Master in Geomatics with Remote Sensing and GIS
Stockholm University
Key Information
Campus location
Stockholm, Sweden
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
2 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
SEK 70,000 / per semester **
Application deadline
15 Jan 2025*
Earliest start date
26 Aug 2024
* Application deadline applies for EU students for fall 2024 intake
** EU/EEA/Swiss citizens are not required to pay fees
Introduction
This Master’s program develops students’ skills in several fields, such as remote sensing, GIS, methods for modeling, explorative data analysis, and visualization with a focus on Earth and Environmental Sciences.
Landscape change, environmental monitoring, and mapping, as well as environmental issues in general, feature significantly on the daily political agenda.
Teaching emphasizes both hands-on experience and the exploration of fundamental concepts and methods and is linked to research undertaken at the department. Outreach activities, internships, and research collaborations ensure our students gain insights into real-world problems and applications leading to enhanced opportunities when entering the job market.
Geographical information, also known as geodata, is central to many modern activities from parcel tracking to storm tracking and navigation to monitoring elephant behavior. Satellite data is used in global activities such as the evaluation of progress towards sustainable development goals, estimations of carbon storage and emissions, mapping glacier dynamics, and evaluating ecosystem health. Remote sensing systems from laser scanning and radar to hyperspectral imaging are introduced. Geographic information systems (GIS) make efficient management of such diverse data possible, facilitating many different types of analysis and modeling, in a future accelerating towards the exploitation of Big Data. Landscape change, environmental monitoring, and mapping, as well as environmental issues in general, feature significantly on the daily political agenda. This situation is further enhanced by environmental agreements that demand the continuous reporting of the status of and changes in the environment at the municipality to international scales. Geomatics is central to meeting these demands. Consequently, graduates mastering skills in data acquisition methods and analysis, as well as in visualization and mapping, are in high demand in both the public and private sectors.
Curriculum
The two-year Master’s Program consists of 120 credits:
- 45 credits Mandatory advanced courses
- 15-45 credits Optional courses
- 30-60 credits Master thesis (mandatory)
Year 1
Autumn term
- Applied Remote Sensing, and GIS for Landscape Analysis, 15 credits
- Geographic Analysis and Visualization in GIS, 15 credits
Spring term
- Advanced Remote Sensing, 15 credits
- Optional courses, 15 credits
Year 2
The number of optional courses taken will be dependent on the period of time devoted to the Master thesis 30, 45, or 60 credits, which may extend over one or two terms: Degree Project in Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology 30/45/60 credits.