Universidade de Vigo Degree in Forest Engineering
Universidade de Vigo

Universidade de Vigo

Degree in Forest Engineering

Pontevedra, Spain

Bachelor's degree

4 years

Spanish

Full time

Sep 2026

EUR 836 / per credit

On-Campus

Key Summary

About: This Degree in Forest Engineering trains forestry engineers to manage, conserve and exploit natural and forest spaces. You'll study hydrology, reforestation, soil conservation, hunting and fishing management, timber treatment and industrial uses of wood, biomass energy projects, quality control of forest products, and forestry research and development.

Career Outcomes: Career opportunities include private natural resource and reforestation firms, forestry and wood industries, biomass energy and environmental consultancies; public bodies at local, regional, national and EU levels (forest directorates, fire prevention and nature conservation, ministries); R&D centres and university research; freelance consultancy, auditing, topography, project and construction management; and teaching.

The objective of this degree is to train forestry engineers who respond to the needs of the forestry sector and society in general. This degree enables you to develop tasks related to the management, conservation and exploitation of natural and forest spaces; carry out hydrology, reforestation and soil conservation works; hunting and fishing management. Likewise, the person who graduates will be someone professional who has knowledge about the treatment and industrial use of wood and its products, the development of renewable energy generation projects from forest biomass, quality control of forest products; the design and finish of the furniture; the development of projects for the installation of forest industries; carrying out forestry research and technological development projects, etc.