This is a list of historic schools of forestry, by founding date. Also included is information about each school's location, founder(s), present status, and (where applicable) closing date. Many remain active.

1700s

* 1778 - A course of study in forestry formally added to the curriculum at the University of Giessen, Hesse-Darmstadt, Holy Roman Empire * 1785 - Master school of forestry established by Heinrich von Cotta and his father,Shirley, Hardy L. "Professional Education in Forestry"
'' Unasylva'', No. 75. Accessed: May 8, 2012. in Kleine Zillbach, near Wasungen, Thuringia * 1787 or 1789 - Master school of forestry established at Hungen, Hesse, by Georg Ludwig Hartig; moved to Dillenburg, Hesse, 1797–1805; reestablished in Berlin; then, in 1830, moved to Eberswalde, about 30 km away (see below)"About Eberswalde and IUFRO,"
forestinsects.org, August, 2010. Accessed: April 20, 2013. * 1790 - School of forestry established in Munich, Bavaria * 1798 - Waldau Forest Institute (''Forstlehranstalt zu Waldau'') established by Friedrich Ludwig von Witzelben, in the

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district of Hesse, Germany; closed 1815

1800-1849

* 1800 - First formal training of foresters in Russia; 'forstmeister' course established at the Naval Cadet Corps Academy, Saint PetersburgTeplyakov, Victor K. 1994. "Forestry education in Russia," ''Forestry Chronicle'' 70(6): 700-704. * 1803 - Royal Forestry School (or 'Practical Forestry School'), in Tsarskoye Selo (near Saint Petersburg), Russia; in 1811 moved to the imperial capital to become the

Imperial Forestry Institute Imperial is that which relates to an empire, emperor, or imperialism. Imperial or The Imperial may also refer to: Places United States * Imperial, California * Imperial, Missouri * Imperial, Nebraska * Imperial, Pennsylvania * Imperial, Texas ...

, later the S. M. Kirov Forestry Academy; today the

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. * 1807 - Royal Bavarian Central Forestry Academy, Aschaffenburg, Bavaria; merged with the University of Munich in 1874 Academy of Mining and Forestry

* 1807 -

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, Academy of Mining, Schemnitz, Austria-Hungary (now

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, Slovakia; Heinrich David Wilckens, founder); became the

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, 1848 (Ignaz Schwarz Friedrich, founder); moved to Sopron, Hungary, in 1919; continues today as the University of West Hungary. * 1811 -

Royal Saxon Academy of Forestry The Royal Saxon Academy of Forestry (German language, German: ''Königliche-Sächsische Forstakademie'') in Tharandt, Saxony, near Dresden, was founded by silviculture, silviculturist Heinrich Cotta in 1811. Established in conjunction with the sch ...

, Tharandt, Saxony ( Heinrich von Cotta, founder); now part of Dresden University of Technology, Germany * 1811 - Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry, Stockholm ( Karl XIV Johan, founder) * 1813 - Imperial Academy of Forestry, at the Mariabrunn monastery, near Vienna, Austria * 1824 - French National School of Forestry (''École nationale des eaux et forêts'', or ' Imperial Forestry School'), Nancy, France; today part of

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* 1830 - Royal Prussian Higher Forestry College established in Eberswalde; later affiliated as a faculty of the University of Berlin; the International Union of Forest Experiment Stations, predecessor of the

International Union of Forest Research Organizations The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) (french: Union Internationale des Instituts de Recherches Forestières, german: Internationaler Verband Forstlicher Forschungsanstalten, es, Unión Internacional de Institutos de ...

, was established there on August 17, 1892. * 1844 - Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Montes, Madrid, Spain, continuing today in the Technical University of Madrid * 1848 - School of forestry established at Turin, Italy

1850-1899

* 1860 - Royal Agriculture and Forestry College, Križevci, Croatia; today the

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* 1868 - Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology, University of Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany; successor to the

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at Münden * 1870 -

Forest Institute of Vallombrosa The Forest Institute of Vallombrosa or L’Istituto Forestale di Vallombrosa is a school of forestry founded in 1870 on the German model, the only one of its kind in Italy. It is sited in buildings belonging to Vallombrosa Abbey Vallombrosa is a ...

, Italy, established on the German model * 1875 - Forestry program established at the

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in Vienna, Austria, incorporating the former Imperial Academy of Forestry at MariabrunnIndian Council of Agricultural Research. 2002. "Curriculum and Syllabi for Master's Degree Programs in Forestry." New Delhi, India.
Accessed: May 7, 2012. * 1878 -

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, India (founded by

Dietrich Brandis Sir Dietrich Brandis (31 March 1824 – 28 May 1907) was a German-British botanist and forestry academic and administrator, who worked with the British Imperial Forestry Service in colonial India for nearly 30 years. He joined the British civil ...

, for the British

Imperial Forestry Service The Indian Forest Service (IFS) is one of the three All India Services of the Government of India. The other two All India Services being the Indian Administrative Service and the Indian Police Service. It was constituted in the year 1966 und ...

); today, incorporated into the Indian Forest Research Institute, Dehradun Sir William Schlich07

* 1885 -

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(also known informally as the 'Cooper's Hill School of Forestry'),

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, England (

William Schlich Sir Wilhelm Philipp Daniel Schlich (28 February 1840 in Flonheim – 28 September 1925 in Oxford), also known as William Schlich, was an eminent German-born forester who worked extensively in India for the British administration. As a professor ...

