The University of Muenster, Germany, University Jaume I, Spain, and New University of Lisbon, Portugal, provide a new Masters Program in Geospatial Technologies. The English-taught Masters program has been approved in the educational program of excellence of the European Union ERASMUS MUNDUS. The Masters program targets international applicants from all over the World, unfortunately on this last call we can only accept applicants from EU countries.

Study program

The English-language, three-semester Masters program will enroll up to 32 students per year, starting in the fall/winter semester of the academic year 2009/10.

The first semester offers 2 different learning paths, according to the previous know-how and requirements of the students. The courses at UJI – Spain, focus on the provision of know-how in informatics, new media, and GI basics. UNL provides modules in mathematics, data modelling, and GI basics.

The second semester at the WWU – Germany, provides basic and advanced courses in GI Science. In addition, courses in additional key competencies (project management, research methods) are provided. Optional for selected courses is the alternative attendance of a summer school.

The Master thesis in the third semester is closely linked to ongoing research projects of one of the partners.

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EU Students: the Masters program addresses holders of Bachelor degrees in APPLICATION AREAS of Geographic Information, such as Geography, Environmental Planning, Regional Planning, Transportation/Logistics, Agriculture, Forestry, Retailing/Marketing , etc., and/or Researchers (visiting scholars) with high-level academic achievements in the field of Geographic Information.

The additional know-how and experience in Geospatial Technologies qualifies for a professional career in the following domains:

1.Private sector: GI applications and consulting in the domains of regional planning, landscape planning, financial services industry, energy providing industry, transportation, agriculture and forestry, and retailing/marketing.

2.Research: Applied sciences at universities and other research institutions

3.Public sector: GI applications and consulting in local and regional adminstrations, especially in cadastre and different types of planning (e.g., regional, traffic, ecology).