Geo-information Science and Earth Observation

Program Overview

This comprehensive program in Spatial Data Science and Earth Observation covers a wide range of topics, from geospatial data fundamentals to advanced image analysis and disaster resilience. Students will gain expertise in GIS, remote sensing, and spatial data science, preparing them for careers in various fields, including environmental management, urban planning, and academia. The program features state-of-the-art labs and access to leading experts in the field.

Program Outline

Outline:

• Spatial Data Science: Fundamentals to advanced
• Geospatial data: concepts, acquisition and management
• Geospatial analysis and interpretation
• Geospatial solutions
• Global challenges, local action
• Space for ethics: locating information privacy
• Python solution
• Data-driven modelling
• Geodata visualisation
• Spatial statistics for spatial and temporal data analysis
• Spatio-temporal analytics and modelling
• Big geodata processing
• Entrepreneurship: a bridge towards geospatial innovation
• Geo-journalism
• Earth Observation: Image analysis fundamentals to advanced
• Image analysis
• Advanced image analysis
• Spectral data and geologic remote sensing
• Laser scanning
• Radar remote sensing
• Thermal infrared remote sensing
• 3D modelling for city digital twins
• Earth observation with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)
• Scene understanding for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)
• Disaster resilience
• Hazard and disaster risk management
• Data-driven hazard modelling
• Analysing changing multi-hazard risks
• Weather impact analysis
• Participatory planning: decision rooms, web applications, and serious games
• Food, water, energy security
• Spatio-temporal analysis of remote sensing data for food and water security
• Earth observation of water resources
• Earth observation for wetland monitoring and management
• Planetary health: geo-health, climate change
• Environmental modelling: causes and impacts of changing resources
• Environmental niche modelling/species distribution
• Ecosystem sciences: nature's benefits to people
• Geo-health
• The role of forests in climate change mitigation
• Liveable land and cities: urban planning and land management
• Land use and transport interaction
• Intra urban spatial patterns and processes
• Planning sustainable cities
• Building inclusive and competitive cities

Teaching:

• State-of-the-art labs
• Access to centres such as the GeoScience Laboratory, the Design and Interactive Space for Co-Creating, the ITC Satellite and Sensor Database, the Visualisation and Usability Lab, and the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Centre.
• Work with leading scientists and other experts from the geo-information science and Earth observation domain.

Careers:

• Experts in geographic information systems (GIS), spatial data science, and remote sensing
• Policy advisor
• Geo-information consultant
• GIS analyst
• Geospatial data scientist
• Environmental management consultant
• Remote sensing specialist
• Data engineer
• Academia
• Start your own company

Tuition Fees and Payment Information:

• Full-time, non-EU/EEA: €17,000
• Full-time, EU/EEA: €17,000
• Additional costs (subject to change):
• Cost of living, year: €15,000
• Insurance, full programme: €1,380
• Visa, full programme: €270