University of Lleida

The University of Lleida has its roots in the Estudi General de Lleida created in 1300 by a charter to the city of Lleida from the king of Aragon James II on the basis of the papal bull issued in Rome on the 1st of April 1297, by Pope Boniface VIII.

University of Lleida is made up of seven teaching centres, among which are the Faculties, Upper Technical Schools and University Schools, and five attached centres. The faculties and schools are units of ordination, organisation and co-ordination of the first and second cycle studies, aimed at obtaining the corresponding qualification, and their function is to co-ordinate the development of the qualifications that are given (34 in the university's own centres and 3 in the attached centres). You can find more general information on the University of Lleida at the link http://www.udl.cat/perfils/visitors.html

Forestry studies are taught in the HigherTechnical School of Agrarian Engineering (ETSEA) located on a modern campus close to the city, in a traditionally agricultural area, with delightful surroundings that are easily accessible on foot or by bicycle. This situation makes it possible for students to carry out most of their academic activity on campus, and to take part in the different association initiatives which enrich their personal training. This fact is especially relevant in the ETSEA, contributing to create a participative and dynamic style, with a space in which the different interests of the university community can be conveyed.

MSc European Forestry studies at the University of Lleida

The University of Lleida offers to the MSc EF students a wide range of courses in English, in addition to the supervision of the Master Thesis. For those MSc EF students who chose to study their second academic year in Lleida, the University of Lleida offers the double degree MSc European Forestry together with the University of Joensuu.

Below you can see a list of courses that the University of Lleida offers, together with the number of ECTS credits and study mode* of each course. An updated list with the schedule of courses for each semester, as well as any further information about the studies at Lleida, will be provided by the Spanish coordinator of the programme Professor Carlos Colinas.

• Advanced Forest Management (3.5) (DO)
• Agrofood Industries (2.5)
• Field Forest Pathology (1) (PR)
• Forest and Fire Ecology and Management in Spain (2.5)
• Forest Inventory and Mensuration (5) (DO)
• Forest Pathology (3.5) (NP)
• Forest Soils (14.5) (PR)
• Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing (3.5) (DO)
• Global Change Biology for Foresters and Agronomists (2.5)
• Landscape Ecology (5) (DO)
• Mediterranean Soilscapes (PR)
• Plant Virology (2.5) (NP)
• Principles of Wildland Fire Science and Management (5) (NP)
• Production and Energy Use of Wood Biomass (5)
• Silviculture and Reforestation (5) (DO)
• Spanish Agricultural Systems and Technologies (2.5) (PR)
• Spanish Range Resources (5) (NP)
• Surface Hydrology and Soil Preservation (5) (DO)
• Thinking Science and Technology (2.5) (PR)
• Wildlife, Fisheries and Game Management (5) (DO)

[* Study mode of the courses may vary between conventional courses in English (PR), virtual/distance courses in English (NP), and double-online (DO) courses (lessons available online in English with classes in Spanish or Catalan and tutorial support in English).]

The courses offered by the University of Lleida are open to all MSc EF students during the 2 years of studies, including the virtual/distance courses, and regardless at which Partner University they are studying.

You can see below a list with Master Thesis topics offered to MSc EF students. As with the courses, an updated list will be provided by the coordinators of the programme.

• Economic Viability of Electric Generation Plants Supply with Forest Biomass
• Erosion Processes and Soil Preservation
• Erosion Risk Mapping in an Agroforestry System by Means of GIS
• Forest Ecology and Climate Change
• Forest Entomology and Insects Ecology
• Forest Fire Ecology
• Forest Fungi
• Forest Pathology
• Global Warming and Spatial Shifts of European Forest-Insect Populations
• Grassland Ecology and Grazing
• High Resolution Remote Sensing of Erosion
• Landscape Ecology
• Mycological Forest Products
• Plant Virology
• Silviculture
• Truffle Commercialisation
• Truffle Cultivation

You can also find updated information on the activities of the University of Lleida within the MSc European Forestry programme at their own webpage: http://labpatfor.udl.es/msef/EurMast.htm or by contacting the Spanish coordinator of the MScEF Professor Carlos Colinas.