Degree programme Geoinformation Technologies (Master) accredited

Important information

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Admission requirements

• BA in the area(s) of Geoinformatics, Geodesy and Geoinformation, Cartography and Geomedia technology, Geography, Computer science or Media computer science or a comparable degree of
• at least 55 credits (ECTS) in Mathematics, Computer science, Geoinformatics, Cartography, Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (see https://tu-dresden.de/bu/umwelt/geo/studium/beratung-und-service/studiengaenge/git[Rules of Procedure for the Aptitude Test) (Eignungsfeststellungsordnung)

Aptitude assessment

Rules of Procedure for the Aptitude Test [Eignungsfeststellungsordnung] on the webpage of the discipline

German language requirements

International applicants and German applicants with foreign school leaving certificate please find information here: language requirements.

Application hints and tips

If, at the time of the application, proof of the first degree that qualifies for a profession cannot yet be provided, applicants will be admitted to the aptitude test procedure and the numerus clausus selection procedure if 80% of the achievable points of the university degree can be proven by a certificate of the university of origin (Examining Office), on the basis of a completed module exam, assignment paper or colloquium. The form can be found on the web pages of the Admission Office.

General information for the degree programme

The programme provides students with comprehensive knowledge and competencies about geoinformatics and the usage and development of scientific and technological methods in geoinformatics. The course of study covers fundamental aspects as well as current research and development trends in the field of geoinformation technology.

Students take courses in three different fields: processes of spatial data acquisition as well as methods for object recognition and fusion of spatial data; modelling, methods and technologies for geoinformation infrastructures as well as development of geoinformation services; methods and technologies of generalisation, of spatial data visualisation as well as of mobile and field-based cartography.

These specialisations are supplemented by courses from computer science and from environmental sciences as the main application area of geoinformation technologies (e.g. environmental monitoring, spatial planning., global change research, etc.).