Education programmes and teaching

Across the study programmes of life sciences, natural sciences and veterinary medicine IFRO employees are teaching social science topics. This is completely unique in a Danish context, but it have strong parallels at leading international universities. Examples of this are courses in theory of science, ethics, method and project work - which are all mandatory at six of the Bachelor's programmes at SCIENCE - and furthermore courses in innovation and entrepreneurship, management and administration, conflict management, qualitative method, law, sociology, and policy and economics, which are all part of several curricula.

The department has the responsibility for the following full study programmes:

• Bachelor's programme in Agricultural Economics (in Danish)
• Master's programme in Agricultural Economics
• Master's programme in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
• Master's programme in Forest and Nature Management
• Master's programme in Sustainable Forest and Nature Management (SUFONAMA, Erasmus Mundus programme)
• Master's programme in Sustainable Tropical Forestry  (SUTROFOR, Erasmus Mundus programme)

Furthermore, the department is also highly involved in:

• Bachelor's programme in Natural Resources (in Danish)
• Specialisation in Global Environmental Governance (GEG is part of a central specialisation of the Master's programme in Climate (CCIMA))
• Master's programme in Agricultural Development
• Master's programme in Human Nutrition
• Bachelor's and Master's programme in Animal Science
• Master's programme in Global Development

 IFRO also organises a Master programme for working professionals:

• Master's programme in Food quality and safety (in Danish)

For PhD courses visit this website.