The Department teaches courses within many of the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology’s study programmes. Our focus is central to the following programmes:

Bachelor’s programmes

  • Arboriculture (in Czech)
  • Biomaterial (in Czech)
  • Furniture Design (in Czech)
  • furniture Design nad Manufacture (in Czech)
  • Landscaping (in Czech)
  • Forestry (in Czech)
  • Game Management (in Czech)
  • Technology and Management of Wood Processing (in Czech)
  • Wood-base Construction (in Czech)

Master’s programmes

  • European forestry (in English)
  • Forestry Engineering (in Czech)
  • Furniture Engineering (in Czech)
  • Technology and Management of Wood Processing (in Czech)
  • Wood-base Construction (in Czech)

Doctoral programmes

  • Engineering and Technology in Forestry Processes (in Czech)

Teaching is modern and underpinned by science, practice and current technology:

  • Our specialised Ergonomics Training Room, located on the 3rd floor of Building B, is fitted with equipment used for workload assessment. The classroom is fitted with height-adjustable tables, examples of different ergonomic chairs and a digital floor scale. 
  • A dedicated Measurement and Control Systems Training Room is located on the 1st floor of Building B. The laboratory is equipped with a John Deere combine harvester and balancer simulator, along with computers fitted with measurement, control and telematics systems. 
  • Our dedicated Mechanical Engineering Training Room, located on the 1st floor of Building B, is equipped with both mobile and stationary measuring instruments used in Department’s scientific research activities. The training room is also equipped with numerous examples of motor-manual devices and machines used in forestry and arboriculture.
  • The Department has two classrooms: B04, with a 30 student capacity, on the 1st floor of Building B, and B23, with a 60 student capacity, on the 3rd floor of Building B. Both have been recently renovated and are equipped with modern audiovisual technology.  

Programmes and applications used in teaching:

  • DendroScanner a scanning tool designed to analyse the shape of a tree trunk. It also allows for calculation of the potential types and grades of timber obtainable.
  • CERAA Ergonomic Analysis an application providing an effective tool for assessing ergonomics in the work environment.
  • ViveLab Ergo Ergonomic software: provides fast and accurate ergonomic testing, analysis and motion mapping.
  • TimberMatic A group of John Deere harvester and export tractor programmes that enable timber grading and production planning.
  • TreeProfit an application for calculating timber yield based on inventory calculations, quality attributes and assortment yields