Bachelor of Science in Natural Resources at UBC Vancouver
Join the most award-winning forest faculty in the world.
Earn a Science degree that focuses on the science, management, and conservation of natural resources at the most award-winning forest faculty in the world. Conduct funded, ground-breaking research, develop innovative products, and gain practical experience with the support of award-winning instructors and a tight-knit student community.
60,000 acres
across two research forests where you can enhance your classroom learning with field studies.
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Canada is well-positioned to seize opportunities in the emerging bioeconomy because of its global leadership in forestry and agriculture, access to biomass, and skilled workforce. The Bioeconomy Sciences and Technology is the country's first comprehensive program focused on the growing bioeconomy.
Vancouver
Play an active role in protecting and managing our natural environment, including wildlife, forests, rivers, oceans, and land. This interdisciplinary program of study, which is a major in the Bachelor of Science in Nature Resources degree, is the most popular program in UBC's Faculty of Forestry.
Vancouver
If you love the outdoors and are excited by the challenge of planning and managing our forest lands, taking into account multiple resource users, then the Forest Management program, a major in the Bachelor of Science in Nature Resources degree, may be for you.
Vancouver
If you seek the challenge of applying technology and science to create environmentally and economically sound harvesting plans, then the Forest Operations program, a major in the Bachelor of Science in Nature Resources degree, may be for you.
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Study scientific principles related to forests, forest organisms, and plant and animal ecology. Forest Sciences is based on the principle that forests are complex ecosystems made up of thousands of living organisms and non-living components, and that our use of one part of the forest ecosystem can impact all of the others. This program is a major in the Bachelor of Science in Nature Resources degree.
Vancouver
If you're innovative, and you enjoy engineering and problem solving, Wood Products could be for you. This award-winning program fuses science, engineering, and business and is a major in the Bachelor of Science in Nature Resources degree.
Take the first step
The first step to becoming a Natural Resources student is to create an account. From there, you can attend an online info session, and be the first to receive important updates and event recommendations from UBC