GISphere Guide

Launched in September 2019, the GISphere Guide Project continues to be actively updated. Information for the guide is collected from current students, recent graduates, and young faculty involved in GIS-related programs from around the globe. Our goal is to offer current and comprehensive information to help students applying to GIS graduate programs.

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GISphere Guide includes profiles of over 2,000 tenured-track faculty from 550+ departments within 400+ academic institutions. These faculty members specialize in a range of fields, including Geographic Information Science (GIS), Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), Remote Sensing (RS), physical geography, human geography, urban planning and transportation. You can quickly retrieve information by pressing Ctrl + F (or Cmd + F on Mac) on the webpage.

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Below is a list of authors who wrote entries or provided information about one or more institutions. Some authors are anonymous and therefore not listed here. Per the local custom, Chinese surnames are written before the given names.

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Yunqi An(安云琪), Xiaojun Bu(卜小浚),Qian Cao(曹前),Weichen Cao(曹伟辰), Yanjia Cao(曹彦佳), Huanfa Chen(陈焕发), Long Chen(陈龙),Pengyu Chen(陈鹏宇), Xi Chen(陈茜), Yikuan Chen(陈艺宽), Yu Chen(陈昱), Ketian Chen(陈可天), Yanbing Chen(陈彦冰), Jingyi Cheng(程敬宜), Nan Cui(崔楠), Wencong Cui(崔文聪), Shaoqing Dai(戴劭勍), Weichuan Dong(董维川), Xinhao Du(杜新浩), Yao Du(杜瑶), Chenxi Duan(段晨曦), Muxi Duan(段牧溪), Yilun Fan(范宜伦), Qingyuan Fei(费庆源), Xiaorui Feng(冯晓睿), Yao Feng(冯瑶), Sheng Fu(付圣), Peng Gao(高鹏), Yunya Gao(高芸雅), Chen Guo(郭晨), Keyu Guo(郭科宇), Xuerui Guo(郭雪蕊), Xiao Han(韩笑), Chang He(何畅), Xu He(何旭), Yang Hu(胡洋),Yiyi He(何伊伊), Hao Hu(胡昊), Jilin Hu(胡吉林), Yingjie Hu(胡英杰), Yujie Hu(胡于杰), Guan Huang(黄冠), Jiawei Huang(黄佳玮), Qianxia Huang(黄谦夏), Xiao Huang(黄啸), Xinke Huang(黄馨可), Dongqi Jiang(贾东启), Yuhao Kang(康雨豪), Jiameng Lai(赖佳梦), Bayi Li(李八一), Bowen Li(李博文), Dingyiqi Li(李丁一祺),Hao Li(李浩), Haochen Li(李皓宸), Jia Li(李佳), Junan Li(李俊安), Liang Li(李良), Maine Li(李缅因), Pengbo Li(李蓬勃),Qinghua Li(李清华), Shuo Li(李烁), Xiaojiang Li(李小江), Yi Li(李艺), Yuanxiang Li(李元翔), Ziqi Li(李子奇), Zisheng Li(李子升), Ting Lian(连婷), Xiaofan Liang(梁晓帆), Qianru Liao(廖倩儒), Xizhe Lin(林熙哲), Haokun Liu(刘昊坤),Nianhua Liu(刘年华), Qiliang Liu(刘启亮), Ruowei Liu(刘若葳), Wen Liu(刘雯), Xiaojian Liu(刘晓健), Xinyi Liu(刘欣宜), Yuyan Liu(刘昱妍), Zhenyu Liu(刘振宇). Zhuoming Liu(刘卓明),Yuzhu Long(龙珏竹), Jianing Lu(卢加宁), Hui Luan(栾辉), Fangzheng Lyu(吕方正), Chao Ma(马超), Qingyu Ma(马擎宇), Yuchi Ma(马宇驰), Gengchen Mai(买庚辰), Fanlin Meng(孟凡林), Ye Mu(穆野), Zhen Pang(庞真), Qian Peng(彭倩), Tian Qiao(乔天), Guangyun Qu(屈光耘), Quan Ran(冉泉), Jinmeng Rao(饶锦蒙), Jing Rao(饶婧), Zexie Ren(任泽茜), Xia Shi(石霞), Yunrui Si(司云瑞), Qiuran Song(宋秋然), Wanying Song(宋万营), Chenyu Su(苏辰雨), Yifen Sun(孙一璠), Mengxun Tan(谭孟荀), Xiaoyue Tan(谭晓悦), Anqi Tang(唐安琪), Xinyi Tong(童馨仪), Haiming Wang(王海明), Sui Wang(王邃), Yaoli Wang(王瑶莉), Helan Wei(卫贺兰),Yikang Wang(王亦康), Xinyuan Wei(魏辛源), Di Wu(吴迪), Qiusheng Wu(吴秋生), Xinhao Wu(吴欣皓), Yutan Xie(谢雨潭), Jin Xing(邢进), Fangjie Xu(徐芳洁), Haowen Xu(徐浩文), Jiazhi Xu(徐佳智), Yawen Xu(徐雅雯), Ziqing Xu(许子清), Kai Xue(薛凯), Shuhong Yan(晏澍虹), Jiaxin Yang(杨家鑫), Mei Yang(杨梅),Songxi Yang(杨淞晰), Tingfang Yang(杨庭方), Yingli Yang(杨莹丽), Yuanxuan Yang(杨源譞), Shan Ye(叶山), Xiang Ye(叶翔), Jian Yi(易健), Chengshen Yin(尹承深),Manzhu Yu(于曼竹), Wanling Yu(于婉灵), Zhendong Yuan(袁振东), Yuanwen Yue(岳远紊), Kexin Zeng(曾可欣), Xun Zhai(翟寻), Fan Zhang(张帆), Jingrui Zhang(张晶睿), Jingyi Zhang(张婧祎), Jingyuan Zhang(张景源), Lan Zhang(张兰), Weixing Zhang(张蔚行), Yaxuan Zhang(张雅璇), Ying Zhang(张颖), Jing Zhang(章静), Jiayan Zhao(赵家彦), Qunshan Zhao(赵群山), Yuxiao Zhao(赵雨潇), Hong Zhou(周泓), Jianxiong Zhou(周建雄), Lu Zhou(周璐), Rui Zhou(周瑞), Chunwu Zhu(朱春武), Feiyu Zhu(朱飞宇), Qianqian Zou(邹倩倩), Sajjad Muhammad, Donald A. Friend, Dipto Sarkar, Anthony Robinson, Filip Biljecki, Mehdi Chachar, Jason VanHorn, Abel Cerecero, F. Antonio Medrano, Mallory Sagehorn, Ana Villa, Elias Lago, Raj Mahavir, Yassine Zehaf, Youssef Bahja, Nate Deanna, Sergen Ozyakup, Dani Abbasi, Adamou Gudina, Or Caspi, Ryan Galbraith, Ricardo Barros Lourenço

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Asia

Hong Kong, China

City: Hong Kong
Abbreviation: HKBU
Unit: Department of Geography; Academy of Geography, Sociology and International Studies
URL: https://geog.hkbu.edu.hk/
Description:

Lanzhou Jiaotong University’s College of Surveying and Geo-Informatics develops graduate education on the basis of the university’s strengths in transportation engineering, surveying, and spatial information technologies. According to the college’s official admissions notices and supervisor materials, its graduate training is currently centered on Surveying Science and Technology and related professionally oriented pathways in Resources and Environment.

The college’s official 2025 transfer admissions notice for master’s students confirms recruitment in Surveying Science and Technology (081600), with Cartography listed as the interview examination subject. This points to a graduate structure grounded in map science, spatial representation, and surveying theory. In addition, the college’s official graduate supervisor list shows faculty recruitment in Resources and Environment, with training directions that include surveying, geographic information, and remote sensing.

More broadly, the college’s graduate education emphasizes geospatial data acquisition, cartography, remote sensing information processing, spatial analysis, and applied work connected to transportation, engineering, and territorial management. For students seeking advanced study at the intersection of geospatial technology and engineering practice, the college offers a distinctly application-oriented graduate pathway.

Qiming Zhou : change detection and land cover modelling with remote sensingdigital terrain analysis and hydrological modellingclimate change and its impacts on water resources and ecosystemsaridzone studies

Donggen Wang : activity-travel behaviortransport and time geographyactivity-based socio-spatial segregationgeography of wellbeinghousing choice and residential satisfaction

Jianfeng Li : hydroclimatologyhydrology and water resourcesclimate extremes and water hazardsclimate changeregional water cycle

Sajjad Muhammad : Risk-resilience-sustainability NexusNatural hazardsMachine LearningGeo-AISpatial Data ScienceRS & GIS applicationsClimate change impactsInterdesciplinary Climate Studies

City: Hong Kong
Abbreviation: HKU
Unit: Department of Geography;Department of Real Estate and Construction;Department of Urban Planning and Design
URL: https://www.geog.hku.hk/
Description:

The Department of Geography at the University of Hong Kong mainly focuses on three research areas: China-related studies, environmental research, and urban and transportation research. The department offers undergraduate, taught master's, research-based master's, and research-based doctoral programs. Undergraduate majors include Geography and Urban Governance, with a taught master's program in China Development Studies, and a joint Transport Policy and Planning program offered in collaboration with the Department of Urban Planning and Design.;The Department of Real Estate and Construction (formerly the Department of Surveying) at the University of Hong Kong was officially established in June 1984, addressing the academic challenges of the surveying profession from an interdisciplinary foundation. The department offers an undergraduate program in Surveying, and three taught master's programs: Real Estate, Construction Project Management, and Digital Management of Built Assets.;The Department of Urban Planning and Design (DUPAD) at the University of Hong Kong has its origins in the Centre for Urban Planning and Environmental Management (CUPEM) established in 1980. In 2008, the center was reorganized into the Department of Urban Planning and Design, responsible for teaching and research in urban planning, housing management, and urban transportation. The department offers undergraduate, taught master's, research-based master's, and research-based doctoral programs. Currently, the full-time taught master's programs include Urban Planning, Urban Analytics, Urban Design, Housing Management, Transport Policy and Planning, and Urban Design and Transport.

YEH, Anthony Gar On : Atlas mappingMethods and technologies of thematic mapping

Webster, Christopher John : urban planningcomputer scienceeconomics and economic geography

HE, Shenjing : housing differentiation and socio-spatial inequalityurban povertyurban redevelopment

Tang, Bo-sin MH : Land Use PlanningProperty DevelopmentInstitutional Analysis in Land and Property

Chiaradia, Alain J.F. : applied research and design thinking investigating urban design impacts on liveabilityvibrancy and livelihoodwellbeingand resilience

Lau, Mandy H.M. : the intersection of housing studies and ageing studies

LI, Weifeng : remote sensingGIS and big data in urban environmental analysisurban modeling

Liauw, Laurence : healthy aging developments and design for seniors

LIU, Xingjian : Urban GeographyUrban NetworksCity-regionsUrban Analytics

ZHOU, Jiangping : big-data applications and analytics for transport/urban studiestransport policy and planning

Sarkar, Chinmoy : the interdisciplinary domains of evidence-based healthy cities planningspatial design analyses for healthy citieshealthy longevityurban green and active travelbig data modelling in health and urban mobilityplanning for smart citiessmart location-based technologies for health researchhealth GISand methodologies related to study design and statistical modelling

Nam, Kyung-Min : Spatial Planning and PolicyInternational DevelopmentAir PollutionClimate ChangeEmissions Trading in China and the Greater Bay Area

HUANG, Jianxiang : thermalacoustic and building energy performances in high density citiesenvironmental modeling

Connolly, Creighton Paul : Urban political ecologyLandscapeParticipatory Governance and PlanningHeritage managementCities and Infectious DiseaseUrban RedevelopmentPolitics of Infrastructure

Kirkley, Alec : the characterization of structure in networks with metadatathe development of analysis methods and algorithms for statistical inference with network datathe structure and dynamics of human mobilityand the spatial manifestation of socioeconomic inequality

Chiu-Shee, Colleen : City design and developmentEnvironment planning and designUrban sustainability and resilienceUrban policy and governanceHousing and community developmentInternational development and global comparative urbanisms

Ma, Jun : Urban Computingenvironmental computingAI and robotics in smart cities

YANG, Tianren : urban analytics and modellingurban spatial structure and travelplanning support systems for decision-making

CHEN, Bin : Remote Sensing and Data-Model FusionGeographic Information Systems (GIS) and Geospatial Big Data AnalysisUrban Environmental and Public HealthHuman-Environment Spatiotemporal InteractionSustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Zhang, Xiaohu : Shared MobilityUrban SimulationUrban Data Science

Zhao, Zhan : Urban Computing and Spatiotemporal Data MiningHuman Mobility and Travel BehaviorPublic Transit and Shared Mobility on Demand Systems

Zhou Yulun : Urban Complex Systems and Spatial Data MiningSpatial Cognition and Human Inspired ComputingOperations Research and Decision Science for Smart Cities

Guo Cui : Global healthBuilt environmentAir pollutionClimate changeCombined effectPublic HealthCohort studyChronic and infectious diseases

Zhu, Jin : Span housing and land policyurbanisation and migrationsustainable built environment and urban governance

XUE, Fan : urban computingurban sensingurban semantics in 3D point cloudsmachine learningoptimization algorithmBIMGISIoT

LOO, Becky P.Y. : information and communication technologiesspatial analysistransport and societyeconomic geography

Shunlin Liang : Remote sensing physical modeling and inversionGlobal satellite product generationEarth’s Energy BudgetGlobal and regional environmental changes

Lishan Ran : Riverine Carbon CycleGreenhouse Gas EmissionsSoil Erosion and Carbon ExportChemical Weathering and CO2 consumptionSediment Transport and River Channel Change

CHEN, Wendy Yan : ecological economicsenvironmental economics

LIN, George Chu Sheng : urban and regional development in Chinaeconomic geography

LI, Jinbao : climate changepaleo climatedrought

KOH, Keumseok : health/medical geographyGISurban planning

LAM, Yun Fat : climate change and air qualityair quality modeling

ZHANG, Hongsheng : smart cities and sustainable developmentremote sensing of urban environment

Frank van der Wouden : InnovationCollaborationTechnological changeCitiesImpact of distance on socio-economic activityComputational social scienceEconomic growthMobilityNetwork ScienceMachine Learning

Bo Huang : Spatiotemporal data analyticsSatellite image fusionEnvironmental monitoringIntegrated spatial planning

Yongsung LEE : Sustainable urbanizationInformation and Communication TechnologyEmerging mobility services and technologyLocation choiceurban formand spatial structureAttitudespreferencesand lifestyles of young adults

Junxi Qian : Public SpaceUrban Studies & Urban TheoryIndigenous People & Indigenous ModernityReligionCultural Economic GeographyPlace and Place Politics

Yanjia Cao : Medical Geography

Patrick Adler : Creative EconomyEntertainment IndustriesUrban EvolutionUrban TechnologyInnovation and Entrepreneurship

Ben A Gerlofs : Urban GeographyPolitical GeographyCultural GeographyHistorical Geography

Zhenci Xu : Sustainable Development GoalsFood-energy-water-carbon nexusFootprintChina developmentHuman environment interactionsEcologyEcosystem service

Wesley Attewell : the intersection of human geographyAmerican studiesand Asian diaspora studies to map the transnational geographies of US empire-building from the Cold War into the present

Junran (Jimmy) Li : aeolian processgrasslandwild fireGIShydrologygeochemistrysurface processisotopes

ZHU, Peng : Agroecosystem modelingClimate change impacts and adaptationEnvironmental remote sensingFood-water-carbon nexus

Yimeng Song : big data fusionspatio-temporal modelingepidemiological methodsGeoAI

Junshi XU : Transportation Decarbonization and Air QualityEnvironmental Monitoring and Population ExposureMachine Learning and Deep Learning Applications in Environmental ScienceSustainability Equity and Justice in Urban MobilityUrban Transport and City Dynamics

Yuyu ZHOU : Urbanization mapping and modelingUrban heat islandUrban energy use and emissionsUrban phenologyUrban air pollutionUrban sustainabilityWater-energy-food nexusClimate change impactsadaptationand vulnerability

City: Hong Kong
Abbreviation: CityU
Unit: Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering
URL: http://bccw.cityu.edu.hk/main/wp_home.asp
Description:

The Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering of the City University of Hong Kong has a multi-disciplinary background. At present, teachers who study GIS are mainly concentrated in the Department of Architecture. The application of GIS in urban planning and design, construction engineering and other fields is currently receiving attention. The department offers taught postgraduate master's programs in civil and architectural engineering, construction management, urban design, and regional planning. Research masters and doctorates are also enrolled. Recent research directions mainly include civil and environmental engineering, transportation, hydrology, surveying, architecture, urban design and planning, etc.

HO, Derrick (Hung Chak) : spatial and environmental epidemiologycommunity health

LU, Yi : Spatial analysisEnvironment-behavior studybuilt environment and healthhealthcare facilities

CHOW, Andy : data analytics and artificial intelligencecooperative intelligent transport systemspublic transport operationssmart cities and mobilityurban transport analytics

LI Xin : Land and housing policybrownfieldsland use regulationpolicy evaluation

LO Siu Ming : spatial planning for pedestrian movement and evacuation modelingurban and land use planningbuilding developmentconstruction management and fire safety engineering

TALAMINI Gianni : Symbiotic UrbanismUrban RiversTypomorphologyPedestrianisationEnvironment-Behavior StudiesSpatial Justice

ZHENG Hao : Machine LearningData Mining and AnalysisPrediction and SimulationUrban Big DataUrban ModelingUrban Form-FindingAI-Generated Content (AIGC)Creative AIAI DesignerData-Driven DesignComputational DesignParametric Design

TSOU Jin Yeu : Green Building Design and TechnologyLow-carbon and Carbon Neutrality Development and StrategiesSustainable Building Design and Urban PlanningBuilding Performance Design and SimulationUrban Data Analytics and Energy ModelAI and Intelligent Systemsand Urban Housing

City: Hong Kong
Abbreviation: HKUST
Unit: Division of Environment and Sustainability
URL: https://www.envr.ust.hk/
Description:

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology does not have a department of geography and GIS-related majors, but in the Division of Environment and Sustainability, some teachers use GIS and remote sensing to simulate environmental processes, focusing on environmental science and sustainable development issues.

Jimmy W M CHAN : GISSpatial analysis and modelingRemote sensingComputer graphicsSimulation and numerical optimization

Alexis K H LAU : Geophysical data analysisweather and climatesatellite remote sensing applications

Zhi NING : Environmental sensor technology and algorithm developmentSensor and sensor network applicationUrban air quality and built environmentCombustion emission and impact on roadside air qualityPersonal exposure and environmental health

Jimmy C H FUNG : geophysical data analysesnumerical weather predictionprognostic flow modelsdiagnostic models

Dasa GU : satellite remote sensing

City: Hong Kong
Abbreviation: CUHK
Unit: Department of Geography and Resource Management (GRM);Institute of Space and Earth Information Science (ISEIS)
URL: https://www.grm.cuhk.edu.hk/eng/index.html
Description:

The Department of Geography and Resource Management (GRM) at The Chinese University of Hong Kong is one of the top geography departments at the forefront of geography education and research in Asia. We offer a wide range of programmes from bachelor to doctorate levels and have trained high-calibre graduates contributing to society. Our departmental staff members also serve as directors of three research institutes in the University, namely the Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability, Institute of Future Cities, and Institute of Space and Earth Information Science.

The Department has fostered an active postgraduate research programme at both the MPhil and PhD levels. There are currently over 20 MPhil and PhD candidates undertaking research in a variety of fields that reflect the broad range of interests and skills of staff members and the facilities of the Department. In addition, over 50 students are studying in the taught master's programmes.

Currently offered research and taught postgraduate programmes include M.Phil.-Ph.D. in GRM (Master of Philosophy Stream), M.Phil.-Ph.D. in GRM (Doctor of Philosophy Stream), Master of Science in Geoinformation Science and Smart Cities, and Master of Social Science in Sustainable Tourism.

The Institute of Space and Earth Information Science (ISEIS) was established in 2005, developed from the Joint Laboratory for GeoInformation Science (JLGIS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences & The Chinese University of Hong Kong. ISEIS consists of three major units: research, education and training, and technology development.

Its postgraduate offerings include Master of Science in Environmental Information, Health and Public Management (Full-Time & Part-Time) and MPhil-PhD Programme in Earth System and GeoInformation Science (Full-Time & Part-Time).

Mei-Po Kwan : environmental healthhuman mobilityhealthy citiessocial justiceand GIScience

Ting Jin : Shared MobilityShared MicromobilityTransport GeographySharing EconomyUrban GeographyThe Social and Urban Impact of Technological Advancement

Peifeng Ma : deep learning for Geo-analysisSARremote sensing

Jianfa Shen : urbanization and migration analysisspatial population modelinginter-city competition and cooperationurban and regional developmentpearl river delta and China

Tung Fung : digital image analysisspatial modelingland cover change detection

Ying He : transportationplanning and policytravel behavioractivity-based modelingGIS/spatial analysisurban and regional economics

XU Jiang : State spaces and politics of scaleIntercity railway planning in China's mega-city regionsEnvironmental elements in China's urban planning systemUrban and regional development/governance in ChinaUrban planningurban land use and spatial transformationPearl River Delta Studies

CHEN YONGQIN, DAVID : Hydrologic Analysis and ModelingHydroclimatology and Climate ChangeWater Resources ManagementEnvironmental Assessment and Sustainability

CHUNG KING LAM, CALVIN : Geographies of state restructuringPolitics and practice of spatial planningPolitical ecology and environmental policy

KAN ZIHAN : Geographic Information Science (GIS)Environmental HealthSpatiotemporal AnalysisTransportation GeographyTravel Behavior

Yan Liu : GISquantitative human geographyurbanspatial data science

Zherong Wu : Satellite remote sensingAI for ScienceUrban GeohazardTerrestrial Carbon Cycle

Qiming Zheng : Remote sensing of urban environmentGlobal environmental and climate changesLand-based solutions for climate change mitigationNight-time light remote sensing

Zihan Kan : Spatial data analysis and modelingGPS trajectory miningHuman-environment interactionsGeospatial health studies

Dong Liu : Geospatial analysis methods explore urban mobilitylocation accessibilitytravel behaviorphysical activityand environmental health

City: Hong Kong
Abbreviation: PolyU
Unit: Department of Land Surveying and Geo-informatics (LSGI)
URL: http://www.lsgi.polyu.edu.hk/
Description:

The Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University is one of the world-renowned geospatial information science departments. For many years, it has devoted itself to research in surveying and mapping, remote sensing, photogrammetry, GIS, digital mapping, and urban information science. LSGI offers two MSc Programs，Master of Science in geomatics which operates for years, and Master of Science in urban informatics and smart cities which just operates since 20fall. These two are 1-2 years program. PhD and Mphil are also applicable. It usually takes four years for applicants with a bachelor's degree, and three years for applicant with a master’s degree. There are few MPhil places in the department, and research students are generally doctoral students.

SHI, Wen-zhong, John : urban informatics for smart citiesGIScience and remote sensingmobile mapping technologyand 3D and dynamic GIS modeling

LI, Zhi-lin : cartographyGIS-Based spatial data modelingfeature extraction from remote sensing images

WU, Bo : photogrammetry and robotic visionplanetary mapping and planetary science3D GIS and applications

PUN, Cheng Shuk-ching, Lilian : intelligent transport systemcartographic visualizationspatial analysisspatial networking

LIU, Xin-tao : GISciencecomplex networktransportation geographyurban computing

XU, Yang : GIScienceurban informaticsmobilitytransportation

ZHUGE, Cheng-xiang, Tony : spatial analysis and modelingactivity-based travel demand modelingsmart citiesland use and transport interactionagent-based modelingcomplex urban system

ZHU, Xiao-lin : remote sensing and geospatial analysiswith focusing on missing data reconstructionspatiotemporal data fusionclassificationchange detectionland surface information retrievaland applications of Geoscience in urban and ecological studies

JIA, Peng : Spatial lifecourse epidemiologyhealth geographyobesityhealth caresspatial technology

LI, Xiao : GISSpatial Data Science

Xiao Li : GISspatial data sciencetransportation geography

Brunei

City: Bandar Seri Begawan
Abbreviation: UBD
Unit: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
URL: https://fass.ubd.edu.bn/
Description:

The UBD operates masters and doctoral degree programs in geography, environment, and development. The geography programs are research-based with a topic in any aspect in geography, including human geography, physical geography, land surveying, remote sensing, GIS, and mappings.

Cyprus

City: Limassol
Abbreviation: CUT
Unit: -
URL: https://www.cut.ac.cy/studies/masters/master-programmes/ceg-gr-cis/
Description:

The CUT has a MSc degree in Geoinformatics and Geospatial Technology. It's a hybrid course and thesis track master's program. Students are taking 60 credits of classes and also completing a 30-credit thesis report. The typical duration of this program is 13 months. The instruction language is Greek. This university also grants a doctoral degree in Civil and Geospatial Engineering.

City: Famagusta
Abbreviation: EMU
Unit: Department of Architecture; Department of Mathematics
URL: https://www.emu.edu.tr/en/academics/faculties/faculty-of-architecture/architecture/1133
Description:

The Department of Architecture offers the Masters degree programs in urban design with both thesis and non-thesis options. The math department offers a non-thesis Masters degree in Information Systems with one of the optional concentrations being the GIS. These classes are delivered in English.

India

City: Chandigarh
Abbreviation: PU
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://geography.puchd.ac.in/
Description:

The geography department at Panjab University offers a MSc in GIS program as well as several Graduate Diploma programs in geoinformatics and remote sensing.

City: Mumbai
Abbreviation: IITB
Unit: Department of Civil Engineering；Centre of Studies in Resources Engineering;Centre of Studies in Resources Engineering
URL: https://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/
Description:

The IIT-Bombay offers a master's degree in remote sensing under its civil engineering department. The specializations include: Global positioning system; Geographic information system, Space geodesy; Remote sensing; Surveying; Runoff modelling of watersheds; Optimization of water distribution systems. The Centre of Studies in Resources Engineering also operates GIS-related MTech and PhD programs.;The IIT-Bombay offers a master's degree in remote sensing under its civil engineering department. The specializations include: Global positioning system; Geographic information system, Space geodesy; Remote sensing; Surveying; Runoff modelling of watersheds; Optimization of water distribution systems. The Centre of Studies in Resources Engineering also operates GIS-related MTech and PhD programs.

City: Kharagpur
Abbreviation: IIT-KGP
Unit: -
URL: -
Description:

The IIT-Kharagpur does not have a GIS-specific postgraduate program, but many other master's programs are related to geoinformatics or requiring intensive GIS/RS trainings, such as the Earth System Science, City Planning, Environmental Engineering, Exploration Geoscience, and Water Resource Management.

City: Pune
Abbreviation: SPPU
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: http://www.unipune.ac.in/dept/science/geography/default.htm
Description:

The Savitribai Phule Pune University offers a 2-year MSc in Geoinformatics and a 1-year Graduate Diploma program in GIS and remote sensing, both under its Department of Geography.

City: Dehradun
Abbreviation: IIRS
Unit: -
URL: -
Description:

The Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) is a government-owned institution under the Indian Space Research Organization. It operates a Master of Tech in Remote Sensing program in collaboration with Andhra University, and a Master of Science in Geoinformation and Earth Observation program in collaboration with ITC at University of Twente.

Indonesia

City: Bandung
Abbreviation: BIT
Unit: Faculty of Earth Sciences
URL: https://english.fitb.itb.ac.id/
Description:

The Bandung Institute of Technology operates a Geodetic and Geomatics Engineering Masters Program with 4 options of concentrations: geodesy, hydrography and coastal area engineering, land administration, and geomatics. It also has a PhD in Geodesy and Geomatic Engineering program.

City: Surabaya
Abbreviation: ITS
Unit: Faculty of Civil Technology and Planning
URL: -
Description:

The ITS offers master's programs in geomatic engineering and geophysical engineering under its Faculty of Civil Technology and Planning.

Iran

City: Tehran
Abbreviation: KNTU
Unit: Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering
URL: https://en.kntu.ac.ir/geomatics/
Description:

The geodesy faculty at KNTU is the oldest faculty of geomatic engineering in Iran. It is home to more than 20 geoinformatics scientists. It offers MSc and PhD programs in geomatics. Focuses of these programs include GIS, geodesy, and remote sensing. There is also a M.Sc. in Geoinformation Science & Earth Observation jointly offered with ITC at University of Twente.

Israel

City: Haifa
Abbreviation: Technion
Unit: Civil & Environmental Engineering
URL: https://cee.technion.ac.il/en/
Description:

Technion offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in Mapping and Geo-Information. Graduate degrees offered include: - Master of Science in Mapping and Geo-Information Engineering - Master of Engineering in Mapping and Geo-Information Engineering - PhD – Doctor of Philosophy Technion also offers the masters degree in urban and regional planning with thesis and non-thesis options. More information for prospective international students can be found here.

Sagi Dalyot : VGIparticipatory mappingGISmapping and metadata standardlocation-based servicespatial data integrationnavigationbuilt-environment

Gilad Even-Tzur : Geodetic NetworksGNSSgeodynamics

Sagi Filin : laser-scanningimage processingGIS

Jack Haddad : traffic flowtraffic controlcontrol theoryoptimal controlmodel predictive controltraffic flow simulationshybrid systemslarge-scale transportation networks

Fadi Kizel : remote sensing data and algorithm

Yoram Shiftan : transportation systemtravel behavioractivity-based modeling，transportataion and qualitytransport economicstransport project appraisal

Maxim Shoshany : remote sensingspatial dynamicsGISlandscape ecologyImage processinghyper-spectral imaging

Tomer Toledo : driver behaviortraffic simulationintelligent traffic systemstransmission networks

City: Jerusalem
Abbreviation: HUJ
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://en.geography.huji.ac.il/
Description:

There is a 1-year English-taught master of arts degree program for international students in Smart Cities and Urban Informatics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. This program is for social science students who want to acquire a broad-based understanding of contemporary urban development utilizing state of the art techniques in spatial analysis. No prior knowledge of GIS, remote sensing or spatial information systems is assumed.

City: Tel Aviv
Abbreviation: TAU
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://en-exact-sciences.tau.ac.il/geography
Description:

The research fields in the geography department at Tel Aviv University include city, environment and planning, geoinformatics, and climate and water resource. The department offers B.A., M.A. and PhD. programs and a special program for outstanding students, which allows them to take an active role in our research laboratories.

Dror Avisar : industrial and hospital wastewaterindustrial fish pondseffluent irrigated fieldsriver streams and groundwater

Eyal Ben-Dor : hyperspectral remote sensingsoil spectroscopy

Itzhak Benenson : geosimulation and spatial analysis of urban and regional phenomenaspatial big data analysispublic transport and parking in the city

Alexandra Chudnovsky : monitoring the urban air quality using combinedpassive and active remote sensing means

Tova Fenster : just and sustainable citiesurban geographyarts in urban planning

Moshe Givoni : mobility and transportationpolicy and economics

Revital Hatuka : city design in digital agecity regenerationvision and the future citypublic sphere and social dynamics

Itzhak Omer : urban geographyurban morphologyurban dynamicsspatial behavior and cognitionspatial network and modelingurban dynamics'

Hadas Saaroni : synoptic climatologyregional climatologyclimate changeurban climatologyapplied climatology

City: Eilat
Abbreviation: BGU
Unit: Department of Geography and Environmental Development
URL: https://in.bgu.ac.il/en/humsos/geog/Pages/default.aspx
Description:

The Ben-Gurion University operates research projects in urban studies, geoinformatics and environmental studies. It grants MA and PhD degrees.

Eran Ben-El : behavioral economicsserious gamingagent-based simulation modelsbig data analyticsVR

Dan Blumberg : environmental remote sensinghyperspectralsynthetic aperture radaraeolian geomorphologyanomaly detectiontarget acquisition

Itai Kloog : GISgeostatisticssatellite-based exposure model developmentenvironmental exposure assessmentenvironmental epidemiology looking

Tal Svoray : water erosionsoilagricultureclimateecosystemnon-linear interactions and fingerprints of ecosystem healthplanted forest in Isaral facing climate change

Meidad Kisinger : urban sustainabilityenvironmental policiessustainability science

Evyatar Erell : water-sensitive urban designhuman thermal comfortvisual comfort in buildingsmodeling the urban micro-cliamteurban vegetationenergy conservation in bulidingspassive heating and cooling of buildings

Oren Yiftachel : critical geographiesland regimesplanning theorysocial justice and spaceethnic minorities and indigenous peoplesplanning theory

Nurit Alfasi : planning processcommunity and housingcommunity areas

Japan

City: Sakyo Ward
Abbreviation: Kyoto
Unit: Department of Civil and Earth Resources Engineering
URL: https://www.ce.t.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ja/information/laboratory/geoinfo?set_language=ja
Description:

Kyoto University is a leading research university in Japan, and its Space Information Laboratory in the Department of Civil and Earth Resources Engineering operates the Master of Science and PhD programs in geoinformatics and urban planning. The main research directions include remote sensing, disaster information analysis, 3D building models, urban planning, and land resource management, among others. The scientific work of the department requires proficiency in Japanese, and master's and doctoral students need to pass the Entrance Exam.

Yusuke Kimura : public spacehistorical urban analysisgeoinformatics

Nobuhiro Uno : dynamic informationurban expresswaytransportation systemsimage processing

City: Tsukuba
Abbreviation: Tsukuba
Unit: School of Earth Science
URL: https://www.earth.tsukuba.ac.jp/
Description:

The School of Earth Science at the University of Tsukuba offers master’s and doctoral programs, including the spatial information science major. Students of this major utilize GIS, remote sensing, quantitative geography, spatial statistics, regional geography, and other skills to study different topics. The department has both Japanese and English instruction options, and for the English option, language scores need to be provided (TOEFL or IELTS are accepted), and an entrance test (written test) and oral test (interview) are required. The written test mainly examines the GIS-related knowledge, and the oral test focuses on study plans and academic backgrounds.

Michiaki Sugita : GISremote sensingland-atmosphere interactionclimatehydrology

Yuji Murayama : GISurban studiestransportationspatial analysis

Hiroyuki Kusaka : numerical simulationurban climateglobal warmingcomputational geography

Takehiro Morimoto : GISagriculturehuman geography

City: Tokyo
Abbreviation: Tokyo Metro
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://www.ues.tmu.ac.jp/geog/index.html
Description:

Tokyo Metropolitan University (TMU) is a research university located in Tokyo, Japan. Its geography department has master’s and doctorate degree programs. Academic groups in this department include climatology, quaternary geomorphology, environmental geography, urban and human geography, and GIScience. Among them, the research direction of GIScience includes the application of GIS/RS in urban planning, climate research, hydrogeography, numerical simulation, hazard assessment, and other domains.

Hiroshi Matsuyama : GIShydrologymeteorology

Yoshiki Wakabayashi : GISurban studiesspatial analysis

Naoto Yabe : quantitative geographyurban geography

Daichi Nakayama : GISnatural hazardsphysical geography

City: Chiba
Abbreviation: Chiba
Unit: Center for Environmental Remote Sensing
URL: https://ceres.chiba-u.jp/en/top-eng/
Description:

The Center for Environmental Remote Sensing (CEReS) at Chiba University offers master's and doctoral degree programs. The center’s research programs are in three major modules, namely: 1) remote sensing technology and algorithms, 2) applications of geographic information science, and 3) advanced applications of satellite imagery.

Josaphat Tetuko Sri Sumantyo : remote sensingdrone technologyalgorithms of remote sensing

Hitoshi Irie : earth system scienceclimate change

Atsushi Higuchi : geoinformaticsland-atmosphere interactionclimate science

Yoshiaki Honda : remote sensingecology

Akihiko Kondoh : GISremote sensingnatural hazardhydrologyphysical geographymodeling

Ryutaro Tateishi : satellite image processingland changeland cover

Hiroaki Kuze : atmospheric remote sensingclimate changenovel optical sensorspublic health

City: Chiyoda
Abbreviation: Sophia
Unit: Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies
URL: https://www.genv.sophia.ac.jp/english/index.html
Description:

The graduate programs of the Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies at the Sophia University include master's and doctoral degrees. This school's research focuses include sustainable development and ecosystems.

Sumiko Anno : Public HealthEnvironmental HealthSpatial Information Science

City: Tokyo
Abbreviation: Rissho
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: http://rissho-map.jp/
Description:

The Department of Geography of the Faculty of Geo-Environmental Sciences at the Risho University offers a master's degree and a doctorate degree. Research themes of the graduate school are mainly based on the humanities and social sciences, which can be grouped into three categories, namely the regional system research, industrial regional research, and geoinformatics/environmental education research.

Yousuke Komatsu : GeomorphologyHydrologyDisaster ScienceGIS

Atsushi Suzuki : GISCartographyLand Use

Midori Hara : HydrologyPhysical GeographyGIS

City: Nagoya
Abbreviation: Nagoya
Unit: Graduate School of Environmental Studies
URL: http://www.env.nagoya-u.ac.jp/
Description:

The Graduate School of Environmental Studies at the Nagoya University offers master's and doctoral degree programs. Its research themes are mainly in the following fields: 1) Earth and Environmental Science, 2) Urban Environmental Science, and 3) Social and Environmental Research. There are two affiliated research centers, namely: 1) the Earthquake and Volcano Research Center, 2) Sustainable Development Education Research Center.

