Welcome to Faculty of Forestry

“Serving nature and the environment through education and research”

Throughout its history, the Faculty of Forestry has consciously and successfully combined the preservation of tradition with continuous adaptation to the needs and expectations of the era. By working on this basis, it has gained international recognition. It has the capacity needed for research that reaches the international standard, with the expected human and material resources. The Faculty conducts a wide range of domestic and international research cooperation that welcomes the challenges and needs of the profession and the partner companies.

The Faculty consistently professes and applies the principle that high-quality research is a prerequisite for quality education, in which students and PhD students play important roles. The Roth Gyula Doctoral School of Forestry and Wildlife Management Sciences is the custodian of higher-level knowledge. Its international and nationally renowned scientific workshops employ many young lecturers, researchers, PhD students and scientific students, ensuring the supply of a scientific workforce. The Faculty of Forestry is actively involved in the development of the country’s forestry policy. It performs successful tender activities and extensive science service provider activities.

The Faculty’s existing and constantly evolving intellectual, material, financial resources and the commitment of its staff guarantee that the Faculty of Forestry will remain on a sustainable development path in the future. 

Scholarships abroad open up many opportunities for students, mainly in Europe and beyond, e.g. North America. In addition to learning about other professional, educational and cultural backgrounds, students can acquire or deepen their foreign language skills and get to know fellow students with similar interests from other countries.

The Faculty adapts flexibly to the changes of the present, providing practice-oriented training and marketable, applicable knowledge in all fields of science and specialization. Young people who graduate here can usually find a job within three to six months.

Prof. Dr. Bálint HEIL
dean

Institutes

Institute of Natural Resources and Forest Management

• Operation and development of forestry machinery.
• Energy plantation technology model, energy balance.
• Integrated and applied forest protection, identification of damage agents, damage assessment.
• Forest fire protection plans, risk analysis, forest fire propagation models.

Institute of Geomatics and Civil Engineering

• Water management expertise, hydraulic engineering, environmental modelling.
• Geomatics survey, remote sensing, laser scanning, mapping, geoinformatics analysis, database construction.
• Design and maintenance of forest roads and exploration networks.

Institute of Environmental Protection and Nature Conservation

• Agroforestry systems, woody and herbaceous biomass studies, utilisation.
• Waste management, waste water treatment, sewage sludge.
• Circular economy, life cycle analysis.
• Biomonitoring, biogas, biodiesel, bioethanol research.
• Forest site classification, climate modelling.
• Complex botanical surveys, invasive plant species studies.

Institute of Wildlife Biology and Management

• Wildlife habitat mapping, wildlife management.
• Wildlife damage assessment and prevention, surveys of game sightings in populated areas

Dormitories

In Sopron, we offer student accommodation in three building complexes. Accommodation ranges from double or triple occupancy rooms to double or triple  occupancy apartments. International students are usually accommodated in the VUK (VadiUj Kollégium) dormitory building, where the apartments have ensuite amenities.

mailto:dormitory@uni-sopron.hu

All enrolled students are provided with dormitory accommodation, which is an extraordinary offer in a heavily-touristed city like Sopron. The services, leisure opportunities, and programmes provided make dormitory life exceptionally vibrant. Apart from students and conference participants, the accommodation facilities are also available to families, groups, and school classes visiting Sopron and its agglomeration. The university can also provide accommodation for disabled guests.

The student hotel restaurant located in the University Botanical Garden offers good dining options for guests.

Address: Sopron Baross út 4-6. →

Contacts: dormitory@uni-sopron.hu, +36-99-518-215

8+1 reasons to choose Sopron

#1 PICTURESQUE TOWN
With its thousands of years of history, magnificent inner city, distinct monuments, wonderful natural environment, subalpine air, and vibrant cultural and festival life, Sopron is one of the most important tourist centres in Hungary and a vital cultural hub of the region.

#2 SAFE PLACE TO STAY
Sopron is one of the safest cities to spend your years of studies in Europe. Here you can easily enjoy the daily life of a student, go for traveling around,  look for cultural programmes, sports, etc, without worry.

#3 TOP RATED EDUCATION
The academic and intellectual values the University of Sopron’s faculties espouse are intertwined with the city’s long history, its historical, landscape, and  cultural values, and its wide range of offered programmes, which all come together to create a distinct and colourful university life. Our universty is the NR1  in FORESTRY and WOOD INDUSTRY in the country and nontheless provides world class education in ECONOMICS and PEDAGOGY.

