About the University
The University of Forestry and Environmental Science (UFES), Yezin is Myanmar's only specialised university for forestry, biodiversity, and environmental science. It traces its roots to forestry education introduced under Yangon University around 1923, making it one of the oldest natural-science education traditions in the country.
The institution moved to Yezin in 1985, became an independent institute on 16 July 1992, was elevated to the University of Forestry in 2003, and was renamed the University of Forestry and Environmental Science on 10 October 2017 — expanding its academic scope to cover environmental policy, pollution control, and natural-resource management alongside its core forestry curriculum.
UFES sits within the Yezin Academic Zone alongside the Yezin Agricultural University (YAU) and the University of Veterinary Science (UVS), and is near the national Forest Research and Survey Department — giving students access to a unique concentration of natural-science institutions and government research bodies.
သစ်တောနှင့်ပတ်ဝန်းကျင်ဆိုင်ရာ တက္ကသိုလ် (ရေဆင်း) (UFES)၊ သည် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ၏ တစ်ခုတည်းသော သစ်တောနှင့် ပတ်ဝန်းကျင်သိပ္ပံဘာသာရပ်တွင် အထူးပြု ပြုလုပ်ထားသော တက္ကသိုလ်ဖြစ်ပါသည်။ ၁၉၂၃ ခုနှစ်မှ စတင်ကာ ရန်ကုန်တက္ကသိုလ်အောက်တွင် သစ်တောပညာရေး ပေးနေခဲ့ပြီး ၁၉၉၂ ခုနှစ်တွင် သီးခြား ကောလိပ်တစ်ခုအဖြစ် ခွဲထွက်ခဲ့ကာ ၂၀၀၃ ခုနှစ်တွင် တက္ကသိုလ်အဖြစ် အဆင့်မြှင့်တင်ခဲ့သည်။
၂၀၁၇ ခုနှစ်တွင် သစ်တောနှင့်ပတ်ဝန်းကျင်ဆိုင်ရာ တက္ကသိုလ် (ရေဆင်း) (UFES) အဖြစ် ပြောင်းလဲမည်ဖြင့် ပတ်ဝန်းကျင်ဆိုင်ရာ မူဝါဒ၊ ညစ်ညမ်းမှုထိန်းချုပ်ခြင်းနှင့် သဘာဝသယံဇာတစီမံခန့်ခွဲမှုဘာသာရပ်များပါ ထည့်သွင်း ဖောင်ဒေးရှင်းများ တိုးချဲ့ခဲ့သည်။
ရေဆင်းတွင် YAU, UVS နှင့် နိုင်ငံတော် သစ်တောသုတေသနနှင့် စစ်တမ်းဌာနများနှင့် အနီးအနားတွင် တည်ရှိပြီး သဘာဝသိပ္ပံနှင့် ပတ်ဝန်းကျင်ပညာရေး ဗဟိုဌာနတစ်ခု ဖြစ်လာသည်။
Why Choose UFES?
Myanmar's Only Forestry & Environment University
UFES is the sole institution in Myanmar dedicated to forestry, biodiversity, and environmental science — making it the only path for students who want a nationally recognised degree in these fields.
Field-Based Learning
Forestry education at UFES is built around outdoor, hands-on practice — students spend significant time in the field conducting forest surveys, species identification, and ecological assessments, not just in classrooms.
Dual Scope — Forestry + Environment
The 2017 expansion to include environmental science means UFES now covers pollution control, environmental policy, and natural-resource management alongside core forestry — creating versatile graduates suited to both government and NGO roles.
Postgraduate Research Pathways
UFES offers postgraduate programs (Master's and PhD) in forestry, conservation, environmental management, and climate and ecosystems — supporting students who want to pursue research or academic careers.
Yezin Academic Zone Advantage
UFES is co-located in the Yezin zone with YAU, UVS, and national research departments — giving students rare cross-disciplinary exposure to agriculture, veterinary science, and forestry research all in one area.
Direct Career Pathways
UFES graduates are the primary source of trained forestry officers for Myanmar's Forest Department, conservation organisations, and environmental agencies — strong, clear employment pathways from the moment you graduate.
Campus Gallery
Available Programs
Core forestry and environmental science pathways — verify current offerings on the official UFES website
Forestry — B.Sc. (5-Year)
UFES's core program — a comprehensive 5-year forestry degree covering sustainable forest management, forest ecology, soils, water, climate, and biodiversity. Strong field-study components throughout, with the 5-year duration standardised since 1995.