, founder); closed 1905 * 1897 - Forestry programs included in the Faculty of Agriculture, in the newly established Kyoto Imperial University, now

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, Japan * 1898, September 1 - Biltmore Forest School, Asheville, North Carolina, USA (

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, founder); closed 1913 * 1898, September 22 or 23 -

New York State College of Forestry at Cornell The New York State College of Forestry at Cornell was a statutory college established in 1898 at Cornell University to teach scientific forestry. The first four-year college of forestry in the country, it was defunded by the State of New York in 1 ...

, Ithaca, NY, USA (

Bernhard Fernow Bernhard Eduard Fernow ( ; January 7, 1851 – February 6, 1923) was the third chief of the USDA's Division of Forestry of the United States from 1886 to 1898, preceding Gifford Pinchot in that position, and laying much of the groundwork for the e ...

, founding dean); closed June 1903 * 1898, October 20 - Academy of Forestry established at the University of Zagreb, Croatia

1900-1949

Gifford Pinchot visiting students at School of Forestry camp at Gray Towers

* 1900 - Yale School of Forestry, New Haven, Connecticut, USA ( Gifford Pinchot, founder;

Henry S. Graves Henry ("Harry") Solon Graves (May 3, 1871 – March 7, 1951) was a forester, forest administrator in the United States. He co-founded the Yale Forest School (now the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies) in 1900, the oldest continuous ...

, founding dean) * 1902 - Agriculture and Forestry School,

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Province, China * 1903 - Forestry department,

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, China * 1903, May -

Pennsylvania State Forest Academy Penn State Mont Alto is a residential commonwealth campus of the Pennsylvania State University. Located in Mont Alto, Pennsylvania, the campus offers nine four-year and seven two-year degree programs, including nursing, forest technology, occup ...

, Mont Alto, PA ( Joseph Rothrock, MD, founder; George Wirt, founding administrator); merged with the

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to become Penn State Mont Alto * 1904 - Forestry department, Zhili Higher Agricultural School, Hebei Province, China; in 1952, the department was separated into several universities, with most faculty going into the Beijing Forestry University * 1905 - School of Forestry, Oxford University, England (Sir

, founder) * 1906 - School of Forestry, University of Georgia, ( George Foster Peabody, founder; Alfred A. Akerman, founding dean) * 1906 - South African Forestry School, Tokai, Cape Town, South Africa (

Joseph Storr Lister Joseph Storr Lister (1 October 1852 Uitenhage - 27 February 1927 Kenilworth, Cape Town) was a South African forester and Conservator of Forests. He was educated at the Diocesan College in Rondebosch, and in 1885 married Georgina Bain, daughter o ...

, founder) * 1907 - Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, Canada (Bernhard Fernow, founding dean) * 1907 - School of Forestry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (Francis Miller, first dean) * 1908 - Ranger School, University of Montana * 1910, April 19 - Forest School established within the College of Agriculture at the

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, Royal F. Nash, founding "Officer-in-Charge"; today the College of Forestry and Natural Resources * 1910 - Victorian School of Forestry (VSF), Creswick, Australia. * 1911 - New York State College of Forestry at

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, Syracuse, NY, USA; ( Louis Marshall, founder;

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, founding dean); now part of the

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system

Students from Biltmore Forest School inspecting forest rail line Germany circa 1912

* 1912 - Madras Forest Academy,

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, Tamil Nadu, South India * 1913 - School of Forestry, University of Montana. Established by the 12th Legislature of Montana. * 1919 - Moscow Forest Engineering Institute, Russia's "first higher education institution for training

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s"; now Moscow State Forest University * 1920 - Faculty of Forestry, University of Belgrade, Serbia. Studies in the field of forestry began in 1920 as the Department of Forestry at the Agricultural Faculty in Belgrade. The Faculty of Forestry became separate in 1949, the first independent forestry faculty in the former Yugoslavia. * 1926 - Australian Forestry School,

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. Foundation Principal

Charles Lane Poole Charles Edward Lane Poole (16 August 1885 – 22 November 1970) was an English Australian forester who introduced systematic, science-based forestry practices to various parts of the Commonwealth, most notably Australia. Biography Early life an ...

. Became part of the Australian National University in 1965. * 1932 - Saasveld College for Foresters, George, South Africa; now part of Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) * 1948, June 16 - Forestry Specialist School,

Province, China (established by the Chinese Communist Party)

1950-present

* 1951 - University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, established its Faculty of Forestry. The school would absorb students from Hungary's Sopron School in 1957. * 1952 - Beijing Forestry University,

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, with faculty from Tsinghua University,

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, and the Beijing Agricultural University * 1962 - Forestry school established in Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil, with support from the United Nations Development Program, the Food and Agriculture Organization, and the Government of Brazil; moved the next year to become a faculty of the Federal University of Paraná, in Curitiba. * 1976 - Institute of Forestry established in the Faculty of Science, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh, with help of

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and Bangladesh Forest Department. It is the pioneer institution of the country which initiated Professional Master of Forestry in 1977–78; 4-year B.Sc. (Hons.) in Forestry in 1978–79; M.Sc. in Forestry in 1996; B.Sc. (Hons.) in Environmental Science in 2000–2001; and M.Sc. in Environmental Science in 2004. Renamed as the Institute of Forestry and Environmental Sciences, CU (IFESCU), July 1996.

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1900-1949

1950-present

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