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Degree programmes

The Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry offers the following degree programmes:

  • Bachelor of Food Sciences or Bachelor of Science (Agriculture and Forestry)
  • Master of Food Sciences or Master of Science (Agriculture and Forestry)
  • Licentiate of Food Sciences or Licentiate of Science (Agriculture and Forestry)
  • Doctor of Food Sciences or Doctor of Science (Agriculture and Forestry)

The Bachelor’s degree is a first-cycle and the Master’s degree a second-cycle academic degree. Licentiate and doctoral degrees are postgraduate research degrees (third-cycle academic degrees).

Bachelor's (undergraduate) studies and Master's programme in Food Economy and Consumption are available only for applicants with good Finnish or Swedish language skills. The application period for these programmes is during the general application in spring. The curriculum and application instructions are available in the Studyinfo.fi- service.

The application period for multi- and foreign-language Master’s programmes starts in December and ends in January.

Master's Programmes

Multi- and foreign-language Mater's programmes provided by the Faculty are listed below.

Mas­ter's Pro­gramme in Ag­ri­cul­tural, En­vir­on­mental and Re­source Eco­nom­ics

Are you looking forward to a future as an expert in Agricultural, Environmental and Resource Economics? As a graduate of our Master’s...

Mas­ter's Pro­gramme in Ag­ri­cul­tural Sci­ences

Would you like to be involved in finding solutions to future challenges of food and energy production, such as climate change, population...

Mas­ter's Pro­gramme in At­mo­spheric Sci­ences

Society urgently needs experts with a multidisciplinary education in atmospheric and Earth System sciences. Climate change and issues of...
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Mas­ter's pro­gramme in En­vir­on­mental Change and Global Sus­tain­ab­il­ity

Global socio-ecological problems call for multidisciplinary solutions that transcend the usual boundaries of science and decision-making...

Mas­ter's Pro­gramme in Food Sci­ences

Do you want to have an impact on what people will eat in the future? Would you like to know what makes food taste good, due to the raw...

Mas­ter's Pro­gramme in Forest Sci­ences

Do you want to affect the future of forests, a key natural resource and the wellspring of biodiversity? Have you ever wondered why forests...

Mas­ter's Pro­gramme in Hu­man Nu­tri­tion and Food-Re­lated Be­ha­viour

Why do we eat the way we do? What happens to food in our body? How does nutrition maintain our health? How do we study the way people use...

Mas­ter's Pro­gramme in Mi­cro­bi­o­logy and Mi­cro­bial Bi­o­tech­no­logy

Why are microbes the most important group of organisms on our planet? How is knowledge of microbiology applied in medicine and industry, or...

Mas­ter's Pro­gramme in Plant Bio­logy

Life on Earth depends on solar energy captured by plants - they are the base of most food webs and underpin the functioning of all major...

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Doctoral education

The Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry offers the following doctoral degrees: Doctor of Science (Agriculture and Forestry), Doctor of Food Sciences, and Doctor of Philosophy.