#4 GREEN UNIVERSITY
Within the spirit of a “Green University”, the University of Sopron names and embraces a principle that not only makes sustainability and environmentally  conscious education mandatory but also lays the foundation for strategic steps that transcend theory and put conscious, voluntary environmental  protection and conservation into practice.
“The University of Sopron disseminates sustainability principles and develops sustainable solutions through its students and researchers, which is  particularly important because successfully implementing this task benefits the University of Sopron, the city, the region, and the country.” Prof. Dr. Attila
Fábián PhD Rector

#5 UNIQUE LANDSCAPE 
Sopron is surrounded by the foothills of the Alps, thus it is characterized by a beautiful hilly landscape, which is ideal for outdoor activities like jogging,  mountain biking and hiking. The town’s preserved architectural treasures from past masters, melodies from the immortal geniuses Haydn and Liszt,  traditional customs, and a historic wine culture all complement each other exquisitely; while the protected heritage values of the Sopron Mountains and the  Lake Fertő (Central Europe’s largest endorheic lake) /Neusiedl Cultural Landscape come together to form a harmonious union.

#6 LEVEL OF LIFE
While the level of life meets the Western European expectations – our tuition fees and the living costs are affordable.

#7 DORMITORIES
Dormitory → is an available option for international students - in walking distance to the Campus.

#8 FESTIVAL'S TOWN
Sopron is well renowned in the fields of gastronomy and art, as numerous festivals are organized during the year, from smaller to the larger events, famous all over the region. These festivals are characterized by the diversity of cultural programmes, from gastronomy and wine to theatre or music. Gastro events  and concerts are held in various venues, all around the year.

#+1 SEN - University Festival of Sopron
The University of Sopron organised the 1^st University Festival of Sopron in 2022. The event provided the new and upper-year Hungarian and international  students the opportunity to meet and get to know each other, as well as to start the semester with sparkling popular music concerts thus forming a transition between the vivid summer season and the more dutiful study period. Due to its great success among students, the festival will be held in the  upcoming years as well.

For more information about sights, restaurants, programs, etc., please visit the official website of Sopron on the following link: https://www.visitsopron.com/ →.

Before to travel to Sopron: User's guide to Hungary →

Scholarships

Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarship Programme

Stipendium Hungaricum →, the Hungarian Government’s most prestigious higher education scholarship programme, offers a wide range of courses for high-achieving international students with an excellent academic track record. The scholarship aims to support the internationalisation of Hungarian higher education and its constant development, strengthen the international relations of the academic and research community, and promote the good reputation  and competitiveness of Hungarian higher education worldwide.

Scholarship Programme for Christian Young People (SCYP)

Scholarship Programme for Christian Young People → is a scholarship programme established by the Government of Hungary in the spirit of the policy of solidarity towards persecuted Christian religious minorities. The aim of the Scholarship Programme is to enable Christian young people from crisis regions of the world who are subject to religious persecution, threats, or restrictions on the free exercise of religion in their home countries to pursue higher education in Hungary. An important added value of the scholarship programme is that young people return home after their years of study to contribute to their communities and country. 

PANNÓNIA Scholarship Programme

International mobility programs → offer a wide range of opportunities for learning, researching, professional development, and networking!
Through the unique Hungarian Pannonia Program, The Hungarian Government provides opportunities for beneficiaries (Hungarian higher education institutions) to establish meaningful international partnerships with other higher education institutions and their legal entities (training and research centres, public and private organizations, etc.) through bilateral agreements. Students and staff can apply for outgoing mobilities, while the universities have the opportunity to invite well reknowed instructors for short term teaching mobility, or to organize other kind of networking events, or conferences. The  programme is coordinated by the Tempus Public Foundation.

Informations for self-financed students

Application fee: 150 USD

Tuition fee:

• MSc programmes: 2750 USD/semester
• Ph.D program: 1850 USD/semester

• Tuition fee refund policy — in the section 114^th of Student Requirement Standards of the University of Sopron:
  (8) Specific provisions regarding third-country nationals as defined inHungarian Law Act I and Act II of 2007: third-country nationals must pay the tuition fee before submitting the visa application. If a fee-paying self-funded student from a third country terminates or suspends their student status during the semester, they are entitled to a partial refund of the tuition fee according to the following:
  a) 50% of the tuition fee if the termination of the student status occurs before October 15 for the fall semester and before March 15 for the spring semester, following being registered during the registration period,
  b) the amount reduced by 30% of the tuition fee if the student's visa application is rejected by the competent authority, or other reason that may make the enrollment impossible; according to the deadline in point a)
  c) no refund from the tuition fee if the termination or suspension of the student status occurs after the deadlines specified in point a).

Application period:

• September intake: mid April - mid May
• February intake: mid October - end of November

Intake:

• MSc programmes: February/September
• Ph.D program: September

Go to the admissions page →