Hiroshi Tanimoto : Earth ObservationAtmospheric ChemistryEnvironmental ScienceGlobal Biogeochemistry

Hirohiko Masunaga : Satellite meteorology and climatologyTropical convection and large-scale dynamicsDevelopment of satellite data simulators and cloud model evaluation

Takafumi Kato : Spatial econometricsSpatial statistics

City: Sapporo
Abbreviation: Hokkaido
Unit: Group of Informatics for Remote Sensing
URL: https://www.eorc.jaxa.jp/ISS/en/index.html
Description:

The Group of Informatics for Remote Sensing at the Hokkaido University offers master's and doctoral degree programs. This group mainly utilizes remote sensing to study global and regional issues.

Takeo Tadono : Remote SensingLand cover and useEcosystem

Hiroshi Murakami : Algorithm Development and Validation of GCOM-C productsSatellite Optical Sensor Calibration

Kei Shiomi : Remote SensingGOSAT calibration and data processing

Tomomichi Kato : Plant EcologySolar induced Chlorophyll FluorescenceForest BiomassEcological ModelingClimate Change

City: Minato Ku
Abbreviation: Keio
Unit: GIS Lab
URL: http://ecogis.sfc.keio.ac.jp/ecolog2/en/about-2/
Description:

The Keio University operates a GIS Lab which hosts master's and doctoral degree programs. People in this lab mainly use GIS techniques to study real-world environmental problems and evaluate related policies. The Department of Economics has instructors who do research in economic geography. Undergraduate students have the opportunities of joining their advisors' research labs (zemi) in their third year to learn specialized content related to economic geography. Masters and doctoral students should choose a supervisor.

Hiromichi Fukui : Global EnvironmentLand StudyUrban AnalysisSpacial Information

Tomoyuki Furutani : Spatial StatisticsSpatial EconometricsTourismUrban Transportation Planning

Wanglin Yan : Science of Spacial InformationRegional Planning

Masanao Takeyama : Remote SensingEcology

Kawabata Mizuki : Spatial Information ScienceEconomic GeographyUrban and Regional Policy

Takeyama Masanao : Economic GeographyConsumer StudyUrban Media Design

City: Sendai
Abbreviation: Tohoku
Unit: Disaster Geo-informatics Lab;School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs
URL: http://www.regid.irides.tohoku.ac.jp/index-en.html
Description:

The Disaster Geoinformatics Laboratory of the Tohoku University offers master's and doctorate degree programs. The research theme of this lab is natural disasters. It carries out various simulations on natural disasters, and it also utilizes remote sensing to extract and identify disaster information.;

Shunichi Koshimura : Remote SensingDiaster PredictionTsunami Numerical ModelingGIS

Erick Mas : Tsunami Numerical ModelingAgent Based ModelingRemote Sensing and GIS for Damage and Risk AssessmentApplications of UAV or Drones for Disaster Research

City: Bunkyo
Abbreviation: Tokyo
Unit: Center for Spatial Information Science
URL: http://www.csis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/english/
Description:

The Center for Spatial Information Science (CSIS) at the University of Tokyo offers master's and doctoral degree programs. This center has trained many Asian talents in GIS and RS industries in the early years. The research themes of this center are related to spatial information science with various subfields like GIS, RS, Geomatics, and HCI.

Takashi Oguchi : Physical GeographyGeomorphologyGeologyGIS

Shibasaki Ryosuke : Development of Sensor systems and Algorithms for Automated Spatial Data AcquisitionReconstruction of Spatio-Temporal ChangesSpatial Agent Models

Takaaki Takahashi : Urban and Regional EconomicsEconomic GeographySpatial Economics

Yukio Sadahiro : GISSpatial AnalysisAnalysis of Human-Environment SystemFacility Location and Route Planning

Yasushi Asami : Urban Housing TheoryUrban Planning & AnalysisResidential EnvironmentGIS

Satoru Nakajo : Estimation and Distribution of Road UpdateSpatial TopologyGIS

Xuan Song : Artificial IntelligenceData MiningUrban ComputingGIS

Takahiko Kusakabe : Transportation and Big DataMobility Sensing

Hisatoshi AI : StatisticsGISSpatial AnalysisVisualization

Hiroyuki Miyazaki : GISRemote Sensing for Socio-economicsApplications to Sustainable Development

Yu Ma : Human MobilityDigital TwinUrban ScienceGIS and Urban PlanningCivil Engineering

Jordan

City: Amman
Abbreviation: Jordan
Unit: -
URL: -
Description:

The University of Jordan provides various graduate courses (Master and PhD) in geography, geology, water, land, environment, and resource. Among them, the geography programs require advanced trainings in GIS, urban planning, and remote sensing.

City: Irbid
Abbreviation: JUST
Unit: -
URL: -
Description:

The JUST provides the MS in Urban Planning and Studies, MS in Water Resources and Environment, and MS in Natural Resource and Environment programs.

City: Zarqa
Abbreviation: Hashemite
Unit: Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment
URL: https://hu.edu.jo/facnew/about.aspx
Description:

The Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment provides Masters and Doctoral degree plans, with specialties on agriculture, water, petroleum, minerals, deserts, biodiversity. The program focuses on the use of modern technology such as GIS, Remote Sensing and Network Informatics.

City: Mafraq
Abbreviation: AABU
Unit: Istitute of Earth and Environmental Sciences
URL: https://www.aabu.edu.jo/ar/collegesandinstitutes/InstituteofEarth/Departments/GISAR/Pages/default.aspx
Description:

The Istitute of Earth and Environmental Sciences at AABU has a department for GIS and remote sensing, in which they offer a Master's degree.

Korea

City: Suwon
Abbreviation: SKKU
Unit: School of Civil, Architectural and Environmental System Engineering
URL: https://enc.skku.edu/eng_enc/programs/departments/civil_intro.do#N
Description:

SKKU is the oldest university in South Korea. Its predecessor was the royal school of the Joseon kingdom established in 1398. The School of Civil, Architecture and Environmental Engineering has geographic information engineering and smart construction majors with research topics like transportation energy, geographic information engineering, and smart cities. The School of Landscape Architecture also has some related programs, which are affiliated with the environment and climate majors. Some of the research topics include GIS, remote sensing, spatial analysis, geostatistics, and their applications in transportation, ecology, and landscape planning. The School of Water Resources also has GIS-related majors. Their research is related to the application of GIS technology in water resources management and analysis. These above-mentioned majors are all with three types of degree programs: master's, doctoral, and the master-doctorate joint program. Classes are mainly taught in Korean, and only a few courses are taught in English. Therefore, Korean language requirements (TOPIK test level 3) and English requirements (TOEFL 71 or IELTS 5.5) are required.

Choi Minha : climate modelingapplied GISecohydrologyremote sensing

Yun Hongsic : land-based mobile mappingdigital mapsoceanographyenergy

Chin Sang Yoon : building informaticssmart constructionmodelingBIMsmart city

Choi Hye Young : landscape architectureurban design

Kim Donyun : smart citydigial city media

Kim Jeeyeop : smart cityurban informatics

Kim Sungah : design informaticsmulti-layered spatial informationsmart cityspatial dataBIM

City: Seoul
Abbreviation: Korea
Unit: Environmental GIS/RS Lab
URL: https://www.egisrs.org/
Description:

Korea University is one of the three most prestigious universities in Korea (known as SKY). Its Environmental GIS and Remote Sensing Laboratory (EGISRS), affiliated with the Department of Climate and Environment and the Department of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, hosts many scientific projects related to GIS and remote sensing.

This lab offers both master's and doctoral degrees. Lab members and students utilize GIS and remote sensing (RS) technologies to study earth observation data, sustainable development, river changes, forestry, and climate change.

Woo-Kyun Lee : GISremote sensingenvironment

City: Anyang
Abbreviation: Anyang
Unit: Department of Urban Information Engineering
URL: http://www.anyang.ac.kr/urban/contents/contents.do?ciIdx=522&menuId=847
Description:

Anyang University is a private university in South Korea. It has a Department of Urban Information Engineering under the School of Urban Environment and Biotechnology. This department hosts GIS-related majors. In 2006, the South Korean Ministry of Transportation and Construction designated this department as one of the key departments for the development of GIS education in South Korea. This department can grant master's and doctoral degrees, and the graduate programs of urban information engineering are also directed by the General Graduate School.

Jong Wook Ahn : spatial analysissmart city

Dong Bin Shin : remote sensingurban environmentland coverspatial information

Min-Sook Lee (Yi) : GISurban environmentcity informatics

City: Gyeongsan
Abbreviation: Kyungil
Unit: Department of Geoinformatics Engineering
URL: http://geosat.kiu.ac.kr/
Description:

The Department of Geoinformatics Engineering at KIU is affiliated with the School of Engineering and offers master's and doctorate degrees in geospatial information and engineering. Research directions include GIS, photogrammetry, remote sensing, and geodesy, etc, and application domains include climate, urban planning, civil engineering, and natural disaster prevention. The language requirement is TOEFL 80 or IELTS 5.5 for English, or TOPIK level 3 for the Korean language.

Jae-Seong Ahn : GISspatial analysisgeovisualizationmobile mappingweb mapping

Soohee Han : remote sensingLiDARspatial information

Hyunsung Kim : network securityubiquitous computinggeoinformatics

Chang-Ki Hong : geodesyremote sensingionosphere modeling

City: Seoul
Abbreviation: SNU
Unit: Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering; Department of Geography; Graduate School of Environmental Studies
URL: https://geog.snu.ac.kr/e_main.php; https://cee.snu.ac.kr/english/; https://gses.snu.ac.kr/en
Description:

Seoul National University (SNU), one of the three SKY universities and the most prestigious in South Korea, offers graduate programs related to GIS across several departments. GIS research is primarily conducted within the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, which operates the Spatial Informatics Engineering program. It includes two main research clusters: Remote Sensing Engineering and GIS/LBS. Remote sensing research focuses on satellite sensor modeling, image processing, photogrammetry, GPS, LiDAR, and surveying. GIS/LBS research includes GIS/CAD integration, spatial databases, location-based services, and moving object tracking. The department also conducts research in urban planning, transportation, and geo-environmental engineering.

The Department of Geography at SNU also engages in GIS-related research, particularly in spatial analysis, land use change, and environmental GIS. These efforts contribute to interdisciplinary studies that combine physical and human geography.

Additionally, the Graduate School of Environmental Studies (GSES) at SNU offers specialized programs in urban and regional planning, environmental management, and transportation. The Department of Environmental Design focuses on landscape architecture and urban design, offering a studio-based curriculum aimed at sustainable human-environment development.

Kim Yongil : remote sensinggeodesyGPS

Yu Kiyun : GISlocation-based servicedecision makingmap-based city information visualizationspatial analysis

Kwon Young-Sang : urban designurban studiesurban planning

Park Yunmi : smart urban planning

Song Insang : spatiotemporal analysisenvironmental healthgeocomputationgeospatial Machine Learning

Lee, Gunhak : GIScartographyspatial statisticsspatial optimizationlocation analysis and modeling

Steven Jige QUAN : international planningenergy-oriented planning and design

Han, Sanjin : transport safetypedestrian transporttraffic engineeringtraffic operation

Son, Jae-Min : sustainable & smart future cityresilient urban planning

Gim, Tae-Hyoung : Land useTransportationEnvironment Interactions

City: Seoul
Abbreviation: Seoul
Unit: Department of Geoinformatics
URL: https://www.uos.ac.kr/en/academics/colleges/cuscience/geolnformatics/introduction.do?epTicket=LOG
Description:

The Department of Geoinformatics of at the University of Seoul is affiliated to the College of Urban Science. It grants master's and doctoral degrees. The main research directions are GIS, applied GIS, LIS (land information systems), cadastre, geodesy, GPS, surveying, photogrammetry, and remote sensing.

KOH Junehwan : urban studiesurban informaticsparticipatory GIScommunity mapping

JUN Chulmin : transportationurban planningspatial analysisWebGISGIS developmentspatial database

CHOI Yun Soo : coordinatessurveyingcadastral resurveygeodesy

Hyung-Sup Jung : remote sensingnatural hazardsforestry

LEE Impyeong : indoor modelingmulti-sensorsmart vehiclescomputer vision

CHO Seongkil : geoinformaticstraffictransportation

Lee Jiyeong : micro-spatial dataspatial awarenessurban informatics

City: Seoul
Abbreviation: Tonsei
Unit: SCSI Lab
URL: http://scsi.yonsei.ac.kr/
Description:

Yonsei University is one of the three prestigious universities (SKY) in South Korea. Its Spatial Computing for Sustainable Infrastructure Lab (SCSI) is a part of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering). It is a research group that uses mapping, surveying, spatial information science, geo-data science and other methods to study sustainable development and its infrastructure. This lab is in cooperation with Oregon State University, University of Southern California, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and many tech companies such as Microsoft, NRF, and KICT. The laboratory can grant master's and doctoral degrees.

Joon Heo : mappingspatial data sciencespatial information

City: Seoul
Abbreviation: Hanyang
Unit: -
URL: -
Description:

The Department of Urban Planning and Engineering at Hanyang University belongs to the College of Engineering and is one of the earliest urban planning programs in Korea. The department has made remarkable academic contributions in urban policy and planning, transportation planning, smart cities, and big city data. It boasts a strong faculty and is undertaking the fourth phase of the BK21 Future Human Resources Development Project funded by the National Research Foundation of Korea. The department has produced numerous outstanding talents for research and policy development institutions in related fields, such as the Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements. Experts and researchers within the department participate in major national land and urban policy governance, including the planning and development of the Seoul Metropolitan Area. The department also demonstrates outstanding performance in international education and research cooperation. It has signed Memoranda of Understanding with several internationally renowned universities, including the School of City and Regional Planning at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Department of Urban Planning and Design at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University.

Sugie Lee : GeoAIspatial analyticspedestrian behaviorpublic healthurban regenerationsmart citiesurban thermal environment

Sungtaek Choi : Travel behaviorsmart mobilitytransport big datamachine learningpublic transportation policydemand modeling

Na Li : Urban form typologygenerative urban designGeoAIthermal environmentenergy efficiencyurban vitality

City: Seoul
Abbreviation: Ewha
Unit: GIS Laboratory
URL: https://cms.ewha.ac.kr/user/indexMain.action?siteId=ewhagiseng
Description:

Ewha Womans University in Seoul, South Korea, is one of the country’s most prestigious women’s universities and hosts active research groups in geospatial science and spatial information technologies.

The university supports GIS related research and training through its GIS Laboratory, which focuses on spatial information science, geospatial data analysis, and smart city applications. The lab provides students with opportunities to work on projects involving spatial data processing, urban spatial analysis, and geospatial technology development.

Research topics include geographic information systems, spatial data analytics, urban spatial structure, environmental analysis, and smart city technologies. Students gain experience using GIS tools and spatial data to study urban systems, environmental change, and spatial decision making.

The laboratory is led by Dr. Youngok Kang, a well known scholar in Korea’s geospatial science community and former president of the Korea Spatial Information Society.

City: Seoul
Abbreviation: KHU
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://geo.khu.ac.kr/geo/user/contents/view.do?menuNo=3600082
Description:

Kyung Hee University is one of South Korea’s major comprehensive universities. Its Department of Geography in the College of Sciences has a long-established record in graduate education and research. According to the department’s official graduate introduction page, the department opened its master’s programme in 1963 and its doctoral programme in 1965, making it one of the early geography departments in Korea to build a full graduate training structure.

The department currently offers a Master’s programme in Geography, a Doctoral programme in Geography, and an Integrated Master’s-Doctoral programme. The department’s graduate curriculum regulations indicate that the master’s programme requires 24 credits, the doctoral programme requires 36 credits, and the integrated programme requires 60 credits, together with common-course, qualification, and thesis-related requirements.

The official graduate overview organises research and training into several major fields: Physical Geography, Human Geography, and Geographic Information Science and Cartography. Physical Geography includes geomorphology, climatology, biogeography, natural hazards, environmental geography, climate change, and Quaternary studies. Human Geography includes urban geography, economic geography, transport geography, social geography, regional development, and tourism geography. The GIS and cartography area includes geographic information analysis, cartography, and remote sensing.

The department also presents a broad laboratory structure for graduate research, including a GIS Laboratory, Spatial Analysis Laboratory, Spatial Big Data Laboratory, Spatial Simulation Laboratory, Human Geography Laboratory, and Culture and Tourism Geography Laboratory. Together, these resources indicate a graduate environment that connects foundational geographic scholarship with spatial analysis, digital geographies, and interdisciplinary research practice.

Jeon-Young Kang : Geospatial Data ScienceAgent-Based Modeling (ABM)CyberGISAdvanced GeocomputationHealth GeographySpatial Accessibility to Urban Infrastructure

Kyrgyzstan

City: Bishkek
Abbreviation: -
Unit: Department of Geodesy and Geoinformatics
URL: https://ksucta.kg/en/departments.html?id=1263
Description:

The KSUCTA has a master's program in geoinformatics.

Lebanon

City: Jounieh
Abbreviation: -
Unit: -
URL: -
Description:

The Holy Spirit University of Kaslik has a MS in Environmental Technologies in which there is intensive training in GIS, remote sensing, and data science.

Macao, China

City: Macau
Abbreviation: MUST
Unit: State Key Laboratory of Lunar and Planetary Sciences (SKLplanets)
URL: https://www.must.edu.mo/en/ssi
Description:

The SKLplanets offers the Master of Space Big Data Analytics with instruction languages in Chinese or English. The program is based on campus of the MUST. It is in a hybrid course + thesis format. The three options of concentrations are Big Data Science, Space Science, and GIS. The SKLplanets is becoming an important platform for CNSA in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area and aiming at the development of Macao's space industry. The SKLplanets at MUST also offers masters and doctoral programs in planetary geology and space sciences.

Malaysia

City: Gelugor
Abbreviation: USM
Unit: School of Humanities
URL: https://humanities.usm.my/index.php/postgraduate-h/master-of-science-geographical-information-science
Description:

The University of Science Malaysia (Universiti Sains Malaysia, USM) is a public research university located in the coastal area of Penang in western Malaysia. The School of Humanities at this university has a MS program in GIS which helps students develop skills in GIS principles and applications. The degree requires a total of 40 credits, of which 20 credits are for classes (including GIS, location and spatial analysis, remote sensing, etc.), and 20 credits are for a thesis.

Narimah Samat : GISland useterritory planning

Anisah Lee Abdullah : environmental remote sensingcoastal geographycoral reef

Wan Mohd Muhiyuddin Wan Ibrahim : spatial analysisnatural hazard

City: Johor
Abbreviation: UTM
Unit: Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying
URL: https://builtsurvey.utm.my/academic/master-of-science-geoinformatics/
Description:

The main campus of University Technology Malaysia (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, UTM) is located in Johor Bahru, the southernmost part of the Malay Peninsula. It is a public research university. Its School of Built Environment and Surveying offers an MS program in Geoinformatics. The main training directions include GIS principles, GIS system components, GIS computer software, and geospatial data processing, etc. Required core courses include geospatial databases, spatial analysis, spatial data management, cartographic visualization, computer programming, and GIS application development. There are totally 45 credits, including 8 credits for a research topic.

Anuar bin Hj. Ahmad : geoinformaticsareal photogrammetrydrone

Alias bin Abdul Rahman : 3D GIS

Kasturi Devi Kanniah : remote sensingaerosolsvegetation

Zulkepli bin Majid : remote sensing3D modeling

Nurul Hazrina binti Idris : climate changemarine remote sensing

Muhammad Zulkarnain Abd Rahman : remote sensingnatural hazardrisk assessment

City: Serdang
Abbreviation: UPM
Unit: Faculty of Engineering
URL: https://eng.upm.edu.my/
Description:

The Faculty of Engineering offers a course-based Master of Remote Sensing and GIS, a research-based Master of GIS and a research-based Master of Geospatial Engineering. It also operates doctoral degrees in geospatial engineering.

Mongolia

City: Ulaanbaatar
Abbreviation: NUM
Unit: School of Applied Sciences and Engineering
URL: http://seas.num.edu.mn/
Description:

The National University of Mongolia is the first modern university in Mongolia. It has opportunities for master's and PhD studies in several geography or ecology-related disciplines, such as the Masters in Forestry (class-based), Masters in Forestry (thesis-based), Master in Environmental Sciences, Master in Environment Protection Technology, Doctor in Forestry and Doctor in Environmental Studies.

Nepal

City: Kirtipur
Abbreviation: TU
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://cdgtu.edu.np/
Description:

The geography department at Tribhuvan University offers a 2-year thesis-based MA in Geography with potential focuses in physical geography, human geography, and spatial planning. The university also grants PhD degrees in Geography which is directly operated by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Pakistan

City: Peshawar
Abbreviation: -
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: http://www.uop.edu.pk/departments/?q=Department-of-Geography
Description:

The University of Peshawar is one of the top universities in Pakistan. The geography department hosts MS, MPhil, and PhD programs in geography with research topics in human geography, physical geography, applied geography, natural resource, and geomatics. It also operates a 1-year Diploma in Geomatics.

City: Lahore
Abbreviation: -
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: http://pu.edu.pk/home/department/90083/Department-of-Geography
Description:

The University of the Punjab is one of the largest and top-tier universities in Pakistan. The geography department at University of the Punjab offers a few postgraduate programs in geography and geomatics, including the MS Applied GISc & RS and PhD in Geography. This department is also home to the Center for GIS.

City: Islamabad
Abbreviation: CUI
Unit: Meteorology Department
URL: http://ww3.comsats.edu.pk/Meteorology/
Description:

The COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI) is well known for its informatics-related programs. COMSATS refers to Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South, which was initiated in 1998 aiming for sustainable socio-economic uplift of the developing countries through appropriate applications of science and technology. The Meteorology Department at the Islamabad campus offers a MS in Remote Sensing & GIS.

Philippines

City: Quezon City
Abbreviation: UP
Unit: Department of Geodetic Engineering
URL: http://dge.upd.edu.ph/
Description:

The University of the Philippines is the national university of Philippines. The Department of Geodetic Engineering at University of the Philippines has a MS in Geomatics Engineering program.

Saudi

City: Dammam
Abbreviation: IAU
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://www.iau.edu.sa/en/colleges/college-of-arts/departments/geography-department
Description:

The geography department at IAU operates undergraduate and postgraduate programs in geography-related topics. Postgraduate degrees granted here includes MA in Geography and GIS and PhD in Geography.

Singapore

City: Singapore
Abbreviation: NUS
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://fass.nus.edu.sg/geog/
Description:

The Department of geography of the University of Singapore has a master's degree in Applied GIS and a doctor's degree in geography. The main teaching and scientific research contents of this direction include GIS data processing, spatial programming, environmental modeling, network GIS and big data analysis. The Department is characterized by wide coverage and high degree of freedom. Project track and thesis track can be selected for master's projects, which are closely combined with environmental science.

Nawaz Muhammad : sediment source identificationerosionsedimentationrenewable energymulticriteria evaluationand GIS applications in decision making

Tang Hao : the use of satellite for mapping and monitoring terrestrial ecosystem dynamics under the changing climate and land useMost of my worklinking remote sensing datamathematic model and ground surveyaims to characterize spatial-temporal changes of 3D vegetation structure and its impact on nature and human society

FENG, Chen-Chieh : spatial data modeling and spatial information theoryCyberinfrastructureGIS and education

YAN, Yingwei : spatial big data analyticscitizen GISciencevolunteered geographic information

WANG, Yi-Chen : GIS and remote sensing applicationsspatial epidemiology

Luo Wei : Infectious disease surveillance and controlinternational trade and supply chaingeovisual analyticsagent-based modelingsocial networkAI and machine learning

LUO, Xiangzhong (Remi) : terrestrial carbon cycleeddy covariancedynamic vegetation modelsleaf traits

Filip Biljecki : urban analytics3D city modelingmachine learningspatial data qualitydigital twins

Yingwei Yan : Volunteer Geographic Information (VGI)Social SensingGeo-crowdsourcing

Wei Luo : Spatiotemporal big dataGeoAIGeovisualizationpublic healthepidemicsinternational trade industry chain

Jinying Xu : Data sciencesustainable infrastructuresmart buildingsorganizational technology transformationdigital transformationsituational awarenessbuilding information modelingcognitive facility managementsensing technologyconstruction project managementconstruction waste management

City: Singapore
Abbreviation: NTU
Unit: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
URL: https://www.ntu.edu.sg/cee
Description:

Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore is home to the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), one of the university’s key teaching and research units in engineering. According to the school’s official Graduate Programmes pages, CEE offers both coursework-based master’s degrees and research-based graduate pathways leading to the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and the Master of Engineering (MEng by Research).

At the coursework master’s level, CEE currently offers the Master of Science in Civil Engineering, Master of Science in Maritime Studies, Master of Science in International Construction Management, and Master of Science in Sustainability and Environmental Engineering. These programmes are offered in full-time and, for most programmes, part-time formats, and generally require 30 Academic Units for graduation.

The master’s offerings reflect different professional specialisations within the school. The Civil Engineering MSc is designed to equip students with current knowledge and technology in modern civil engineering practice, with options to build strength in areas such as structural or geotechnical engineering. The International Construction Management MSc is intended for engineers, architects, and related professionals who want stronger project management and decision-making capabilities in domestic and international construction markets. The Maritime Studies MSc focuses on shipping business, maritime management, and the transition from local to global maritime operations. The Sustainability and Environmental Engineering MSc prepares students to address environmental and sustainability challenges through topics such as water and wastewater treatment, desalination, air pollution control, energy management, waste management, resource recovery, circular economy, and flood and coastal protection.

For research-focused study, the school also offers the PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Master of Engineering (Research). These programmes emphasize supervised research, qualifying requirements, and thesis-based progression, supporting students who aim to pursue advanced research and academic or high-level professional work in civil and environmental engineering.

Jingxiao Liu : Ubiquitous computingStructural health monitoringFiber-optic sensingNear-surface geophysics

Sri Lanka

City: Peradeniya
Abbreviation: -
Unit: Postgraduate Institute of Science (PGIS)
URL: http://www.pgis.pdn.ac.lk/
Description:

The PGIS at the University of Peradeniya offers a MSc in GIS and Remote Sensing. It is a research-based programme which includes a dissertation component and the students are required to select a suitable research topic in GIS, RS, land use, earth sciences, forestry, disaster management, natural resource, digital photogrammetry, GPS, or GIS-related algorithms, and submit a research report in the form of a dissertation.

City: Bandaranayake Mawatha
Abbreviation: -
Unit: Department of Earth Resource Engineering
URL: https://uom.lk/ere
Description:

The University of Moratuwa operates a MS in Remote Sensing and GIS programme and also a Graduate Diploma programme in the same field. They are course-based programmes.

Syria

City: Damascus
Abbreviation: -
Unit: School of Tourism
URL: http://damascusuniversity.edu.sy/tour/
Description:

The university's School of Tourism offers courses in geomatics and tourism information systems, as well as courses in sustainable tourism, tourism geography, Syrian history and geography, and other related disciplines.

City: Latakia
Abbreviation: -
Unit: Department of Urban Planning and Environment
URL: https://tishreen.edu.sy/ar/FacultyDepartments/Index/1194/%D9%82%D8%B3%D9%85-%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%B7%D9%8A%D8%B7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%86-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A6%D8%A9#
Description:

The university's Faculty of Architecture has a Department of Urban Planning and Environment with graduate study programs. It has a similar master's program in the Department of Geology under the Faculty of Science.

Thailand

City: Khlong Luang
Abbreviation: -
Unit: College of Engineering and Technology
URL: https://rsgis.ait.ac.th/main/
Description:

The Asian Institute of Technology is a graduate school located in Thailand. It has no undergraduate programs but only master's and doctoral programs. It hosts master and doctoral programs in remote sensing and GIS, including the Doctor of Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Master of Engineering, Master of Science, and the postgraduate certificate. The master's degree encourages applicants from different backgrounds, and especially, those with a bachelor's degree in computer science, information science, civil engineering, earth sciences, forestry, and social sciences are welcomed. Applicants for doctoral degrees must have a master's degree in GIS or remote sensing.

Sarawut Ninsawat : WebGIS

Kiyoshi Honda : remote sensingimage processingterrain modeling

Nitin Kumar Tripathi : health GISenvironmentremote sensing

Apichon Witayangkurn : big spatial datareal-time monitoring

Hiroyuki Miyazaki : GISremote sensingenergynatural hazard

Salvator G. P. Virdis : remote sensingapplied geology

Ryosuke Shibasaki : GPSmobile phonesspatial information

Masahika Nagai : mobile mapping ontologyGISspatial information engineering

Turkey

City: Istanbul
Abbreviation: -
Unit: Department of Geomatic Engineering;Urban and Regional Planning Department
URL: https://hrm.yildiz.edu.tr/en/page/Geomatics-Programme/269
Description:

The geomatic engineering department under the Faculty of Civil Engineering offers several 2-year thesis-based master's programs, including the MSc in Geomatics, MSc in Remote Sensing and GIS, and MSc in Geo-Engineering, and also a non-thesis course-based Master's degree in Geomatic Engineering, Real Estate Appraisal and Development. The dpartment also operates PhD programs, including PhD in Remote Sensing, PhD in Geomatics and PhD in Geotechnical Engineering. The urban and regional planning department offers a MSc in Landscape Planning, a MSc in Regional Planning and a MSc in Urban Planning. It also has a PhD in Urban Planning program.;The geomatic engineering department under the Faculty of Civil Engineering offers several 2-year thesis-based master's programs, including the MSc in Geomatics, MSc in Remote Sensing and GIS, and MSc in Geo-Engineering, and also a non-thesis course-based Master's degree in Geomatic Engineering, Real Estate Appraisal and Development. The dpartment also operates PhD programs, including PhD in Remote Sensing, PhD in Geomatics and PhD in Geotechnical Engineering. The urban and regional planning department offers a MSc in Landscape Planning, a MSc in Regional Planning and a MSc in Urban Planning. It also has a PhD in Urban Planning program.

City: Ankara
Abbreviation: METU
Unit: Geodetic and Geographical Information Technologies Programs
URL: http://ggit.metu.edu.tr/programs
Description:

The METU's Civil Engineering Department operates a 2-year master's program and a 4-year PhD program in geodetic technology and geoinformation. The aim of these programs is to pursue research in space geodesy (SG), geographic information systems (GIS) and remote sensing (RS). The program is designed to meet the growing demands for skilled manpower at the graduate level particularly in areas of contemporary space technologies and their applications in various fields, GIS, spatial data analyses and remote sensing technology.

City: Izmir
Abbreviation: DEU
Unit: Department of GIS
URL: https://fbe.deu.edu.tr/en/geographical-information-systems/
Description:

The Dokuz Eylul University offers thesis-based MSc degree, non-thesis MSc and PhD degree in GIS.

UAE

City: Sharjah
Abbreviation: US
Unit: Department of Applied Physics and Astronomy
URL: https://www.sharjah.ac.ae/en/academics/Colleges/Sciences/dept/ap/Pages/Master-of-Science-in-Geographic-Information-System-and-Remote-Sensing.aspx
Description:

The University of Sharjah offers a hybrid thesis and course-based MS in Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing. The duration is ranging from 3 to 8 semesters and the instruction language is English. The university also has a GIS and RS Centre.

City: Al Ain
Abbreviation: -
Unit: Department of Geography and Urban Sustainability
URL: https://chss.uaeu.ac.ae/en/departments/geography/index.shtml
Description:

The UAE University offers the Master of Science in Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems, which is the first of its kind in the region. There are thesis or non-thesis options. No prior remote sensing or GIS experience is required to excel in the program.

City: Dubai
Abbreviation: UoB Duba
Unit: Urban Planning and Regional Development
URL: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/dubai/study/postgraduate/subjects/urban-planning-courses?nodeId=a39abf76-ebec-44dc-a781-8aece6ff03d4&entryId=54129950-160c-467d-b82f-71b3d1dcc802
Description:

University of Birmingham Dubai is the international campus of the University of Birmingham, delivering UK-standard education in the Middle East. Its Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences programmes integrate GIS, spatial data analysis, statistics, and environmental fieldwork, with a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary and practice-oriented training. Using Dubai as a case study of rapid urbanization, the curriculum focuses on climate change, sustainable urban development, and regional environmental transformation, making it well suited for students interested in geospatial analysis, environmental management, and urban sustainability.

Binyu Lei : Conceptualizationsemanticizationand application of 3D city models and digital twinsas well as open data

Uzbekistan

City: Tashkent
Abbreviation: TIIAME
Unit: Faculty of Land Management
URL: http://lulc.tiiame.uz/en
Description:

The faculty of land management hosts a master's degree in geodesy and geoinformation. The scope of research includes geodesy, cartography, land cadastre, and planning.

City: Tashkent
Abbreviation: NUU
Unit: Geology and Geoinformation Systems Department;Geography and Natural Resource Department
URL: https://old.nuu.uz/eng/info/structure/faculties/geol
Description:

The National University of Uzbekistan grants a 3-year doctoral degree in GIS (DSinGIS) that focuses on geoinformation, cartography, sustainable development and climate. The geography and natural resource department also hosts master's degrees in geodesy, geoinformatics, and cartography.;The National University of Uzbekistan grants a 4-year doctoral degree in GIS (DSinGIS) that focuses on geoinformation, cartography, sustainable development and climate. The geography and natural resource department also hosts master's degrees in geodesy, geoinformatics, and cartography.

Vietnam

City: Hanoi
Abbreviation: HUMG
Unit: Faculty of Geomatics and Land Administration
URL: http://gla.humg.edu.vn/
Description:

The Hanoi University of Mining and Geology offers a master's degree in geomatics and doctoral degree in engineering of surveying and mapping. The instruction language is Vietnamese for the master's degree, and has English option for the doctoral degree.

Taiwan, China

City: Tainan
Abbreviation: NCKU
Unit: Department of Geomatics
URL: https://www.geomatics.ncku.edu.tw/english/
Description:

The Department of Geomatics at NCKU is one of the leading GIS programs in Taiwan. The department offers BSc, MSc and PhD degrees to Taiwanese students, and MSc and PhD degrees to international students. Research areas in this department include: geodesy, navigation, GNSS, surveying, remote sensing, LiDAR technology, cyber cities, computer graphics, geospatial analytics, cartography, and earth and environmental sciences.

Chung-Yen Kuo : geodesyclimatesea level changeGNSS

Yi-Hsing Tseng : geomaticsGIS

Ming Yang : navigationGPSgeodesygeospatial technology

Kai-Wei Chiang : navigationsurveyingsensorssignal processing

Chao-Hung Lin : remote sensing3D cloud modelingGIScomputer graphics

Chi-Kuei Wang : remote sensinggeostatisticsspatial analysisocean colorLiDAR

Jiann-Yeou Rau : remote sensingdigital photogrammetrydigital mapping

Jung-Hong Hong : spatial databasemobile GISopen GISgeo-data managementspatial theory

Jaan-Rong Tsay : signal processingcomputer visionremote sensingautomated cartography

Kuo-En Ching : geodesyearthquake potentialcrustal deformation

Hone-Jay Chu : spatial data scienceapplied GISground watergeostatisticsenvironmental management

Hsueh-Chan Lu : data miningmachine learninglocation-based service

Chih-Da Wu : forestryair pollution modelinghealth

Pei-Fen Kuo : spatial statisticsGIS applicationdata miningspatiotemporal analytics

City: Taipei
Abbreviation: NTU
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://www.geog.ntu.edu.tw/en
Description:

The Department of Geography at National Taiwan University (NTU) was founded in 1955 as the first geography department in Taiwan. It launched its graduate program in 1981 and began offering PhD degrees in 1989. The department is part of the College of Science and supports innovative research in human geography, physical geography, GIS, and resource management. Over the years, its research has expanded beyond Taiwan to regional and global contexts.

NTU Geography is consistently ranked among the top geography departments in Asia. In the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2012, it was ranked 17th globally in Geography, and 1st among institutions in the Greater China region.

The department offers Master’s and PhD programs for international students. Application requirements and procedures can be found at NTU Office of International Affairs.

There are four major research clusters within the department: Physical Geography, Human Geography, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and Resource Management. Students have access to fieldwork opportunities, advanced spatial analysis labs, and interdisciplinary collaborations with other top research institutes in Taiwan.

Huang, Jr-Chuan : GISdigital terrain analysishydrology

Jou, Sue-Ching : city plansAsian global cities

Lay, Jinn-Guey : cartographyspatial cognitiongeographic information

Li, Mei-Hui : pollutionenvironmental ecologyhuman health

Lin, Jen-Jia : transportationland usecity health issues

Wen, Tzai-Hung : geospatial analysishealth geographyapplied geographymodelling

Huang, Cho-Ying : remote sensingecosystembiogeochemistry

Chuang, Ray Y : application of geodesy and geoinformaticstopographic evolutiongeomorphology

City: Taoyuan
Abbreviation: NCU
Unit: Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research
URL: https://www1.csrsr.ncu.edu.tw/about_degree.php
Description:

National Central University (NCU) offers an English-based Master of Science in Remote Sensing Science and Technology for international students. The program consists of two groups: the Remote Sensing Group, which focuses on the fundamentals of remote sensing science and application development, including active and passive remote sensing data acquisition, processing, and analysis; and the Geoinformatics Group, which applies remote sensing techniques to various domains including photogrammetric imagery processing, land cover change detection, and unmanned aerial vehicle mapping. A related PhD program in Environmental Remote Sensing is also offered under the same academic unit.

