Congratulations on your place at SLU and on the Master´s programme Conservation and Management of Fish and Wildlife! We look forward to meeting you here in Umeå this autumn.

The autumn semester 2023 begins with roll call and study information.

Date: Monday August 28

Time and place: On the pages for new students, you will find information about the start of studies and the roll call for your programme begins.

On these pages, you will also find all the information you need as a new student at SLU, including information about the orientation days. The orientation days are not mandatory but we recommend that you attend them. They take place at the end of August, before the semester starts, and provide essential and useful information about your stay in Sweden and your studies at SLU.

Your first course will be Fish and Wildlife Census Techniques  On this course page, you will find a timetable for your classes and other course-related information. Timetables and reading lists will be published at least four weeks before the course starts.  If there are any problems with advance information about this this course, please contact the course convener Navinder.Singh@slu.se

Once again, welcome to SLU!

Petter Axelsson
Programme Director of Studies
petter.axelsson@slu.se

You find instructions and guidelines for your master tesis work, including forms for registration, work plan and grading cittieria in the compendium for thesis work for education at the faculty of Forest Sciences, SLU.

Kompendium (Swedish version)

The aim of a higher education is usually a degree. A degree is a proof that you have acquired knowledge and proficiency to a certain level through your studies. When you have considered that you have completed your studies and want to get your degree certificate, you have to apply for it.
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The scholarships are available for application every year for those of you who are studying or have studied in one of the Faculty of Forestry's bachelor's and master's programs.

Here you can find more information and apply

As a student in the program Conservation & Management of Fish & Wildlife, you can study courses for one or two semesters at one of SLU's partner universities. Exchange studies do not extend your study period and you do not pay tuition fees at the foreign institution. If you are interested in exchange studies, you can read more at Exchange studies | Studentwebben (slu.se)

The Faculty of Forestry sciences has collaborations with a number of universities that are particularly suitable for your program. If you are interested in knowing more about these, please contact the faculty's international coordinator Louise Tetting Louise.Tetting@slu.se

Course syllabuses provide information about a course’s subject area(s) and its level and specialisation. The syllabus is available from the course’s webpage which you can search for here. If you are studying on a programme, you can in most cases click the course heading on the programme’s course schedule to go to the course page.

Abbreviations

• G1N: First-cycle level, only upper secondary entry requirements
• G1F: First-cycle level, fewer than 60 credits from first-cycle courses as entry requirement
• G2F: First-cycle level, a minimum of 60 credits at first-cycle level as entry requirement
• G2E: First-cycle level, a minimum of 60 credits at first-cycle level as entry requirement, contains a degree project for the Degree of Bachelor
• A1N: Second-cycle level, only first-cycle course(s) as entry requirement – at SLU, a minimum of 120 credits at first-cycle level is required
• A1F: Second-cycle level, contains degree project for
  Master’s degree (60 credits)
• GXX: First-cycle level, course specialisation cannot be classified
• AXX: Second-cycle level, course specialisation cannot be classified

Overview picture Course Schedule academic year 24/25