Undergraduate programs
In the Forestry and Environmental Management program, you’ll learn how to manage all of these things in sustainable ways, solving complex problems for the benefit of current and future generations. You will study:
- trees, plants, water and wildlife
- soil, landscapes and the atmosphere
- people and their beliefs, values and needs
You will help find solutions to the world’s most pressing environmental issues.
Forestry and Environmental Management at UNB provides the best opportunity for a challenging and productive career in the natural resource sector. It has a proven track record of producing highly sought-after natural resource managers for over 100 years.
Program highlights
Student experience
We offer a uniquely integrated program structure with capstone real-world projects, indoor/outdoor labs, and a community atmosphere that facilitates a real camaraderie with your classmates and where professors get to know you by your first name.
Career readiness
We help you develop your resume, conduct mock interviews, teach you time and project management skills, how to maintain a job bank, and help connect you with potential employers.
Summer work experiences
These are plentiful, varied and high paying. Every summer our students gain career-relevant summer work earning between $10-$20,000 per summer. Employers come to our faculty from across Canada each year to interview our students on site.
Full-time employment opportunities and success
These are also plentiful, varied and high paying.
- ~95% of our students gain full-time work in the natural resource sector, with a starting salary between $50-$70,000 per year, and increasing to $100-$200,000 for mid- to late careers.
- Proven track record for over 100 years producing highly sought-after natural resource managers who are employed in every Canadian province.
- Forestry graduates are employed in various capacities including forest management, parks management, fire management and control, urban forestry, forest operations, forest conservation and much more.