China Mainland

City: Beijing
Abbreviation: BNU
Unit: Faculty of Geographical Science
URL: https://geo.bnu.edu.cn/
Description:

The Faculty of Geographical Science at Beijing Normal University is a significant base for geography in China, known for its excellence in the field and as part of the national 'Double First Class' initiative.

Wangshu Mu : Space optimizationgeographical calculationspace statistical analysis

Hong Tang : Remote sensing big data and deep learningliving environment remote sensingdisaster remote sensing

Weihua Dong : Spatial CognitionBrain-Like Navigation

City: Wuhan
Abbreviation: CCNU
Unit: College of Urban and Environmental Sciences
URL: https://ccnucity.ccnu.edu.cn/
Description:

The School of Urban and Environmental Sciences at Central China Normal University offers five undergraduate majors: Geographic Sciences, Physical Geography and Resources & Environment, Human Geography and Urban-Rural Planning, Geographic Information Science, and Tourism Management. It hosts a doctoral program in the first-level discipline of Geography, academic master's programs in Cartography and Geographic Information Systems, and professional master's programs in Surveying and Mapping Engineering. Additionally, there is a postdoctoral research station in Geography.

Chang Li : Photography measurement and remote sensinggeographical information sciencecontemporary artificial intelligence and geographical applicationcomputer vision and graphicsuncertainty principles and quality controlgeomyatic application based on 3S (GNSSGISRS) technology

Hao Wu : Geographical information time and space big data mining and information decisionurban environment remote sensing dynamic monitoring and simulation analysishigh -precision satellite navigation positioning and emergency services

Lili Xu : Remote sensing environment changes detection

Yang Zhou : City calculationtime and space trajectory analysisbig data GIS

Juanjuan Cao : Global changeschanges in the use of grain safety land

City: Chengdu
Abbreviation: CDUT
Unit: Department of Spatial Information Technology, Faculty of Earth Sciences
URL: https://www.cdut.edu.cn/
Description:

The Department of Spatial Information Technology at Chengdu University of Technology covers teaching and research in Geographic Information Science, Remote Sensing, and Earth Spatial Information Technology.

Gang Liu : Traffic geographic information systemspace networkGIS system research and developmentgeological disaster data analysis and modeling

Jian Wang : Mathematical GeologyRemote Sensing Geology

Xiaoai Dai : Highic spectrum remote sensingremote sensing information extraction and modelingGIS space analysis and drawing

Chao Ma : Research at the intersection of geology and computer sciencethe main research areas are 1Sedimentation and paleoclimate2Geological big data3Artificial Intelligence

City: Fuzhou
Abbreviation: FAFU
Unit: College of Resources and Environment; College of Forestry; College of Transportation and Civil Engineering
URL: https://zhxy.fafu.edu.cn/main.htm
Description:

Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University is jointly established by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, and the Fujian Provincial People's Government. It is one of the key high-level universities under construction in Fujian Province.

Xisheng Hu : Landscape ecologyroad ecologyland use/coverage changes remote sensing monitoringsustainable utilization and protection planning of natural resourcesevaluation of ecological impact and indicator construction

City: Fuzhou
Abbreviation: FZU
Unit: College of Environmental and Safety Engineering
URL: https://adc.fzu.edu.cn
Description:

The College of Environmental and Safety Engineering, continuing from the College of Environment and Resources established in 2003, has a long history of education and continual development in its disciplines. Its journey includes the transformation from the Department of Metallurgy (one of the four original departments of Fuzhou University founded in 1958) through various stages to its current form.

City: Wuhan
Abbreviation: HBU
Unit: Faculty of Resources and Environmental Science
URL: https://zhxy.hubu.edu.cn/
Description:

Major in Geographic Information Science (Undergraduate, Bachelor of Science degree awarded, four-year program) Training Objectives: This major offers a wide and comprehensive curriculum that covers the basic knowledge, fundamental theories, analytical methods, and application skills of geographic information science and technology. It is equipped with the capability to apply, develop, and design remote sensing, satellite positioning and navigation, and geographic information systems, with an emphasis on fostering innovation, teamwork, communication, and lifelong learning abilities. During the undergraduate period, there are joint training projects with external companies and abundant internship opportunities outside the school. Graduate schools can apply for three-year professional master's degrees (Resources and Environment, Agriculture, Geographic Education) or academic master's degrees (Geography major, Ecology). Main Courses: Cartography, Principles of Geographic Information Systems, Introduction to Remote Sensing, Spatial Data Acquisition and Management, Application of Satellite Navigation and Positioning Technology, Principles and Applications of Computer Mapping, Principles of Photogrammetry, Pattern Recognition, GIS Application Development, Design and Development of Geographic Information Services, Computer Graphics, Remote Sensing Image Processing, GIS Spatial Analysis, Remote Sensing Map Analysis, etc.

Huayi Wu : Theoretical and applications of geographic information systemscomputer graphicsGIS software engineeringcontemporary geographical information technology

Wensheng Deng : Remote sensing and land use changesland space planning

Xin Mei : Digital countryside and smart cities governancespace big data visualizationenvironmental geographical information systemecological remote sensing and agricultural informatization

Xinsheng Wang : Geographical information scienceagricultural remote sensing applicationLucc

Hai Liu : Remote sensing and GIS applicationsdigital river basin/disaster/agricultureland space planningecosystem gross production value assessment

Lifei Wei : Intelligent treatment of remote sensing imagesecological/agricultural remote sensinggeographical information big data analysis and visualization

Mingda Zhang : Geographical information servicespace data traceabilitygeographical model sharing and coupling

Fan Zhang : Geographical artificial intelligenceurban data scienceurban visual intelligence

Xiaiqiang Cheng : Time -time visualizationgeographical information servicesgeographical big data streamlined expressionand artificial intelligence assistance

Xiaochu Du : Spatial data analysis and visualizationspatial relationship expression and reasoning

Jin He : GIS application analysisdesigndevelopmentwebgis platform design and development3D GIS technology research

Rong Li : Environment remote sensingsatellite remote sensing algorithm and application

Zhongyuan Li : Agriculture and ecological remote sensinganalysis and application of geographical space data3S technology integration development and application

Liqun Lin : Remote sensing ecological application

Quanfang Wang : Remote sensing information is automatically extractedagricultural situation remote sensing monitoring

Hong Wang : Digital map drawinggeographical information ontology

Huiqiong Xia : Time and space data mining and analysisthree -dimensional GIS

Liang Zhang : Laser radar remote sensingpoint cloud intelligent processinghigh -resolution remote sensing image processing

Qian Peng : Remote sensing data processingmap comprehensive and visualizationspace -time data analysis

Tao Liu : Mapologyland and space planningenvironmental archeologyremote sensing archeology

Qikai Lu : Remote sensing image treatmenturban remote sensingmachine learning

City: Kaifeng
Abbreviation: HENU
Unit: College of Geography and Environment
URL: https://cep.henu.edu.cn
Description:

The College of Geography and Environment is one of the two major departments of Henan University, with a B+ discipline evaluation and ranked seventh in geography nationwide. The main research directions include human economic geography, physical geography, and remote sensing and geographic information.

Zhenqin Shi : Ecological geographyland and space control

City: Nanjing
Abbreviation: HHU
Unit: College of Hydrology and Water Resources - Department of Geographic Information Science
URL: https://shxy.hhu.edu.cn/
Description:

The Institute of Geographic Information Science and Engineering and the Department of Geographic Information Science at Hohai University have two master's points (Cartography and Geographic Information System, Remote Sensing Technology and Applications). The Department of Geographic Information Science was established in 2000, and the Institute of Geographic Information Science and Engineering was established in 2010. Currently, the department and institute have 21 faculty members, including 4 doctoral supervisors, 4 professors, 13 associate professors, and 4 lecturers. The main research directions include: Geographic Information System design and development; geospatial intelligence and basin science; spatial analysis and modeling; remote sensing of flood and drought disasters; remote sensing of ecological environment. The development of the Institute of Geographic Information Science and Engineering has entered the fast lane in recent years, making great progress in the integration of GIS and professional models, digital basins, spatiotemporal big data analysis, remote sensing of flood and drought disasters, and remote sensing of ecological environments.

City: Zhengzhou
Abbreviation: HUEL
Unit: College of Resources and Environment
URL: http://zh.huel.edu.cn/
Description:

The College of Resources and Environment at Henan University of Economics and Law, founded by academician Li Xiaojian in 2005, offers undergraduate programs in Geographic Information Science, Human Geography and Urban-Rural Planning, and Urban-Rural Planning (five-year program), and master's research directions in Human Geography, Cartography & GIS, Economic Geography, and Urban-Rural Planning. The research focuses on urban-rural planning, economic geography, human geography, etc.

Xiaojian Li : Economicsregional economicsand regional sustainable development research

Genghe Gao : Human GeographyFarmers Geography and Agricultural District Development

Linan Sun : GIS space -time data miningurban climate change and air pollution

Tao Liu : Space relations theoryintegrated GIS and remote sensingGISRS application and development

City: Siping
Abbreviation: JLNU
Unit: College of Geographic Sciences and Tourism
URL: https://www.jlnu.edu.cn/index.htm
Description:

The College of Geographic Sciences and Tourism boasts a strong tradition in classical geography, with core courses focusing on remote sensing information technology and the interaction between human environments (digital processing of remote sensing images and geoscientific analysis of remote sensing). However, courses related to information technology and programming are also offered, such as basics of Geographic Information Systems and applications of satellite navigation and positioning technologies. A Bachelor of Science degree is awarded after earning 160 credits. The college employs several professors and associate professors, most of whom graduated from top domestic universities and renowned international institutions, such as Peking University, Beijing Normal University, and the University of Tsukuba in Japan. Some professors also serve as academic advisors to the State Council and other central departments, placing the college's research and technical level in the first tier within Jilin Province, aside from Northeast Normal University. Graduates primarily move on to enterprises and public institutions, with a high rate of pursuing further studies. The college is notably lenient towards applicants from other schools applying for its master's programs, generally not accepting adjustments after re-examinations. Notably, the English proficiency of the college's teachers and graduates exceeds that of other schools of the same rank, with many graduates going on to further their studies at institutions like the National Oceanography Centre Southampton in the UK and the Institute of Technology Carlow in Ireland.

City: Changchun
Abbreviation: NENU
Unit: Faculty of Geographical Sciences
URL: http://geo.nenu.edu.cn/
Description:

The Faculty of Geographical Sciences at Northeast Normal University is known for its strong faculty, deep academic foundations, and distinctive research.

City: Shenyang
Abbreviation: NEU
Unit: Faculty of Resources and Civil Engineering
URL: http://www.zitu.neu.edu.cn/
Description:

The Faculty of Resources and Civil Engineering at Northeastern University is known for its abundant teaching staff and strong academic strength.

Shanjun Liu : It is mainly engaged in the research of "remote sensing-rock mechanics""mining environment remote sensing""disaster remote sensing" and "3S technology in the application of geology and mining"

Defu Che : The principles and algorithms of geographical information systemsdigital mines theory and key technologiesdigital citiesthree -dimensional land learning modeling3S integrated technology and software developmentand mining surveying and mapping technology

Yachun Mao : It is mainly engaged in digital diagramdeformation monitoring and forecastingspatial land measurement data processingprecision engineering and three -dimensional industrial measurementdigital mines theory and key technologiesphotography measurement and remote sensing3S integrated technology and mining surveying and mapping technology

City: Beijing
Abbreviation: PKU
Unit: Institute of Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems
URL: https://www.irsgis.pku.edu.cn/
Description:

The Institute of Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems at Peking University is one of the first units in China to engage in the research and teaching of earth space information science and technology, bearing the teaching and research work of Peking University's first-level discipline of surveying and mapping science and the second-level discipline of cartography and geographic information systems.

LIU Yu : Time and space big data and social perception

GUO Qinghua : Ecological remote sensinglaser radar remote sensing

LIN Peirong : Hydrological geographical big dataglobal changes in water literatureflood simulation and mechanism

DONG Lei : Urban sciencespace -time big data analysiscomplex system

ZHANG Fan : Geographical artificial intelligenceurban data scienceurban visual intelligence

City: Wuhan
Abbreviation: YZU
Unit: Department of Geo-information Science, Faculty of Earth Science
URL: https://dqkx.yangtzeu.edu.cn/
Description:

The Faculty of Earth Science at Yangtze University originated from the Beijing Petroleum Industrial School established in 1950, and after several relocations, it is now located in the Wuhan campus.

Li Gongquan : Virtual geographical environmenttime and space information search and results visualizationbased on the remote production monitoring of the Internet of Thingsenergy consumption monitoringetctime and space big data analysis technologyetc

City: Changsha
Abbreviation: CSU
Unit: School of Geosciences and Info-Physics
URL: https://gip.csu.edu.cn
Description:

The School of Geosciences and Info-Physics of Central South University was formed in October 2010 through the merger of the former School of Geosciences and Environmental Engineering and the School of Info-Physics Engineering. The school consists of five departments and one center: Department of Applied Geophysics, Department of Geological Resources, Department of Surveying and Remote Sensing Science, Department of Geological Engineering, Department of Geographic Information Science, and the Experimental Center. In addition, there are several research institutes within the university, including the Geological Survey Research Institute of Central South University, the Resource Exploration and Environmental Geology Research Institute of Central South University, the Changsha Geotectonics Research Institute of Central South University, the Grouting Engineering Technology Research Center of Central South University, and the Asteroid Mineral Resources Research Center of Central South University. The school has a development history of seventy years and has established internationally renowned theories such as the 'Depression Theory' and the 'Pseudo-random Signal Electrical Method Theory and Methods'. It has strong advantages and characteristics in areas such as geotectonics and ore prediction, electromagnetic exploration theory and equipment, precision surveying instruments and methods, measurement adjustment and data processing, comprehensive drilling technology for complex strata, and geological simulation calculations.

Min Deng : Geographical space data mining and model discoverymulti -source space -time data change detection and updateglowing in geographic information dynamic perception and integration

Yan Shi : Geographical big data mining and its application in the fields of land and space planningurban public safetysmart transportation and other fields

Jianbo Tang : Geographical information pan -perception and intelligent computingtime and space trajectory data mining and analysishigh -precision map group intelligent collaboration perception and update

Haifeng Li : Machine/deep learningartificial/brain -like intelligencegeography/remote sensing big data

Jie Chen : For remote sensing images based on machine vision and artificial intelligencehigh -resolution remote sensing imaging ground material recognitiontarget detectionsemantic segmentationchange detection

City: Jinzhong
Abbreviation: SXAU
Unit: Department of Geographic Information Science, College of Resources and Environment; Department of Geographic Information Science, College of Resources and Environment
URL: https://zhxy.sxau.edu.cn/
Description:

The College of Resources and Environment at Shanxi Agricultural University has a first-level doctoral degree authorization point in Agricultural Resources and Environment, a master's degree authorization point in Public Management (Land Resources Management direction), and a master's professional degree authorization point in Agricultural Resource Utilization and Plant Protection. It hosts a postdoctoral research station in Agricultural Resources and Environment and an academician workstation. The major in Geographic Information Science at Shanxi Agricultural University was established in 2004 with approval from the Degree Office of the Ministry of Education and enrolled its first students in August 2006. The program, which awards a Bachelor of Science degree over a four-year course, currently employs 16 full-time teachers, including 1 professor, 7 associate professors, and 8 lecturers, more than half of whom hold doctoral degrees. The major boasts the Shanxi Provincial Virtual Simulation Research Center, laboratories for Geographic Information Systems, Remote Sensing, and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, as well as practice bases in Wutai Mountain and Dongyang. In 2022, the major was approved as a provincial-level first-class undergraduate program construction site by Shanxi Province higher education institutions. The College of Resources and Environment at Shanxi Agricultural University has a doctoral degree authorization point for the primary discipline of agricultural resources and environment, a master's degree authorization point for public management (direction of land resource management), and a professional master's degree authorization point for agricultural resource utilization and plant protection, with a post-doctoral mobile station for agricultural resources and environment, and an academician workstation.

Yonghong Duan : Agricultural environmental protectionregional environmental pollution3S technology application

Shuqin Zhou : Land information technologyland resources and 3S technologyvegetation remote sensing

Hongfen Zhu : Land use and information technology

Duan Yonghong : Agricultural environmental protectionregional environmental pollution3S technology application

Zhou Shuqin : Land information technologyland resources and 3S technologyvegetation remote sensing

Zhu Hongfen : Land use and information technology

City: Shanghai
Abbreviation: TongJi
Unit: College of Surveying and Geo-informatics; School of Surveying and Geo-Informatics
URL: https://celiang.tongji.edu.cn/
Description:

The School of Surveying and Geo-Informatics at Tongji University was established in May 2012. However, as the birthplace of higher education in civil surveying in China, its academic history dates back to 1932, with more than 90 years of development.

The school has strong expertise in aerial surveying and remote sensing, deep space exploration, satellite navigation, global change research, and major disaster detection. Prominent academicians such as Wang Zhizhuo, Chen Yongling, and Fang Jun have taught here.

It houses a national first-class discipline in Surveying Science and Technology, a Shanghai first-class discipline, and a doctoral program in the same discipline. The degree offerings include:

2.5-year Academic Master’s Program
Professional Master’s Program
3-year Doctoral Program

Major courses include: Advanced Surveying Adjustment, Advanced Remote Sensing, Advanced GIS Engineering, and GNSS: Theory, Algorithms, and Applications.

Bofeng Li : Space measurement data errorlow -orbit enhancement GNSSGNSS high -precision positioningmulti -source sensor fusion comprehensive PNTstar land collaborative precision status and location service system

Rongxing Li : High -resolution satellite data processing methodAI and intelligent space informationpolar and global change remote sensing monitoring

Chun Liu : Low -altitude ecological perception and multi -dimensional modeling

Xiaohua Tong : Deep space detection remote sensing and visual positioning navigationhigh -resolution remote sensing photography measurementaerospace surveying and remote sensingspace data quality and credibilityremote sensing and GIS in North and South Polesmart cities and artificial intelligence applications

Li Bofeng : Space measurement data errorlow -orbit enhancement GNSSGNSS high -precision positioningmulti -source sensor fusion comprehensive PNTstar land collaborative precision status and location service system

Li Rongxing : High -resolution satellite data processing methodAI and intelligent space informationpolar and global change remote sensing monitoring

Liu Chun : Low -altitude ecological perception and multi -dimensional modeling

Tong Xiaohua : Deep space detection remote sensing and visual positioning navigationhigh -resolution remote sensing photography measurementaerospace surveying and remote sensingspace data quality and credibilityremote sensing and GIS in North and South Polesmart cities and artificial intelligence applications

City: Xinyang
Abbreviation: XYNU
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: http://geo.xynu.edu.cn/index.htm
Description:

The college currently has 72 full-time teachers, including 5 with senior professional titles, 22 with associate senior titles, and 51 with PhD degrees. It includes members of the Ministry of Education's Geography Science Teaching Steering Committee, recipients of the Henan Province Science and Technology Progress Second Prize, Henan Province Teaching Masters, National Education Masters Excellent Teachers, Henan Province University Young Key Teachers, leaders in the Henan Education Department's academic and technical lead, and Xinyang City young science and technology experts. The college consists of six departments; it has the Henan Province Geography Science Experimental Teaching Center, which includes six professional laboratories and more than ten professional practice teaching bases. The geography science major has been approved as a national level and the first batch of top-tier undergraduate major construction sites in Henan Province. The college has undertaken several provincial-level teaching projects and won multiple Henan Province Teaching Achievement Awards. In recent years, it has won numerous honors in the National College Geography Normal Student Teaching Skills Competition.

Jiqiang Niu : Space data miningspatial data reliability theoryresource and environmental evaluation and planning

Minghua Liu : Comprehensive natural geography and geographical education

Yimin Wang : Regional coordinated developmentgeography teaching

City: Shanghai
Abbreviation: SHNU
Unit: School of Environmental and Geographical Sciences
URL: https://segs.shnu.edu.cn/
Description:

The College of Environmental and Geographic Sciences at Shanghai Normal University is a newly established college, formed in 2018 through the merger of the Department of Geography from the College of Tourism and the Department of Environmental Engineering from the College of Life and Environmental Sciences. It currently offers undergraduate programs in Environmental Engineering, Resource and Environmental Science (newly established in 2022), Geographic Information Science, Human Geography and Urban-Rural Planning, and Geographic Science (Normal). The college offers nine master's degrees in the following fields: Physical Geography, Human Geography, Cartography and Geographic Information System, Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, Ecology, Resources and Environment (professional master's degree), Curriculum and Teaching Theory (Geography), and Subject Teaching (Geography, professional master's degree).

Jia Yu : Space optimization and site selectionemergency evacuation and refugeartificial intelligence -based space modeling

Shiqiang Du : Climate change riskdisaster risk effectlandscape sustainability

Di Xu : Urban ecology and urban sustainableurban heat island effects and vegetationland resources managementland use and land economy

Weiyue Li : Satellite precipitation data evaluationnational park disaster risk analysiscities sustainable evaluation

Bagan Hasi : Remote sensing machine learningremote sensing image classification and changes detection algorithmurban heat island effect

City: Taian
Abbreviation: SDAU
Unit: School of Information Science and Engineering
URL: https://xinxi.sdau.edu.cn/
Description:

The College of Information Science and Engineering at Shandong Agricultural University was established in October 2002, originating from the College of Science founded in 1999 and the Basic Department established in 1963. The college comprises 7 departments and 12 undergraduate majors, along with 3 first-level discipline master's degree authorization points. Currently, the college has 184 faculty members, including 144 full-time teachers, 21 of whom are professors and 71 are associate professors. The college has constructed 5 provincial-level scientific and technological innovation platforms, 1 provincial-level scientific and technological innovation center, 1 provincial-level science and education base, 2 departmental-level scientific and technological innovation platforms, 1 university-level scientific and technological innovation platform, and 1 industry-university cooperative scientific and technological innovation platform. The Department of Surveying and Mapping offers two undergraduate majors: Surveying and Mapping Engineering, and Remote Sensing Science and Technology. The Surveying and Mapping Engineering major is a pilot reform program for outstanding engineers in Shandong Province and passed the Ministry of Education's engineering program accreditation in 2018. It also has a master's degree authorization point in the first-level discipline of Surveying and Mapping Science and Technology.

Xican Li : 3S technology and applicationshigh spectrum remote sensing technology and applicationsland resource evaluation and decision -makingvague identification theory and applicationgray system theory and application

Xinglei Zhao : Ocean surveying and mappingairborne laser deep measurement

Peng Guo : Microwave remote sensing ground surface parameter quantitative anti -discrimination and application

Feng Zhang : The designdevelopmentand project management of the general system platform and various GIS software systemsThe fields of fields are mainly the integration and comprehensive utilization of government space -time information resources

City: Shenzhen
Abbreviation: SZU
Unit: School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Department of Urban Spatial Information Engineering
URL: https://saup.szu.edu.cn/gk/xssz/cskjxxgcx1.htm
Description:

The Department of Urban Spatial Information Engineering at Shenzhen University was established in 2017 and started to enroll students in September of the same year. It focuses on the needs and trends of 'smart cities' and 'digital cities' by integrating Geographic Information Science, Computer Science, Surveying and Mapping Science, and Urban Science. It aims to expand the application of big data and artificial intelligence in urban areas in the information age. The department offers an undergraduate program in 'Geospatial Information Engineering' (four years), a master's program in 'Geographic Information and Smart Cities', and a doctoral program in 'Urban Spatial Information Engineering'. Academic leaders include Academician GUO Renzhong and President LI Qingquan, with Professor YUE Yang as the current department head.

Renzhong Guo : Smart CityGeographical Information Engineering

Qingquan Li : Dynamic precision project measurement

Zhengdong Huang : GIS and urban traffictransportation and environmentcity space analysissmart city

Dejin Zhang : Precision engineering measurementmarine engineering measurementbrain -like calculation image processing

Guofeng Wu : Remote sensing application -natural resources and ecological environment

Yang Le : Cross research on big data for urban problems and GIS

Jiasong Zhu : Intelligent trafficgeographical information

Sen Jia : Machine learninghigh -spectrum image processing

Wei Tu : City time and space big data analysis and application

Weixi Wang : 3D modelingvirtual city environmentsmart city

Biao He : Smart City Information PlatformSpace Big Data Analysis

Xiaoming Li : Time and space big data management and computingdigital twin city environment construction

Zhigang Zhao : Space information visual analysisthree -dimensional cityonline planning collaborative technology

Zhongwen Hu : Remote sensing image processingcity/coastal zone remote sensing application

Chisheng Wang : Radar measurementpublic source image measurementdisaster and urban application

Jizhe Xia : Space intelligent computingspace -time big data and smart city application

Tiezhu Shi : Agricultural quantitative remote sensingenvironmental pollution remote sensing monitoring

City: Huhehaote
Abbreviation: IMNU
Unit: Department of Geographic Sciences, Department of Surveying and Geographic Information, Department of Land Resources, Department of Urban Planning
URL: http://geo.imnu.edu.cn/
Description:

The School of Geographic Sciences, originally founded in 1952, now includes departments of Geographic Sciences, Surveying and Geographic Information, Land Resources, and Urban Planning.

Yuhai Bao : Mapology and geographic information system direction

An Chang : Human geography

Xi Chun : Change of climate and environmental changes in the arid area

Shan Hai : Research on the theory of regional human -earth relationsInner Mongolia agricultural and animal husbandry intersecting bandspastoral areasand urban human -land relationships and sustainable development issues

Lachu Sa : Remote sensing of frozen circlenatural disaster remote sensing monitoring and risk assessment

BaoquanTong : Sustainable development of economic geography and regionresearch on urban geography and urban space

Wulantuya : Research on land use and ecological security

Shan Yin : Natural geographydesertificationsoil and water conservation and desertification prevention

Shan Yu : Ecological environment remote sensing and information system

Weiqing Zhang : Soil geography and geography teaching theory

Yufeng Zhang : Human GeographyLand Resource Management

Jianghong Zhen : Human Geography City Geography and Regional Development

City: Nanjing
Abbreviation: NJU
Unit: School of Geographic and Oceanographic Sciences, School of Architecture and Urban Planning
URL: https://sgos.nju.edu.cn/main.psp, https://arch.nju.edu.cn/
Description:

The School of Geography and Oceanography of Nanjing University (formerly the Department of Geography of Central University) is the most influential department of geography in China and has trained a large number of outstanding professionals in geography

Manchun Li : GISRSplanning

Xiaobin Jin : Cultivated land protection and food safetyland use and land remediationland and space ecology repair

Changqing Ke : Frozen hydrological remote sensingRS

Gang Chen : GISHuman GeographyHistorical Geography

Huayu Lu : Natural geographyloess

Wenfeng Zhan : RS

Fanhua Kong : RS

Yongguang Zhang : RS

Chenghu Zhou : RSGIS

Andong Lu : Architectureurban design

Jiangang Xu : Regional urban and rural space planningdigital city and smart planning technologyspatial big dataremote sensing and GIS application developmentetc

Feng Zhen : Urban geography and regional planningurban and regional economysmart cities and big data

Haiwei Yin : Urban and rural ecological planningurban and rural planning methods and technologyetc

Guofang Zhai : Land and Space PlanningUrban Public Safety Planningetc

Hong Hu : Low-carbon city planning support methodsmulti-scale society-ecosystemsspace-behavior-health coupling mechanismetc

Yi Qi : Geographical Space modelingurban planning information management technologyspatial big data analysis model research and planning and planning and geography and environmental fields of interdisciplinary research

Fei Shi : Land and Space Traffic PlanPublic TransportationTime and Space Big Data Applicationetc

Shanqi Zhang : It is mainly engaged in the research in the field of planning new technologyand focuses on the planning analysis and simulation method based on time and space -based big data

City: Yinchuan
Abbreviation: NXU
Unit: School of Geographic Sciences and Planning
URL: https://env.nxu.edu.cn/xygk/dwgk.htm
Description:

Founded in 1983 as the Department of Geography, it has evolved into the School of Geographic Sciences and Planning, offering undergraduate programs in Geographic Sciences, Geographic Sciences (Teacher Education), Human Geography and Urban-Rural Planning, and Geographic Information Science.

Bai Linbo : Remote sensing and geographic information system application

She Lu : Atmospheric remote sensing

Li Jianhua : Regional geographyGIS technology application

Gao Li : Environmental geography

City: Shenzhen
Abbreviation: SUSTech
Unit: School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Department of Ocean Science and Engineering
URL: https://ese.sustech.edu.cn/, https://ess.sustech.edu.cn/, https://ocean.sustech.edu.cn/
Description:

The School of Environmental Science and Engineering of Southern University of Science and Technology has strong teachers related to GIS remote sensing, the school employs 4 academicians and a large number of young and middle-aged famous overseas returnees (Princeton University, Harvard University, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of South Florida, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Imperial College London, University of Science and Technology of Denmark). Strong in ecology, earth system modeling, etc. The direction of GIS remote sensing in the school is mainly 3-year master's degree, 4-year academic doctor, and a small number of engineering doctor. Second/third year masters can apply for a PhD. In addition, the Department of Earth and Space Sciences and the Department of Marine Science and Engineering also have a small number of faculty involved in GIS remote sensing.

Feng Lian : Water environment remote sensing algorithm and applicationthe research of lakes and coastal water environment remote sensing research under the influence of climate change and human activitiessatellite sensor parameters design and radiation standardwater body atmosphere correction

Tian Yong : Floor water-groundwater coupling simulationthree-dimensional water power numerical calculationcomprehensive management of water resources in the basinenvironmental information sciencegIS/RS and water environmental science applications

Jiang Liguan : Remote sensing water literature

Zhu Lei : Trace gas remote sensingdata assimilationair qualityatmosphere-ground-marine interaction

Ye Bin : Global and regional -scale climateenergy and economic development planning

Zeng Zhenzhong : Ecological hydrologyland qi interactionchanges in global environmentand earth system simulation

Liu Junguo : Hydrological and water resourcesglobal environment changesecological restorationvirtual water and water footprintswater policy and decision support

Hu Qing : Big data and ecological environmenturban carbon neutral researchurban environmental engineeringpollution venue green sustainable repair and managementresearch strategy and policy standards for ecological environment developmentenvironmental healthgreen environmental protectioncirculating technology

Zheng Chunmiao : The impact of global changes and the sustainable use of new pollutants on groundwaterintegrated research on the watershed scale ecology-hydrological processtheoretical and experimental research of groundwater pollutants and biochemical reactionssurface water-groundwater coupling mechanism and numerical simulation

Ran Jiangjun : Monitoring of multi -source remote sensingthe global ice cover (Sichuan) and lake spatial observation and mechanism analysissatellite gravityhigh -precision when it becomes a earth gravity field modelcounter -exploitationdrone point cloud real -view modelingdeep -learning ground learning applications

Chen Kejie : High -precision satellite data processingmulti -source data anti -discrimination large earthquake rupture processnatural disaster forecast warningbig dataartificial intelligence Earth science application

Arnaud Nicolas Mignan : System dynamicsevent predictions and forecastsrisk governancemachine learningmeta -science

Li Ying : Remote sensing of ocean and atmospheric environmentresearch on the cause of secondary pollution and control strategy of atmospheric atmosphereresearch on the impact of sea gas interaction and climate

City: Nanjing
Abbreviation: NUIST
Unit: College of Geographical Sciences
URL: https://www.nuist.edu.cn/
Description:

Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology has formed a unique undergraduate talent training system in geographical sciences both domestically and internationally. The College of Geographical Sciences offers three undergraduate majors: Physical Geography and Resources Environment, Human Geography and Urban-Rural Planning, and Geographic Information Science. It collaborates with the University of Reading in the UK to offer a joint degree in Geographic Information Science at the Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology-Reading College, and with the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences at the Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology-Changwang College for an integrated bachelor-master-doctorate 'elite class' in Physical Geography and Resources Environment, Human Geography and Urban-Rural Planning, Geographic Information Science, and Remote Sensing Science and Technology. Geography is a key discipline in Jiangsu Province and a key discipline of the China Meteorological Administration. Geographic disciplines are key disciplines in Jiangsu Province, with Geographic Information Science, Physical Geography and Resources Environment being national first-class majors, and Human Geography and Urban-Rural Planning being Jiangsu Province first-class majors. The university has doctoral programs in '3S Integration and Meteorological Application' and 'Surface Sphere and Processes', and master's programs in 'Geography' and '3S Integration and Meteorological Application'. Geography has distinctive features in the regional response to climate change, climate risk and sustainable development, and information geography and industry services.

Runping Shen : Environment remote sensingremote sensing and simulation of land surface processGIS application

Tong Jiang : Effectiveromantic floodshigh temperature heat wavestropical cyclone and other extreme climate events such as identification and influence assessmentmeteorological disaster risk assessment and management and adaptive countermeasures

Shuang Chen : In the process of rapid and large -scale expansion of urban and large -scale expansion in the Yangtze River Delta regioncarry out the sustainability of urban space form

Chengyi Zhao : Smart remote sensing and AI technology application3S integration and applicationdisaster monitoring and forecasting early warning technologyresearch on land ecosystem carbon and nitrogen cycle research

Lin Zhao : The Qinghai -Tibet Plateau has many years of frozen soil and its interaction with climatehydrology and ecosystems

Guojie Wang : Land-surface-atmosphere interactionclimate change impactdisaster risk managementartificial intelligence remote sensing

Xiaoning Zhao : Land surface water carbon process and simulationland ecosystem carbon nitrogen circulationgreenhouse gas emission reductionfragile ecological region environmental impact evaluationsoil isotope application technology

Xietie Chen : The impact of short -term extreme events and long -term climate dry and wetness changes on vegetation growththe estimation of junior productive forces in farmlandcarbon cycle of land ecosystems

Yong Xie : Sensor geometric and radiation standardair -solving anti -discriminationquantitative product countermeasures and authenticity test

Buda Su : Climate change and water circulation

Lan Shi : Climate resources and development and use of refined technologyGIS and weather applications

Aili Liu : Digital terrain analysis and application in meteorologicalspace data copyright protection

Yechao Yan : Study on body heat environmentresearch content involves the impact of climate change on human thermal stress/thermal comfortclimate change and high temperature heat wavesclimate change and climatic livability

Yongjian He : GIS is applied in meteorologicalGenting is highly counter -discovered

Xiaomei Fan : Water resources GIStime and space data analysishydrological model coupling

Qingzhou Luo : GIS developmentremote sensing image application processingremote sensing radiation mechanism

Guanghui Zheng : Soil remote sensingsoil evolution

Qifei Hai : Global changes and land ecosystem carbon circulation simulationremote sensing and geographic information system should be

Mingyue Lu : Three -dimensional GIS and Space data modelsmeteorological GIS modeling and applicationsintelligent identification and prediction of meteorological disasters

Guoping Shi : 3S integration and meteorological applicationsolar radiation distributed simulationGIS -based meteorological application system development

Yuanyuan Ding : GIS's applicationagricultural climate resourcesextreme climate

Li Wang : 3S integration and meteorological applicationresearch on ecological weather environment

Liangliang Tao : Poly -source remote sensing anti -land surface soil humidity and vegetation parameters

Yan Li : Regional surface flux and land surface steaming remote sensing estimates

Wen Dai : Real 3D modelingdrone photography measurementdigital terrain analysissmall watershed water and sand process simulation

Mengtian Fan : Gaohan Mountain District climate reduction scaleclimate -hydrological process modelingmachine learning and geographical modeling

Yuanwei Wang : Frozen ring hydrological simulation

Jinlong Haung : Climate change affects assessmentdisaster risksclimate change and water circulation

Xiangfei Li : CryosphereHydroclimative ExtremesPermafrostSnow Drought (Snow Drought)

City: Xian
Abbreviation: NWU
Unit: College of Urban and Environmental Sciences
URL: https://env.nwu.edu.cn/index.htm
Description:

The College of Urban and Environmental Sciences at Northwest University has a long history of academic excellence. The college currently offers a doctoral degree program in Geography as a first-level discipline, with three second-level disciplines: Physical Geography, Human Geography, and Cartography and Geographic Information Systems. Additionally, there is a postdoctoral research station in Geography. The main research directions include surface processes and climate change in cold and arid regions, surface erosion processes, and soil and water conservation. The college actively aligns itself with and addresses national strategic initiatives and the major strategic needs of Shaanxi Province.

