It continues the traditions of forestry school in Bansk tiavnica. In 1803 an independent Forestry Institute was formed from former Mining Academy in Bansk Stiavnica. Mining and Forest Academy was established in 1846 and the Mining and Forest College in 1904. Modern traditions of forest education date back to 1952 when the College of Forestry and Wood Technology was established in Zvolen. The role of the present Faculty of Forestry of the Technical University in Zvolen consists in providing of high education for our students as well as for the students from abroad in the sphere of forest management and applied ecology.
Students can actively participate in scientific work and research.
The faculty has 8,000 ha of forest stands in School Forest enterprise as well as special facility Arboretum Borov hora at its disposal for the purposes of practical education and verification of research results. Extensive network of permanent research plots and demonstrational objects are situated here. They make it possible to practically demonstrate the specific features of long-term reproduction process in forest management.