BA/BS in Forest Management and Environment at Université Laval in Québec, Canada is a bachelor's degree in Forestry & Natural Resources programme. The programme runs for 4 years, delivered on campus. It carries 120.0 credits. Tuition for international students is CAD 27,095 per year (CAD 3,118 per year for local students).
This bachelor's program (B.Sc.A.) prepares forest engineers to manage the multiple resources of the forest environment, including trees, water, wildlife, and soils, while accounting for environmental, social, and economic considerations. The four-year, 120-credit curriculum covers sustainable forest management, forest bioecology, climate change, forest economics, international forestry, and silviculture. Practical field training begins in the first session, with weekly outdoor practicum sessions and several courses that include one to two weeks of fieldwork in forest settings. Three paid, credited work-term placements give students professional experience, and international or intercultural placements are available, in some cases supported by bursaries. Most instruction is on campus, though some courses are offered at a distance, in hybrid format, or comodally. The program suits students with a strong interest in the natural environment who enjoy teamwork, leadership, and decision-making. Graduates become forest engineers working in forest planning and management for public and private organizations, in urban forestry, environmental certification, wildlife management, and conservation. The program notes that current departures from the field outnumber new entrants, pointing to strong employment prospects for graduates.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Direct entry requires a Quebec DEC in Natural Sciences, Sciences Letters and Arts, or the International Baccalaureate in Pure and Applied Sciences. Holders of a DEC in biological or food techniques, or another DEC, must additionally complete chemistry (one or two specified courses depending on background), a three-course mathematics sequence, one or two physics courses, and, for non-science DEC holders, an introductory biology course; equivalency tables and compensatory Université Laval courses cover missing prerequisites. Applicants from outside Quebec are assessed on the quality of their academic record. Non-francophone applicants must demonstrate French proficiency through the Test de français (TCF tout public), covering listening comprehension, grammar, reading and written expression, with remedial French coursework available where needed. No minimum admission average is published; selection rests on the overall quality of the academic file.
Application Details
Start Date:September and January
Application Deadline:Domestic (Quebec and other-Canadian) applicants to Universite Laval apply per trimester: for Automne (Fall) 2027 entry, online applications open August 15, 2026, non-quota bachelor's applications are due March 1, 2027 (late until August 15, 2027) and non-quota graduate applications are due February 1, 2027; Hiver (Winter) 2027 applications are due November 1, 2026 (late until December 1, 2026). Quota programs -- MD, first-cycle PharmD, and bachelor's degrees in occupational therapy, physiotherapy, sexology and biomedical sciences -- close November 1, 2026 for Automne 2027, for all applicants. International applicants face firmer, earlier cutoffs (February 1, 2027 for Automne; July 1, 2026 for Hiver 2027; December 1, 2026 for Ete 2027) given 4-to-6-month immigration processing; a late international application is deferred to a later term rather than accepted for the term requested. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