Ninglian Wang : Bingxin climate environment recordsglacier water resources and global changes research

Xiaoying Liang : Study on changes in human -land relationships based on remote sensing and GIS mainly include changes in macro land systems and micro -subject behaviorchanges in ecosystem services and human well -beinglandscape sustainability evaluationecological security patternmodel simulation and forecastingetc

Xuhong Wang : Remote sensingenvironmental remote sensingremote sensing information anti -discrimination and extraction and geographical information science in the field

Shiqiang Zhang : Observationremote sensing and simulation of water circulation elements in the cold area basinetc

Hongtao Duan : Lake remote sensing and digital basin research and practice work

Yongmei Liu : Soil erosion vegetation factorgrass ecological remote sensingand main poison of grassland poisoning grass remote sensing monitoring work

Chunmei Wang : Research on soil erosion and quantitative evaluation based on remote sensing and GISand research on soil erosion terrain factor research

Xuejiao Wu : Simulation of Snowfall Remote Sensing and Hydrological Process in the Cold Area

Jianhong Liu : Agricultural remote sensingvegetation remote sensing and remote sensing in the application research of landresourcesand environment

Peijun Sun : Surface information anti -discrimination and remote sensing uncertainty research

Lei Wang : DEM and digital terrain analysismap scienceGIS spatial analysis and other research and teaching

Yuanli Xie : Digital photography measurementremote sensing and geographical information system and its application in soil and water conservation and landscape ecology

Lianan Yang : Geographical information system and its soil fertilizer teachingscientific research and development work

Mudan Zhao : Research on the shape of the slope and the process of the slope

Guowei Pang : Research on regional soil and soil loss surveys and graphicsslope form and slope process

Zhongming Guo : Research on the direction of freezing circle remote sensing

City: Beijing
Abbreviation: CUGB
Unit: School of Land Science and Technology; School of Information Engineering
URL: https://slst.cugb.edu.cn/
Description:

The College of Land Science and Technology, originally the Surveying and Mapping Teaching and Research Office of the Beijing Geological Institute (established in the early 1950s), was led by the renowned geodesist Professor Zhou Ka. In 2004, the college was founded as the Department of Land Science and Technology, and in 2006, it was upgraded to the College of Land Science and Technology. The college comprises five departments: Surveying and Navigation Engineering, Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Engineering, Land Resource Management, Land Improvement Engineering, and Public Policy. It houses various research platforms, including the Key Laboratory of Land Improvement of the Ministry of Natural Resources and the International Cooperation Research Center for Moon and Planetary Exploration of the Ministry of Education. The college offers five undergraduate programs: Surveying Engineering, Land Resource Management, Land Improvement Engineering, Remote Sensing Science and Technology, and Natural Resource Registration and Management. The Surveying Science and Technology program has a first-level discipline postdoctoral mobile station, doctoral degree authorization, and master's degree authorization. The teaching and research focus of the college includes geodesy, satellite positioning, photogrammetry and remote sensing, geographic information systems, and land resource studies. The predecessor of the School of Information Engineering was the Computer Applications Department established in 1993 at China University of Geosciences (Beijing). In 1999, it formally became the School of Information Engineering. The school offers seven undergraduate programs, including Geographic Information Science, with the Geographic Information Systems program being recognized as a national characteristic specialty and one of the first batch of first-class program construction sites. Additionally, the school has a first-level discipline doctoral degree authorization point and a postdoctoral mobile station in Surveying Science and Technology. The school currently houses specialized teaching and research laboratories such as the Beijing Higher Education Information Technology Innovation Base, the Ministry of Natural Resources National Land Spatial Big Data Engineering Technology Innovation Center, and the Beijing Natural Resources Satellite Application Technology Center. Moreover, it collaborates with the University of Waterloo in Canada on a "2+2"" cooperative education program."

Zhizhong Kang : Lidar technologyinterior positioning and modelingmoon and planet remote sensing

Junhuai Peng : Integrated (INSARhigh spectrumGNSSmeasurement robotsensor) remote sensing remote testing of the Earth intelligent observation

Honglei Yang : Star -load and foundation Insarmicrowave remote sensinggeological environment monitoring and disaster reduction prevention and disaster prevention prevention

Zhouzheng Gao : GNSS/INS combination navigationmulti -sensor indoor positioning based on smart wearable devicesprecise and credible positioning of source data fusionand precision processing of GNSS data

Shuhui Li : GNSS satellite navigation data processingGNSS ionization layer detection theory and time series analysis

Youtang Hong : Remote sensing geology

Zongtang Fu : Remote sensing geology

Xiaoyun Wang : Satellite gravityhigh satellite measurementmulti -source fusion navigation

Yuebin Wang : High -resolution remote sensing imagehigh -spectrum remote sensing imagepoint cloud treatment machine learningdeep learning algorithm

Lihua Li : GNSS data processingdeformation monitoring analysis and disaster warning

Cheng Yang : GNSS positioningmulti -source fusion navigationnon -linear filteringadaptive resistance estimation theory

Dandan Wang : Hot infrared quantity remote sensingurban micro -climate

Teng Hu : The theory and method of drone data processingplanet remote sensing drawingplanet surface geological structure analysisplanet surface impact pit statistics

Xinqi Zheng : Geographical information technology and applicationspatial analysis modeling and applicationintensive land theory and methodscomplex system simulation

Dongping Ming : Intelligent computing of remote sensing landhigh score remote sensingintelligent monitoringevaluation and early warning of big data geological disastersrelated issues related to space data scale and GIS engineering application

Meiling Liu : Resource and environment remote sensing anti -discrimination model and methodgeographic information system model tool

Changfeng Jing : Big Data of Earth ScienceUrban Space InformationTime and Space Big Data Modeling and Analysis

Jinghui Yang : Image and signal processinghigh -spectrum remote sensing image interpretationmachine learning and pattern recognition

Chunxiao Zhang : Data -driven geographical simulationknowledge mapvirtual geographical environmenturban hot environment simulation analysis

City: Wuhan
Abbreviation: WUT
Unit: School of Resources and Environmental Engineering
URL: http://sree.whut.edu.cn/yjsjy/dsdw/
Description:

Wuhan University of Technology offers the Geographic Information System (GIS) major under the Spatial Information and Planning Department within the College of Resources and Environmental Engineering. The program accepts graduate students in Geography with research interests leaning towards development, remote sensing, and deep learning. Research directions include complex system analysis and integration, environmental remote sensing, spatial information technology integration and modeling, spatial data mining, and intelligent computing. Additionally, the department also covers research areas in urban planning, economic geography, and physical geography. Faculty members in the Spatial Information and Planning Department specifically recruit doctoral students with a focus on environmental remote sensing. They also welcome interdisciplinary doctoral students in fields such as civil engineering, environmental science, and engineering (cross-disciplinary doctoral admissions).

Jiejun Huang : Space information technology integration and modelingspace data mining and intelligent computingresource and environment remote sensing

Qingqing He : Environmental remote sensingair pollutionland statisticsartificial intelligence and big data

Yunjun Zhan : Ecological environment remote sensingurban remote sensing and simulation

Zhangcai Yin : Time geography and web gis

Xiaopan Zhang : Complex system analysis and integrationgeographic information system

Yanbin Yuan : Geographical Information ScienceWater Resources OptimizationEnvironmental Geographic Information SystemDigital Mine

Ming Zhang : Urban ecological environment remote sensing

Xu Zhang : Urban geographyeconomic geographyurban and regional planning

Heng Dong : Environmental remote sensing and geographical information modeling

Han Zhou : Space -time modelingwater resources optimization

Liangcun Jiang : Geographical Information ScienceRemote Sensing Artificial Intelligence Sample Library

Hua Li : Geographical modelingthree -dimensional geographical information systemgeographic information system development and application

Yan Yu : Intelligent land calculation in the modeling and application of land resources management and land space planning

Youjia Liang : Landscape Ecology (Ecological System Service)

Zhen Gong : Geographical information change statistics and developmentreal estate cost and evaluation

City: Wuhan
Abbreviation: CUG
Unit: School of Geography and Information Engineering
URL: https://xgxy.cug.edu.cn/
Description:

China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) shares its origins with China University of Geosciences (Beijing), exerting a strong influence in the fields of cartography and geological modeling. The School of Geography and Information Engineering is jointly established by China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, and the Innovation Research Academy of Precision Measurement Science and Technology, CAS (formerly the Institute of Geodesy and Geophysics), combining resources from the former School of Information Engineering, Department of Geographic Sciences of the School of Earth Sciences, and the Department of Regional Planning of the School of Public Management. Officially inaugurated on December 21, 2019, it represents a strategic move by China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) to enhance its discipline ecosystem centered around Earth System Sciences.

Xiuguo Liu : Geographical Space Intelligent Modeling and Land Science Process SimulationRemote Sensing Information Smart Extract and Earth Academic Application

Qingfeng Guan : Space -time big dataspace computing intelligencehigh -performance geographical space computingspace perception and calculation

Lunche Wang : Solar radiation and atmospheric environment remote sensingvegetation ecology and global changes remote sensingwater resources and water ecological environment remote sensingurban weather and landscape ecological remote sensing

Jun Li : Highic spectrum remote sensing

Yuanyuan Liu : Machine learning and mode recognitioncomputer vision: emotional calculationmulti -mode interactionsmart transportation

Shengwen Li : Machine learning (natural language processing direction)knowledge mapspace -time big data mining

City: Guangzhou
Abbreviation: HKUST(GZ)
Unit: Society Hub; Function Hub; System Hub
URL: https://soch.hkust-gz.edu.cn
Description:

Programme Overview

The Urban Governance and Design (UGOD) Thrust at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) is part of the Society Hub and focuses on interdisciplinary research and graduate education on cities, urban systems and data driven governance.

The program integrates urban studies, public policy, data science and geospatial technologies to address complex urban challenges. Students develop analytical skills using GIS, spatial analysis and urban data to understand urban development, infrastructure systems, mobility, environmental sustainability and social inequality in cities.

Academic Programmes

Research Postgraduate Programmes
Urban Governance and Design MPhil and PhD Program

The thrust offers two research degrees: the Master (MPhil) and the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Urban Governance and Design. The programs emphasize interdisciplinary research that combines urban governance, computational social science, spatial analytics and policy studies.

Students learn to work with spatial and urban data including census data, survey data and large scale urban sensing data. Training includes spatial data processing, GIS based urban analysis and data driven policy evaluation.

Research and GIS Applications

Research topics include smart cities, digital urban governance, urban inequality, migration and population dynamics, transportation systems and sustainable urban development. GIS and spatial analysis are widely applied to analyze urban patterns, mobility and environmental conditions, supporting evidence based urban planning and governance.

Ge Lin KAN : Healthy citiesspace epidemiologyhuman space perceptionmetaverse (Metaverse)

Zhen LIU : Atmospheric circulationprecipitationclimate change

Yuxuan LIANG : Smart traffictime and space big data analysismap neural network

Meixin ZHU : Autonomous drivingfair traffic

City: Qingdao
Abbreviation: OUC
Unit: Department of Marine Technology
URL: https://it.ouc.edu.cn/hyjs/
Description:

Focusing on marine detection technology and marine information technology, covering acoustics, marine optics, marine remote sensing, and marine information. The marine remote sensing laboratory mainly studies the radiation, transmission, and interaction of electromagnetic waves in the ocean/atmosphere, as well as the physical mechanism, inversion methods, and application technology of ocean/atmosphere environmental parameter detection. Marine remote sensing has the advantages of large-area synchronous measurement, repeatability, and real-time observation. Satellite data has played an important role in marine science research, environmental monitoring, and resource development and management. Satellite marine remote sensing holds a special and important position in modern marine science, considered a key technology for significant advances in marine science in the late 20th century and essential for future breakthroughs in the field.

City: Hangzhou
Abbreviation: ZAFU
Unit: School of Environmental and Resource Science, School of Carbon Neutrality
URL: https://et.zafu.edu.cn/xygk/xyjj.htm
Description:

The College of Environment and Resources and the Carbon Neutrality College at [unspecified university] offer disciplines in Agricultural Resources and Environment (Provincial First-Class Discipline B, Key Discipline of the State Forestry and Grassland Administration), Forest Management (Provincial First-Class Discipline A), and other related subjects. They have a primary doctoral program in Agricultural Resources and Environment and a secondary doctoral program in Forest Management. The colleges provide five master's programs: Agricultural Resources and Environment, Forest Management, Resource Utilization and Plant Protection, Forestry (Smart Forestry), and Resources and Environment. At the undergraduate level, they offer four programs: Agricultural Resources and Environment (National First-Class Undergraduate Program Construction Site), Environmental Science and Engineering (Provincial First-Class Undergraduate Program Construction Site), Geographic Information Science (Provincial First-Class Undergraduate Program Construction Site), and Surveying Engineering (Provincial First-Class Undergraduate Program Construction Site). The colleges have established the State Key Laboratory for Subtropical Forest Cultivation (co-built), the Subtropical Forest Resource Cultivation and Efficient Utilization Discipline Innovation and Introduction Base (co-built), the National Forestry and Grassland Administration Bamboo Carbon Sink Engineering Research Center, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Forest Ecosystem Carbon Cycling and Carbon Sequestration, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil Pollution Bioremediation, and the Provincial Key Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center for Agricultural, Forestry, and Environmental Resources.

Zhou Guomo : Forest carbon mechanism and increase exchange technologycarbon exchange monitoring and measurement and forest's response to climate change

Wang Yixiang : Forest multi -function operationsagricultural and forestry solid carbon emissionsthe application of drones in agricultural and forestryagricultural and forestry informationization

Du Huaqiang : Forestsespecially bamboo forest resource remote sensing monitoring and their carbon cycle remote sensing quantitative estimation

Chen Guangsheng : Forest managers and global changesglobal changes on China's forest ecosystem productive forcescarbon storage and greenhouse gas time and space dynamics

Ding Lixia : Remote sensing and GIS technology are used in resource and environmental monitoring and management

Chen Yonggang : Geographical information systemincluding digital terrain analysis and digital basin calculationspace big data analysis and space information data mining

City: Guangzhou
Abbreviation: SYSU
Unit: School of Geographic Sciences and Planning
URL: https://gp.sysu.edu.cn/
Description:

Sun Yat-sen University is one of southern China’s major research universities. The URL you provided is the university’s main homepage, while the graduate programmes in geography are more directly associated with the university’s School of Geography and Planning. According to the school’s official introduction page, it holds first-level doctoral authorization in Geography and Remote Sensing Science and Technology, first-level master’s authorization in Geography and Urban and Rural Planning, and additional professionally oriented graduate pathways in Urban Planning and Resources and Environment.

At the master’s level, the school’s official 2025 graduate admissions guidelines list a broad set of programmes, including Physical Geography (070501), Human Geography (070502), Cartography and Geographic Information Systems (070503), Urban and Rural Planning (083300), Urban Planning (085300), and Resources and Environment (085700). Together, these form a graduate structure that spans natural geography, human geography, geospatial analysis, territorial planning, and applied professional training.

At the doctoral level, the school introduction and doctoral admissions notices show sustained training in Geography as well as doctoral recruitment in Remote Sensing Science and Technology. Official 2025 doctoral adjustment notices explicitly refer to directions such as Human Geography and Remote Sensing Science and Technology. Overall, the School of Geography and Planning offers a graduate portfolio that combines strong traditional geography, urban and regional planning, and advanced geospatial and remote sensing capabilities.

Ming Luo : Global changes and extreme weather and climateurban climate and living environmentenvironmental health and space -time big data analysisremote sensing and GIS applications

Xiaoping Liu : Geographical simulationspace intelligence and optimization decision -making

Qian Shi : Digitalization of smart agriculture and agriculturemonitoring of natural resourcesVisual perception and intelligent extraction of rural revitalization

City: Guangzhou
Abbreviation: GZHU
Unit: College of Geographical Science and Remote Sensing
URL: http://geo.gzhu.edu.cn/
Description:

Guangzhou University’s School of Geography and Remote Sensing has developed a graduate training structure built around geography and geospatial technologies, drawing on the university’s location in the Greater Bay Area and its academic strengths in GIS, remote sensing, and regional analysis. According to the school’s official 2025 admissions and adjustment notices, current graduate recruitment covers Physical Geography, Human Geography, Cartography and Geographic Information Systems, and Surveying Engineering.

The school’s official 2025 master’s admissions plan and subsequent admission announcements indicate that it organizes several academic master’s pathways within Geography. Follow-up admission notices explicitly list Human Geography and Cartography and Geographic Information Systems, while the school’s adjustment announcements confirm recruitment in Physical Geography (070501) and Surveying Engineering (085704). Faculty pages further show research strengths in urban ecology, environmental remote sensing, spatiotemporal behaviour, crime geography, spatial big data, and socio-spatial governance.

As a result, graduate education in the school combines the traditional foundations of physical and human geography with technically oriented training in GIS, remote sensing, and surveying engineering. This gives the programme a strong applied orientation in areas such as urban environmental analysis, regional governance, and geospatial information practice.

Zhifeng Wu : Urban remote sensing and land ecological remote sensingGIS and space -time big data analysisnatural resource monitoring and evaluation

Lin Liu : GIS software and application

Xinchang Zhang : Spatial data integration and adaptive update technology methodsdigital cities (smart cities) theory and methodsdeep learning and natural resource elements classification and extraction

Jinnian Wang : Empty Heaven and Earth Integration and High -resolution to ground observation system and earth information sciencehigh spectrometer remote sensingspectral monitoring and environmental application researchlidartilt photography real 3D modeling technology and digital twinradar satellite systemINSAR deformation monitorDisaster application research

City: Shanghai
Abbreviation: ECNU
Unit: College of Geographic Sciences
URL: https://geo.ecnu.edu.cn/
Description:

East China Normal University’s School of Geographic Sciences is one of China’s major centres for geographic scholarship and geography education. According to the school’s official website and graduate information pages, it maintains a broad graduate portfolio. An official school overview of graduate programmes lists seven current graduate specialisations: Physical Geography, Human Geography, Cartography and Geographic Information Systems, Surveying Engineering, Meteorology, Curriculum and Teaching Theory, and Subject Teaching (Geography).

On the academic geography side, the school offers long-established and highly regarded programmes such as the Master’s in Human Geography, the PhD in Cartography and Geographic Information Systems, and the PhD in Physical Geography. The official school materials show that graduate training is supported by major platforms such as the Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science of the Ministry of Education, the Key Laboratory for Spatiotemporal Big Data Analysis and Application of Natural Resources in Megacities, the Center for Modern Chinese City Studies, and the Institute for Global Innovation and Development.

The school also offers professionally and pedagogically oriented pathways, including the Master’s in Resources and Environment with a Surveying Engineering focus, the Master’s in Meteorology, the Master’s in Curriculum and Teaching Theory, and Subject Teaching in Geography. Overall, ECNU’s graduate education in geography combines strong academic depth, high-level research platforms, spatial technology expertise, and a distinctive teacher-education tradition.

Li Xiang : Time and space trajectory big data processing and applicationspace intelligent analysis algorithm

City: Liaocheng
Abbreviation: LCU
Unit: School of Geography and Environment
URL: https://hjxy.lcu.edu.cn/xygk/xyjj/index.htm
Description:

Liaocheng University’s College of Geography and Environment is one of the university’s main units for graduate training in geography and geography education. According to the college’s official introduction page, the college currently holds authorization for a first-level master’s degree in Geography as well as a professional master’s field in Subject Teaching (Geography), with annual graduate enrollment of roughly fifty students.

The master’s programme in Geography is the college’s central academic graduate offering. Official materials on academic meetings and postgraduate training indicate that graduate education in the college spans Physical Geography, Human Geography, Geographic Information Science, and Geography Teaching, reflecting an integrated approach to regional geographic research, spatial analysis, and teacher preparation. Recent college news also shows that a number of its master’s students continue on to doctoral study, suggesting an active research training environment.

In addition, the college offers a Subject Teaching (Geography) professional pathway oriented toward geography education practice and the preparation of secondary-school teachers. Taken together, the college’s graduate portfolio combines disciplinary geography with teacher education and is well suited to students interested in research, regional studies, or professional development in geography instruction.

Yan Xiao : Ecological remote sensing and GIS modeling

Qipeng Zhang : Landscape ecology and 3S technology application

Yinghua Lin : Human GeographyEconomic Geography

Yifang Duan : Natural resource evaluation and ecological remote sensing analysis

Quanzhou Yu : Ecological remote sensing and GIS application

Qingxin Tang : Remote sensing and GIS space -time analysis modeling

Yongjin Chen : Natural geographyecological recovery

Jianjun Kang : Political GeographyCultural Geography

Jiazhen Liu : Environmental ecologynatural geography

City: Lanzhou
Abbreviation: LZJTU
Unit: Geomatics
URL: https://cdxy.lzjtu.edu.cn/
Description:

The School of Geomatics and Geoinformation Science at Lanzhou Jiaotong University was established in June 2012 through the merger of the Department of Surveying Engineering from the School of Civil Engineering and the Department of Geographic Information Science from the School of Mathematics, Physics, and Software Engineering. The school currently has 59 staff members, including 52 full-time teachers. Among them, there are 9 doctoral supervisors, 15 with senior professional titles, 19 with associate senior professional titles; 1 foreign teacher, 42 doctoral degree holders (80.7%), and 19 individuals with overseas doctoral degrees or visiting scholar experience (36.5%). Among the faculty, 5 have been recognized as part of national talents programs such as the Changjiang Scholars Program and the National Top Young Talents program, and 16 have been recognized by provincial and ministerial talents programs including Gansu Province's Top Leading Talents, Leading Talents, Feitian Scholars, Outstanding Youth, and the Western Light of the Chinese Academy of Sciences scholars. The school has over 600 undergraduate students and over 300 graduate students. It hosts a postdoctoral research station in Surveying and Mapping Science and Technology, doctoral and master's degree authorization points in the first-level discipline of Surveying and Mapping Science and Technology (including four research directions: Geodesy and Survey Engineering, Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Cartography and Geographic Information Engineering, and Mine and Underground Engineering Surveying), and three undergraduate majors in Surveying Engineering, Geographic Information Science, and Remote Sensing Science and Technology. Among these, "Surveying Engineering" and "Geographic Information Science" are national-level first-class undergraduate major construction sites, and "Remote Sensing Science and Technology" is a provincial-level first-class undergraduate major construction site. The "Surveying and Mapping Science and Technology Teaching Team" was selected for the second batch of "National University Huang Danian Style Teacher Teams". The school has one national-level research platform, the "National Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Geographic National Conditions Monitoring Technical Application", and two provincial-level research and teaching platforms, the "Gansu Province Geographic National Conditions Monitoring Engineering Laboratory" and the "Provincial-Level Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center for Surveying and Geographic Information", and one top-notch student training base for basic disciplines of geographic information science in Gansu Province, as well as one international English journal editorial office. The journal created, Journal of Geovisualization and Spatial Analysis (JGSA), has been officially included in ESCI, EI, and Scopus.

Haowen Yan : Map automatic comprehensivemicro mapsspatial relationships and spatial reasoningspatial data securitygeographical visualization and spatial analysis

Tao Liu : Space relations theoryintegrated GIS and remote sensingGISRS application and development

Liang Zhou : Urban GIS & RS development and applicationurban simulation and optimizationurbanized ecological environment impacturban remote sensing and UN Sustainable Development target (SDGS) evaluation

Liming Zhang : Geographical information securityspace data copyright protectionspace data digital watermark theory and method

Jingzhong Li : Map comprehensive and scale transformationspace analysis and big data mining

Xiaomin Lu : Space relationshipmap map comprehensive

Binbin Lin : Geospatial Big DataSocial SensingPublic HealthSpatiotemporal Analysis and ModelingGeoAI

City: Lanzhou
Abbreviation: LZU
Unit: College of Earth and Environmental Sciences
URL: http://geoscience.lzu.edu.cn/
Description:

Lanzhou University is one of western China’s major research universities. The URL you provided corresponds to its College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, which supports a substantial portion of the university’s graduate training in geography and related fields. According to the college’s official graduate admissions materials, it maintains structured master’s and doctoral education in geography, with relevant programmes including Physical Geography, Human Geography, Cartography and Geographic Information Systems, and Urban and Regional Planning, alongside closely related areas such as Quaternary Geology and Resources and Environment.

At the master’s level, the college’s official 2025 graduate admissions notice lists programmes including Physical Geography (070501), Human Geography (070502), Cartography and Geographic Information Systems (070503), Urban and Regional Planning (0705Z1), Earth System Science (0705Z2), and Surveying Engineering (085704). The college’s summer camp description for geography further highlights research areas such as climate change in arid regions, geomorphic evolution and Cenozoic environments, environmental change and civilization, and ecological responses to climate change.

At the doctoral level, the college’s official 2025 doctoral admissions guidelines show continued doctoral recruitment in Physical Geography, Human Geography, Cartography and Geographic Information Systems, and Resources and Environment. Overall, graduate education in the college is strongly research-oriented and is distinguished by its focus on arid-region environmental change, geospatial analysis, and regionally grounded geographic inquiry.

Jizong Jiao : Digital twin and virtual geographic environmentanalysis and modeling of geographical space datascientific and methods of land changedeep learning technology and applicationnatural disaster risk assessment and analysis

City: Xining
Abbreviation: QHNU
Unit: School of Geographic Sciences; School of Geographic Sciences
URL: https://dkxy.qhnu.edu.cn/xygk/xyjj.htm
Description:

Qinghai Normal University, located in Xining, houses the College of Geographical Sciences, an important unit for graduate education in geography and geography teacher training. According to the college’s official 2025 master’s admissions and interview guidelines, the college currently recruits graduate students in two programmes: Geography (070500) and Subject Teaching (Geography).

The Geography master’s programme is organized as a first-level discipline and officially includes the subfields of Physical Geography, Human Geography, and Cartography and Geographic Information Systems. This structure indicates a broad and systematic framework for graduate training in geographic theory, regional research, and spatial information analysis. For students interested in academic development, it provides a solid disciplinary foundation.

The college also offers the Subject Teaching (Geography) graduate pathway, which is oriented toward geography education and the preparation of school-level teaching professionals. Combined with the college’s official emphasis on regional geography curriculum development and teaching research, Qinghai Normal University’s graduate education in geography reflects a dual focus on disciplinary study and teacher preparation.

Shi Peijun : Natural geography

Pan Yaozhong : Resources and environmental remote sensingdisaster remote sensingstatistics remote sensing

Cao Guangchao : The surface processecological protection and geographic information system application of the Qinghai -Tibet Plateau

Gao Xiaohong : Analysis of remote sensing application and geographical space data

Jin Xin : Ecological remote sensingenvironment modeling

City: Qingdao
Abbreviation: SDUST
Unit: College of Geodecy and Geomatics
URL: https://gc.sdust.edu.cn/xygk/xyjj.htm
Description:

Shandong University of Science and Technology houses the College of Surveying and Geo-Informatics, which has established a relatively complete graduate training structure in surveying science, geographic information, and spatial data applications. According to the college’s official discipline and graduate admissions pages, the college currently offers a doctoral programme in Surveying Science and Technology, a master’s programme in Geography, and a professional doctoral pathway in Resources and Environment in the Surveying Engineering field.

On the academic side, the Geography master’s programme includes Natural Geography, Human Geography, and Cartography and Geographic Information Systems. The Surveying Science and Technology programme is organized around a broad disciplinary structure that includes geodesy and surveying engineering, photogrammetry and remote sensing, cartography and geographic information engineering, hydrographic surveying, land information and ecological environment, and surveying instruments and systems. The official college materials indicate that the discipline supports a full master’s-to-doctoral-to-postdoctoral pathway and has developed recognized strengths in hydrographic surveying, remote sensing, and integrated GIS technologies.

In addition to academic degrees, the college’s official admissions materials show that it also recruits students for professional doctoral study in Resources and Environment with a Surveying Engineering focus, alongside professionally oriented master’s pathways related to surveying engineering. Overall, the college’s graduate education is characterized by strong links to spatial information technologies, marine and terrestrial surveying, remote sensing observation, positioning and navigation, and intelligent geospatial applications.

Bo Ai : Ocean GIS

Chuanfa Chen : Remote sensing information extraction and applicationtime and space big data mining

Fengxiang Jin : Remote sensing technology and application

Yi Ma : Ocean remote sensing

Naixia Mou : Smart City and City GIS GIS and Industry GIS Software Development

Lin Sun : Quantitative remote sensing

Zhiyong Wang : Microwave remote sensing

Liren Zhang : remote sensing

Fei Meng : Environment remote sensing and GIS application

Hongchun Zhu : Remote sensing and GIS application

Haibo Bi : Marine remote sensing and geographic information system

Yulin Cai : Ecological environment changes remote sensing monitoring

Litao Han : 3D GIS

Dongxian Kong : Remote sensing analysis and application

Zhenhai Li : Agricultural quantitative remote sensing

Rufei Liu : 3D automatic modeling and GIS application

Ruifu Wang : Marine geography information system

Zhiyong Wang : Microwave remote sensing

Juntao Yang : Agricultural remote sensingmoon and planet remote sensing

Xi Zhang : SAR Marine Remote Sensing

Jinshan Zhu : Satellite marine remote sensingmarine optical remote sensingremote sensing counter -algorithm design

Longwen Zhu : Mapology and Geographical Information System

Liang Zhai : Surface coverage of remote sensing classificationmonitoring and analysis of geographical national conditions

Chun Dong : Map Mapology and Geographical Information Engineering

Rongshuang Fan : Geographical Information Application and Smart Services

Peng Hou : Ecological remote sensing

Yu Huang : Quantitative remote sensing of water environment

Min Ji : Space Data Organization and Geographical Information System Application Development

Wenwen Xie : UAV low -altitude remote sensing

Guoyuan Li : Satellite remote sensing water resource survey monitoring application

Zhimin Liu : Intelligent computing such as genetic algorithmapplicationGIS research and development and application in surveying data processingGIS research and development and application

Lin Liu : GIS software and application

Yue Ma : Laser remote sensing

Junmin Meng : Microwave remote sensing

Yanfang Ming : Geological remote sensing

Xiaogang Ning : Natural resource remote sensing monitoring and GIS analysisremote sensing change detection

Guangbo Ren : Ocean remote sensing

Tao Shen : Geographical Information System and Application

Xinming Tang : The world integrated design and remote sensing image processing involving surveying and mapping remote sensing satellites

Qiuxiang Tao : Modern measurement data processing theory and method

Yu Tian : Resource and environmental informationization and GIS development and application

Hao Wang : Urban remote sensing and application

Xingyuan Xiao : Resource and environment remote sensing monitoring

Jinfeng Yan : Coastal zone remote sensingland use/overwritinggeographical information system applicationetc

Hongri Zhang : Remote sensing and geographic information system application

Linjing Zhang : Vegetation remote sensing

Rong Zhao : Geographical information visual expression and service

Xiangwei Zhao : 3D GIS

Zuoya Zheng : Satellite remote sensing application

City: Xianyang
Abbreviation: NWAFU
Unit: College of Resources and Environment; College of Water Conservancy and Architectural Engineering; College of Information Engineering; College of Grassland and Grassland; School of Landscape Arts
URL: https://zhxy.nwafu.edu.cn/index.htm
Description:

Northwest A&F University, located in Yangling, Shaanxi Province, China, is a national key university directly administered by the Ministry of Education. The university was previously included in the national 985 Project and 211 Project and is now part of the Double First Class university initiative in China.

Geographic information science education at the university is mainly offered through the College of Natural Resources and Environment. Within the college, the Department of Geographical Science provides programs focused on geospatial technologies and environmental resource management.

The department offers the undergraduate program Geographical Information Science. At the graduate level, students can pursue related degrees including:

Land Resources and Spatial Information Technology (Academic Master, code 0903Z1)
Resource Utilization and Plant Protection (Professional Master, code 095132)

Graduate programs typically require three years of study and confer a degree in agriculture. Faculty members in the department conduct research that applies geographic information systems and remote sensing technologies to agriculture, soil science, ecology, and natural resource management.

The curriculum emphasizes geospatial technologies and spatial analysis. Core courses include:

Cartography
Principles of Geographic Information Systems
Principles and Methods of Remote Sensing
Remote Sensing Image Analysis and Applications
Digital Mapping Principles and Methods
GPS Principles and Applications
GIS Design and Implementation
Web Geographic Information Systems
Spatial Analysis and Modeling
Regional Analysis and Planning

Research in the program focuses on GIS and remote sensing applications for agricultural systems, soil and environmental monitoring, ecological assessment, and sustainable resource management in arid and semi arid regions.

Yanbing Qi : The soil response process under human activitiesthe application of soil resources and remote sensingsoil investigation and classification

Qingfeng Yun : Land resources and space information technologysoil erosion and soil and water conservationecological environment evaluation and planning

Mengyun Liu : Carbon circulation in land ecological recoveryevaluation of ecosystem service functionsland resources utilization and managementresource and environmental monitoring and evaluationremote sensing and GIS applications

Shouzhang Peng : Regional climate changedynamic vegetation changesvegetation ecological modelsremote sensing and GIS applications

Chao Yue : Vegetation processes and their interactions with climate and human activitiesincluding disturbances to natural ecosystems (fire disturbancewind disasterpest disaster)changes in land use and vegetation dynamicsterrestrial ecosystem responses to climate changedynamics and mechanisms of terrestrial carbon balance and its feedback with the climate systemwith a focus on comprehensive computer simulation of vegetationsoilhydrologyand climate processes

Xiaoliang Lv : Remote sensingchlorophyll fluorescenceecosystem carbonwater circulation

Hailong He : Quality and energy transportation in cold and arid areassoil physicsecological hydrologysurface and climate modelingsoil and water conservation and land use changesinstrument and software development

Jing Liu : The acquisition and analysis of agricultural resource remote sensing informationresearch on the quality of cultivated land based on GIS technologythe study of space -time mutation in the nature of cultivated land soilresearch on digital rural construction in rural revitalizationGIS -based system design and development

Jingxi Fu : The application of GIS in the resources and environmentespecially in the field of climate changeland useand the application of soil erosion

Fenling Li : The application of GIS and RS in the field of resources and environmentagricultural quantitative remote sensing

Tao Chen : The application of space information technology in the field of resources and environmentagricultural remote sensing and spectral analysis

Yimin Gao : GIS applicationprecision agricultureresource and environmental information systemfruit tree nutrient resources efficiently

Chutian Zhang : Space analysis theory and methods and its application in soilenvironment and human health

Jincheng Liu : High -precision remote sensing monitoringvegetation space allocation and zoneregional vegetation carbon exchange potential estimation

Tinglong Zhang : Model simulation and data of land vegetation water and carbon fluxvegetation parameters and remote sensing counter -discovery of the surface steamingremote sensor observation of the space -time heterogeneity and scale conversion of the surface parameters

Longcai Zhao : Crop remote sensing identificationtarget recognitionecological environment remote sensing evaluation

Zheng wang : Digital map drawing theory and methodspatial analysis and modelingspace information visualization

Xiaoping Wang : Research on carbon circulation remote sensing of land ecosystemsfocus on the structure of vegetation coronarybiochemical parameters remote sensingecological model (BEPS) ecosystem water carbon circulation simulation and data assimilation

Qingrui Chang : Floor spectrum characteristics test with remote sensing modelsremote sensing image processing and information extractionautomatic classification identificationresource and environmental remote sensing dynamic monitoring and managementregional geographical information system development and three -dimensional landscape modeling

Shikui Sun : Water footprint and virtual water theory and applicationhydrological remote sensing and smart water conservancyand the water carbon process and regulation of agricultural ecosystems in the environment

Yubao Wang : Water footprint evaluation and virtual water managementwater-energy-food bond relationship evaluationoptimization of water-saving agricultural planting structureoptimization of water resourcesagricultural water rights and water prices

Fei Gao : Agricultural water resources regulation and simulationremote sensing technology simulation and application of ecological hydrological processapplication of gravity satellite water literaturejoint regulation and simulation of surface water resources and groundwater resources

Ning Yao : Drought law and process simulationagricultural ecosystem simulation

Zhidao Zhang : Remote sensing technology in the application research of hydrological water resources and agricultural soil and water engineeringhydrological remote sensingsmart water conservancyoptimization of water resourcessmart irrigation management systems and new technologies

Chenfeng Cui : Hydrological cycle (transpiration/evaporationgroundwaterrunoffetc)extreme hydrological phenomena (droughtheavy rainetc)urban hydrology (hydrological law in urbanization)carbon exchange in waters (carbon emissions and discharge of water bodies)smart water conservancy conservancy conservancy conservancy conservancy conservancy conservancy(3S data collectionAI algorithm and big data processingvirtual reality showsoftware and APP development)

Youzhen Xiang : Smart irrigation and crop water and fertilizer efficient usehydrological remote sensingsmart water conservancywater resources planning and evaluation

Yifei Yao : Hydrological remote sensing and informatization (satellite remote sensingdrone remote sensingBeidou remote sensing)soil moisture assimilation and monitoringregional precipitation monitoring and forecastBeidou satellite navigation and positioning

Hongming Zhang : Artificial intelligencesmart agriculturedigital terrain analysisgis and RSerosion evaluation modeling

Jifeng Ning : Visual target trackingdrone remote sensing and satellite remote sensing image analysisbiomedical image image analysis

Rongjie Song : High -spatial resolution satellite remote sensing image interpretationagricultural remote sensing and machine learning

Tao Zhan : Smart interpretation of remote sensing imagesmachine learning and data mining

Jinshi Jian : Soil erosioncarbon circulationremote sensinggeographical information systemsoil qualitydata integrationdata analysis

Chengcheng Gang : Grassland ecologyecosystem remote sensingglobal change ecologyecosystem carbon nitrogen cycle

Kai wang : Public open space planning and designthe application of environmental and public health research based on environmental behavior theoryand the application of geographic information technology in landscape planning and design

Xing Fu : Urban land use -traffic demand -mobile source carbon emissions researchgreen infrastructure and rain flood managementtough citiesplanning support systems

City: Hangzhou
Abbreviation: SWU
Unit: School of Geographical Sciences
URL: http://geography.swu.edu.cn/index.htm
Description:

Southwest University, located in Chongqing, China, is a national comprehensive university directly administered by the Ministry of Education. The university was formed through the merger of Southwest Normal University and Southwest Agricultural University and is part of the national Double First Class initiative.

