Geographic Information Systems and Modelling Applied to Spatial Planning

Degree

MSc - Master Degree

School

Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning

Time period

misto

Duration

ECTS

120

Language

Programme webpage

igot.ulisboa.pt

Data de Acreditação A3ES

01/13/2023

Prazo de Acreditação A3ES

6 anos

Deliberação A3ES

Official Portuguese Code (DGES) Number

R/A-Ef 2060/2011

Official Portuguese Code (DGES) Registration Date

12/18/2019

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Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are increasingly part of the daily life of those whose occupation is related to the territory and its relationship with Man. With the emergence of geographic information technologies, the labour market in companies and institutions connected to the field has grown proportionally faster than the responses given by public and private universities in terms of training and skills. Due to this gap between supply and demand, there has been a proliferation of several technical courses, generally of low qualification and not always provided with sufficient theoretical and scientific body, which have been the main responsible for the training of those who currently work in the area of GIS.

Objectives

The Master in Geographic Information Systems and Modelling Applied to Spatial Planning aims to provide general training in Geographic Information Systems through:

Advanced training in the fields of geographic information;
Methodologies for acquisition, storage and quantitative analysis of geographic data;
Cartographic and graphic representation;
Spatial analysis;
Territorial modelling applied to planning.

Career prospects

Employers are public and private organisations in the field of Spatial Information Acquisition, Geographic Information Systems and Cartography, but also all entities that work with digital geographic information, either in the academic field (e.g. research centres) or in the business field (consulting firms), in which GIS work processes are fundamental. In any of the contexts it is common to find Master's students integrated in multidisciplinary teams and in projects of a very varied nature, but with a special focus on territorial studies.

National Admission Exams

Application requirements: a) Holders of an undergraduate degree or legal equivalent in territorial sciences, planning, social sciences, environmental sciences and other related fields; b) Holders of a foreign higher education academic degree conferred following a 1st cycle of studies organized according to the principles of the Bologna Process by a State that has acceding to this Process; c) Holders of a foreign higher education academic degree that is recognized as meeting the objectives of a degree by competent Scientific Council of the higher education institution where they wish to be admitted; d) holders of an academic, scientific or professional curriculum vitae that is recognized as attesting the capacity to carry out this cycle of studies by the competent Scientific Council of the higher education institution where they wish to be admitted.

Fee – 1st year (indicative)

1200.00€

Fee - remaining years (indicative)

1200.00€

International Access

Fee - 1st year (indicative)

2400,00€

Fee - remaining years (indicative)

2400,00€

On-line application for the Special Admission Contest

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