Forest Research Institute (FRI), Dehra Dun made a humble beginning as Forest School established in 1878. Initially named as Imperial Forest Research Institute, FRI came into being in 1906. Later renamed as Forest Research Institute and Colleges, with a number of centres located at different places all over the country administering research as well as training of Forest Officers and Forest Rangers.  After reorganization of Forestry Research in the country and creation of Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) in 1988, the training and research centres were given an independent status of institutes. Forest Research Institute, now one of the institutes under ICFRE, was conferred the status of Deemed University in December 1991 on the recommendations of the UGC, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.

 Ordinance of Ph.D ;      Further Information Please visit: http://fridu.edu.in

 The following are Established the Research Centre of FRI Deemed to be University for Ph.D and M. Sc Thesis

• Institute of Wood Science and Technology, 18^th Cross Road, Malleshwaram, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560003.

• Arid Forest Research Institute, P. O. Krishi Upaj Mandi, Basni New Pali Road Jodhpur-342005.  Rajasthan.

• Central Pulp & Paper Research Institute, Paper Mill Rd, Himmat Nagar, Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh 247001

• Forest Research Institute, Dehradun., Chakarata Rd, New Forest, P.O, Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248006

• Forest Survey of India, 82V7+FF6, Kaulagarh Road, P.O. IPE, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248195

• Govind Ballabh Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment, Kosi-Katarmal, Almora, Uttarakhand 263643

• Himalayan Forest Research Institute, Conifer Campus, Panthaghati, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh 171013

• Indian Institute of Forest Management Bhadbhada Road, Nehru Nagar, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh 462003

• Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, 4, Kalidas Rd, Hathibarkala, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248001

• Indian Plywood Industries Research & Training Institute, Tumkur Road, PO, Yeswanthpur, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560022

• Institute of Forest Biodiversity, Dulapally village, Link road between Kompally and Bahadurpally Village, Hyderabad, Telangana 500014

• Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, Forest campus, Cowley Brown Rd, R.S. Puram, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641002

• Institute of Forest Productivity, Ranchi, Jharkhand 834005

• Kerala Forest Research Institute, G8HX+W56, Peechi Rd, P.O, Peechi, Thrissur, Kerala 680653

•  Rain Forest Research Institute, Jorhat AssamQ7JR+PM4, A T Road, Chenijaan, Jorhat, Assam

• Tropical Forest Research Institute, R.F, R.C, Mandla - Jabalpur Rd, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh 482021

• UP Forest Research Institute, Kanpur, NH 91, Nawabganj, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 208002

• Wildlife Institute of India, Post Box #18, Chandrabani, Dehradun - 248001, Uttarakhand