Abstract
Forest engineering in Spain has a long tradition and active presence in the engineering field. It is also one of the first educational
institutions that shaped the Spanish technological panorama in the mid nineteenth century. The actual situation of the forest
systems in Spain is the result of 166 years of observation, research, education and the application of specific techniques and
principles that forest engineers acquired with the successive study plans that were implanted in educational institutions. In this
paper, the planning historical process of education in Forest engineer is analyzed, differentiating between four historical periods.
The analysis of the stages focuses on the contents of the study plans, the orientation towards educational objectives, the duration
of the studies and the causes for the modifications that had an impact on the evolution through time within the framework of the
acquired experience and the technological advances