Tomorrow needs stewards of the environment. It needs professional foresters who know that sustainable technologies are the future of forestry. With more than 5,000 acres of university forests set aside for research, education, recreation, and outreach, the College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science (CFRES) at Michigan Technological University is the ideal place to prepare for what tomorrow needs. We’re a community of scholars on a first-name basis—ready to help you grow in your research and create a career based on the challenges facing our natural world.
Get outside.
Spend a semester at our Ford Center and Forest completing your integrated field practicum, where you’ll learn how to observe, collect, and process data in our 3,700-acre living lab. Spend a typical day getting your hands dirty and your feet wet.
Get connected.
Experience our community’s values in promoting diversity, equity, inclusion, and sense of belonging as you learn from Great Lakes Indigenous knowledge holders as they share cultural, ecological, and governance knowledge critical to the resilience of our shared environment.
Undergraduate Programs
Employers value Michigan Tech CFRES graduates for their field skills, technology knowledge (like geographic information systems, and their ability to gather, process, and analyze data. We nurture strong connections with industry leaders.
Earn a Bachelor of Science in:
•Forestry (accredited by SAF)
• Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
• Sustainable Bioproducts
• Environmental Science and Sustainability
• Natural Resources Management
• Applied Ecology and Environmental Science
• Environmental Data Science
Graduate Programs
We invite you to explore your options for a graduate degree at Michigan Tech. Here, you will find some of the top forestry, ecology, wildlife, and biotechnology programs in the country, and research ranging from wetland carbon recycling in tropical ecosystems to sustainable biomass techniques in Michigan forests. Earn a certificate in geographic information systems completely online, or get a professional master’s degree in GIS. Our Master of Forestry program is just three semesters long, full of hands-on learning, and accredited by SAF.
