Imperial Forestry Institute (disambiguation)

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The Department of Plant Sciences, at the University of Oxford, England, focuses on research and teaching in plant and fungal biology. It is part of the university's Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division

Kyoto University national university located in Kyoto, Japan

Kyoto University, or Kyodai is a national university in Kyoto, Japan. It is the second oldest Japanese university, one of Asia's highest ranked universities and one of Japan's National Seven Universities. One of Asia’s leading research-oriented institutions, Kyoto University is famed for producing world-class researchers, including 18 Nobel Prize laureates, 2 Fields medalists and one Gauss Prize winner. It has the most Nobel laureates of all universities in Asia.

Saint Petersburg Federal city in Northwestern, Russia

Saint Petersburg is Russia's second-largest city after Moscow, with 5 million inhabitants in 2012, part of the Saint Petersburg agglomeration with a population of 6.2 million (2015). An important Russian port on the Baltic Sea, it has a status of a federal subject.

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University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna university of life sciences in Vienna, Austria

The University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, or simply BOKU, founded in 1872, is an education and research centre for renewable resources in Vienna, Austria. BOKU combines fundamental and applied expertise in the fields of natural sciences, engineering and biotechnology as well as social and economic sciences to enhance the knowledge basis for sustainable management of natural resources. It is a member of the leading Euroleague for Life Sciences (ELLS) university network and the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) promoting international cooperation. There are currently around 12,500 students from over 100 countries enrolled at BOKU.

French National School of Forestry

The French National School of Forestry, established in Nancy, France, in 1824, was the first national training institute for foresters in France, and a premier early school of forestry in Europe and globally.

Forest Research Institute (India) facility in Dehradun, India

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