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The Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology offers an up-to-date and varied course of study that illuminates forests with their properties and their importance for biodiversity and climate protection, but also explicitly deals with the possibilities of human use, thereby addressing economic questions as well as social ones, and the dimension of forests and its use. The course also provides knowledge about the properties and possible uses of wood and wood products. Our faculty maintains numerous cooperations with other universities, research institutions and interdisciplinary centers all over the world and is active in many interdisciplinary research associations.
Latest news The theme of this year’s symposium is Wood made to last. A distinguished selection of speakers will deliver presentations on wood modification technologies, from scientific, regulatory, and business perspectives. The 2026 MWP Laureate, Prof. Holger Militz, will give a keynote presentation at the symposium. Online participation is free of charge, and all registered participants will receive access to a recording of the symposium after the event.
For the second time, the faculty has announced an open-topic postdoctoral position funded by the Eva Mayr-Stihl Foundation. Candidates invited to the selection interviews will present themselves and their research ideas on October 2 as part of a selection symposium beginning at 8:20 a.m. in Room F 01.
The goal of the program is to attract outstanding early-career researchers who will develop their own projects within two to three years and submit an application for an ERC grant or an Emmy Noether Group. From September 1 through 30, 2026, students (bachelor’s and master’s) can once again apply for the Germany and Lower Saxony Scholarships.
News from the faculty Dr. Marie Sünnemann has been awarded a Forst Talent Fellowship from our faculty. We warmly congratulate her on this outstanding achievement.
In her research, Sünnemann focuses on the impacts of climate change and intensive land use on forest soils and the communities of organisms that live in them. The three-year Forst Talent Fellowship postdoctoral programme is designed for outstanding early-career researchers in the field of forest sciences. During the three-year funding period, fellows conduct their research projects at the University of Göttingen. At the same time, the programme prepares fellows to apply for a European Research Council (ERC) grant or the Emmy Noether Programme upon completion of the fellowship. The Forst Talent Fellowship is funded by the Eva Mayr-Stihl Foundation.📷Stefan Bernhardt / iDiv Sexual violence is a social problem that also exists at the University. To address and prevent this, the University of Göttingen has developed an online tool to raise awareness of sexual violence. The tool focuses on videos and questions that show scenes from everyday university life and are designed to encourage reflection. Our confidante, Katrin Meyer, would like to introduce herself to you. She will be happy to serve as your first point of contact for problems or conflicts of any kind, offering advice and, if necessary, referring you to the responsible offices and committees, such as the ombuds office.
Press releases Peatlands in the Alps are mostly small, scattered and difficult to access. As a result, up-to-date information on their extent and condition is often lacking. An international research team, including researchers from the University of Göttingen, has now developed a cross-border approach to identifying these particular areas. A comparison with official maps shows that the model identifies many peatlands as smaller than previously mapped – particularly in areas where aerial photographs reveal visible signs of disturbance. The findings were published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment.📷Simon Drollinger The fight for survival in the forest is fierce: light, water and nutrients are all limited. This is particularly true in “mast years” – times when trees and shrubs produce an unusually large crop of fruits, nuts, or seeds. Then the race for growth is really on. But can differences in height between trees in their first year of life make a difference to their future, even if these differences are just one or two centimetres? 📷Christina Hackmann Here you can find more press releases about the faculty and an archive.
Welcome to the
Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology
Marcus-Wallenberg-Preis: Symposium approaching & Interview with laureate Prof. Holger Militz
Forest Talent Selection Symposium
Numerous Scholarships for Forestry Students!
Our Faculty Introduces: Dr. Marie Sünnemann, Forst Talent Fellow
KNOW HOW - together against sexual violence at the University
Confidante
Alpine peatlands under pressure
Trees: on your marks, get set, grow!
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Faculty of Forest Sciences
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