UCPH Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management

The UCPH Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management (IGN) is a department under the Faculty of Science at University of Copenhagen (UCPH). The department is in its current form the result of a merger between University of Copenhagen, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University and the Forest and Landscape College in Nødebo.

Organisation

The department is organized in the following departments:^[1]

• Section for Geography, Head of Section Lasse Møller-Jensen
• Section for Geology, Head of Section Karsten Høgh Jensen
• Section for Forest, Nature and Biomass
• Section for Landscape Architecture and Planning
• Forest and Landscape College

Location

Rolighedsvej 23

Østervoldgade 10

The department's secretariat as well as the Sections for Landscape Architecture and Planning, Section for Forest, Nature and Biomass are based at Rolighedsvej 23 in the university's Frederiksberg Campus. The site comprises the former building of Københavns Sygehjem as well as a modern extension by Rørbæk & Møller Arkitekter from 2013.^[2]

The Section for Geography, Head of Section Lasse Møller-Jensen and the Section for Geology, Head of Section Karsten Høgh Jensen are based at Øster Voldgade (No. 10).

The Forest and Landscape College is based in Nødebo at Gribskov to the north of Copenhagen. It has additional facilities at and at Eldrupgård in Auning in Djursland.^[3]

Programmes

Bachelor´s programmes

• Geology–Geoscience (Danish)
• Geography & Geoinformatics (Danish)
• Landscape Architecture (Danish)
• Natural Resources(Danish)

Master´s programmes

• Geology-Geoscience
• Geography and Geoinformatics
• Landscape Architecture
• Forest and Nature Management
• Agricultural Development
• Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
• Nature Management
  • Climate Change
• Sustainable Forest and Nature Management
  • Sustainable Tropical Forestry

Professional bachelor´s programmes

• Urban Landscape Engineer
• Forestry and Landscape Engineer

Vocational programme

• Skilled Forest and Landscape Craftsmen

Arboreta

The department maintains three arboreta, two in Hørsholm and one in Greenland. Hørsholm Arboretum comprises approximately 2,000 species, making it the biggest collection of different trees and bushes in Denmark. The Urban Tree Arboretum is a collection of trees that are traditionally used or hold qualities that make them particularly well suited for use in urban environments. Pruning of different species of trees is systematically executed and their reactions thereto are registered. The Freenlandic Arboretum in Narsarsuaq has an area of 150 hectares and comprises approximately 110 species from about 600 provenances, making it one of the most extensive tree-line arboreta in the world.^[4]

References

1. "Sections". University of Copenhagen. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
2. "Nyopført studiemiljø inspirerer til at tænke ud af busken" (in Danish). Politiken. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
3. "Buildings and maps". University of Copenhagen. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
4. "Arboreta". University of Copenhagen. Retrieved 1 February 2015.