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We aspire to be the world's premier forest resources education, research, and service institution.
The mission of the College of Forestry, as part of Oregon's Land, Sea, and Space Grant University, is to educate and engage the next generation of scholars, practitioners, and users of the world's forest resources, to conduct distinctive problem-solving and fundamental research on the nature and use of forests and related resources, and to share our discoveries and knowledge with others.
Core values are essential and enduring tenets held by the faculty, staff, students, and administrators of the College of Forestry. These values express our aspirations and our fundamental reason for being:
We commit to sustaining forests and the functions, products, and values they provide for current and future generations.
We value forests.
We recognize strength in diverse faculty, staff, students, and ideas. We nurture the College community through communication and mutual respect
We value people.
We share a passion for learning through teaching, research, experience, and extended education.
We value learning.
We serve the people of Oregon, the nation, and the world.
We value service.
We address complex forest resource challenges through collaboration across disciplines, institutions, and perspectives.
We value collaboration.
We aspire to excellence, innovation and relevance in all that we do.
We value excellence.
Oregon State University's College of Forestry has been educating professionals for a century. We've earned a reputation as a world-class center of teaching and learning about forests and related resources. We offer undergraduate and graduate degrees in four departments, Forest Engineering, Forest Resources, Forest Science, and Wood Science and Engineering. We also jointly offer several interdisciplinary programs. We operate about 14,000 acres of College Forests, most of it within minutes of campus. Oregon State University is a Land Grant, Sea Grant, and Space Grant university, an NCAA Division I university, and a member of the Pac-10 athletic conference. It is the only Oregon school, and one of just 88 nationwide, to carry the prestigious ranking of a Carnegie Research I institution.
