Do you like travelling and care about the forest-environment? Studying at IPB University’s Forest Management Study Programme can be an Option
The Study Programme (Prodi) Forest Management, Faculty of Forestry and Environment (Fahutan) IPB University is the right choice for those of you who like the environment and want to play a role in solving forestry problems in Indonesia.
This study programme is quite rare in Indonesia. Moreover, the need for forestry and environmental experts is increasingly needed. Therefore, the job opportunities for graduates are quite diverse and wide open. This makes IPB University’s Forest Management Study Programme even more attractive because its graduates are highly competitive.
The Best Graduate of Fahutan IPB University from SMA Negeri 1 Sukoharjo, Central Java, Almayda Dafa Aditya, shared his reasons for choosing Forest Management Study Programme. The reason is that he wants to travel around Indonesia and enjoy the beauty and improve the forests in Indonesia.
Therefore, he seeks to become a professional in the field of geographic information systems (GIS) and this can be realised by studying at the Forest Management Study Program at IPB University. Moreover, students are facilitated with a GIS laboratory that has the latest technology.
“The special thing that I feel the most is the existence of a planning division, especially in the field of GIS which is very useful in the world of work that I am currently engaged in,” he explained.
He said he gained a lot of knowledge and experience from the GIS laboratory. Students are invited to go to the field and practice their knowledge directly in the Gunung Walat University Forest Laboratory.
“The lectures that we undergo in the Forest Management Study Programme of IPB University are also fun because they are supported by competent lecturers but still fun,” he said.
More clearly, students are given knowledge and competencies related to forest resource inventory, forest ecology, forest protection, climatology, policy formulation in ecosystem-based sustainable forest management, to remote sensing and GIS-based forest mapping.
The standard and quality of IPB University Forest Management is unquestionable. This study programme has been accredited ‘A’ by the National Accreditation Board for Higher Education (BAN-PT) and received international accreditation from the Accreditation Board for Engineering, Informatics, Natural Sciences and Mathematics Study Programmes (ASIIN).
The excellence of IPB University’s Forest Management Study Programme can also be proven by the number of alumni who have successful careers in various national and international agencies and companies.
For example, M Deni Ermansyah, who now serves as Director of Human Resources, General and IT Perhutani. Mahtuf Ikhsan, another alumnus, is now working as a Business Analyst and Project Manager at Green Transformation Nissan Motor Corporation Japan.
Job prospects
Job prospects for graduates of IPB University’s Forest Management Study Programme can be in the field of natural forest and industrial forest plantations (BUMN, BUMD) and plantations. They can also become government bureaucrats such as at the Ministry of Environment and Forestry or Perhutani.
Alumni of IPB University’s Forest Management Study Program can also have careers in national and international non-profit organisations (NGOs), as consultants, in the heavy equipment industry or as entrepreneurs in the forestry sector. Other opportunities, graduates can also become lecturers/researchers. (MW/Rz) (IAAS/RUM)
