimed scientific research and the teaching based on it. One of the special characteristics of the University of Helsinki is that it is a bilingual institution: Swedish-language teaching provides improved opportunities for Finnish-speaking students, too, and enhances Nordic co-operation.

Using many indicators, the University of Helsinki is the most internationally oriented of Finland's universities, and it is a member of the League of European Research Universities, LERU. University of Helsinki encourages multidisciplinary studies across faculty and university boundaries. In autumn 2005, the University adopted a new two-cycle degree system, with the exception of medicine. Former credits (opintoviikko) are now ECTS credits (opintopiste).

Studying at the university is an enjoyable and exciting journey during which young people can develop themselves in many ways, both in terms of knowledge and of life skills. University of Helsinki degrees have a strong reputation. The employment prospects of our alumni are good, and the critical scientific thinking they have adopted will provide them with a solid foundation for lifelong learning that is crucial in today’s world.

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