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Geospatial Technologies is a rapidly growing economical sector. However, there is a lack of qualified GI professionals in these areas. The career chances in the Geospatial Technologies sector can be considered as very good, e.g., the United States Department of Labour identifies it as an emerging industrie: (http://www.doleta.gov/brg/indprof/geospatial_profile.cfm)

Geospatial Technologies is an innovative area that interdisciplinary bridges the gap between informatics and geosciences. Graduates of the international Master's program apply and develop methods for computer-supported solutions for spatially related problems (global, regional, local). Therefore, graduates receive the following specialized knowledge in:

  • Geospatial technologies and geographic information
  • Informatics and Mathematics.

The following core competences are mediated within the regular courses or by additional courses:

  • English language
  • Research methods
  • Creative and critical thinking for problem-solving decision-making and responsibility
  • Fortification of compentences and the cognitive basis
  • Students’ own initiative
  • Capacity for team work
  • Presentation of results (oral, written)
  • Practical experience
  • Multi-cultural competencies.

 

GI is – probably more than other disciplines – based on international cooperation in business and research. Therefore, our approach of an international Master's program qualifies the students for the professional career in private and academic sector. They have to study at least two universities, the program is in English language, and they gain multi-cultural experience with other students from European and non-European countries.

Geoinformatics is interdisciplinare per se. GI is used in many application areas, e.g., regional planning, ecological planning, marketing, and transportation, and has further links to disciplines as cognitive science, philosophy, and philology. Students of the international Master's program will come from very different fields. They will have in common that they will use and apply GI in their respective domain. Based on the mediation of knowledge and problem-solving in Geospatial Technologies in the two-semester course phase, they will apply this approach within their Master thesis.