Geoinformatics for Urbanised Society

• Master

  Degree

• English

  Language of instructions

• 2 years

  Years of study

• Full-time

  Study mode

• Estonia, Tartu

  Location

The master’s programme prepares specialists and experts on spatial data management for various fields of life in the public, private, or non-governmental sector. During the studies, the students get acquainted with the spatial processes and phenomena in contemporary society and environment such as migration, urbanisation, land use and climate change. In data-oriented studios and courses, students get skills and know-how how to obtain, manage, analyse, and use data concerning these processes in spatial planning, decision-making, and policy development. Intensive studio-format combining data management and geography, high-level theoretical courses, the possibility to individually design half of the curriculum together with the world-class scientific team provides the future alumni with a competitive advantage on the contemporary job market. -Why study Geoinformatics and Urbanised Society at UT? UT is ranked in the top 200 universities in the world in geography (QS Rankings 2020). -Learn geography and IT in the age of big data and use this knowledge to analyse environmental and social processes for interdisciplinary decision-making. -After graduation, you can work as a spatial data manager, spatial analyst, GIS consultant, urban and regional planner or pursue an academic career. -Take part in different GIS-related events, summer schools and conferences such as Mobile Tartu and The Baltic Geospatial Information Technology Conference.