Environmental Science
Added under the 2017 UFES rename — environmental policy, pollution control, natural resource management, and environmental economics are now core parts of UFES's academic scope, extending the university's reach beyond pure forestry into broader sustainability topics.
Postgraduate Programs
UFES offers postgraduate research pathways for graduates wishing to specialise in forestry science, conservation, environmental management, and climate and ecosystem studies. Exact availability depends on the academic year — confirm current offerings on the official UFES website.
Research & Projects
Forestry and environmental initiatives at UFES Yezin
Sustainable Forestry & Forest Ecology
UFES's academic scope centres on sustainable forestry and forest ecology — supporting long-term research and training programs for sustainable forest management, ecosystem health, and responsible use of Myanmar's forest resources.
Biodiversity & Wildlife Conservation
UFES's forestry and environmental focus supports biodiversity and wildlife conservation learning and related research activities across Myanmar's diverse forest landscapes — from tropical lowland forests to highland ecosystems.
Pollution Control & Environmental Management
Following the 2017 scope expansion, UFES teaches and researches pollution-control strategies and natural-resource management — building practical skills for environmental protection, sustainability, and policy advisory roles in government and NGO sectors.
Field Surveys & Forest Assessments
A core part of the UFES curriculum involves regular field surveys — students conduct forest inventories, species assessments, and ecological mapping as part of their degree, gaining the practical field skills Myanmar's Forest Department and conservation organisations need most.
Campus Life at UFES Yezin
Field training and nature-based learning in Myanmar's Yezin Academic Zone
Field Training Culture
Forestry education at UFES emphasises outdoor, applied learning — students spend significant time in the field conducting surveys, assessments, and practical exercises in real forest environments.
Lab & Research Learning
Environmental science and forestry topics combine laboratory work, data analysis, and field observation — building the research skills needed for roles in conservation, environmental management, and postgraduate study.
Yezin Academic Zone
UFES is co-located with YAU, UVS, and national research departments in the Yezin zone — giving students access to a unique concentration of natural and agricultural science institutions, collaborations, and government research bodies.
Career Opportunities
Forestry, conservation, environment, and natural-resource careers for UFES graduates
Forestry Officer
Join Myanmar's Forest Department as a trained officer — managing forest reserves, conducting surveys, enforcing forestry law, and planning sustainable harvesting and replanting programs.
Conservation Specialist
Work in biodiversity conservation, wildlife monitoring, and protected-area management at conservation NGOs, national parks, and international organisations such as WWF, WCS, or IUCN Myanmar programs.
Environmental Manager
Conduct environmental impact assessments, manage pollution-control programs, and develop sustainability strategies for government agencies, development projects, and private companies.
Researcher & Lecturer
Pursue postgraduate study (Master's or PhD) and join research institutes, UFES itself, or other agricultural and science universities as a lecturer or research lead — contributing to Myanmar's natural-science knowledge base.
NGO & Development Projects
Environmental and forestry expertise is in high demand at development organisations, UN agencies, and international conservation NGOs working on Myanmar's forests, climate adaptation, and rural livelihoods.
Environmental Policy Advisor
Advise government ministries and environmental agencies on forest policy, land-use planning, and natural-resource regulation — a growing role as Myanmar develops its environmental governance frameworks.
Where Graduates Work
Alumni & Graduate Outcomes
UFES graduates at the forefront of Myanmar's forestry, conservation, and environmental sector
Forest Department Officers
Myanmar Forest Department — NationwideThe majority of professional forestry officers in Myanmar's Forest Department hold UFES (or predecessor institution) degrees — managing forest reserves, conducting national forest inventories, and overseeing conservation zones across the country.
Conservation & Wildlife Specialists
WWF, WCS, IUCN & National ParksUFES graduates work across Myanmar's protected areas and with international conservation organisations — leading biodiversity surveys, wildlife-monitoring programs, and community-conservation initiatives.
Environmental & Development Sector
NGOs, UN Agencies & Development ProjectsFormer UFES students hold technical and advisory roles at national and international NGOs, UN agencies (FAO, UNEP), and development projects focused on forest conservation, climate adaptation, and rural livelihoods.
Researchers & Academics
UFES, Research Institutes & UniversitiesPostgraduate alumni lead research in forest ecology, biodiversity, environmental management, and climate science — contributing to Myanmar's scientific knowledge base and teaching the next generation of forestry professionals.