Master's degree
Study programmes
This programme is in the field of Forestry engineering and consists in 2 years of study (120 ECTS credits). Students acquire skills in designing and implementing conceptual instruments and projects related to identifying, conserving, and capitalising on the (wood) cultural heritage in a creative-innovative manner, in furniture eco-design and the scientific conservation of antique furniture. Graduates of this programme will be able to work in wood engineering, furniture / wood finished products design, interior design, conservation-restoration of furniture/heritage goods.
Perspectives after graduation: creative-innovative activities in fields such as furniture (eco)design and ambience of human activity, furniture and wood finished products design, conservation-restoration of furniture / cultural goods, research, etc.; the possibility to apply for a doctoral degree in Forestry engineering.
The master’s degree programme Wood Technologies for Building falls within the field of Forest Engineering and runs for a 2-year period, totalling 120 ECTS credits.
Students acquire skills for a professional career in the field of timber constructions; the structural and technological design of advanced timber structures for constructions; the production and testing of wood-based and wooden products intended for the building sector; the creation of innovative wood-based and wooden materials and eco-materials for constructions. The study of innovative and ecological technologies and products, as well as the familiarization with innovation systems specific to the transition from resource-based society to knowledge-based society is pursued for this purpose.
A stated goal of the programme is to bridge the gap that currently exists between the wood processing and building sectors, to bring the two fields into contact on a professional-scientific level. To this end, the programme is addressed mainly (but not only) to the engineers in the field of wood industry and to those in the field of building, as well as to the architects who want to specialize in timber constructions.
The proposed study programme is a professional master’s degree, but it also has the potential to develop the scientific investigation capacity. Therefore, it is a possible preparatory basis for the doctoral studies in the fields of Forest Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Civil Engineering.
Perspectives after graduation: The main career directions that the graduates of this master’s degree programme can pursue are in the field of design of timber constructions, in the field of manufacturing prefabricated timber elements/subassemblies for constructions, including complete constructions in a prefabricated system, as well as those in the fields of exploitation, maintenance, repair, renovation, rehabilitation of wood buildings.