Geography related teaching and research are mainly conducted through the School of Geographical Sciences. The school focuses on geographic science, geographic information technology, and environmental studies, and plays an important role in regional environmental and ecological research in southwestern China.

The school maintains several research laboratories that support geographic information science and environmental studies, including GIS laboratories, remote sensing laboratories, and environmental monitoring facilities. These laboratories support spatial data analysis, environmental modeling, and regional sustainability research.

Southwest University offers multiple degree programs related to geography and geospatial science. Key programs include:

Geographical Information Science (Undergraduate)
Human Geography and Urban and Rural Planning (Undergraduate and Graduate)
Physical Geography (Master and PhD)
Cartography and Geographic Information Systems (Master and PhD)
Environmental Science and Ecology (Master and PhD)

Students receive training in geographic information systems, remote sensing applications, spatial analysis, environmental monitoring, and land use research. Field studies in southwestern China also provide important opportunities for environmental and ecological research.

Major research areas include geographic information systems, remote sensing applications, regional environmental change, land use and land cover change, mountain environment studies, and sustainable regional development.

Wei Zhou : Ecological environment remote sensingincluding land vegetation carbon source simulationland degradation and quantitative assessmentsoil nutrient remote sensing countermeasures and soil quality assessment

Jingwei Shen : Space relations theorytime and space data mining

Pingjun Sun : Regional development and urban and rural planningurbanizationland expansionvulnerability and urban contraction

Huiming Zong : Urban geography and urban and rural planninglogistics organization and logistics planningurban networkurban grouppublic rental housing

Dewei Yang : Humanities -Geography -Ecological Process SimulationClimate Change Response and AdaptationSustainable Decision

Yahui Wang : Research on land use changesland and space planningand rural geographyfocus on the marginalization of landcultivated land protectionland and space conflict and governanceand urban and rural labor migration and ecological safety

City: Xian
Abbreviation: SNNU
Unit: School of Geography and Tourism; College of Geography and Tourism
URL: https://geog.snnu.edu.cn/xygk/xyjj.htm
Description:

Shaanxi Normal University, located in Xi’an, China, is a key comprehensive university directly administered by the Ministry of Education and part of the national Double First Class initiative. The university has an important academic tradition in geography and environmental studies.

Geography related teaching and research are mainly conducted through the School of Geography and Tourism. The school originated in 1944 from the Department of History and Geography of Shaanxi Provincial Normal College and has developed into one of the most influential geography teaching and research institutions in western China.

Several well known Chinese geographers, including Huang Guozhang, Nie Shuren, and Liu Yinhan, previously taught at the school and contributed to the development of geographic science education in China.

The school maintains multiple modern research laboratories that support teaching and scientific research, including:

Physical Geography Laboratory
GIS and Spatial Analysis Laboratory
Environmental Science Laboratory
Soil and Sediment Analysis Laboratory
Loess Plateau Environmental Dynamics Laboratory
OSL and TL Dating Laboratory
Environmental Radiation Laboratory

These laboratories host more than 200 advanced scientific instruments and analytical systems with a total value exceeding 40 million RMB. Facilities include wind tunnels, X ray fluorescence elemental analyzers, total organic carbon analyzers, luminescence dating systems, and professional GIS software platforms such as ArcInfo and MapInfo. The university has also established a meteorological observation field station, a digital tourism simulation laboratory, and a water resources and environmental engineering experimental platform.

The university offers a range of geography and GIS related degree programs. Key programs include:

Geographical Information Science (Undergraduate)
Human Geography and Urban and Rural Planning (Undergraduate and Graduate)
Physical Geography (Master and PhD)
Cartography and Geographic Information Systems (Master and PhD)
Environmental Science and Ecology (Master and PhD)

Major research areas include geographic information systems, remote sensing applications, land use change, environmental monitoring, Loess Plateau environmental processes, and regional sustainable development. Through field observation stations, GIS laboratories, and interdisciplinary research teams, Shaanxi Normal University provides strong support for geographic science education and research.

Jianjun Bai : Mapology and GIS

Xiaochun Cha : Natural geography

Jing Li : Mapology and Geographical Information System

Xingmin Shi : Social geography

Dongqian Xue : Human geography

Shuyan Yin : Natural geography

Junping Yan : Natural geography

Dapeng Yue : Natural geography

Bai Jianjun : Mapology and GIS

Cha Xiaochun : Natural geography

Li Jing : Mapology and Geographical Information System

Shi Xingmin : Social geography

Xue Dongqian : Human geography

Yin Shuyan : Natural geography

Yan Junping : Natural geography

Yue Dapeng : Natural geography

City: Wuhan
Abbreviation: WHU
Unit: School of resource and environmental sciences; School of remote sensing and information engineering; School of geodecy and geomatics; State key laboratory of information engineering in surveying, mapping and remote sensing; Center GNSS; School of urban design
URL: https://sres.whu.edu.cn/index.htm
Description:

Wuhan University, located in Wuhan, China, is one of the country’s leading research universities and a member of the Double First Class initiative. The university is internationally recognized for its strength in surveying, mapping, remote sensing, and geographic information science. Over several decades, Wuhan University has developed one of the most influential geospatial science education and research systems in the world.

Wuhan University hosts multiple schools and research centers that focus on resources, environment, remote sensing, surveying, and urban design. Together they form a comprehensive academic and research platform for geospatial science and sustainable development.

The School of Resource and Environmental Sciences integrates disciplines from science, engineering, and management, covering geography, environmental science, and environmental engineering. The school conducts interdisciplinary research on land systems, environmental change, and spatial data analysis and provides strong training in geographic information science.

The School of Remote Sensing and Information Engineering, with origins dating back to 1956, is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading institutions in remote sensing and photogrammetry. The school offers a complete education system from undergraduate to doctoral level in remote sensing science, geographic information engineering, and spatial information technology.

The School of Geodesy and Geomatics is one of China’s most influential institutions for surveying and mapping education and research. The school offers undergraduate programs such as surveying and mapping engineering and navigation engineering, as well as several master and doctoral programs in geodesy and spatial information technologies.

Several national level research platforms support advanced research at Wuhan University, including the State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing. The laboratory conducts pioneering research in earth observation, remote sensing information processing, and geospatial data engineering.

Wuhan University also offers international programs such as the International Bachelor Program in Geo-Environmental Informatics, which is taught in English and focuses on geographic information science, environmental monitoring, and spatial data analysis.

Key programs in geospatial science include:

Geographical Information Science
Surveying and Mapping Engineering
Cartography and Geographic Information Systems (Master and PhD)
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (Master and PhD)
Geodesy and Survey Engineering (Master and PhD)

Major research areas include geographic information systems, remote sensing, spatial data science, earth observation, environmental monitoring, satellite navigation, and urban spatial analysis. With advanced laboratories and extensive international collaboration, Wuhan University provides a strong research environment for students pursuing careers in geospatial science.

Teng Fei : Urban geographical big dataecological remote sensing applicationgeographic information science related

Huanfeng Shen : Remote sensing image processingde -cloudreconstructionquality assessment

Shiliang Su : Geographical time and space modeling and visualization: Observe and mining of big data observationsintelligent simulation of social system space -time evolutionhigh -value social scene visualization and reproduction

Min Yang : Digital map automatic drawing theory and methodmobile GIS and location servicedigital channel and electronic sea chart serviceGIS engineering design and developmentetc

Zhongliang Cai : Deep learning and map space mode recognitionintelligent map comprehensivemulti -source map data fusionspace data quality

Tinghua Ai : Spatial cognitionmap scale transformationtime and space knowledge mapmap+artificial intelligence

Deren Li : measurement error theorygross error detectionspatial information gridgeospatial service modelingphotogrammetry and remote sensingmeasurable virtual realityreal-scene 3D modelingmobile mapping systemsGIS software developmentgeospatial data processing

Yingbing Li : Big data analysis of time and spacegeological disaster monitoring and early warningmachine learning and data mining

Qiangqiang Yuan : Remote sensing image quality improvementinformation fusion and quantitative remote sensing

Zongqian Zhan : Digital photography measurement and computer visionremote sensing information processing and application

Jiancheng Li : Earth measurementearth gravity field

Jingnan Liu : Earth measurementsatellite navigation

Yibin Yao : GNSS meteorology (modeling of stratum layersionization layers)earth measurement science

Bao Zhang : Use modern land measurement methods to monitor and understand the changes in land ice/water reservesuse GNSS technology to monitor the content of atmospheric water vapor

Xiaohong Zhang : GNSS precision single-point positioning (PPP) theorymodelsmethodstechnologiesand its applicationsGNSS precision positioningspeed measurementtimingorientation and measurement positionGNSS earthquake application (GNSS seismicsfoundation/air-based GNSS atmospheric sensingGNSS-GNSS-Retc)

Xingxing Li : Satellite track and time and space benchmarkseamless real -time positioning indoor and outdoorvision and laser SLAM

Wenbin Shen : Timetable applicationgravity field theory and applicationthree -axis layered earth rotationthe earth's free oscillationearth density model

Hao Ding : Dynamic Geodesy: Geodetic and geophysical data analysisTemporal gravity variation and Earth tidesLong-period Earth motion and core–mantle dynamicsGeomagnetic field and geodynamicsEarth’s normal modes and internal Earth structure

Xingyu Xu : Satellite gravity model model determinationfuture satellite gravity task designglobal super high -level gravity model modelingsatellite gravity detection global system material migrationgravity countermeasures to the earth's internal structure

Shuangxi Zhang : Theory and applications of seismologyStructure and evolution of the Earth’s crust and upper mantleUrban Geophysics StudyForward Modeling and Inversion of Rayleigh WavesGeothermical Activity of Wenchuan EarthquakeSimulation of Multiple Geophysical Fields in Earth Activities

Yudi Pan : Earthquake wave spread and anti -discrimination theory: earthquake all -wave -shaped anti -inventorynoise earthquake imagingenvironmental and engineering seismicsoptical fiber seismologyetcshallow surface earth physics: earthquake surface wave imagingexploration radar (GPR) imagingmulti -source data combinationReflection

Bisheng Yang : Geographical space intelligent and GIS applicationspoint cloud intelligent processing and deep learninglaser scanning measurement and drone

Luliang Tang : Time and space GIStraffic geography information sciencespace -time data acquisition

Xinyan Zhu : Intelligent service of geographical space informationtime and space big data management and analysisspace -time big data modeling and analysislocation perception and calculation

Zhixiang Fang : Public dynamic observation theory and methodtime and space intelligent perception and applicationspace cognition and pedestrian smart navigation

Qingming Zhan : Urban planning informatization and urban planning new technologydigital city smart city technology in urban planning and managementplanning support system (PSS)urban ventilation environment analysis and air duct planningurban ecology and low -carbon citiesurban space formsurban space formsAnd evolutionapplication in urban planning and managementurban remote sensing technologyapplication and management in urban planning and managementlaser remote sensing and applications in ancient building protection

Ai Tinghua : Spatial data miningmap generalization

City: Beijing
Abbreviation: UCAS
Unit: Institute of Geography; Center for Ecology and Environment; Tibetan Plateau Research Institute; Institute of Botany; Institute of Atmospheric Physics; Center for Space Science; Center for Space Application Engineering and Technology; Institute of Space and Astronautical Information Innovation; etc.
URL: http://www.igsnrr.ac.cn/
Description:

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) is a leading research university in China that integrates education with the extensive research system of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The university provides graduate education based on more than one hundred CAS institutes distributed across China, offering strong interdisciplinary research opportunities in earth science, environmental science, and geospatial technologies.

Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences was established in 1999 and focuses on solving major national scientific and technological challenges in resources and environmental systems. The institute serves as an important strategic research force supporting sustainable regional development in China. It hosts seven laboratories and three field research stations, including national key laboratories and several CAS key laboratories.

Research Center for Eco Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, founded in 1975, focuses on interdisciplinary studies in environmental science, environmental engineering, and ecology. The center provides scientific support for China’s ecological civilization initiatives and environmental governance.

Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, established in 2003, is a national level research institution dedicated to the comprehensive scientific study of the Tibetan Plateau. Research areas include environmental change, continental collision processes, alpine ecosystems, and geographic information systems. The institute is widely recognized as a leading international center for research on the Third Pole region.

Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, founded in 1998, specializes in research on arid region ecology and geography. Its work supports natural resource development, ecological restoration, and environmental management in dryland regions. The institute hosts the State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology and operates multiple long term observation and research stations.

Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, originally established in 1957, is the only major astronomical research institution in western China. Research areas include pulsars, galaxies, and cosmology. The observatory participates in national deep space exploration programs and operates several observation bases including the Nanshan and Qitai stations.

Chengdu Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, jointly operated by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Ministry of Water Resources, traces its origin to the Southwest Institute of Geography established in 1965. The institute focuses on mountain hazards, surface processes, and sustainable development in mountainous regions, contributing to research on mountain science and ecological security.

Graduate education related to geography and geospatial sciences is coordinated through University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. Students are admitted into research institutes where they conduct advanced studies under the supervision of CAS scientists.

UCAS offers Master’s and PhD programs in fields such as physical geography, human geography, geographic information science, remote sensing, environmental science, ecology, and natural resource management. Many programs are hosted by institutes such as the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research and the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research.

Major research themes include:

Geographic information systems and spatial data science
Remote sensing of environment and land systems
Climate change and regional environmental processes
Land use change and sustainable resource management
Mountain hazards and environmental risk analysis
Arid land ecology and desertification control

Students benefit from extensive field stations, satellite data resources, and interdisciplinary research platforms across the Chinese Academy of Sciences system. This environment provides strong opportunities for advanced research in geospatial science, environmental monitoring, and sustainable development.

City: Beijing
Abbreviation: CAU
Unit: College of Land Science and Technology, Land Information Department; College of Information and Electrical Engineering
URL: https://clst.cau.edu.cn/
Description:

"The Land Information Department of the College of Land Science and Technology at China Agricultural University originated from the ""China Agricultural Remote Sensing Application and Training Center,"" established in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 1979. The department has long held a leading position in the domestic agricultural and land 3S (Remote Sensing, Geographic Information Systems, and Global Positioning Systems) research and application fields. Currently, the research focus of the Land Information Department includes three main directions: agricultural remote sensing and agricultural disaster monitoring and early warning, national land resource survey and farmland quality monitoring, and detailed detection of farmland utilization processes and agricultural geographic big data. The School of Information and Electrical Engineering at China Agricultural University, formerly the Geographic Information Engineering Department, has been integrated into the College of Land Science and Technology, and the GIS major is no longer offered. However, the CAU-BeiDou Team, affiliated with the school, continues to conduct research related to GIS with a focus on two main directions: unmanned agricultural machinery and agricultural machinery big data. Students interested in pursuing graduate studies can apply for doctoral, master's, or professional master's programs within the School of Information and Electrical Engineering and join the CAU-BeiDou Team to engage in research. Detailed information regarding program selection and research opportunities can be obtained through the CAU-BD Team's official WeChat account (CAU-BD) or the respective mentor's website."

The College has a complete talent cultivation system for undergraduate students, master’s students, and doctoral students, and is authorized to grant doctoral degrees in the first-level disciplines of Land Science and Technology, Public Administration, and Agricultural Resources and Environment. Undergraduate students are admitted under the broad category of Geographic Sciences, with undergraduate programs in Land Science and Technology, Land Resource Management, and Geographic Information Science. Master’s and doctoral programs include disciplinary directions such as Soil Science, Land Resource Management, and Remote Sensing Science and Technology, while the College also enrolls professional MPA students in the Land Management track. Starting in 2025, the College will launch separate enrollment for the “Smart Land Program,” which is built on the foundation of the Land Science and Technology major. By the end of 2025, the College had 302 undergraduate students, 387 master’s students, and 172 doctoral students enrolled.

Jianyu Yang : Space analysis and its land applicationhigh score remote sensing information extraction

Bingbo Gao : Space statistical modelingspace causal inferenceland information technology

Junming Liu : Geographical information systemagricultural remote sensing application

Xiaochuang Yao : Space data efficient management and intelligent analysisspace big data technology and agricultural application

Yuntao Ma : Plant function-structured-environmental simulation and digital twinthree-dimensional surface research and application research and development of plantapplication of artificial intelligence and agricultural algorithmsintegration of multi-source sensors and digital agricultural applications

Yongxia Yang : Space databasegeographic information system

Xiaodong Zhang : Fine planting environmentevaluation of agricultural disasters riskappropriate evaluation of crop speciesvolunteer GIS

Yong Chen : Agricultural and water resources managementdynamic simulation of watershed water and nutrient transportationbiological energy crops to overcome and improve soil disorder factorintelligent irrigation and digital agriculture

Yan Guo : Virtual plantsdigital agricultureresources and environmental information technology

Tusheng Ren : Monitoring and simulation of farmland waterthermaland gas processthe use of soil and soil resources and the sustainable development of agriculturesoil structure and crop growththeoretical and technical of protective farming

Danfeng Sun : Quantitative land system and remote sensingresource carrying and land and space planningland degradation and river basin health management

Zengqiang Duan : Evaluation of land resourcesmodeling of land resourcesland use information technology

Feng Huang : Utilization of water and soil resourcesecological water literature and hydrology-crop modelingregional scale grain safety water and ecological water balance research

Fei Lun : Land use and climate changeland multi -functional and ecosystem servicesresources and environmental economicsland quality and food safety

Xueliang Zhang : Landwater circulation process simulationland-water-food-energy coupling relationshipnatural resource management and optimized allocationland use and climate change

Shan Xu : Urban renewal and controlland and space planning and performance evaluationsustainable development and governance of cities

Yueqing Xu : Analysis of land use/sleeve changes and its ecological effects and policy analysisland use multi -functional and sustainable utilizationland resource evaluation and managementlandscape ecology and land use

Guowei Lü : Land and Space PlanningSpace EconomicsRural Studies

Lixin Zhang : Land economy and policyurban renewal

Pingli An : Land utilization planland use risk assessmentagricultural land quality evaluation

Jinmin Hao : Land utilization planland evaluationsoil improvement and use regional governance and sustainable development

Xiangbin Kong : Land resources utilization and evaluationtheory and strategy of multifunctional protection of land resources

Baoguo Li : Soil scienceagricultural resources and environmental scienceagricultural school

Liming Liu : Land resource managementland use and landscape planningland resource survey and evaluationsoil geography

Qian Zhang : Agricultural resources and environmental management and policiesnatural resource management under the cross -perspective of economics and geography

Dong Ai : Land resource managementland use planningland remediation

Zhongxiao Sun : Land resource managementspace input production modelsustainable development of food systems

Chengcheng Yuan : Land resource survey and evaluationland use system

Jianxi Huang : Agricultural situation remote sensing monitoring and early warningassimilation and agricultural application of remote sensing and crop modelsagricultural disaster remote sensing monitoring and early warningagricultural land remote sensing big data analysis and applicationapplication of remote sensing technology in black land protection and utilizationcultivated land quality remote sensing monitoring

Xuecao Li : Urban and ecological environment remote sensing monitoringsimulation and prediction of global land useremote sensing drawing of agricultural land cropssustainable evaluation of agricultural ecosystems

Zhe Liu : Fine remote sensing and evaluation of cropy industrycorn education based on remote sensing push the whole scene information efficient acquisition technology

Wei Su : Crude crown parameters of the joint laser radar and optical image quantitative counterattacklidar point cloud intelligent processing and crop surface parameter extractioncrops based on multi -source remote sensing remote sensing monitoringcrop disaster remote sensing monitoringvegetation remote sensing space -time big data analysis of big data analysis of big data analysis

Dongqin Yin : Landwater circulation process and its evolutiondrought process and mechanismthe application of remote sensing technology in ecological hydrologyevaluation and optimization allocation of water and soil resources

Yelu Zeng : Vegetarian fluorescence/opticsradiation transmission analysis modelplant physiology and structural parameters counter -discovery

Chao Zhang : Remote sensing technology and its applicationcultivated land protection

Geli Zhang : Agriculture and land resource remote sensingland ecological evaluationland degradation monitoring

Quanlong Feng : Intelligent analysis of remote sensing imagesdata fusionmachine learning/deep learning

Puyu Feng : Agricultural production system simulationclimate change impact and adaptationoptimization management of soil and soil resourcesagricultural disaster prevention and mitigation and mitigation

Hao Guo : Three -dimensional cloud data intelligent processing and applicationnatural elements remote sensing observation application

Wenjun Ji : Soil high spectrumnear -ground soil sensingsoil measuringdigital soil mapagricultural remote sensing

Li Li : Microwave remote sensing and its application

Shuangxi Miao : Time and space big data organization and managementremote sensing crop classification and disaster coercion yield evaluationvirtual geographical environment and disaster emergency warning analysis

Hongshuo Wang : Drought disaster monitoringagricultural remote sensing

Yuanyuan Zhao : Large -scale land coverage/use of remote sensing mapsremote sensing environmental monitoring and public health

Qiangqiang Sun : Remote sensing analysis of land systemland degradation remote sensing monitoring and evaluationsustainable use and optimization configuration of natural resources

Caicong Wu : Agricultural machinery driverless and independent operationsbig data mining analysis of agricultural machinery operations

Ying Chen : Data miningnatural language processing

Lili Yang : Big data of agricultural machineryagricultural machinery driverless driving

Weizhong Yang : Agricultural information acquisition and intelligent controlAgricultural Internet of Thingsagricultural robots

Qin Ma : Artificial intelligencecomputer visionunmanned driving

Weixin Zhai : Big data of time and spacemap learning and geographic information systemsmart agricultural machinery

Jie Zhang : Agricultural remote sensingmulti -source model: crop modelfarmland ecosystem modelhydrological modeletcTime and space big data analysis

Yao Zhang : Agricultural EngineeringSmart AgricultureHigh Tea -spectrum remote sensing

Xin Ye : Hot infrared remote sensinghigh -spectrum remote sensingremote sensing image classification

Zailin Huo : Hydrological water resources and soil and water environmentwater and water use of irrigation areasregulatory controlwater resources management and decision -making

City: Changsha
Abbreviation: CSUST
Unit: School of Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering; School of Traffic & Transportation Engineering
URL: https://www.csust.edu.cn/slgc/; https://www.csust.edu.cn/jtysgcxy/
Description:

In South China, including Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangdong, and Guangxi, the university’s Water Resources Engineering discipline is well established and centered on rivers, lakes, and oceans. It includes six research directions and offers master’s and doctoral positions. The university hosts Hunan’s only first-level doctoral program in Water Resources Engineering, the province’s first professional doctoral program in Civil and Hydraulic Engineering, a postdoctoral station in Water Resources Engineering, and doctoral programs in Ocean Engineering and Municipal Engineering. The discipline has received a B- rating in recent Ministry of Education evaluations and has been selected as a key discipline in Hunan. Its Engineering field ranks in the top 1‰ of ESI globally, and Environmental/Ecology ranks in the top 1%.

The School of Transportation Engineering at Changsha University of Science and Technology is a major teaching and research unit serving the transportation industry. Originating from the highway engineering program founded in 1956, it was the university’s first unit to host an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, establish national-level teaching and research platforms, obtain a first-level doctoral degree authorization, and set up a postdoctoral research station. After nearly 70 years of development, it has become an important base for transportation research and talent cultivation in China.

The School has 2,680 full-time undergraduate students and offers five undergraduate majors, all recognized as national first-class programs. It also has 1,370 doctoral and master’s students. The Transportation Engineering discipline, established in 1979, is a key discipline of the Ministry of Transport and Hunan Province, with doctoral authorization and a postdoctoral research station. Rated B+ in the latest disciplinary evaluation, it focuses on highway infrastructure construction and maintenance. The discipline has major national and provincial research platforms and five main research directions: long-life infrastructure, intelligent transportation and smart facilities, intelligent vehicles, green transportation, and transportation safety.

Yuannan Long : Basin hydrology modelwater resources planning and managementwatershed ecological hydrological processwater environment modelhydrological remote sensing

Fangbin Zhou : Measurement data processingdigital terrain analysis

Xingsheng Deng : Image and lidar point cloud data processinghigh -precision GNSS dynamic positioning

Binbin Zhao : Map system and geographical information engineeringmulti -source and multi -scale space data inconsistency detection processing theory and methodsspatial relationship theoryand application in space data update

Yunfei Zhang : Space-time data integration and updatevolunteer geography analysis (VGI)traffic geographic information system (GIS-T)

Zhongping Liao : GPS satellite navigation data processing & network real -time dynamic dynamic differential RTKlidar three -dimensional laser point cloud data processing

Bin Liu : GNSS surface transformation monitoring and anti -discrimination/deformation monitoring data processing and deformation analysis

Jianbo Tan : Wetland vegetation and water remote sensing monitoringclimate change and ecological remote sensingland coverage and use of remote sensing classificationsimulation predictiondrone remote sensing monitoring

Qing Xia : Coastal vegetationwetland remote sensing monitoringland and resources remote sensing monitoring

Jun Yue : Intelligent interpretation of machine learningcomputer visionremote sensing image

Shaobo Xia : Point cloud treatmentremote sensing image intelligent interpretationcomputer vision

Wei Peng : Wide -area INSAR surface transformation monitoringGPS surface load -shaped analysishighway and slope shape change modeling and analysis

Yuzhen Cai : The terrain roughness of the moon microwave remote sensing and ground planet is designed to study the physical scattering mechanism of electromagnetic waves on the surface of the planet surfaceand analyze the association of the degree of terrain and the origin and evolution of geological activities

City: Shihezi
Abbreviation: SHZU
Unit: College of Science
URL: https://lxy.shzu.edu.cn/
Description:

The Shihezi University is located in the city of Shihezi, Xinjiang. It is jointly sponsored by the Ministry of Education of China and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. The College of Science at Shihezi University offers the research-oriented master's program in geography with three options of focus: physical geography, human geography, and cartography/geographic information systems. The college also offers professional master's degree programs in geography education, forestry, agricultural informatics, and other related fields.

The School has established the Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Storage Materials and Technology of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. It jointly operates the Key Laboratory of Oasis Urban and Basin System Ecology and the Key Laboratory of Environmental Monitoring and Pollutant Control of the Corps. In collaboration with Huawei, the School has built the Shihezi University Mworks Algorithm Simulation and Modeling Laboratory. Together with Wuhan Guangchi Education Technology Co., Ltd., it has established two university–enterprise cooperative internship and training bases for LED packaging and testing processes, and fiber-coupled laser preparation and testing processes. The School has also established a Mathematics Applied Innovation and Entrepreneurship Studio and a Physics Discipline Competition Innovation Training Studio.

The School currently offers undergraduate programs in Information and Computing Science, Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, Applied Physics, Physics, Human Geography and Urban–Rural Planning, Land Resource Management, and Geography. Among them, Applied Physics and Information and Computing Science are recognized as provincial first-class undergraduate majors. The School currently has 1,471 students, including 1,233 undergraduate students and 238 graduate students (including two international graduate students in physics).

The School currently has three first-level discipline master’s programs in Physics, Geography, and Mathematics. The master’s program in Physics includes research areas in Theoretical Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Optics, and Plasma Physics. The master’s program in Geography includes research areas in Human Geography, Cartography and Geographic Information Systems, and Physical Geography. The master’s program in Mathematics includes research areas in Pure Mathematics and Applied Mathematics. Physics and Mathematics are key disciplines under cultivation by the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. The School also offers a Master of Education program in subject teaching (Physics, Mathematics, and Geography).

Songmei Ma : geography educationecologyphysical geography

Chunxiang Zhang : tourism geography

Zhongqin Li : glaciology

Peng Guo : agricultural remote sensing

Lin Liu : geomaticshuman-environmental interactionecologyland cover

Zhengyong Zhang : geography educationphysical geography

Yuejian Wang : rural planningenvironmental geography

Liping Xu : climate modelingglaciologyrural planningland cover

City: Chongqing
Abbreviation: CQNU
Unit: School of Geography and Tourism
URL: https://dlly.cqnu.edu.cn/
Description:

Chongqing Normal University, established in 1954, is one of the earliest higher normal universities founded in modern China. The School of Geography and Tourism currently has 91 faculty members, including 26 full professors and 35 associate professors. The school offers undergraduate and master’s degree programs in physical geography, human geography, geographic information science, tourism studies, environmental science, and hospitality management. Among these, the master’s program in Geographic Information Science features specialized concentrations in spatial data science, remote sensing for resources and the environment, and geoinformation technology.

The School currently offers undergraduate programs in Geography, Geographic Information Science, Tourism Management (including programs aligned with higher vocational education), Hotel Management, Urban and Rural Planning, and Aviation Service Art and Management, with more than 2,000 full-time undergraduate students enrolled. Among them, the Geography program is a National First-Class Undergraduate Program and a distinctive major under Chongqing’s “Three Special Action Plan” for higher education institutions. The Tourism Management program is both a National First-Class Undergraduate Program and a National Characteristic Specialty, and has established articulated talent-training tracks under the “3+2” and “3+4” segmented cultivation models. The Hotel Management program has also launched the 121 China-U.S. joint talent-training program. The School is designated by Chongqing as a secondary college undergoing transformation toward an application-oriented model, and has established the Chongqing municipal disciplinary cluster in “Applied Geography and Tourism Management.” The School has master’s degree authorization in the first-level discipline of Geography and in academic Tourism Management, as well as master’s degree authorization programs in four professional fields: Tourism Management, Subject Teaching (Geography), Vocational and Technical Education (Tourism Services), and Resources and Environment. With more than 480 graduate students enrolled, the School serves as a supporting unit for a key teacher-training base for vocational education designated by the Ministry of Education, and is an important base for cultivating geography and tourism professionals in Southwest China.

Yao Wang : LiDARvegetation remote sensing

Jie Min : spatial analysisregional planning

Rui Liu : surveying and mappingremote sensing3S integration and application

Zuolin Xiao : remote sensingGIS software developmentland surface ecological processes

Deliang Sun : GIS software developmentGeoAInatural hazards

Hong Zhang : GISresource assessmentecological environmental risk modeling

Xin Gao : urban analyticseconomic geography

Liangliang Jiang : environmental remote sensingcarbon cycle

Xingping Wei : cartographyhydrologygeomorphology

Jicai Dai : applied geographycomplex systemsgeospatial optimizationurban geography

Jun Li : remote sensingecologyThree Gorges of Yangtze River

Qin Ji : remote sensingglobal changelandscape ecologycartography

Yunxin Huang : sustainable land userural planning

Yongfeng Yang : regional tourism planningsmart tourism

Ting Chen : paleomagnetismsedimentologypaleoclimatecartography

Chaogui Lei : urban hydrologyextreme weather

Jing Zhang : land useecological processesenvironmental remote sensing

City: Guangzhou
Abbreviation: HKUST(GZ)
Unit: Urban Governance and Design
URL: https://www.hkust-gz.edu.cn/academics/hubs-and-thrust-areas/society-hub/urban-governance-and-design/
Description:

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) is a newly established research-intensive university in the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area. Building on HKUST’s strong foundation, the university adopts a hub-and-thrust academic structure to promote cross-disciplinary education and research aimed at addressing complex societal and urban challenges of the 21st century.Urban Governance and Design, under the Society Hub, focuses on innovative and interdisciplinary research on cities in the context of rapid urbanization and digital transformation. The program integrates urban planning and design, public policy, geospatial analysis, data science, and artificial intelligence to train future leaders capable of developing effective interventions for complex urban problems. Key focus areas include urban technology and smart cities, digital urban governance, human-centered design, sustainable urban development (population, health, economy, and environment), and AI for Society.

Bin Jiang : GIScienceGeoInformaticsSpatial AnalysisCartographySpace Syntax

Maosu Li : Urban InformaticsComputingand Analytics

City: Shanghai
Abbreviation: NYU Shanghai
Unit: Department of Computer Science, Data Science, and Engineering
URL: https://cs.shanghai.nyu.edu/
Description:

NYU Shanghai's Computer Science, Data Science, and Engineering (CSDSE) division is a hub for cutting-edge research and interdisciplinary innovation, dedicated to cultivating global technical talent in fields such as artificial intelligence, robotics, urban studies, and social impact. Leveraging world-class faculty and research platforms like the NYU Shanghai Center for Data Science, the department empowers students through rigorous undergraduate and graduate programs and industry collaborations—such as corporate visits to tech giants like Tencent—to tackle complex real-world challenges and drive the future of technological transformation.

Zhaonan Wang : Urban Computing；Spatial AI；Traffic Network Dynamics

Europe

Iceland

City: Reykjavik
Abbreviation: UI
Unit: Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences
URL: https://english.hi.is/faculty_of_life_and_environmental_sciences
Description:

The Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences at University of Iceland has MS and PhD programs in geography, with elective course options in GIS.

Norway

City: Oslo
Abbreviation: UiO
Unit: Department of Geosciences;Department of Sociology and Human Geography
URL: https://www.mn.uio.no/geo/english/
Description:

The University of Oslo has Geosciences and Sociology and Human Geography departments. Research of GIS / RS is mostly hosted in the Department of Geosciences, with a focus on glaciology. The University offers a 2-year Master’s program in GIS and a 3- to 6-year PhD for those who already have a master’s degree.;The University of Oslo has Geosciences and Sociology and Human Geography departments. Research of GIS / RS is mostly hosted in the Department of Geosciences, with a focus on glaciology. The University offers a 2-year Master’s program in GIS and a 3- to 6-year PhD for those who already have a master’s degree.

Andreas MaxKääb : Earth Observation technologiesGeoinformaticsGIS and RS’s application to cold regionsand to natural hazards in such regions

François Renard : GeologyGeophysicsGeochemistryRemote sensingGeohazardsHydrogeologyGeomechanicsEnvironmental geology

City: Trondheim
Abbreviation: NTNU
Unit: Department of Geography;Laboratory for Geomatics;Research Center for Automated Road Transport
URL: https://www.ntnu.edu/geography
Description:

The GIS/RS program at NTNU is located in the geography department and the civil engineering department. The GIS/RS program in thegeography department focuses on glaciers and climate, while the GIS/RS program in the civil engineering focuses on transportation, architecture, and urban planning. The University offers a 2-year Master’s program in GIS and a 3- to 6-year PhD for those who already have a master’s degree.;The GIS/RS program at NTNU is located in the geography department and the civil engineering department. The GIS/RS program in thegeography department focuses on glaciers and climate, while the GIS/RS program in the civil engineering focuses on transportation, architecture, and urban planning. The University offers a 2-year Master’s program in GIS and a 3- to 6-year PhD for those who already have a master’s degree.;The GIS/RS program at NTNU is located in the geography department and the civil engineering department. The GIS/RS program in thegeography department focuses on glaciers and climate, while the GIS/RS program in the civil engineering focuses on transportation, architecture, and urban planning. The University offers a 2-year Master’s program in GIS and a 3- to 6-year PhD for those who already have a master’s degree.

Tomasz Opach : Geographic visualizationcartographic animationthematic mappingCartographic representation of cultural landscapes

Jan Ketil Rød : geographic information systems and scienceeffects of climate changeenvironmental hazardsAccessibility of health servicesDisaggregated studies of armed conflictsurban planning

Terje Midtbø : data structures for terrain modelingMethods for distribution of geographic information on the InternetHandling of geographic phenomena which includes a temporal component

Lizhen Huang : information modeling for GIS-ITS-BIM integrationsmart and sustainable Built environmentDigital twinEnergy demand analysis

Erling Onstein : GIS and geomatics in generalmodelingstandardisation and specification of geographical informationvalidation and quality assessment of informationbuilding information modeling (BIM)

Hongchao Fan : 3D city modelingLaser Scanningphotogrammetryspatial data mining and knowledge discovering by using crowdsourcing data

City: Bergen
Abbreviation: UiB
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://www.uib.no/en/geografi
Description:

GIS / RS at the University of Bergen is mainly hosted in the Department of Geography. The GIS / RS research at Bergen has a general focus on policy, environment and landscape management. The University offers a 2-year Master’s program in GIS and a 3- to 6-year PhD for those who already have a master’s degree.

Gidske Leknæs Andersen : GISRemote sensingArid landsCultural landscapeEcology

Erling Moxnes : System dynamicsModelingNatural resourcesEconomics

Birgit Kopainsky : System dynamics modelingFood securitySustainable DevelopmentAdaptation to climate change

Denmark

City: Copenhagen
Abbreviation: KU
Unit: Section for Geography;Section for Landscape Architecture and Planning
URL: https://ign.ku.dk/english/research/geography/
Description:

The University of Copenhagen has the Department of Geosciences and Natural Resources Management. The studies about GIS/RS mostly happen in the two sections. One is Section of Geography, the other one is Section of Landscape Architecture and Planning. The department has strong comprehensive strength in different fields like climate, hydrology, cities, and etc. The study program about GIS/RS is located under the Department of Earth Science and Natural Resources Management. The entrance degree for the master’s program is bachelor’s degree and the duration is 2 years. After graduating from the master’s program, the student can continue pursuing the Ph.D. degree.;The University of Copenhagen has the Department of Geosciences and Natural Resources Management. The studies about GIS/RS mostly happen in the two sections. One is Section of Geography, the other one is Section of Landscape Architecture and Planning. The department has strong comprehensive strength in different fields like climate, hydrology, cities, and etc. The study program about GIS/RS is located under the Department of Earth Science and Natural Resources Management. The entrance degree for the master’s program is bachelor’s degree and the duration is 2 years. After graduating from the master’s program, the student can continue pursuing the Ph.D. degree.

