About the Forestry Department
The Department of Forestry of the University of Kurdistan was founded in 1995 to provide an Associate Degree program in Forest Technology with two faculty members, Dr. Kaboodvandpour and Dr. Ghahramany. In 1998, 30 students were admitted to the first BSc program in Forestry. In 2006, an MSc program in Forestry was launched, and 7 students were admitted the first time. The Department of Forestry currently admits nine MSc students each year in three sub-fields of Forest Science and Engineering (Forest Management, Forest Biological Science, and Forest Engineering and Utilization). In 2020, the Department of Forestry was licensed to admit an international PhD student in Forest Science and Engineering.
At present, the Department of Forestry is engaged in educational and research activities with six full-time faculty members (three associate professors and three assistant professors). The faculty members of the department also cooperate with Dr. Hedayat Ghazanfari Center for Research and Development of Northern Zagros Forestry for research and education. This research center provides appropriate facilities for optimal training of Forest Science and Engineering students. The Department of Forestry involves a wide variety of laboratory equipment and devices for conducting a range of research in the field of Forest Science, which are distributed in the department laboratories.
The Department of Forestry of the University of Kurdistan, due to its proximity to the Iraqi Kurdistan region, has high potentials for training students in Iraq who are interested in this field. The field of Forest Science and Engineering introduces students to various subfields of Forest Science by offering diverse courses in forest management, silvi-culture, forest ecology, and forest engineering. Those who are admitted to this field will be taught the forest ecosystems and their methods of management to be able to function in accordance with proper management and principled harvesting of forests as well as preserve and maintain local forest ecosystems. During their studies, students of this field become acquainted with the technical topics therein and the use of new technologies while gaining proficiency and scientific experience in regard to the basic topics in biological science, and acquire the required skills to meet the needs of the implementation and research sectors.
At present, the Department of Forestry is engaged in educational and research activities with six full-time faculty members (three associate professors and three assistant professors). The faculty members of the department also cooperate with Dr. Hedayat Ghazanfari Center for Research and Development of Northern Zagros Forestry for research and education. This research center provides appropriate facilities for optimal training of Forest Science and Engineering students. The Department of Forestry involves a wide variety of laboratory equipment and devices for conducting a range of research in the field of Forest Science, which are distributed in the department laboratories.
The Department of Forestry of the University of Kurdistan, due to its proximity to the Iraqi Kurdistan region, has high potentials for training students in Iraq who are interested in this field. The field of Forest Science and Engineering introduces students to various subfields of Forest Science by offering diverse courses in forest management, silvi-culture, forest ecology, and forest engineering. Those who are admitted to this field will be taught the forest ecosystems and their methods of management to be able to function in accordance with proper management and principled harvesting of forests as well as preserve and maintain local forest ecosystems. During their studies, students of this field become acquainted with the technical topics therein and the use of new technologies while gaining proficiency and scientific experience in regard to the basic topics in biological science, and acquire the required skills to meet the needs of the implementation and research sectors.
