Cartography

Master of Science at the University of Twente

Programme details
Degree:	Master of Science (MSc)
Disciplines:	Geography Design
Duration:	2 years
ECTS points:	120
Study modes:	full-time
Delivery modes:	on-campus
Campus locations:	Dresden (Germany) Enschede (Netherlands) Munich (Germany) Vienna (Austria)
University website:	Cartography

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Description:

Cartography M.Sc. is a four semester Master of Science Programme of four universities in Munich, Vienna, Dresden and Twente. It focusses on a broad education in cartography and geoinformatics.

The programme takes place at all four cooperating universities and is completely taught in English.

Students stay together as a group during the whole time and have to spend their 1st semester at TUM in Germany. Then they have to study the 2nd semester at TU Vienna in Austria. After that they study their 3rd semester at TU Dresden in Germany. During the first and third semester, online modules from the University of Twente are integrated in the curriculum. In the 4th semester students prepare their Master’s thesis at one of the four participating universities.

Programme Details:

Spatial context is relevant to an enormous amount of questions, problems and decisions. Maps and cartographic communication processes are keys for enabling humans to deal with this context in an efficient way.

The four semester Cartography M.Sc. programme starts every year in winter semester (October) and will enrol up to 25 students from all over the world. Language of instruction is English. The full-time programme awards a total of 120 ECTS.

Structure:

The curriculum is structured in complementary and consecutive modules. It is based on lectures, exercises, seminars and project works.

During the 1st semester at TUM, the foundations in cartography and geovisualization are taught.
In the 2nd semester at TUW students gain knowledge in multimedia cartography, especially in web mapping, mobile internet and location-based services (LBS).
Students specialize in mobile cartography and 3D cartography in the 3rd semester at TUD. During the first and third semester, online modules from the University of Twente are integrated in the curriculum. In the beginning of the 3rd semester, an 11 days alpine field school within the module Georelief and Cartography takes place.
Students choose one of the four universities where they spend their fourth semester to write their master's thesis.