Lasse Møller-Jensen : Urban applications of GIS and Remote SensingSpatial analysisUrban PlanningTransport Network and Infrastructure AnalysisWeb-based and Mobile GIS

Aart Kroon : GeoinformaticsCoastalFluvial and Aeolian geomorphologyMorphodynamic processes on sandy beaches and deltas

Rasmus Fensholt : Remote SensingEarth Observation Ecology studies of Terrestrial Ecosystems

Martin Rudbeck Jepsen : Land use ChangeFarming SystemsNatural Resource ManagementAgent-based Modeling

Guy Schurgers : Ecosystem ModellingEarth System ModellingRemote Sensing

Alexander Prishchepov : Land System ScienceDrivers of Land-Cover ChangeRemote Sensing of EnvironmentSustainable Land Use

Stéphanie Horion : Earth Observation of terrestrial ecosystemsGlobal Environmental ChangeDrought Monitoring and Impact AssessmentLand Degradation

Birger Hansen : ClimatologyHydrology Remote Sensing

Andreas Westergaard-Nielsen : Optical Remote Sensing and UAVsTerrestrial EcosystemsClimateVegetationSnowPermafrost Dynamics

Martin Stefan Brandt : Remote Sensing of Vegetation in Drylands

Hans Skov-Petersen : GISGeoinformaticsMobilityHuman BehaviourRecreation

Lene Fischer : Open Source GISPoint CloudUAV pilotLIDAR

Christian Fertner : Spatial Planning and AnalysisSustainable Urban DevelopmentLand use ChangeUrban Sprawl

City: Aalborg
Abbreviation: AAU
Unit: Land Management and Geoinformatics research group
URL: https://vbn.aau.dk/en/organisations/arealforvaltning-og-geoinformatik
Description:

Aalborg University’s research about GIS/RS happens in the Land Management and Geographic Information research group under the Department of Planning, and the research scale is small. The University’s GIS/RS program is set up under the Department of Geography, but some specific courses in the program are taught by this group. The entrance degree for the master’s program is bachelor’s degree and the duration is 2 years. After graduation from the master’s program, the student can continue pursuing the PhD degree.

Jamal Jokar Arsanjani : Spatial AnalysisSatellite image AnalysisModeling and SimulationUrbanismProbability

Lars Bodum : Geography and Geology3D geovisualizationVirtual RealityGeoinformaticsSpatial Data Infrastructure

Jan Kloster Staunstrup : GISSpatial StatisticsGeoinformaticsSociology and Social conditionsUrban development and Urbanization

Henning Sten Hansen : Urban developmentSpatial AnalysisSustainable DevelopmentClimate ChangeLand use PlanningEnvironmentSustainabilitySatellite image Processing

Finland

City: Helsinki
Abbreviation: UH
Unit: Geosciences and Geography
URL: https://www.helsinki.fi/en/faculty-of-science/faculty/geosciences-and-geography
Description:

The University of Helsinki has a Department of Geosciences and Geography, where GIS / RS research is concentrated in various labs, such as the labs in the digital geography, geographic information, the earth observation, and the biogeoclimatic modeling. The overall research capability of this university is strong. The university offers a well-developed training program in GIS, with a 2-year master’s degree for undergraduate applicants and a 3- to 4-year PhD program for those who already has a masters degree.

Tuuli Toivonen : GeoinformaticsAccessibility & MobilityNature ConservationSustainabilityBig data analysis

Petteri Muukkonen : GeographyGISForestryCarbon cycleLandscape fragmentation

Petri Pellikka : Remote sensing applicationsLand coverImpact of human-nature interactions

Janne Heiskanen : Earth ObservationRemote sensingLand coverGeography

Eduardo Eiji Maeda : Remote SensingHydrologyClimate changeDeforestationLand changes

Miska Luoto : BiogeographyArcticbiodiversityGlobal changeSpecies distribution modelling

Enrico Di Minin : Conservation BiologyMachine learningEconomicsPolicyAfrica

City: Helsinki
Abbreviation: Aalto
Unit: Department of Built Environment
URL: https://www.aalto.fi/en/department-of-built-environment/geoinformatics
Description:

GIS / RS programs at Aalto University are under the Department of Built Environment in the Faculty of Engineering and focuses on research areas such as geodesy, geoinformation technology, digital photogrammetry, and laser scanning and remote sensing. The GIS program at the university is flexible in terms of course selection and can be supplemented with courses in computer science, artificial intelligence and other specialties. The university offers a well-developed training program in GIS, with a 2-year master’s degree for undergraduate applicants and a 3- to 4-year PhD program for those who already has a masters degree.

Kirsi-Kanerva virrantaus : GeoinformaticsSpatial data analysis and modelingGIS for safety and defence

Henrikki Tenkanen : GISMultimodal spatio-temporal accessibility modellingMobility analyticsDynamic accessibility patterns

Miina Rautiainen : Earth observationRemote SensingForests and Vegetation

Martin Vermeer : Satellite positioningGeodesyCoordinate reference systemsPhotogrammetryNavigation technologies

Matti Vaaja : Laser scanningMobile mappingChange detection3D-models

City: Turku
Abbreviation: UTU
Unit: Department of Geography and Geology
URL: https://www.utu.fi/en/university/faculty-of-science/geography-and-geology
Description:

The GIS / RS at the University of Turku is under the Department of Geography and Geology in the Faculty of Science and focuses on research areas such as geographic information science, remote sensing, and meteorology. The University offers a 2-year Master’s program in GIS (taught in Finnish and English) and a 3- to 4-year PhD for those who already have a master’s degree.

Niina Käyhkö : Geospatial researchEnvironmental Remote SensingLandscape GeographyGIS

Nora Fagerholm : Landscape ResearchParticipatory GIS (PGIS)Ecosystem services

Jukka Käyhkö : ClimatologyUrban climatesGeomorphologyGlobal changeRemote sensing

Sweden

City: Lund
Abbreviation: Lund
Unit: Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science;Department of Human Geography
URL: https://www.nateko.lu.se/
Description:

Lund University consists of the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystems and the Department of Human Geography. GIS and RS applications are involved in both departments, with a relative emphasis on these research directions as hydrology, vegetation, agriculture, and land use change. Regarding the GIS program of the school, the entrance degree for the master’s program (the Lund’s Geomatics master’s program, the EU-GEM joint master’s program, the Lund-ITC online teaching master’s program) is bachelor’s degree and the duration is 2 years. After graduating from the master’s program, the student can continue pursuing the Ph.D. degree.;Lund University consists of the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystems and the Department of Human Geography. GIS and RS applications are involved in both departments, with a relative emphasis on these research directions as hydrology, vegetation, agriculture, and land use change. Regarding the GIS program of the school, the entrance degree for the master’s program (the Lund’s Geomatics master’s program, the EU-GEM joint master’s program, the Lund-ITC online teaching master’s program) is bachelor’s degree and the duration is 2 years. After graduating from the master’s program, the student can continue pursuing the Ph.D. degree.

Anna Maria Jönsson : Remote SensingLand useClimate ChangeForest，Environmental Sciences

David Tenenbaum : Remote SensingClimate ChangeHydrologySoil

Jonas Ardö : Remote SensingCarbon cycle studies in AfricaFlux measurements

Karin Hall : Ecological remote sensingFarmlandGrassland

Lars Eklundh : Remote sensingLand Surface InformationVegetation

Marko Scholze : Climate researchMeteorology and Atmospheric SciencesRemote SensingData AssimilationGlobal Carbon CycleInverse modeling

Zheng Duan : Satellite Remote SensingEco-hydrological ModellingLand cover ChangeEarth Observations

Abdulghani Hasan : HydrologyWater resourcesRemote SensingHydrological ModelingGIS and Geomatics

Wenxin Zhang : Climate ResearchEcosystem modelingPermafrost

Lars Harrie : Algorithms for ProcessingAnalyzing and Visualizing Geographic DataMethods to Improve the National Spatial Data Infrastructure

Karin Larsson : Physical GeographyGeographical Information SystemGIS and GeomaticsGeodata

Ulrik Mårtensson : Soil ScienceRemote SensingPhysical GeographyEnvironmental SciencesEcologyInformation Systems

Petter Pilesjö : GIS in environmentHealth studiesHydrological modellingTopographical modelling/InterpolationCoastal PlanningMorphometryRemote Sensing and Positioning

Ali Mansourian : Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDI)Web GIS and Geospatial Web ServicesAdvanced Modeling for Applied GISs

Ola Hall : GISSocial Geographic Analysis

Lars Harrie : GISCartography

City: Stockholm
Abbreviation: KTH
Unit: Department of Urban Planning and Environment
URL: https://www.kth.se/en/som/avdelningar/gis/gis-1.62043
Description:

KTH’s GIS/RS research lab is located under the Department of Urban Planning and Environment. Its research focuses on method development and the application of GeoIT in the sustainable urban/regional planning, environmental monitoring, crime analysis and health research. The entrance degree for the master’s program (transportation + GIS) is bachelor’s degree and the duration is 2 years. After graduating from the master’s program, the student can continue pursuing the Ph.D. degree.

Yifang Ban : Remote SensingSAR and optical image analysisMultisensor Data FusionUrban Analysis3D visualizationSpatial Analysis and ModelingEnvironmental Impact Assessment

Takeshi Shirabe : Route planning and ImprovisationSpatial Decision Support SystemsComputational methods for Addressing indecisiveness

Gyözö Gidofalvi : Spatio-Temporal Data Mining and AnalysisLocation-Based Services (LBS)Intelligent Transportation SystemsWebGISMobile GISSpatial Databases

Vania Ceccato : Urban environment and SafetyGISSpatial statistic

City: Stockholm
Abbreviation: SU
Unit: Department of Physical Geography;Department of Human Geography
URL: https://www.su.se/department-of-physical-geography/
Description:

Stockholm University consists of the Department of Physical Geography and the Department of Human Geography, which are involved in GIS/RS applications, focusing on population, immigration and GIS, as well as the application of remote sensing in physical geography. The university mainly sets up GIS-related master’s programs under the Department of Natural Geography. The entrance degree for the master’s program is bachelor’s degree and the duration is 2 years. After graduating from the master’s program, the student can continue pursuing the Ph.D. degree.;Stockholm University consists of the Department of Physical Geography and the Department of Human Geography, which are involved in GIS/RS applications, focusing on population, immigration and GIS, as well as the application of remote sensing in physical geography. The university mainly sets up GIS-related master’s programs under the Department of Natural Geography. The entrance degree for the master’s program is bachelor’s degree and the duration is 2 years. After graduating from the master’s program, the student can continue pursuing the Ph.D. degree.

Ian Brown : Uses of interferometric and polarimetric synthetic aperture radarRadar applications to the measurement of the properties of snowpacks and mangrove forests

Gustaf Hugelius : Applications of GIS and GeomaticsStocks and Turnover of carbon in Soils and Ecosystems

Lowe Börjeson : CartographySociety-Nature and Farmer-Environment RelationsRural Landscapes

Tola Gemechu Ango : Geographic Information Systems and CartographyForest and Agro-ecosystem Services and ManagementLand ChangeRural Livelihoods and Development

Ulf Jansson : Land UseSpatial analysisRural geographyHistorical geography

Bo Malmberg : Applied econometricsEconomic GeographyPopulation GeographyUrban GeographyGIS and Remote SensingSpatial Statistics

Anders Wästfelt : Remote sensingEarth observationSatellite image Analysis and ProcessingSpatial AnalysisVegetation Mapping

City: Gothenburg
Abbreviation: GU
Unit: Department of Earth Sciences;Unit for Human Geography
URL: https://www.gu.se/en/earth-sciences
Description:

The University of Gothenburg has the Department of Earth Sciences and Unit of Human Geography. The Department of Earth Sciences mainly studies climate, natural resources, disasters, etc., and GIS/RS research mostly focused on earth sciences. The university’s GIS program is set up in the Department of Earth Sciences. The entrance degree for the master’s program is bachelor’s degree and the duration is 2 years. After graduating from the master’s program, the student can continue pursuing the Ph.D. degree.;The University of Gothenburg has the Department of Earth Sciences and Unit of Human Geography. The Department of Earth Sciences mainly studies climate, natural resources, disasters, etc., and GIS/RS research mostly focused on earth sciences. The university’s GIS program is set up in the Department of Earth Sciences. The entrance degree for the master’s program is bachelor’s degree and the duration is 2 years. After graduating from the master’s program, the student can continue pursuing the Ph.D. degree.

Fredrik Lindberg : Spatial modeling of Urban ClimatesModeling of Mean Radiant Temperature in Complex Urban SettingsLiDAR

Heather Reese : Remote SensingAlpine VegetationMapping of land cover types

Deliang Chen : Statistical Data AnalysisSpatial AnalysisClimate Variability and ChangeHydrologyHydrological ModelingWater Resources Management

City: Gävle
Abbreviation: HIG
Unit: Department of Computer and Geospatial Sciences
URL: https://www.hig.se/Ext/En/University-of-Gavle/Organisation/Akademier/Faculty-of-Engineering-and-Sustainable-Development/Departments-at-the-Faculty/Department-of-Computer-and-Geospatial-Sciences.html
Description:

University of Gävle is located in the center of Gavle, which was established in 1977. The Department of Computer and Geospatial Science (also known as the Department of Industrial Development, IT and Land Management) under the Faculty of Engineering and Sustainable Development of University of Gävle, mainly studies computer science, geospatial science, and decision-making, risk and policy analysis. Related master’s programs include Geomatics and Geospatial Information Science.

City: Linköping
Abbreviation: LiU
Unit: Department of Computer and Information Science
URL: https://www.ida.liu.se/index.en.shtml
Description:

There is an International Master’s Programme in Geoinformatics at Linköping University.

Austria

City: Salzburg
Abbreviation: PLUS
Unit: Department of Geoinformatics – Z_GIS
URL: https://www.plus.ac.at/geoinformatik/
Description:

The Department of Geoinformatics – Z_GIS at the University of Salzburg is a well-established competence center for GIScience, which works in research and teaching in cooperation with academic and industrial partners from the geospatial sector. At the same time, our team of geoinformatics specialists contribute their skills and expertise to courses and research at the University of Salzburg and a number of international partner organizations.

Josef Strobl : Geoinformatics curriculum developmentspatial analysisspatial data infrastructuresgeospatial web servicesspatial data modelsorganisational issues and management of geospatial services and institutions

Thomas Blaschke : Integrating methods and domain knowledge into spatial analysis and GIS-based spatial decision support systems

Stefan Lang : Object-based image analysis (OBIA)Copernicussystems thinkingmulti-scale and multi-dimensional spatial analysispolicy and decision support

Barbara Schernthanner-Hofer : Interoperability and spatial data infrastructuresOnline GeoprocessingReproducible Research

Bernd Resch : Human-centred GeoinformaticsGeospatial Machine LearningUrban GeoinformaticsFusion of Human and Technical SensorsPeople as Sensors and Collective Sensing (VGI)Real-time and Smart CitiesCrowdsourcingDigital Health

Dirk Tiede : OBIARemote sensingBig EO dataSpatial analysisGIS-programming and -modellingLandscape structure analysis

Gudrun Wallentin : Spatial simulation in ecologyindividual-based modellingcomplex systems

Bernhard Zagel : Applied GeoinformaticsGIS-TSustainable TransportationNetworks and Spatial AnalysisClimate Friendly ResearchLong Term Ecosystem Research – LTERGlacier Monitoring

Franz-Benjamin Mocnik : Space and PlacePatternsLawsand Structures in Geographical Information

City: Vienna
Abbreviation: UoV
Unit: Cartography and Geographic Information Working Group
URL: https://geographie.univie.ac.at/en/working-groups/cartography-and-geographic-information/
Description:

The Cartography and Geographic Information Working Group at the University of Vienna has a long history and has certain scientific research strengths in cartography and spatial information processing. The entrance degree for the master’s program is bachelor’s degree and the duration is 2 years. After graduating from the master’s program, the student can continue pursuing the Ph.D. degree.

Karel Kriz : Cartographic DesignWeb-based CartographyGIScienceThematic Aspects of Mountain Cartography

Andreas Riedl : Multimedia Technologies in GeocommunicationGIS and Applied Geographic Information

Ourania Kounad : Geographical PredictionLocation PrivacyGeocomputationSpatial Crime AnalysisDynamic Population ModelsUrban Safety

City: Vienna
Abbreviation: TU Wien
Unit: Department of Geodesy and Geoinformatics
URL: https://www.geo.tuwien.ac.at/
Description:

The Department of Geodesy and Geoinformatics at the Vienna University of Technology has been famous since the 1990s. It has research groups such as microwave remote sensing, climate and environmental remote sensing, and geoinformatics. Andrew U. Frank has taught here for 24 years. Many professors and researchers in Europe once did a Ph.D. here. This department mainly has two programs. One program is for students of TU Wien. The entrance degree for the master’s program is bachelor’s degree and the duration is 2 years. After graduating from the master’s program, the student can continue pursuing the Ph.D. degree. The other program is the European Erasmus Master of Cartography, one of which is a semester studying at TU Wien.

Ioannis Giannopoulos : Spatial HCIUrban ComputingLBSMobile Decision MakingMachine LearningPedestrian NavigationInteraction in virtual and mixed environments

Georg Gartner : CartographyWeb mappingSpatial AnalysisGeoinformationLBS

Gerhard Navratil : Quality of spatial data3D cadastresOptimization of routesUsage of VGIVisualisation of 3D-data

Wolfgang Wagner : Physical ModellingData retrieval from Remote Sensing Data

Wouter Dorigo : Remote Sensing of Soil Moisture and Vegetation

Silvia Miksch : Visualization & Visual AnalyticsTemporal Representation and ReasoningPlan ManagementTask-oriented DesignDevelopmentand Evaluation in Real-World Environments

City: Graz
Abbreviation: TU Graz
Unit: Institute of Geodesy
URL: https://www.tugraz.at/institute/ifg/home/
Description:

The Institute of Geodesy at the Graz University of Technology was established in 2015. It has research groups for navigation, remote sensing and photogrammetry, geographic information, and geodesy. There are two GIS master’s programs in this department, all taught in German. One is a master’s program in geospatial technology, and the other is a master’s program in geodesy. The entrance degree for the master’s program is bachelor’s degree and the duration is 2 years. After graduating from the master’s program, the student can continue pursuing the Ph.D. degree.

Mathias Schardt : Remote SensingForestsTime seriesPhenology

Johannes Scholz : Geographic Information ScienceSpatial OptimizationIndoor GISSpatial ABM

City: Klagenfurt
Abbreviation: AAU
Unit: Department of Geography and Regional Studies
URL: https://www.aau.at/geographie-und-regionalforschung/
Description:

The Department of Geography and Regional Studies at the University of Klagenfurt pays more attention to urban planning and economic development. The master’s program related to GIS in this department is the master’s program of geography (taught in German). The entrance degree for the master’s program is bachelor’s degree and the duration is 2 years. After graduating from the master’s program, the student can continue pursuing the Ph.D. degree.

Peter Mandl : GI-ScienceAgent Based ModellingLand Change SimulationGeosimulation

City: Innsbruck
Abbreviation: LFU
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://www.uibk.ac.at/geographie/
Description:

The Department of Geography at the University of Innsbruck focuses on the human-environment system and transformation process, and has research groups on geoinformatics, mountain environment changes, remote sensing, and transient space, etc. The university’s research about mountains is world-renowned. Besides, this Department focuses on cities and mountains, especially introducing research methods in the fields of geoinformatics, remote sensing, modeling, digitization, and qualitative social research. The GIS-related programs of this department are mainly set up under the master of global change. The entrance degree for the master’s program is bachelor’s degree and the duration is 2 years. After graduating from the master’s program, the student can continue pursuing the Ph.D. degree.

Margreth Keiler : GeomorphologyNatural Hazards and RiskMountainsVulnerabilityComplex SystemsGISRemote Sensing

Johann Stötter : GeomorphologyNatural HazardsMountainsGISRemote Sensing

Thomas Marke : Alpine Climate and Water Research

Armin Heller : GISRemote SensingCartographyStatistical methods

Martin Rutzinger : GeographyRemote SensingMountainsNatural Hazards

Czech Republic

City: Prague
Abbreviation: CUNI
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://www.natur.cuni.cz/geografie/
Description:

Established in the 14th century, The Charles University (CUNI) is the oldest university in Central Europe. It operates Master’s and PhD degree programs in the Department of Geography under the natural science college. Directions of the Master’s degree include cartography and GIS, and directions of the PhD include cartography, geoinformatics, and remote sensing. Among them, this university is specifically good at cartography. The duration of the Master’s degree is usually 2 years, while the duration of the PhD is usually 3 years. The instruction language is English.

Přemysl Štych : Land Use/Land Cover3D modelsMobile applicationWeb applicationsremote land surveyGISregional geography

Markéta Potucková : image processingdigital mappingcartographyheritageremote sensing

Jan Kolář : remote sensinggeobiology

Stanislav Grill : GISspatial analysisecologylandscapecartographyvisualizationmodeling

Tomáš Bayer : digital cartographycomputational geometrymathematical cartography

City: Olomouc
Abbreviation: UPOL
Unit: Department of Geoinformatics
URL: http://www.geoinformatics.upol.cz/en/department-of-geoinformatics
Description:

The Department of Geoinformatics at the UPOL was founded in 2001. Its main research domains are spatial modeling, digital cartography, and remote sensing. This department operates 2 master’s degree programs. One is taught in Czech language, while the other is a CDE master’s program that participates in the Erasmus Mundus. The entrance degree for the master’s program is batchlor’s degree and the duration is 2 years. After the graduation from the master’s program, the student can continue pursuing the PhD degree.

Vít Voženílek : Thematic cartographyatlas cartographygeoinformaticsmodeling in GISspatial literacy；

Jaroslav Burian : Geoinformatics in Human GeographyUrban and Spatial PlanningUrban ModellingUrban Planner

Vilém Pechanec : Environmental geoinformaticsGeonformatics & Landscape ecologyLanduse/landcover analysesSpatial Decision Support System

Pavel Tuček : Statistical interferenceNonlinear Statistical ModelsGeostatisticsData Processing in R

Zdena Dobesova : InformaticsGeoinformatics

Jan Brus : Spatial Analyses and ModellingCognitive Aspects of Uncertainty Visualizations3D Printing and Cartography

Alena Vondráková : Thematic CartographyAtlas CartographyUser IssuesDesign in Cartography

Jakub Miřijovský : Remote sensingGNSSPhotogrammetrySurveying

Vít Pászto : Geoinformatics in Human GeographyGIS-based geographyModelling in GISSpatial Information and its MeasurementRural Geography

Hungary

City: Budapest
Abbreviation: ELTE
Unit: Department of Cartography and Geoinformatics
URL: http://lazarus.elte.hu/
Description:

The ELTE is a top-tier university in Hungary. There is a Department of Cartography and Geoinformatics under the School of Information. This department offers MSc and PhD degree courses, of which MSc is taught in English, with a two-year academic calendar; the PhD program has options in both English and Hungarian, with a 4-year academic calendar. The founder of the department is Laszlo Ilmedi Morna, a famous European cartographer. Until today, the training objectives of the department’s graduate programs are mainly in the area of cartography. The main directions include thematic maps, mathematics in cartography, web mapping, theoretical cartography, and history of cartography, etc.

Slovakia

City: Bratislava
Abbreviation: CU
Unit: Department of Physical Geography and Geoinformatics
URL: https://fyzgis.fns.uniba.sk/
Description:

The Department of Physical Geography and Geoinformatics is one of the oldest geographical workplaces in Slovakia with a long tradition of research and teaching in both areas mentioned in its name. It offers offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral study programs with options in physical geography and geoinformatics.

Slovenia

City: Ljubljana
Abbreviation: UL
Unit: Department of Geotechnology, Mining and Environment
URL: https://www.ntf.uni-lj.si/ogro/en
Description:

The University of Ljubljana offers several geotechnology-related bachelor's, master’s, and doctoral programs that contain GIS-related courses.

Germany

City: Aachen
Abbreviation: RWTH Aachen
Unit: Analysis and Monitoring of Urban Areas
URL: https://www.rwth-aachen.de/go/id/a/?lidx=1
Description:

RWTH Aachen is the largest polytechnic university in Germany and is a member of a number of academic associations such as TU9, IDEA, TIME, UNITECH and ALMA Snowevent. The research scope of its geography department covers physical geography, cultural geography, economic geography, and urban area monitoring and analysis. GIS-related research is mainly hosted by the Analysis and Monitoring of Urban Areas Group under Prof. Stefan Fina.

City: Karlsruhe
Abbreviation: KIT
Unit: IFGG
URL: https://www.kit.edu
Description:

The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology has a long history and is a member of the TU9 consortium of German universities, with a strong presence in the natural sciences and engineering. The Institute of Geography and Geoecology (IFGG) at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology has several instructors working on GIS-related research covering urban geography, transport geography, physical geography and environmental ecology.

Caroline Kramer : urban geographytime geographygeography of knowledge and educationgender in urban and regional planningtransport geographyempirical social research and social indicatorsinterdisciplinarity in the social sciencesmethods in empirical social research

Sebastian Schmidtlein : remote sensing of vegetationecoinformaticsvegetation ecology

Florian Wittmann : floodplain ecologybotanical geographybiomass/primary production

City: Augsburg
Abbreviation: Uni-Augsburg
Unit: Institute of Geography
URL: https://www.uni-augsburg.de/de/
Description:

The Institute of Geography at Augsburg University is part of the School of Applied Computer Science, which has a history of more than 50 years. Due to the significant computer science discipline, this institute has developed prominent directions of geographic information science and spatial planning in addition to the traditional directions of physical and human geography research. This department also operates the 2-year masters program in geomatics，which covers remote sensing, modeling and simulation of geographic information, database and software development, etc

Jukka Krisp : location based services (LBS)geographic visualization / visual Analyticsspatial modelinggeographic information systems (GIS) applicationsGIS in ecological network planning

Sabine Timpf : spatial cognition in geo-spatial activities (wayfinding and navigationlandscape planning)enabling modern mobility using information technologyurban intelligent (and complex) systemsagent-based modelling and simulationappropriation of spaces and healthdata mining for spatio-temporal phenomena

City: Freiburg
Abbreviation: Uni-Freiburg
Unit: Institute of Geography
URL: https://uni-freiburg.de
Description:

The University of Freiburg is one of the oldest universities in Germany. The university consists of 11 faculties. GIS research at the University of Freiburg is more practical applications and can be found in both the Department of Physical Geography and the Department of Human Geography. The Department of Physical Geography focuses on environmental GIS and remote sensing applications, spatial data management, and spatial data infrastructure development. The Department of Human Geography focuses on urban geography research, as well as on analytical methods related to the social media corpus. The University of Freiburg also offers a master program in Environmental Modelling and GIS, which focuses on the collection, storage, processing, analysis and visualization techniques for environmental data such as soil and forestry.

Rüdiger Glaser : environment climate changerisk analysisclimatologyglobal change

Tim Freytag : tourism and mobility studies (in particularEuropean urban tourism)urban studies and sustainable urban developmentsocial geography and geography of education

City: Dresden
Abbreviation: TU Dresden
Unit: Faculty of Environmental Sciences
URL: https://tu-dresden.de
Description:

Dresden University of Technology is a member of TU9. Its environmental science faculty covers research in forestry, geoscience and hydrology. The geoscience research covers geodesy, geoinformation, cartography, remote sensing, and geography。

Lars Bernard : (Geo-)information infrastructuresgeoinformation usabilitydistributed geoprocessing and smart environmental monitoring

Dirk Burghardt : VGImap generalization

Dirk Burghardt : CartographyGeovisualizationGISGeneralization

City: Munich
Abbreviation: LMU
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://www.lmu.de/de/index.html
Description:

The University of Munich is one of the oldest universities in Europe and one of the top universities in Germany in terms of academic resources and the reputation. Its Department of Geography is one of the largest of its kind in central Europe, focusing on physical geography (hydrology, remote sensing and landscape ecology) and human geography (with an emphasis on economic geography and the relationship between people and the environment). Remote sensing and GIS are often involved in these research projects.

City: Stuttgart
Abbreviation: Stuttgart
Unit: Institute for Photogrammetry, IIGS, Institute of Geodesy
URL: https://www.uni-stuttgart.de
Description:

University of Stuttgart is a member of TU9. Under its Faculty 6 there are departments on geodesy and spatial sciences which operates projects in GIS. This university is also home to GEOENGINE, which is a 2-year masters program focusing on surveying, navigation and mapping.

Volker Schwieger : remote sensing，SAR3D construction

Volker Walter : automatic map retrieval in the Internetgeneralization of 2D and 3D dataconflation of spatial data

Nico Sneeuw : geodesy and surveyinghydrologyoceanographyspatial analysisclimate changegeomaticsharmonicsearth observationearth sciences

City: Münster
Abbreviation: WWU
Unit: Geoinformation
URL: https://www.uni-muenster.de/Geoinformatics/en/
Description:

The Department of Geoinformation at Münster University is reputable in GIS theory, spatial statistics, spatio-temporal data analysis, geocognition, and human-computer interaction. Gilberto Camara and Werner Kuhn have worked here. The department has a two-year English-taught master’s program in Geoinformation and a 1.5-year EU master’s program in Geospatial technologies with Erasmus. The PhD is offered from time to time with DAAD, DFG, or EU H2020 project funding positions. There are many geoinformation companies in Münster such as ESRI, 52 north, con terra, GeoIT etc.

Christian Kray : geoinformaticshuman-computer interactionand mobile and ubiquitous computing

Edzer Pebesma : spatial statisticsenvironmental modellinggeoinformatics and GISciencesemantic technology for spatial analysisoptimizing environmental monitoring

Angela Schwering : spatial cognitionqualitative spatial reasoningcognitive navigation

Judith Verstegen : geosimulatiom models (agent-based modelscellular automata)spatial statisticserror propagation methodsspatial optimization

City: Berlin
Abbreviation: TU Berlin
Unit: Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation Science
URL: https://www.igg.tu-berlin.de/menue/ueber_uns/parameter/en/
Description:

The Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation Technology under the School of Planning, Architecture and Environment at the Technical University of Berlin is devoted to research on major geodesy, GNSS surveying, and geoinformatics methodology. Academicians such as Xia Jianbai and Wang Zhizhuo have studied here. The master’s program of TU Berlin is mainly two-year, which is divided into surveying, computer vision and remote sensing, GIS, and other directions. After graduating with a master’s degree, students can seek funding for spending 3 to 5 years to finish Ph.D.

Martin Kada : AlgorithmsSegmentation3D Computer GraphicsVisualizationReal-Time Rendering

City: Berlin
Abbreviation: HU Berlin
Unit: Geography Department
URL: https://www.geographie.hu-berlin.de/en/geography_department
Description:

The Geography Department of HU Berlin has a long history. During the development period of more than 200 years, it has almost covered 9 research directions in physical geography and human geography. It is the hub of geographical research in Germany. The courses of the university about GIS are mainly based on the two-year master’s (Global Change Geography) curriculum. After the master’s degree, students can take 3-5 years to complete the Ph.d.

Tobia Lakes : Spatial AnalysisLand Use Change and ModellingUrbanismSpatial StatisticsGeostatistical Analysis

Patrick Hostert : Spatial AnalysisGISSustainabilityEcologyEnvironmentClimate Change and AgricultureRemote Sensing

Dagmar Haase : Urban ecologyLand Use ModellingEcosystem Services

Tobias Kuemmerle : Land System ScienceConservation & Sustainability ScienceRemote Sensing

City: Berlin
Abbreviation: FU Berlin
Unit: Institute of Geographical Sciences
URL: https://www.geo.fu-berlin.de/en/geog/fachrichtungen/index.html
Description:

The Institute of Geographical Sciences at the FU Berlin belongs to the Department of Earth Sciences. Its research fields include physical geography, applied physical geography, human geography, and remote sensing and geographic information, with strong disciplines. GIS / RS related research is mainly in the remote sensing and geographic information working group led by Prof. Dr. Sören Hese.

Sören Hese : Machine learning algorithms in Earth observationRemote SensingLand surface parameter retrievalForest ecosystem researchUAV data capturing

Marion Stellmes : Remote SensingTime Series AnalysisLand Use Change

City: Hamburg
Abbreviation: Uni-Hamburg
Unit: Institute of Geography
URL: https://www.geo.uni-hamburg.de/geographie.html
Description:

The Institute of Geography at the University of Hamburg, founded in 1919, is a member of the Center for Earth System and Sustainability Research (CEN) and plays a leading role in the “Integrated Climate System Analysis and Prediction” (CliSAP). The Institute is currently part of the Department of Earth Sciences and has eight professors with focuses on climate research, resource research and urban research. The University of Hamburg also offers a master’s program in geography on the topic of “Global Transformation and Environmental Change”, which is an integration of physical geography and social sciences and is based on geoinformatics methods for practical training such as geodata analysis and spatial research.

Jürgen Böhner : regional climate and environmental modellingclimate impact researchgeoinformatics and remote sensingSAGA-GIS development

City: Hannover
Abbreviation: Uni-Hannover
Unit: Institute of Cartography and Geoinformatics
URL: https://www.ikg.uni-hannover.de/en
Description:

The University of Hannover is a member of TU9, and its geography research exists in several different units, including physical geography, human geography and GIS. The GIS-related topics are mainly carried out in the Institute of Cartography and Geoinformatics. The main research directions of the Institute are big data, machine learning, laser point cloud, SLAM, etc. Viktor Heißler and Günter Hake have worked here.

Monika Sester : big data and machine learninglaser scanningmobility

Claus Brenner : laser scanningSLAMpoint clouds

Philipp Otto : spatiotemporal statistics and modellingchange point detectionenvironmetricscomputational statistics

City: Bonn
Abbreviation: Uni-Bonn
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://www.geographie.uni-bonn.de/department
Description:

The Department of Geography of the University of Bonn has comprehensive disciplines. The research fields include climate and landscape ecology, development geography, economic and social geography, geography education, geomorphology, historical and cultural geography, hydrology and water resources management, remote sensing and GIS, and urban and Regional economy. Among them, GIS / RS related research mainly focuses on GIS Research Group (led by Prof. Dr. Klaus Greve), and Remote Sensing Research Group (led by PD Dr. Olena Dubovyk).

Klaus Greve : Geographic Information SystemsWeb MappingSpatial Data Infrastructure

Olena Dubovyk : Remote SensingEnvironmental Monitoring and ModellingGIS

City: Potsdam
Abbreviation: Uni-Potsdam
Unit: Institute of Environmental Science and Geography
URL: https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/umwelt/
Description:

The Institute of Environmental Sciences and Geography at the University of Potsdam has an extensive research base in human geography, landscapes, natural hazards, hydroclimatology, etc. GIS-related research is mainly led by Prof. Manfred Rolfes. In addition, the Institute of Geology at the University of Potsdam offers two-year master programs in Remote Sensing, geoinformation and visualization, which are taught in English and focus on techniques related to the processing, analysis and visualization of remote sensing images and geoinformation.

Manfred Rolfes : urban studies(in-)securityrisk and spacetourist space semantics and tourism spaces

City: Heidelberg
Abbreviation: Uni-Heidelberg
Unit: GIS
URL: https://www.geog.uni-heidelberg.de/gis/
Description:

Founded in 1386, the University of Heidelberg is the oldest university in Germany. The GIScience group focuses on OSM, VGI, humanitarian relief, and Lidar and photogrammetry, and is well funded.

Johannes Glückler : economic geographyorganization studiesnetwork theory

Alexander Zipf : volunteered geographic information (VGI)crowdsourcingcitizen sciencegeoinformatics & GIScience in geography

Bernhard Höfle : geographic 3D/4D point cloud analysisgeoprocessing algorithms for GISvirtual laser scanning - liDAR simulation3D crowdsourcing and 3D micro-mappingradiometric calibration of LiDAR data

Anna Growe : regional governancespatial development in the knowledge society

City: Cologne
Abbreviation: Uni-Koeln
Unit: Institute of Geography
URL: https://geographie.uni-koeln.de/en/
Description:

The University of Cologne is a research-oriented public university. Its Institute of Geography has built a comprehensive disciplinary system, in which GIS-related research is mainly carried out in the GIS and Remote Sensing Working Group, directed by Prof. Georg Bareth. The research interests include location-based services, GIS modeling, spatial data infrastructures, LiDAR, UAVs, etc.

Georg Bareth : terrestrial laser scanningunmaned airborne vehiclesscientific data managementmobile GIS applications and locateion based servicesGIS-aided modellingGIS-aided regionalisation of N- and C-dynamics in ecosystemsapplication of multispectralhyperspectral and radar data for land-use analysisagricultural applications of GIS and Remote Sensingspatial data infrastructure

Boris Braun : environmental economic geographyenvironmental managementindustrial and urban changeenvironmental and social impacts of globalizationeconomic and social aspects of natural hazardssouthern asia (mainly India and Bangladesh)AustraliaGermany and Western Europe

City: Jena
Abbreviation: Uni-Jena
Unit: Institute of Geography
URL: https://www.geographie.uni-jena.de/en
Description:

GIS research in the Institute of Geography at the University of Jena is conducted in the GIScience Group and focuses on the integration and development of applications of GIS and environmental models, including environmental statistics and geo-computing, environmental modeling software and data management, ecohydrological simulation, and surface process monitoring. The Institute also has an economic geography team that focuses on the spatial mobility and connectivity of individuals and firms. There is a 2-year masters program in GIS, whose emphasis is placed on the fields of geoinformatics and remote sensing, with a focus on their analytical applications to landscape systems and spatial heterogeneity of land.

