The Department of   Forest Engineering and Wood Sciences. is one of the Departments in the College of Forestry, Wildlife and Tourism. of the Sokoine University of Agriculture established in 1984. The Department has long experience in offering forest operations courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in the country and in the East, Central and Southern Africa.

The Department has long experience in offering forest operations courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in the country and in the East, Central and Southern Africa.

The Department is currently pursuing a wide range of basic and applied research projects on areas that include: timber harvesting, transportation system design, ergonomics and application of Geographical Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing in forest operations and management.