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Master of Science in Geospatial Technologies - Erasmus Mundus

The International Masters Program (Master of Science, M.Sc.) in Geospatial Technologies is a cooperation of:

• Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU), Institute for Geoinformatics (ifgi), Münster, Germany.
• Universitat Jaume I (UJI), Castellón, Dept. Lenguajes y Sistemas Informaticos (LSI), Castellón, Spain.
• Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL), Instituto Superior de Estatística e Gestão de Informação (ISEGI), Lisboa, Portugal,

selected within the Erasmus Mundus Programme, project reference: 2007-0064/001 FRAME MUNB123.

Medium of instruction: English

Awarded joint degree: Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Geospatial Technologies

The three-semester Masters program targets holders of Bachelor degrees in application areas of Geographic Information (GI), e.g., environmental planning, regional planning, geography, logistics, transportation, marketing, energy provision, computer science. GI is a rapidly growing market, lacking qualified GI personnel and offering excellent career chances.

Therefore, the Masters Program targets life-long learning for graduates and professionals in the fields of geography, surveying, planning, local adminstration, etc., who are willing to acquire additional GI skills for applying them in their respective GI application area.

-Erasmus Mundus scholarships

deadline: January 15th

The following grants are open for applications (the exact numbers have still to be confirmed):

• 7 financial contributions to EU students (in this context nationals from EU Member States and EEA-EFTA countries). The financial contribution includes a support towards living costs of 500 € per month (9.000 € in total – to be confirmed),
  coverage of tuition fees of 1.500 € per semester (4.500 € in total), and an insurance package.
• 1 full scholarships to students from the Western Balkans and Turkey Window. Full scholarships include a contribution to travel, installation and all other types of costs (8.000 € in total – to be confirmed), monthly allowances of 1.000 € per month (18.000 € in total – to be confirmed), coverage of tuition fees of 3.500 € per semester (10.500 € in total), and an insurance package.
• 8 full scholarships to third country students (other nationals than EU and Window students above). Full scholarships include a contribution to travel, installation and all other types of costs (8.000 € in total – to be confirmed), monthly allowances of 1.000 € per month (18.000 € in total – to be confirmed), coverage of tuition fees of 3.500 € per semester (10.500 € in total), and an insurance package.
• 2 scholarships for third country scholars (visiting researchers). Scholarships include a lump sum of 7.200 € (to be confirmed) for supporting all types of costs.

Deadlines

Application for scholarships: January 15, 2011

Applications of candidates NOT applying for an Erasmus Mundus scholarship: July, 31st 2011

Start of the Masters program: September 1, 2011

Online application: http://www.mastergeotech.info/