City: Göttingen
Abbreviation: Uni-Goettingen
Unit: Department of Cartography, GIS and Remote Sensing
URL: https://www.uni-goettingen.de
Description:

The Faculty of Geosciences and Geography at the University of Göttingen is a large and comprehensive geoscience institute, covering 12 departments spanning geosciences and geography, and is very well developed. Among them, GIS-related research is concentrated in the Department of Cartography, GIS and Remote Sensing supervised by Prof. Martin Kappas.

Martin Kappas : remote sensing / GIS in climatology and ecologyfield- and laboratory-spectrometry (ASD FieldSpec)assessment of natural landscape potenzial with IT-Methods and ground-truth-dataland cover / land use changelandscape degradationhealth geography

City: Dortmund
Abbreviation: TU Dortmund
Unit: Department of Spatial Planning
URL: https://raumplanung.tu-dortmund.de/en/
Description:

The Department of Spatial Planning at the Technical University of Dortmund is one of the largest academic units for spatial planning in Europe, offering interdisciplinary training that integrates legal, economic, social, and ecological perspectives. The department provides Bachelor’s and Master’s programs in Spatial Planning, as well as the international SPRING Master’s program, with a strong emphasis on research-based and project-oriented learning. Its curriculum combines urban design, regional planning, and applied research to develop students’ ability to address complex spatial challenges. The program is particularly well suited for students interested in policy-oriented planning, urban and regional development, and sustainable spatial transformation.

René Westerholt : Spatial statisticsPlace and statisticsQuantitative geography

Switzerland

City: Zurich
Abbreviation: ETH Zurich
Unit: Institute of Cartography and Geoinformation
URL: https://ikg.ethz.ch/en/
Description:

The Institutes of ETH Zurich about GIS are located in the Department of Civil Engineering, Environment and Surveying (D-BAUG). D-BAUG has many research institutes, including Geodesy and Photogrammetry (IGP), Cartography and Geoinformation (IKG), Spatial and Landscape Development (IRL), Transport Planning and Systems (IVT), etc. Professors and Researchers from this department also participate in related research in Singapore-ETH Future Cities Laboratory. The master’s program includes Master in geomatics, which can choose two directions from Engineering geodesy and photogrammetry, Space geodesy and Navigation, GIS and cartography, and planning (German). Doctoral positions are released from time to time according to project needs. You can check open Positions on the homepage of each department or laboratory.

Lorenz Hurni : cartographic data models and toolsmultidimensional multimedia maps

Martin Raubal : mobile GIS & LBSspatial cognitive engineeringmobile eye-trackingGIS for renewable energy analysis

Konrad Schindler : photogrammetryremote sensingcomputer visionimage understanding

Adrienne Grêt-Regamey : landscape planningHuman-environment interactionenvironmental management

David Kaufmann : public policyurban studiesplanningmigration studies

Kay W. Axhausen : transport planningbig data transport modelstraffic behaviour modeling

Francesco Corman : Analytics、Optimization adn control in transport systems、Public transport、Railway networks、Logistics systems

City: Zurich
Abbreviation: UZH
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en.html
Description:

The University of Zurich is located in the German-speaking area of Switzerland and is the largest comprehensive university in Switzerland. The Department of Geography at the University of Zurich has a comprehensive development and strength, doing research on physical geography, human geography, GIS, and remote sensing. The master’s programs in this department mainly include master’s programs in geography (including general geography, physical geography, human geography, remote sensing, and GIS), and earth system science master programs. The department will open targeted doctoral positions for applications according to the needs of the project.

Sara Irina Fabrikant : GIScience & CognitionCartographyGeovisual Analytics

Tumasch Reichenbacher : Interface of GISMobile & Cognitive CartographyVisual AnalyticsHuman-Computer Interactio；

Oliver Grübner : Health GeographySpatial & Digital Epidemiology

Robert Weibel : GIScienceMap generalizationComputational Movement AnalysisLanguage and Space

Peter Ranacher : GISMovementData MiningTrajectories

Cheng Fu : Data mining and modeling on human-behavior-related Big DataUrban place modelingMobility and healthGeographical information retrieval and visualization

Ross Purves : GISCryosphereEnvironmental ModellingUncertainty

Sharon Richardson : GISSituated IntelligenceMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingAmbiguity and Uncertainty in behaviour models

Felix Morsdorf : Laser scanningVegetation structureRadiative Transfer ModellingInformation extractionComputer Vision

David Small : SAR InterferometryRadiometric calibrationSAR Geocoding

Daniel Henke : SARRemote Sensing

Mathias Kneubühler : Remote SensingImaging SpectroscopySpectro-DirectionalMulti-Angular Measurements and Data AnalysisEcosystemsPlant Phenology

Claudia Röösli : BiodiversitySeismologyGlaciologyEarth Observation

Michael Schaepman : Earth observationRemote SensingSpectroscopy to measure biodiversity from space

Bernhard Schmid : PlantsRemote SensingPlant EcologyBiodiversityEvolutionary Ecology & Biology

Daniel Odermatt : Remote SensingWater SurfacesBio-optical modelsFiducial measurements for satellite Earth observationApplication development

Alexander Damm : Remote SensingImaging SpectroscopyChlorophyll FluorescenceWater Cycle

Maria J. Santos : Social-ecological systemsGlobal change effects in species and ecosystemsImaging spectroscopyGIS and statistical modeling

Maarten Eppinga: : Remote SensingEnvironmental scienceEcology

Meredith Christine Schuman : Plant InteractionsChemical EcologyGeneticsBiodiversityRemote Sensing

Sara Fabrikant : GISciencespatial cognitiongeovisualizationcartographygeovisual analytics

City: Lausanne
Abbreviation: EPFL
Unit: LASIG Lab、 TOPO Lab、 ALPOLE Research Center
URL: https://www.epfl.ch/labs/lasig/
Description:

The GIS/RS-related professors and researchers of EPFL are mainly concentrated in the Department of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, including the Laboratory of Geographic Information Systems (LASIG), Geodetic Engineering Laboratory (TOPO), EPFL’s Alpine and Polar Research Centre And research center, doing researches on GIS application, satellite positioning, RS algorithm, and other research directions. The related GIS/RS program of EPFL is the master’s program of environmental engineering. The entrance degree for the master’s program is bachelor’s degree and the duration is 2 years. After graduating from the master’s program, the student can continue pursuing the Ph.D. degree.

Stéphane Joost : geographic information sciencelandscape genomicsseascape genomicsspatial epidemiologyGeomedicine & Precision population health

Jan Skaloud : satellite positioninginertial and integrated navigationsensor orientation and calibrationMobile mappingairborne laser scanningadjustment methodskalman filtering

Devis Tuia : earth observationremote sensing: from drones to satellitesMachine learningdeep learningimage processing

City: Lausanne
Abbreviation: UNIL
Unit: Institute of geography and sustainability
URL: https://www.unil.ch/igd/home.html
Description:

As an interdisciplinary research institute, the Institute of Geography and Sustainability at the University of Lausanne does research on the fields of physical geography, human geography, and GIS/RS. The content of the GIS master’s course of this institute is the specific direction of the master of geography. The entrance degree for the master’s program is bachelor’s degree and the duration is 2 years. After graduating from the master’s program, the student can continue pursuing the Ph.D. degree.

François Bavaud : Flows Analysis and Spatial AutocorrelationNetwork clusteringData mining and Information Theory

Christian Kaiser : GeovisualizationSpatial AnalysisSpatial databasesSocio-economic simulation and modeling

Stuart Lane : Remote SensingGeomorphologyHydrologyPhysical Geography

Grégoire Mariéthoz : Remote SensingEarth Surface ProcessesGeostatisticsHydroclimatology

Antoine Guisan : Spatial EcologyHabitat Suitability and Distribution ModelingSpecies DiversityNatural Resource Management

City: Bern
Abbreviation: UNIBE
Unit: Institute of geography and sustainability
URL: https://www.geography.unibe.ch/
Description:

The Institute of Geography at the University of Bern was established at the end of the 19th century. It focuses more on traditional geographical research and consists of 11 research units. The GIS/RS program at this institute is mainly academic. The average graduation period is 2-3 years for master’s degree and 3-4 years for doctoral degree. Course directions: Human geography, Physical geography, Integrative Geography, land use, etc

Chinwe IFEJIKA SPERANZA : GISSocial-Ecological Systems ModelingLand use and Cover AnalysisSustainable Land ManagementEnvironmental Policy

Andreas Zischg : GIS and Geodata analysisCoupled Component ModelingImpacts of Extreme events

Stefan Wunderle : Remote Sensing in Climatology (SnowAlbedoLSWTFireVegetationAerosolsClouds)

Peter Messerli : Spatial analysisEcologySustainable DevelopmentLand Use Change

Sandra Eckert : Remote SensingSpecies Distribution ModellingLand Use

City: Geneva
Abbreviation: UNIGE
Unit: Institute for Environmental Sciences
URL: https://www.unige.ch/environnement/en/
Description:

The University of Geneva has a long history of environmental science research. At the beginning of this century, the Institute of Environmental Science was integrated and established on the basis of the previous Department of Geography. The institute’s research on GIS/RS is mainly distributed in Metadata & Socio-economics, Data & Information sustainability, Spatially-Explicit environment modeling. There are two GIS/RS programs in the institute. The entrance degree for the master’s program is bachelor’s degree and the duration is 2 years. After graduating from the master’s program, the student can continue pursuing the Ph.D. degree. There is also a 30-credit course-based minor program, which can be obtained as a minor certificate.

Dao Hy : GISWeb-MappingSpatial Data InfrastructureDevelopment IndicatorsRisk AssessmentPlanetary BoundariesPopulation Mapping

Anthony Lehmann : Spatial and Statistical AnalysesModeling for BiodiversityHydrologyEcosystem ServicesClimate-Water-Ecosystem NexusSustainability Assessments

Nicolas Ray : Spatial ecologyPopulation geneticsSpatial Data InfrastructureGISGlobal Health

Gregory Giuliani : Land ChangeGISRemote SensingSpatial Data InfrastructureGEO/GEOSSDigital Earth

Pierre Lacroix : Environmental Modelling and GeoprocessingInterface between Science and PolicySpatial Data Infrastructure

United Kingdom (England)

City: London
Abbreviation: UCL
Unit: -
URL: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/casa/
Description:

The Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) is a research centre at University College London (UCL) that focuses on the use of spatial analysis and geographic information systems (GIS) to better understand cities and urban environments. CASA researchers use advanced data analysis techniques to study issues such as urban mobility, urban planning, and the impact of new technologies on cities. The centre is known for its interdisciplinary approach, which involves collaborating with researchers from fields such as computer science, architecture, and social sciences.

UCL Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering is a department within University College London (UCL) that focuses on research and education in the fields of civil engineering, environmental engineering, and geomatics. The department offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in areas such as civil engineering, environmental science, and geospatial analysis. The research conducted by the department covers a wide range of topics, including sustainable infrastructure, water resources management, and urban resilience. The department is known for its innovative and interdisciplinary approach, which involves collaborating with researchers from other fields such as computer science, architecture, and social sciences.

The UCL Department of Geography is a leading research and teaching department within University College London (UCL). The department offers a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in geography, environmental studies, and spatial planning. The research conducted by the department covers a diverse range of topics, including climate change, urbanisation, and globalisation. The department is known for its interdisciplinary approach, which involves collaborating with researchers from other fields such as anthropology, economics, and political science. The department also has strong links with industry and government, and many of its graduates go on to work in fields such as environmental consulting, urban planning, and international development.

The School of Social Sciences offers teaching and research in the areas of criminology, geography, health and social care, politics, psychosocial studies, sociology, and social research. The school offers an invigorating and enriching educational experience, built upon our international reputation for excellence in research and teaching. Much of our innovative research is funded by the UK research councils and other public, private, and third sector organisations. Our research feeds into high-profile events and public engagement activity, working with community groups, local government, policy institutes, and many others.

The Alan Turing Institute (ATI) (https://www.turing.ac.uk/), located within the British Library, focuses on three major research areas (Grand Challenges): Defence and National Security, Environment and Sustainability, and Transformation of Health. Among these, Urban Analytics (https://www.turing.ac.uk/research/research-programmes/urban-analytics), which falls under Environment and Sustainability, is highly relevant to our geoscience research. ATI does not offer undergraduate or master's programs but is well-funded for research. It provides PhD scholarships, an Enrichment Scheme (https://www.turing.ac.uk/work-turing/studentships/enrichment) for UK-based PhD students, as well as postdoctoral and full-time researcher/engineer positions. Many ATI researchers also teach at universities and work part-time at ATI.

Paul Longley : development and application of geographic information science and geographic information systems

Tao Cheng : network complexityGeocomputationspace-time analytics and Big data mining

James Haworth : spatio-temporal modelling and analytics

Adam Dennett : quantitative human geography / urban analytics / geographic information science

Elsa Arcaute : urban scaling lawshierarchies in urban systemsdefining city boundariesand the analysis of urban processes using percolation theory and networks

Sarah Wise : agent based modelling (ABM)social network analysis (SNA)data miningstatistical analysisand geographic information systems (GIS)

Jens Kandt : urban geographysocial and spatial health disparities

Neave O'Clery : underlying economic development and the emergence of complexity for cities

Max Nathan : economics of cultural diversityinnovation systems and clusterspublic policy for cities especially policy design and evaluation

Huanfa Chen : spatial optimisationspatial data sciencetransportation behaviour modeling

Jonathan Reades : Smart cities and ‘big data’location and infrastructure networksnew dataopen data and ‘old’ methodshousing and socio-economic trends

Chen Zhong : spatial data miningspatiotemporal visualisationcomplex network analysis

Yuerong Zhang : Remote sensingtransportation resilienceaccessibilityGeoAI

Mengqiu Cao : Transportation and Urban Systems Modeling

Konstantin Klemmer : Representation of geospatial phenomena in machine learning methods

Xianghui Zhang : Human geographyPhysical geography and environmental geoscienceGeomatic engineeringUrban and regional planningHealth services and systemsPublic healthGeoinformatics

City: Leeds
Abbreviation: UL
Unit: School of Geography
URL: https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/geography
Description:

The School of Geography at Lees has many celebrated alumni in GIS, such as Stan Openshaw and Alan Wilson. This university is also the birthplace of geocomputation and spatial interaction model. The CSAP (Centre for spatial analysis and Policy) focuses on the application of spatial analysis in regional population, retail, crime, education, and healthcare; and the LIDA (Leeds Institute for Data analytics) focuses on interdisciplinary programs, AI, and spatiotemporal data mining. This department operates 3-year or 4-year full time PhD degree programs in GIS, and 2-year research-based masters programs. It also operates 1-year class-based masters program, whose core classes are data visualization, geodemographics, retail modeling, environment and remote sensing etc.

Andy Newing : retail analyticsretail location planningspatial analysisservice analysisgeodemographicsaccessibility

Ed Manley : urban data scienceagent-based modelingspatial cognitiontravel and mobilitydata visualization

Graham Clarke : GISretail geographyurban geographyhealth geographyspatial modelling

Lex Comber : spatial analysisgeocomputationland cover / land usespatial data qualityspatial planninguncertaintyevidence combinationsearch heuristicslocation-allocation

Mark Birkin : spatial analysis and policydemographysocial simulationretailpublic healthmicrosimulationagent-based modeling

Nick Malleson : agent-based modelingcrime modelingcity simulation

Nik Lomax : demographypopulation projectionmicrosimulationinternal migrationinternational migrationconsumer demand modeling

Steve Carver : wildernesswildlandrewildinglandscape evaluationGISspatial analysisenvironmental modelingparticipatory GIS

Roger Beecham : data visualizationapplied data scienceusable statisticsopen source computing

Luke Burns : Geographical Information ScienceGeodemographicsComposite IndicatorsSpatial AnalysisData Literacy

Helen Durham : Geographical Information ScienceOnline EducationDigital Education

Arjan Gosal : machine learningspatial modellingremote sensingGISecosystem servicescultural ecosystem serviceslandscape aestheticsenvironmental analyticsdecolonisation

Myles Gould : Spatial analysisHealth & Population GeogEpidemiologyresidential migrationvotinganalysis soc-sci dataML models

Mohamed R. Ibrahim : Spatial data scienceCitiesUrban ModellingDeep LearningComputer VisionEmbedded AIHardware & Sensor Development

Dave Milne : Spatial network models of transport systemsgeographic understandings of transport planningsocial geography of modern mobilityhistorical geography of mobility since the Industrial Revolution

Paul Norman : population geographyhealth geographyapplied demographyGIS and statistics

Rachel Oldroyd : Geographic data sciencehealth geographyout-of-home food environmentsfood safetyweb-based GIS

Vikki Houlden : urban sciencespatial inequalitygreenspacehealthmental wellbeingplaces left behindGIS

Yuchen Li : Spatial Data Science and GISHealth and Environmental GeographyTransportation and Sustainable Urban Development

Weiming Huang : Spatial data mining for urban analyticsGeospatial foundation modelGeospatial knowledge graph

City: Southampton
Abbreviation: Soton
Unit: Geography and Environment
URL: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/geography/index.page
Description:

The School of Geography and Environment at the University of Southampton has a long history and is one of the top centers of geographic and environmental science research in the UK. The postgraduate programme offers a specialism in Applied Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing and is one of the few university institutions in the UK where postgraduate programmes focus on the application of remote sensing and its integration with environmental studies. Research in the School of Geography and Environmental Sciences is grounded in addressing some of today’s major global challenges, including climate change, social and health inequalities, sustainable development; conservation of biodiversity; and poverty and decline. Research is divided into the following research groups: Earth Surface Dynamics (ESD); Centre for Environmental Science; Economics, Society and Governance; GeoData (for applied environmental research); Global Environmental Change and Earth Observation (GECEO); Paleoenvironmental Laboratory at the University of Southampton (PLUS); and Population, Health and Wellbeing (PHeW). Most graduate programs in the UK are primarily taught programs, with Southampton’s Applied GIS and RS program running for one year and three semesters, with the third semester devoted to completing a thesis. The programme offers a wide range of optional modules, from python development, remote sensing, health and wellness to environmental applications. Each year, different electives are improved and added to meet the research interests of the graduate students. Applications will generally be based on a GPA of around 80 GPA and will require a background in geography, physics, geoinformatics, environmental science, ecology, biology, geology and social sciences. If you have relevant work experience, the school will lower the GPA requirement. The PhD is a 3-4 year program, with two or three supervisors who are responsible for the research work of the PhD students and have their own office space in building 44. The university also operates PhD programs in AI。

Tony Brown : floodplain geomorphology and palaeohydrologyalluvial geoarchaeologymediterranean and semi-arid alluviation and environmental historyhuman-environment relationships and theoryforensic palynology

Nick Clarke : migrationtourismconsumptionethicssocial movementsurban policyurban politicslocal governmentlocalismpolitical participation

Samantha Cockings : automated zone designspatio-temporal representations of populationgeographies of health & health caresocio-economic applications of GIS

Gareth Roberts : monitoring land surface dynamicsfire in the natural environment

Steve Darby : fluvial geomorphologyprocess sedimentology

Jane Hart : glaciers and climate changeenvironment sensor networksquaternary glacial sedimentology

Brian J. Hracs : economic geographycreative economyurban geography qualitative methods

Paul Hughes : holocene peatland developmentrecent degradation of fen and lowland bogs in Britain and Northwest Europe

Pete Langdon : climate changepast & futureenvironmental changepalaeolimnologyeutrophicationchironomidslakespalaeoecology & geochronology

Julian Leyland : landscape evolution modelingfluvial geomorphologyterrestrial laser scanning

Dave Martin : population geographygeographical information sciencegeography of healthquantitative secondary data analysis

Jo Nield : modeling of aeolian landscapes and processesterrestrial laser scanning applications in aeolian process dominated environments

Booker Ogutu : remote sensing of terrestrial ecosystemsland cover and land use changeimpacts of climate change on terrestrial ecosystems

Suzanne Reimer : economic geographyfeminist geographycultural economy

City: Manchester
Abbreviation: UoM
Unit: SEED;Social Science
URL: https://www.seed.manchester.ac.uk
Description:

SEED (School of Environment, Education and Development) is a school within the University of Manchester that focuses on research and teaching in the areas of environment, education, and development. The school offers undergraduate and postgraduate programs in fields such as environmental management, sustainable development, and international development. The research conducted by SEED covers a wide range of topics, including climate change, global health, and poverty reduction. SEED is known for its interdisciplinary approach, which involves collaborating with researchers from other fields such as social sciences, natural sciences, and humanities. The school also has strong links with industry and government, and many of its graduates go on to work in fields such as environmental consulting, international development, and public policy.;The Social Sciences department at the University of Manchester is a leading research and teaching department that offers a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs in various social science disciplines. The department is home to over 10,000 students and 1,000 staff members who are actively involved in research and teaching. The department covers a wide range of social science subjects, including anthropology, criminology, economics, politics, sociology, and social statistics. The research conducted by the department covers a diverse range of topics, including gender and sexuality, migration and diaspora, health and well-being, and social inequality. The department is known for its strong interdisciplinary approach, which involves collaborating with researchers from other fields such as natural sciences, humanities, and engineering.

SUN, Guibo : planningland policytransportationurban designpublic health

Jonny Huck : mathematical geographycartographygeography General

Claire Goulsbra : the hydrology and geomorphology of the South Pennine peatlandscarbon losses from eroding peatland systems

Angela Harris : remote sensingecologyPeatlandsvegetation

Sarah Lindley : geography's environmental processesurban air pollutionclimate adaptation and urban ecosystem services

Matthew Dennis : Urban EcologyGeographic Information ScienceBiologySocial-ecological systemsWoodland ecologyRiparian ecology

City: Newcastle
Abbreviation: UoN
Unit: Geomatics;Department of Geography;School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape
URL: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/engineering/research/civil-engineering/
Description:

The Geomatics department at Newcastle University is a research-intensive department that focuses on the study of geospatial science and technology. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate programs in Geomatics, which includes courses in surveying, mapping, remote sensing, and geographic information systems (GIS). The department has state-of-the-art facilities and equipment, including laser scanners, GPS receivers, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for data collection and analysis. The faculty members are experts in their field and are actively involved in research projects related to geospatial science and technology.;The Department of Geography at Newcastle University is a leading research department that focuses on the study of human and physical geography. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate programs in Geography, which cover a wide range of topics, including environmental sustainability, urban studies, cultural geography, and geopolitics. The department has a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary research and is home to world-renowned research centers, such as the Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS) and the Centre for Rural Economy (CRE). ;The School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape at Newcastle University is a highly regarded academic institution that offers undergraduate and postgraduate degree programs in architecture, urban planning, and landscape architecture. The school is also actively engaged in research, with a number of research centers and groups focusing on topics such as urban resilience, sustainable cities, and landscape ecology. The school's research activities are closely linked to its teaching programs, providing students with opportunities to work on real-world projects and engage with industry partners.

Jon Mills : 3D ModellingLiDARgeospatial analyticsgeovisualization

Jeremy Crampton : geolocation technologiesurban GISspatial big data and decision-makinggeosurveillance and privacy

Philip James : smart citiesurban data analyticsgeospatial database systemsgeovisualization

Rachel Franklin : social GISdemographygeographical analysis

Wen Lin : urban GISdigital humanitypolitical GIS

City: Sheffield
Abbreviation: TUOS
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/geography
Description:

The MSc in Applied GIS program at the University of Sheffield is a joint program between the Department of Urban Studies and Planning and the Department of Geography, and is a full-time, one-year taught MSc. Students will acquire the technical skills, practical experience and theoretical knowledge required to work in the fields of GIS, applied policy research, and spatial data analysis of global issues, with in-depth study of advanced spatial analysis, geovisualisation, GIS policy applications in practice, thematic mapping and chart creation.

Rowland Atkinson : urban and housing studiessociologygeography and criminology

Chris Clark : glacial geomorphology and glaciologyand on GIS

Simon Marvin : systemic transitionsclimate changeecological security and smart cities

Stephen Livingstone : surface meltwater

City: London
Abbreviation: KCL
Unit: Department of Geography;Centre for Urban Science and Progress in London
URL: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/geography
Description:

The Department of Geography at King's College London (KCL) is a world-renowned center for geographical research and education. The department offers a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs, including BSc, BA, MSc, and PhD degrees. The faculty members are highly experienced and engaged in cutting-edge research in areas such as climate change, urbanization, and globalization. The department has state-of-the-art facilities and resources, including computer labs, GIS software, and field equipment. The students are encouraged to participate in field trips, internships, and research projects, which provide them with hands-on experience and skills.;The center brings together experts from various fields, including computer science, engineering, urban planning, and social sciences, to address the complex challenges facing cities today. CUSP's research focuses on areas such as data analytics, urban modeling, smart cities, and sustainable urban development. The center also offers a range of educational programs, including MSc and PhD degrees, as well as short courses and workshops for professionals. CUSP's state-of-the-art facilities include a data analytics lab, a visualization lab, and a smart city testbed. The center also collaborates with industry, government, and non-governmental organizations to develop innovative solutions and technologies for urban challenges.

Andrea Ballatore : Cultural geo-analyticsDigital geographiesCreative and Cultural Industries

James Millington : Wildfire-Environment-Society interactionsAgent-based modelling of geographical systemsSpatial modelling of ecological succession-disturbance dynamics

Zahratu Shabrina : the possible disruptions from the rapid adaptation of digital platforms in cities using various Spatial analysis methods and predictive modelling

Terence Dawson : Complex systems and Earth systems scienceBiogeographyevaluating environmental change and anthropogenic impacts on landscapesbiodiversitynatural resourcesfood security and ecosystem servicesdevelopment of Remote SensingGeographic Information System (GIS) and modelling tools for studying and understanding biodiversitysustainability development and the interaction between climate change and social-ecological systems

Mark Mulligan : development and application of spatial policy support systemsagricultureland use change and climate change impacts on water and ecosystemsecosystem services mapping and modellingtropical forests and tropical montane cloud forestsEnvironmental modellingenvironmental Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and environmental monitoring with open source hardware

Rita Borgo : Data ScienceData VisualisationVisual AnalyticsHuman Factors in VisualisationUrban InformaticsHigh Performance Computing

Daniele Quercia : UrbanismComputational Social ScienceHCIData Mining

Yijing Li : spatial analysis in urban crimecounter terrorism strategies based on empirical studiesclimate change influences on crimesand risk management strategies upon social media data analysis

City: Birmingham
Abbreviation: UoB
Unit: Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
URL: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/gees/index.aspx
Description:

Geography research at the University of Birmingham focuses on human geography, river environment and management, and atmospheric pollution. GIS will be covered in the Master’s program, but there are no specific GIS degrees. The department’s programs are as follows: 1-year taught master’s or 2-year research master’s for undergraduate applicants, and 3-year PhD for master’s applicants.

Emma Ferranti : the impact of weather on infrastructuregreen infrastructureAir Qualityand GIS

Jin Xu : Carbon emissions accounting in developing countries and cities

City: Lancaster
Abbreviation: LU
Unit: School of Geography
URL: https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/geography/
Description:

Lancaster University has a long history of geographic research, with eight research clusters. Research in GIS at the university focuses on Geospatial Data Science, where Dr. Peter Atkinson teaches. The department’s programs are as follows: 1-year taught master’s or 2-year research master’s for undergraduate applicants, and 3-year PhD for master’s applicants.

Peter Atkinson : Spatial and space-time sampling effectsDisease transmission systemsespecially vector-borne systemsglobal vegetation and land cover changesnatural hazard impacts and risks

Alan Blackburn : Remote sensing of plant responses to environmental stressmodelling the relationships between spatial properties and ecosystem processesapplying geospatial technologies across different environmental systems

Amber Leeson : ice-climate interactionsRemote Sensing dataGIS and Data Science techniques

Duncan Whyatt : GIScoastal managementurban developmentlandscape ecologyrenewable energy and mapping trends in social media

City: Liverpool
Abbreviation: UOL
Unit: Department of Geography and Planning
URL: https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/geography-and-planning/
Description:

The Department of Geography and Planning at the University of Liverpool has four research areas: 1) Environmental Change, 2) Geographic Data Science, 3) Power, Spatial and Cultural Change, and 4) Planning, Environmental Assessment and Management. The Department’s research in GIS is primarily in Geographic Data Science, and the MSc programme has a dedicated 1-year taught programme in Geographic Data Science. The department’s programs are as follows: 1-year taught master’s or 2-year research master’s for undergraduate applicants, and 3-year PhD for master’s applicants.

Dani Arribas-Bel : citiesSpatial Analysisstatisticsopen source computingnew forms of data

Les Dolega : retailresilienceregional studiesGISurban systems

Mark Green : health-related behavioursclassificationsSpatial statistics

Alex Singleton : Geodemographicsurban systemsData Sciencemobilities / transport

Jeremiah Nieves : integrated modeling and spatio-temporal analyses of the human-environment interface

Carmen Cabrera-Arnau : uncover spatial and temporal patterns displayed by new forms of data in the context of urbanisation

Ron Mahabir : Urban analyticsopen dataremote sensingdata science

Francisco Rowe : Human Mobility and MigrationEconomic Geography and Spatial InequalityGeographic Data Science

Zi Ye : Urban economicsretail site planningand the transformative impact of retailtourismand transportation on urban landscapes

City: Nottingham
Abbreviation: UoN
Unit: School of Geography
URL: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/geography/
Description:

The School of Geography at the University of Nottingham covers a wide range of areas and offers lectures in a variety of fields. GIS will be covered in the MSc program, but there are no specific programs. The Department’s programs are as follows: 1 year taught MSc or 2 year research MSc for undergraduate applicants and 3 year PhD for MSc applicants.

Matthew Smallman-Raynor : spatial dynamics of infectious diseaseshistorical geography of war epidemicsgeography of HIV infection and disease Island epidemics

Doreen Boyd : Remote Sensingland systemtropical rainforeststemperate peatlandsboreal forests and mountains

Giles Foody : VGIland cover changes on the carbon cycle and patterns of biodiversitymachine learning methods for image analysis

Franziska Schrodt : plant functional traitsmacroecologyspecies distribution modelingecosystem functioningglobal changeRemote Sensing of VegetationMachine LearningBayesian Statistics

Gary Priestnall : Geographic representation and visualisation

Giles Foody : remote sensinginformatics and ecology/environmental science

City: London
Abbreviation: LSE
Unit: Department of Geography and Environment
URL: https://www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse/Graduate/degree-programmes-2021/MSc-Geographic-Data-Science
Description:

The London School of Economics and Political Science offers the MSc Geographic Data Science degree program. This program is a one-year taught degree that focuses on developing skills in spatial analysis for students with backgrounds in, for example, economics and business. Its main courses are offered by the Department of Geography and Environment, while some courses (such as statistics, data science and programming) are offered by the Department of Statistics.

City: Bristol
Abbreviation: Bristol
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://www.bristol.ac.uk/geography/
Description:

The Department of Geography at the University of Bristol offers both MSc and PhD degree programs in Quantitative Spatial Science, Computational Geography, and Human Geography. The MSc is a one-year taught program, while the PhD is a research-based program that generally takes three to five years.

Ce Zhang : Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (Deep Learning)Geospatial Data Mining and Modelling (Geospatial Data Science)Landscape Pattern Analysis (Vector-based and Raster-based GIS)Remotely Sensed Image Analysis and their Applications

Jonathan Bamber : geodesyremote sensingsea level

Richard Harris : spatial analysisgeo-data sciencequantitative social geographystatistics

Winnie Wang : migrationmobilitypopulationurban geographyhealth geographyquantitative methods

David Manley : human geographygeographical statistics

Susan Parnell : urbansustainabilityhuman geography

Jonathan Rigg : migrationmobilityurban-rural development

Levi Wolf : GWRSimulation ModeMultilevel ModelStochasticsGeographic DataFree Parameter

Sean Fox : urban remote sensingurban data science

Emmanouil Tranos : quantitative human geography

Rui Zhu : geographic data scienceKnowledge GraphGeographic Information SystemGeoAIMachine LearningEarth Observation and ModelingHuman GeographySemantic Technology

City: Coventry
Abbreviation: UoW
Unit: CIM
URL: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/cim/
Description:

The University of Warwick is a member of the Russell Group and has a campus on the outskirts of Coventry, near Warwickshire. The CIM center at Warwick offers MSc in Urban Analytics and Visualisation, a one-year taught MSc programme that focuses on the relationship between urban life and electronic technology, analysis and visualisation of urban spatial information, big data in cities and interdisciplinary approaches to urban science.

Greg McInerny : urbanvisualizationvisual analytics

Cagatay Turkay : visualizationspatiotemporal datahuman-computer interaction

Naomi Waltham-Smith : urbanmedia and cultural theorysound studies

Noortje Marres : digital social scienceissue mapping

Tessio Novack : GIScienceVGIcritical GISurban geography

City: Hampshire
Abbreviation: UoP
Unit: Department of Geography and Environmental Science
URL: https://www.port.ac.uk/study/subject-area/geography-and-environmental-science
Description:

The University of Portsmouth’s Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences offers a 1-year Master of Science degree program in Geographic Information (MSc GIS) with a focus on practical GIS skills, where students will work on projects to analyze spatial data and build their own data analytical methods, algorithms and software tools. Core courses include GIS principles, applied GIS, database management system, and the student’s own research project. Elective courses include geological hazard and sustainable blue economy.

City: Norwich
Abbreviation: UEA
Unit: School of Environmental Sciences
URL: https://www.uea.ac.uk/about/school-of-environmental-sciences
Description:

The School of Environmental Sciences at University of East Anglia offers MS and PhD programs in various aspects of environmental sciences, including the application of GIS. It is also associated with the Geoscience Group of the university where interdisciplinary projects among geology, oceanography, atmospheric science, sustainability, and climate are conducted. The research on geo-hazards is a flagship.

City: Leicester
Abbreviation: Leicester
Unit: School of Geography, Geology and the Environment
URL: https://le.ac.uk/gge
Description:

University of Leicester teaches undergraduate degree courses across all areas of Geography and Geology. We offer a in-house GIS MSc, and contribute to Masters programmes within the social sciences. We have a thriving cross-disciplinary postgraduate community within the School that is supported by funding schemes including three UK research council-funded Doctoral Training Partnerships: the Central England NERC Training Alliance (CENTA), the AHRC Midlands4Cities and the ESRC Midlands Graduate School.

Stefano De Sabbata : geographic data science and the application of artificial intelligence to human geography and internet studies

Claire Jarvis : Critical Digital Geographies and Geovisualisation to core Undergraduate modules in GIS and beyond

City: London
Abbreviation: Greenwich
Unit: Natural Resources Institute
URL: https://www.gre.ac.uk/subjects/environmental-science
Description:

Environmental science degrees Study the major issues facing the planet, from climate change to sustainability, and explore the solutions. You’ll get to put your knowledge into practice with field trips in the UK and overseas.

Meredith Williams : GISGlacierised area ice dynamicsEarth ObservationGeological and geomorphological applications of remote sensing

City: London
Abbreviation: Imperial
Unit: Department of Earth Science and Engineering
URL: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/earth-science/
Description:

he Department of Earth Science and Engineering (ESE) academics and researchers use both pure and applied research to remain at the cutting edge of investigating how Earth systems work; how to sustainably extract and use natural resources and energy; how solid bodies in the Solar System have evolved over time; and much more. Our work is aided by strong collaborative ties with Imperial’s Energy Futures Lab, Sustainable Gas Institute, Data Science Institute and Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment.

Washington Ochieng : PositioningNavigation and timing (PNT) systemsIntelligent Transport Systems (ITS)GeomaticsGeodesyAir traffic Management and Control (ATM/ATC)Structural integrity monitoringGeographical Information Systems (GIS) applications

City: London
Abbreviation: UWO
Unit: Department of Geography and Environment;Department of Earth Sciences;Institute for Earth and Space Exploration;Department of Civil and Evnironmental Engineering
URL: https://geoenvironment.uwo.ca/
Description:

Western University is a prestigious public university located in London, Ontario, Canada, and was previously known as the University of Western Ontario. The Department of Geography and Environment at this university has four major areas of study, including Geographic Information Science, Urban Studies, Environmental Development and Health, and Physical Geography. The GIS-related program includes topics in spatial modeling and visualization, cartography, database structures, pattern recognition, and applied GIS. It grants degrees of MSc, MA and PhD.;;;

Michael Buzzelli : GISpublic healthsociety-space relationshipsGeoWeb

Natasha Macbean : environmental remote sensingmodelingland coverbiogeography

Isaac Luginaah : health geographyGIS

Irena Creed : remote sensingGISecologywatershedhydrologybiology

Jinfei Wang : remote sensing

Jed Long : GPSmovementspace-time modelsspatial ecologyopen source software

Jason Gilliland : GISurban studies

Jinhyung Lee : GISciencespatial data sciencetransport geographymobility/accessibility analyticsurban studies

Jacek Malczewski : spatial statisticsspatial decision supportGISquantitative methods

Agnieszka Leszczynski : GISdigital geography digital platfroms in cities

United Kingdom (Walsh)

City: Aberystwyth
Abbreviation: Aber
Unit: Department of Geography and Earth Sciences
URL: https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/dges/
Description:

The Aberystwyth University is a university in Duffield, Wales, and is the oldest university in Wales. Aberystwyth University offers a one-year MSc in Remote Sensing and GIS and a three-year PhD in Geography. Both the MSc and PhD require the completion of a project and submission of a thesis.

Pete Bunting : GISspatial dataland cover3D point clouds

Andy Hardy : GISmappingspatial intelligence

Tom Holt : remote sensingglaciers

Jesse Heley : rural developmenteconomic geographyspatial planning

City: Cardiff
Abbreviation: Cardiff
Unit: School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
URL: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/cy/earth-environmental-sciences
Description:

Lu Zhuo : Remote sensing of environmentPhysical process-based modellingGeoinformaticsAgent-based modelling

Diana Contreras Mojica : Geographical Information Sciences (GIS)Disaster managementEarthquake reconnaissanceNatural language processing (NLP)Healthcare inequality and social justiceVulnerability assessmentResilienceClimate change adaptationEthics in researchEquality diversity and inclusion (EDI)

United Kingdom (Scotland)

City: Glasgow
Abbreviation: GLA
Unit: School of Geography and Earth Sciences;Department of Urban Studies;Urban Big Data Center
URL: https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/ges/
Description:

The School of Geography and Earth Sciences at the University of Glasgow is a leading institution for research and teaching in the fields of geography and earth sciences. The school offers undergraduate and postgraduate degree programs in a range of subjects, including environmental science, geology, human geography, physical geography, and urban studies. The faculty is composed of world-renowned experts in their respective fields, and the school is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities and resources to support research and learning. ;The Department of Urban Studies at the University of Glasgow is a leading institution for research and teaching in the field of urban studies. The department offers undergraduate and postgraduate degree programs in a range of subjects, including urban geography, urban planning, urban design, and housing studies. The research areas of the department include urban governance, urban inequalities, urban regeneration, and urban sustainability. The department also engages in knowledge exchange activities that aim to contribute to the development of sustainable and inclusive urban environments.;he Urban Big Data Centre (UBDC) at the University of Glasgow is a research center that focuses on the collection, analysis, and use of big data to address urban challenges. The center aims to provide insights into how cities work and how they can be improved by using large and complex data sets. UBDC is a partnership between the University of Glasgow and the University of Edinburgh, and it is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). The center works with a range of stakeholders, including policymakers, urban planners, and communities, to develop and apply innovative data-driven approaches to urban research. The research areas of UBDC include urban health, mobility, energy, environment, and social inequalities. The center also provides training and capacity-building programs to support the development of skills in big data analysis and urban research.

Nick Bailey : housing and neighborhoodadministrative big data 、

David McArthur : transportationeconometrics

Qunshan Zhao : GIScienceremote sensingspatial analysislocation modeling and analysisurban analyticsurban data science

Jing Yao : Geographical Information ScienceSpatial StatisticsSpatial OptimizationLocation ModelingHealth GeographyRegional ScienceUrban and Regional Planning and development

Brian Barrett : remote sensingterrestrial environment

Ana Basiri : geospatial data sciencenavigationGPS

João Porto de Albuquerque : digital geographies and GISintersecting urban data scienceinformation managementdevelopment studies

Ziqi Li : GISciencespatial analysisurban analyticshealth geographymachine learninggeospatial data science

Mingshu Wang : urban informaticsurban scienceGISciencegeodata sciencecity and regional development

Alison Heppenstall : geocomputationmachine learninggeospatial AIagent-based modelingsmart cities

Meiliu Wu : Geospatial Data ScienceGIScienceGeoAIUrban AnalyticsHuman Mobility & SegregationSocial-Environmental SustainabilityEquity & Justice

Pengyuan Liu : Geospatial data sciencespatially explicit GeoAIurban analysis and digital twinsurban perception and digital geographyurban justice

City: Edinburgh
Abbreviation: Edin
Unit: School of Environment and Sustainability
URL: https://www.ed.ac.uk/geosciences
Description:

The School of Geosciences at the University of Edinburgh was established in 2002 with an emphasis on development. The School of Geosciences has a number of GIS-related programs, offering two Masters programs, Msc by Research, Msc by Taught Science, and a related PhD program. The School of Geosciences has a number of related programs, including several master's programs and online master programs, which can be found at School of Geosciences: Taught Masters Programmes. The Msc of GIS does not strictly require an undergraduate degree in GIS, and the required courses include research practice and project planning, dissertation in GIS, spatial modeling and analysis, and technological infrastructures for GIS.

Neil Stuart : hydrology

Bruce Gittings : Geographical Information ScienceDatabase managementperformance and parallel computing issues related to GISdistributed GISlocation-based servicesweb-enabled databasesweb mappingweb-based surveysUse of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)

William Mackaness : UGCVGI

Zhiqiang Feng : health geographypopulation geographyspatial analysis

Jamie Pearce : socialpolitical and environmental processes affecting social and spatial inequalities in health

Chris Dibben : Povertydeprivation and inequalities Environment and Healthevaluation of area based initiatives small area statistics riskvulnerability and hazards

City: Aberdeen
Abbreviation: AU
Unit: Department of Geography and Environment
URL: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/geosciences/departments/geography-environment/index.php
Description:

The University of Aberdeen offers the MSc Geographical Information Systems degree program, which is a one-year or two-year class-based master’s degree. Core courses include geographic modeling, remote sensing image processing, GIS programming, mobile GIS, web GIS, field data collection, spatial databases, GPS, and cartography. The rest of the program is more flexible, allowing for elective courses to be arranged according to the student’s background, interests and career plans.

City: St Andrews
Abbreviation: St And
Unit: School of Geography and Sustainable Development
URL: https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/geography-sustainable-development/
Description:

The University of St Andrews offers a one-year taught master's program in sustainable development, as well as a one-year research master's and three-year doctoral programs.

Fernando Benitez : the science of movement ( human and animal)urban analyticsGIScienceand data fusion methods

Urška Demšar : spatio-temporal visual analytics and in particular in analysis of movement

Charlotte van der Lijn : Spatial data sciencevisualisationspatial accessibilityand playing in VR

Ireland

City: Dublin
Abbreviation: UCD
Unit: School of Geography
URL: https://www.ucd.ie/geography/
Description:

The School of Geography of the National University of Dublin has a long history and is strong in human geography, geopolitics, and environmental assessment. The GIS of this department is mainly a one-year teaching program, which can be applied after graduation. The courses are mostly GIS combined with natural/human geography. At the same time, the department also has a 2-year research master's degree, which needs to submit a proposal, and a 3-year doctoral degree for graduation applications.

Ainhoa Gonzalez Del Campo : developing and applying geospatial analysis tools and methods for assessing environmental change and impactsto better inform planning and decision-making

Michela Bertolotto : spatio-temporal data modeling and miningmobile and web-based GISmap personalisationopen and crowd-sourced spatial data

Ye Tian : Urban built environment optimizationenvironmental pollution controlenvironmental equitypublic health

City: Maynooth
Abbreviation: -
Unit: Department of Geography;National Centre for Geocomputation
URL: https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/geography
Description:

Maynooth University has a long history and is one of the four national universities in Ireland. The Department of Geography of Maynooth University is one of the largest geography departments in Europe. Its research scope covers human geography, physical geography, economic geography, landscape science, health geography, GIS and remote sensing. The National Geocomputing Centre of Ireland was established by Stewart Fotheringham, author of the geographically weighted regression model, and the co-developers of the model are currently employed at the Centre. The center focuses on the acquisition, storage, analysis and visualization of spatial data, and the specific directions include geographically weighted regression models, health geoinformatics, urban analysis, satellite detection, road infrastructure monitoring, laser and UAV data analysis applications, etc.;Maynooth University has a long history and is one of the four national universities in Ireland. The Department of Geography of Maynooth University is one of the largest geography departments in Europe. Its research scope covers human geography, physical geography, economic geography, landscape science, health geography, GIS and remote sensing. The National Geocomputing Centre of Ireland was established by Stewart Fotheringham, author of the geographically weighted regression model, and the co-developers of the model are currently employed at the Centre. The center focuses on the acquisition, storage, analysis and visualization of spatial data, and the specific directions include geographically weighted regression models, health geoinformatics, urban analysis, satellite detection, road infrastructure monitoring, laser and UAV data analysis applications, etc.

Chris Brunsdon : GISgeographically weighted regressionspatial analysisgeocomputationhuman geography

Tim McCarthy : geospatial analysis &amp modellingearth observationautonomous technologies including unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) - dronesweb &amp mobile geospatial information servicesspatial decision support (Cloud-based) platforms

Rowan Fealy : physical climatologyclimate changeclimate modelling and uncertainty

Ronan Foley : health geographiesGIStherapeutic landscapescultural geographies

Mary Gilmartin : migrationpoliticalsocial and cultural geography

Adrian Kavanagh : electoral geography (geographies of candidate selectionsvoter turnout and political support)geographical perspectives on the Eurovision song contest

Gerry Kearns : public geographiesgeopoliticscultural geographyhistorical geographies

Conor Murphy : climate changehydro-climatologyadaptationresilience

Lisa Orme : palaeoclimatology

Jan Rigby : geographies of healthpovertyGIS

Helen Shaw : biogeography

Peter Thorne : climate science

Kevin Credit : spatial data sciencemachine learningnon-auto transportationentrepreneurshiphealth geographyretail location

Karen Till : memory politicsurban design and planningart and geography

Chris van Egeraat : economic and regional geographies

Netherlands

City: Amsterdam
Abbreviation: VU
Unit: Spatial Information Laboratory
URL: https://spinlab.vu.nl/
Description:

The main research lines of the Spatial Information Laboratory (SPINlab) are: spatial analysis & modelling, geodesign, risk management, spatial digital humanities. The SPINlab coordinates the UNIGIS distance learning postgraduate course and masters programme on spatial information management. The students in the first two years are mainly devoted to classes, and the students in the third year should devote to the thesis. The project mainly includes courses such as Geovisualisation, Geoprocessing, Geodatabases, Geodata Capture, Standards and Quality, etc.

Eric Koomen : urban developmentland-use changespatial modelling and policy support

Niels van Manen : historical GISurban risk mapping and Geodesign for urban heritage planning

Erik Verhoef : Traffic congestionstatic and dynamic network analysisurban externalitiessecond-best regulationefficiency and equity aspects of spatial externalities and regulationspatial equilibrium modellingvaluationtransport economicsurban economics

Carolyn Fischer : environmental policy instrument designclimate and renewable energy policiescarbon leakagetechnological innovationeco-certificationand wildlife conservation

City: Groningen
Abbreviation: UG
Unit: Urban and Regional Studies Institute
URL: https://www.rug.nl/research/ursi/
Description:

The faculty of spatial sciences provides the possible specializations for Economic Geography / Economic Geography, Competitiveness and Trade, Real Estate Studies, Population Studies, Society, Sustainability and Planning, Environmental and Infrastructure Planning. Most of the GIS-related programs are carried out in the urban and regional studies institute and are integrated with planning in various degrees. The GIS-related program of the faculty of spatial sciences is mainly aimed at academic study. Undergraduate students can apply for 2-years master programs, and masters can apply for 4-year doctoral program.

Claudia Yamu : urban analytics and modelingcomputationspace syntaxtool and method developmentparticipatory planningand decision support for urban performance and change

Gerd Weitkamp : GIS analysis and gps-dataQualitative and quantitative methodsHealth geographyActive transportationLandscape research

Daniella Vos : GISmachine learning techniques and Bayesian inferencetransformations in human subsistence and settlement patterns

Jos Arts : infrastructure and environmental planningenvironmental impact assessmentex post evaluation

Dimitris Ballas : Economic GeographySpatial EconomicsRegional ScienceSocial and Spatial InequalitiesHappiness and Well-beingMigrationSpatial MicrosimulationGeoinformatics

Bettina Bock : rural developmentsocial innovationrural mobility and migrationrural magrinalisationrural governanceparticipatory governanceanimal welfarerural gendersustainable food production and consumptiongreen caremultifunctional agriculture

Tialda Haartsen : GeographyArea StudiesSocial Issues

Hinke Haisma : Child nutritionGlobal HealthCapability ApproachInequalities

Ed Nozeman : Planning & DevelopmentUrban StudiesGeography

Dirk Strijker : GeographyAgricultural Economics & PolicyEconomicsGeneral

Frank Vanclay : social impact assessment and managementsocial performancesocial sustainabilitycommunity engagementhuman rights impact assessmentsocial aspects of climate changecultural geographyrural sociologysociology of food and agriculture

Arno van der Vlist : Real Estate DevelopmentUrban EconomicsPublic Housing

City: Utrecht
Abbreviation: UU
Unit: Faculty of Geosciences
URL: https://www.uu.nl/en/organisation/faculty-of-geosciences
Description:

With a unique combination of expertise in both natural and social sciences in a single faculty, The Faculty of Geosciences has a strong comprehensive strength and is widely accepted in the world. Students with master’s degrees can look for 4-year doctoral positions on its website.

Steven de Jong : GeohazardsLandscape FunctioningGeo-computation and HydrologyLand Degradation and Remote Sensing

Maarten Kleinhans : GeomorphologyBiogeoscienceCoastal EvolutionRiver Floodplain Ecosystems

Marc Bierkens : Global Hydrology and water resourcesGroundwater DepletionWater Scarcity

Kim Cohen : Generic palaeogeographical mappingSubsurface geological architecture of modern deltas

Marco Helbich : Spatial ModellingUrban GeographyHealth GeographyActive Transportation

Britta Ricker : GeosciencesCopernicus Institute of Sustainable DevelopmentEnvironmental SciencesGlobal Ecohydrology and Sustainability

City: Delft
Abbreviation: TU Delft
Unit: Urbanism-Track Geomatics;Civil-Track Geoscience & Remote Sensing
URL: https://www.tudelft.nl/en/architecture-and-the-built-environment/research/research-at-bk-bouwkunde/urbanism/
Description:

Delft University of Technology (TUDelft) is one of Europe’s top universities of science and technology, with a long history and deep strength in the field of engineering. There are two GIS/RS-related institutions in TUDelft: Geomatics in the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, and Geoscience & Remote Sensing in the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences. Geomatics puts particular emphasis on 3D Geoinformation, Smart Cities, and building environment. Geoscience & Remote Sensing focuses more on the applications of Remote Sensing and Geodesy in Atmospheric science and Earth system science fields.;Delft University of Technology (TUDelft) is one of Europe’s top universities of science and technology, with a long history and deep strength in the field of engineering. There are two GIS/RS-related institutions in TUDelft: Geomatics in the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, and Geoscience & Remote Sensing in the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences. Geomatics puts particular emphasis on 4D Geoinformation, Smart Cities, and building environment. Geoscience & Remote Sensing focuses more on the applications of Remote Sensing and Geodesy in Atmospheric science and Earth system science fields.

P.J.M. van Oosterom : 3D land administrationspatial information infrastructure

Martijn Meijers : Geo-database management systemsmap generalisationcartography and geo-visualization(applied) computational geometry for GIShandling large datasets and topological consistency

J.E. Stoter : 3D geoinformation infrastructure3D indoor modelling and navigationdata structures and algorithms for 3D modelling

H. Ledoux : 3D geographic information system (GIS)computational geometry3D modellingpoint could modelling and analysis

Giorgio Agugiaro : Geographical Information Systemsspatial data integrationsemantic 3D city models and their energy-related topics

Clara Garcia-Sanchez : Computational Fluid DynamicsWind EngineeringPollution dispersionUrban flows

Liangliang Nan : Computer visionmachine learning (deep learning)computer graphicsand 3D geoinformationAcquiringanalyzingunderstandingand modeling real-world scenes

R.F. Hanssen : radar remote sensinggeodesygeostatistics

H.J.J. Jonker : large eddy simulationpollutant dispersionboundary layer

P.F. Levelt : atmospheric compositionair quality

H.W.J. Russchenberg : climate changemeasuring the atmospherenowcasting rainfall

Susan Steele-Dunne : microwave remote sensingtransport of water through vegetationmodelingdata assimilation and machine learning

P.J.G. Teunissen : navigationpositioningGNSSgeodesy

Nan Bai : Heritage protectionsocial media behavior

Yanan Xin : Interpretable machine learningspatial causal inferencemobility-based anomaly detectionand the intersection between mobility and energy

City: Enschede
Abbreviation: UT
Unit: ITC
URL: https://www.itc.nl/
Description:

The Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) at the University of Twente was founded in 1950 as a response to the United Nations’ efforts to help train professionals in aerial mapping in developing countries. From there, the ITC has grown into an institute with a team of experienced researchers with various backgrounds and evolved into the International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (IIGSO). Since January 1st, 2010, ITC has officially become an affiliated unit of the University of Twente, and the educational and research resources of both parties have been integrated and thus upgraded. ITC hosts six departments, namely ：Department of Earth Observation Science, Department of Earth Systems Analysis, Department of Geo-information Processing, Department of Natural Resources, Department of Urban and Regional Planning and Geo-information Management and Department of Water Resources. Its specializations cover a wide range of areas, including GIS, remote sensing, photogrammetry, natural resources, water resources, earth system science, urban and regional planning, etc.

Alfred Stein : spatial (and temporal) statisticsgeneral statisticsfuzzy techniques and quality of spatial dataBayesian networksimage fusion

George Vosselman : quality analysis of laser altimetry datastrip adjustmentsegmentation and classification of point clouds3D building and road modeling from both point clouds and imagerymodel driven analysis of aerial and industrial imagery

Justine Ianthe Blanford : educationhealthvector-borne diseasespandemicsfood environmentTwitter data

Ling Chang : statistical hypothesis testingtime series modelingchange detection using satellite-borne remote sensing technologyparticularly InSAR techniques

Sander Oude Elberink : information extraction from point clouds3D reconstruction by fusing topographic maps and laser data

Claudio Persello : UAV images and photogrammetric point cloudsmultispectral VHR satellite imageshyperspectral imagesdeep learningConvolutional neural networksSVM and kernel methodsSupervisedsemi supervised and active learningtransfer learning and domain adaptationfeature selection/extractionClassification map accuracy assessmentmapping of agriculture fieldsforest inventoriesground sample collection optimization

Mariana Belgiu : deals with the designtestingand implementation of efficient methods to classify multi-temporal and single-date satellite images and with the transferability of supervised classification methods across different geographic areas

Michael Yang : computer vision and photogrammetry with specialization on deep Learninggraphical modelsscene understandingand multi-Sensor fusion

Serkan Girgin : geospatial data science

Mark van der Meijde : making the link between remotely sensed surface and subsurface informationFields of application focus on geophysics3D geological modelingintegrating space and airborne (hyperspectral) remote sensing with seismology for geo-hazards and tectonicsand 3D environmental modelingparticularly focussing on detection of natural and man-made hydrocarbon leakages

Victor Jetten : characterisation of hazardvulnerability and riskeffective decision-making in complex and changing risk contextreducing risk and curbing losses through knowledge-based actions

Norman Kerle : hazardsrisk and disaster damage assessment with multi-type geodatain addition to landslide research and quantitative geomorphologyfrequently with object-oriented analysis methodsassessment of post-disaster recovery with remtoe sensing image analsyis and macro-economic agent-based modeling

C.J. van Westen : Landslide hazard and riskvolcanic hazard and risk assessmenttechnological risk assessmentdeveloping methods for the analysis of changing multi-hazard risk

Menno-Jan Kraak : cartographyvisualization of geospatial data (with ormeling)Webcartographydevelopments and prospectsExploring geovisualization

Raul Zurita-Milla : GISremote sensingspatio-temporal analysisgeocomputationseasonal dynamics

Andy Nelson : spatial and temporal analysis of optical and SAR imagery for crop detection and characterisationyield estimation from remote sensing and crop simulation modelsthe use of spatial and temporal data for crop health applicationsdetection and mapping of crop management practices and mapping suitability for best management practices (technology targetting)applications of remote sensing for crop insuranceSpatial accessibility modelsenvironmental monitoring with temporal remote sensing data

Andrew Skidmore : vegetation mapping and monitoringwildlife habitat assessment in East Africahyperspectral remote sensingAI techniques for handling geoinformation and accuracy assessment

Tiejun Wang : biodiversity mapping and monitoring using satellite remote sensingecological niche modelingArtificial intelligence techniquesecologically relevant information extraction from remotely sensed dataUnderstanding the impacts of land use and climate change on biodiversity and ecosystem functioningguiding biodiversity conservationand thereby achieving sustainable development goals

Louise (Wieteke) Willemen : making quantitative spatial information on ecosystem services available to support multi-objective decision making in agricultural areasRS-based ecosystem service mapping and monitoringimpact assessments of integrated restorationand prioritization of investments in land degradation neutrality actions

Jaap Zevenbergen : innovativepro-poor land tools in cooperation with UN Habitat and the World Bankknowledge on Geo-ICT and land governance has to be brought together to align these technological and institutional aspects

Yola Georgiadou : how people enactorganizeand institutionalize (or not) geo-information technology in various domains (waterenvironmenturban and land policy) and how infrastructure (the informationalsocial and material underpinning of human action) is builtmaintained and breaks down

Christiaan (Chrit) Lemmen : His research activities are performed in close co-operation with the Land Administration group of ProfJaap ZevenbergenChrit is one of the editors of the ISO standard on the Land Administration Domain (ISO 19152)This standard includes a specialisation called the social Tenure Domain Model

Bob Su : remote sensing and numerical modeling of land surface processes and land-atmosphere interactionsclimate data records for climate servicesobservation of global water cycleTheory for retrieval of turbulent heat fluxes and evaporationSimulating radiative transferphotosynthesis and energy fluxesUnravelling climate and human impacts in hydrology and water resourcescoupled simultaneous transfer of energyMass and Momentum in unsaturated soil as a component of earth system modelmodeling microwave signature of land surface and retrieval of soil moisture

Daphne van der Wal : understanding the functioning of aquatic systemswith focus on the physical processes in the coastal zone and their interaction with biologyThe response of aquatic systems to climate change and human impactas well as risks (egflooding) and services (egnature-based flood risk reduction) of the coastal zonesatelliteairborne and near-surface remote sensing in the opticalradar/SARand TIR domaincombined with big data analyses and modeling toolsremote sensinggeo-informationspatial patternscoastal processesriver-sea interactionswater qualitywetlandsbio-geomorphologymorphologysediment dynamicsaeolian dynamicsnature-based solutions

Yijian Zeng : land-atmosphere interaction via hydrologic processes and how the interaction affects the climate systemGeneration of consistent climate data record using multi-sources of geo-datasetsphysical mechanisms of land surface modelsapplication of data assimilation

Karin Pfeffer : urban infrastructures and infrastructuringurban planning supporturban poverty and spatial inequalitiesmapping and analyzing urban deprivations/slum areasUrbanisation patterns and processesSensorial environment of urban public spacessmart urbanism and urban lifestylesurban remote sensingGeo-technologies and digital technologiesGeographic information analysis and spatial knowledgeParticipatory mapping/qualitative GIS

Richard Sliuzas : the use of geo-spatial technologies in spatial planning for sustainable urban development with an emphasis on issues related to urban informalityurban poverty alleviation and the relationship between spatial planning and disasters

Jiong Wang : urban heat islandland surface temperaturelocal thermal zoneurban slumsearth observation

City: Wageningen
Abbreviation: WUR
Unit: Lab of Geoinformation Science and Remote Sensing
URL: https://www.wur.nl/en/Research-Results/Chair-groups/Environmental-Sciences/Laboratory-of-Geo-information-Science-and-Remote-Sensing.htm
Description:

The Lab of Geoinformation Science and Remote Sensing at Wageningen University is established under the Department of Environmental Sciences and is partaking in many EU projects on forest environment monitoring. This lab’s projects focus on the application of remote sensing to agriculture and forestry monitoring, in areas such as ecological modeling, forest management and precision agriculture. The department has two master programs related to GIS, namely 1) a 2-year master program at WUR and 2) a joint GIMA program with four universities, in which half of the time is taught remotely by UWI instructors. The 2-year master’s program at UWR is flexible in course selection, with 4-5 required courses, and students are free to select other courses and can also do a interdisciplinary thesis that fits their interests.

Alexander Klippel : GeoinformationGeodataSpatial CognitionGeographic Event ConceptualizationCrowdscience

Martin Herold : Remote sensingSatellite-based MonitoringTime series analysisLand use changeForest

Arnold Bregt : Land use planningSpatial data and modelsGeomaticsGeographical information systemsSoil sciences

Ioannis Athanasiadis : Artificial IntelligenceMachine learningBig dataAgricultureEcoinformatics

Jan Clevers : Remote SensingAgricultural/Soil MonitoringPrecise AgricultureRadiative Transfer Model

Lammert Kooistra : Remote SensingUnmanned Aerial SystemsImaging SpectroscopyPrecision AgricultureMulti-variate statistics

Sytze de Bruin : Geo-information ScienceGeostatisticsSpatial Data QualityRemote Sensing

Jan Verbesselt : Remote SensingTime series analysisMachine learningBig-Earth Observation data analysis

Ron van Lammeren : GeovisualizationGIS EducationGeo-information in landscape

Arend Ligtenberg : Spatial ModelingSimulationSpatial PlanningAgent Based ModelingComplex Adaptive Systems

Johannes Reiche : Radar Remote SensingMulti-SensorNear Real-Time Change MonitoringForest Dynamics

Veronique De Sy : Land Use ChangeClimate Change MitigationREDD+Forest MonitoringSustainable Development

Judith Verstegen : GeoinformaticsGeosimulationSpatial OptimizationHuman-Environment InteractionAgent-Based Modelling

Harm Bartholomeus : Remote SensingSoil SciencePhysical GeographyLidarUVA image process

Portugal

City: Lisbon
Abbreviation: NOVA
Unit: Nova Information Management School (Nova IMS)
URL: https://www.novaims.unl.pt/pt/ensino/cursos/pos-graduacoes-e-mestrados/
Description:

NOVA University Lisbon is a public university in Lisbon. The Nova IMS offers a Graduate Diploma in GIS and a MS in Geospatial Technologies. It also grants PhD in Management with one of its concentration options being geomatics.

City: Porto
Abbreviation: U.Porto
Unit: FACULTY OF ARTS;Faculty of Engineering
URL: https://sigarra.up.pt/up/en/web_base.gera_pagina?p_pagina=flup
Description:

The Faculty of Arts at University of Porto offers a 2-year thesis-based master’s program in GIS and spatial planning and also a 2-year thesis-based master’s program in hazards, cities, and spatial planning. Under the Faculty of Engineering there is also a doctoral program in spatial planning.;The Faculty of Arts at University of Porto offers a 2-year thesis-based master’s program in GIS and spatial planning and also a 3-year thesis-based master’s program in hazards, cities, and spatial planning. Under the Faculty of Engineering there is also a doctoral program in spatial planning.

Italy

City: Milan
Abbreviation: POLIMI
Unit: Geomatics and Earth Observation laboratory
URL: https://www.gisgeolab.polimi.it/
Description:

Politecnico di Milano, as a strong GIS/RS university in Italy, has a Geomatics and Earth Observation laboratory under the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The entrance degree for the master’s program is bachelor’s degree and the duration is 2 years. After graduating from the master’s program, the student can continue pursuing the Ph.D. degree. The GIS master’s program of the school is a master’s degree in geographic information engineering that integrates environment, geographic information science, and computer science, with a relatively more emphasis on computer science.

Maria Antonia Brovelli : GISwebGISgeospatial web platformVGIcitizen science and big geo data

Daniela Carrion : GISremote sensinggeodesy‬

City: Trento
Abbreviation: UniTn
Unit: Remote Sensing Laboratory
URL: https://rslab.disi.unitn.it/
Description:

As a strong RS university in Italy, the University of Trento has a Remote Sensing Laboratory under the Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science. The entrance degree for the master’s program is bachelor’s degree and the duration is 2 years. After graduating from the master’s program, the student can continue pursuing the Ph.D. degree. The master’s program in this department is information and communication engineering that integrates Information Engineering, Communications/Radar, Environmental Remote Sensing, etc., with a relatively more emphasis on Information and Communication Engineering.

Lorenzo Bruzzone : Remote SensingSynthetic Aperture RadarImage ProcessingPattern Recognition

Francesca Bovolo : Remote SensingPattern Recognition‬

City: Bologna
Abbreviation: UniBo
Unit: Multiple
URL: https://www.unibo.it/it
Description:

The University of Bologna is one of the oldest universities in Europe, founded in 1088, and the oldest university in the world that continues to operate today. It offers master’s programs in urban and landscape planning, geography and territorial development, earth system science, sustainable development, agricultural and forest planning, agroforestry and environmental technology, and marine engineering. It also starts PhD programs in the fields of Earth environment and climate change, agro-environment, and statistical data science.

City: Florence
Abbreviation: UniFI
Unit: Architecture
URL: https://www.unifi.it/p12060.html#genere
Description:

The Department of Architecture of the University of Florence offers a Master’s program in Urban and Regional Planning. The program is managed by the University of Florence, but operates in collaboration with the University of Palermo, the University of Bari, the University of Trieste and the University of Naples. In addition, the university offers doctoral degrees in earth sciences, forest resource management, agricultural and environmental sciences, and sustainable development.

City: Palermo
Abbreviation: UP
Unit: Agriculture, Food and Forestry ;Geoscience
URL: https://www.unipa.it/dipartimenti/saaf
Description:

The school offers master's degree programs in forest and environmental science and technology, geographic risk and geographic resources, and environmental analysis and management. It also offers a PhD in Earth and Marine Sciences.;The school offers master's degree programs in forest and environmental science and technology, geographic risk and geographic resources, and environmental analysis and management. It also offers a PhD in Earth and Marine Sciences.

City: Pisa
Abbreviation: Unipi
Unit: SoBigData Lab
URL: https://masterbigdata.it/
Description:

University of Pisa offers a master's degree program in Big Data Analytics and Social Mining, the first of its kind in Italy. Also, it has a masters in urban health.

France

City: Paris
Abbreviation: UPEM
Unit: ENSG
URL: https://www.ensg.eu/?lang=fr
Description:

The Ecole Nationale des Sciences Géographiques is established in 1941. It is currently affiliated to the UPEM and is also part of the National Institute of Geographic and Forest Information (IGN). This institute is committed to training professionals in GIS. Application domains of the GIS research include GIScience, geographic VR, 3D modeling, transportation, urban planning, energy, natural and forestry environment, national defense and security, spatial planning, and sustainable development, etc. The institute offers M1 and M2 master’s degrees (Note: M1 is not well recognized in China for it is regarded as a degree level between the Chinese bachelor’s and master’s degrees, which is caused by the different educational system; M2 is equivalent to a master’s degree in China).

City: Dijon
Abbreviation: UB
Unit: AgroSup Dijon
URL: https://www.u-bourgogne.fr/organisation/laboratoires-et-entites-de-recherche/laboratoire-d-economie-de-dijon-ledi.html
Description:

The Université Bourgogne Franche Comté (UBFC), or the University of Burgundy, formerly known as the University of Dijon, offers a two-year M2 master’s degree in Data Analysis for Spatial and Environmental Economics (DASEE). This major is to develop a student’s analytical skillsets in GIS and economic geography which can be applied to urban, regional, and environmental problems. The program specifically helps students in developing skills in managing and analyzing geospatial data. This is a class-based master’s program taught in English. The entry requirements include an undergraduate degree in economics, mathematics, engineering, or quantitative geography. The main contents of the lectures include GIS, spatial economics, geostatistics, transportation economics, spatial analysis, and spatial data science, etc. A final report needs to be completed before graduation.

City: Toulouse
Abbreviation: UT2,UTM,Tlse2
Unit: Department of Geography, Planning and Environment
URL: https://geo.univ-tlse2.fr/
Description:

The Tlse2 is located in the suburb of Toulouse, France. It is a member of the Toulouse University System, which is one of the oldest higher education institutions on the European continent. The school’s Department of Geography, Planning and Environment offers a master’s program (M2) in geomatics. The duration of this program is 1-2 years. There are at least 600 hours or 4 months of internship requirements. This is mainly a course-based program. Core classes are related to the application of digital geographic information in planning, agriculture and environmental protection. There are also courses in remote sensing and GIS, and training programs in GIS core skills such as programming, algorithms, and database management. Most of the graduates become software or data engineers, and some continue to study for doctoral degrees or work as GIS consultants in international organizations such as UNEP and WHO. The department also has a doctorate degree program, and most of its projects are in cooperation with the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS).

City: Rennes
Abbreviation: UR2
Unit: Department of Geography and Spatial Planning
URL: https://international.univ-rennes2.fr/structure/department-geography-and-spatial-planning
Description:

The geography and spatial planning is one of the key departments of the UR2. It is a large department with master’s (M2) and doctoral degree programs. In the master’s degree program, there is a SIGAT (GIS and regional analysis) option specifically for GIS majors. Its duration is 2 years. The teaching content generally includes GIS development, data and database management, spatial analysis, and spatial statistics, etc. Most courses are taught in French while a small portion is taught in English. Research is required for the doctorate degree. Scientific research projects and supervisors are determined by the availability of ongoing projects.

City: Saint-Etienne
Abbreviation: UPV
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://fac-shs.univ-st-etienne.fr/fr/departements/geographie.html
Description:

The Department of Geography at the University of Saint-Etienne has a masters (M2) program, which has two directions, namely digital geography and environmental management. The main teaching content of digital geography includes geographic information systems, programming technology, metrology, spatial statistics, image analysis, remote sensing analysis, and cartography, and the main teaching content of environmental management includes environmental science, ecology, biogeography, hydrogeology, urban research, human geography, and sociology.

Thierry Joliveau : spatial analysiscartographymappinggeovisualization

Christine Jacqueminet : GISremote sensingphysical geographytropical climatehydrologymodeling

City: Nice
Abbreviation: UCA
Unit: Environmental Hazards and Risk Management
URL: https://univ-cotedazur.eu/msc/environmental-hazards-and-risks-management#.X3UUQGhKhPY
Description:

The University of the Cote d’Azur is a newly-established university in southern France. It was established in 2015 after a merger of several universities and institutes including the University of Nice, Skema Business School, French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), and others. The university has a master’s degree program (MSc) in environmental hazards and risk management. This program is a teaching-based program and taught in English (IELTS, TOEFL or GRE scores are required), and its duration is 2 years. Core courses taught include the GIScience, remote sensing, urban planning, spatial analysis, environmental management, risk assessment, statistics, monitoring and modeling, and environmental law. The teaching part of the program usually lasts for 3 semesters, and the 4th semester is for an internship that takes 3 to 6 months. The program cooperates with a number of companies, institutions, universities, and research institutions in France, so it can provide many different job opportunities after the graduation. Applicants need to have an undergraduate degree in geography, earth science, or environmental science.

Belgium

City: Leuven
Abbreviation: KU Leuven
Unit: Geography and Tourism
URL: https://ees.kuleuven.be/en/geography
Description:

The geography program at KU Leuven focuses on the spatial patterns of physical and anthropogenic phenomena on the Earth’s surface and on the interactions between society and the environment. The GIS course in this department offers programs mainly in cooperation with the Free University of Brussels (VUB). Applicants can apply for a 2-year master’s degree and a 4-year doctoral degree after completing their bachelor’s degree. The GIS program focuses on new methods and techniques for acquiring, managing, analyzing and mapping spatial data, with an optional two-month GIS internship.

Govers Gerard : Spatial ModelingGeomorphological ProcessesSoil SciencePhysical Geography

Ate Poorthuis : Urban GeographyGeographic Data ScienceVisualizationGeocomputation

Anton Van Rompaey : Socio-ecological SystemsLand Use ChangeRural-urban Migrations

City: Brussels
Abbreviation: VUB
Unit: Cartography and GIS
URL: https://we.vub.ac.be/en/cartography-and-gis
Description:

Geographical research at the VUB focuses on urban, social and spatial change. The GIS department offers programs mainly in cooperation with KU Leuven and ULB. Applicants can apply for a 2-year master’s degree and a 4-year doctoral degree after completing their bachelor’s degree. Its GIS program focuses on new methods and techniques for acquiring, managing, analyzing and mapping spatial data, with an optional two-month GIS internship.

City: Louvain-la-Neuve
Abbreviation: UC Louvain
Unit: Geography
URL: https://uclouvain.be/en/faculties/sc/geo
Description:

法语鲁汶大学的地理学着重于经济地理和社会与环境之间的相互作用。该系本科毕业可申请1年和2年硕士（法语项目），后者相对侧重研究。硕士毕业申请可修4年博士。其GIS项目主要在地理硕士项目下，主要着重于地理建模、GIS和遥感。

City: Brussels
Abbreviation: ULB
Unit: Geospatial Analysis Lab
URL: http://igeat.ulb.ac.be/fr/unites-de-recherche/details/unit/analyse-geospatiale/
Description:

Geographic research at ULB focuses on urban, social and spatial change. The GIS unit carries out collaborative projects with the VUB. It is also a part of the European 4Cities program. Undergraduates can apply for a 2-year master’s degree and master’s students can apply for a 4-year PhD. The GIS program focuses on new methods and techniques for acquiring, managing, analyzing and mapping spatial data.

Frank Canters : Urban Remote SensingMonitoring and modeling of Urban DynamicsUncertainty in Spatial DataMap Projection

Francesc Baró : Urban Ecosystem ServicesGreen InfrastructureNature-based SolutionsUrban Environmental JusticeGeospatial Analysis

Benoît Smets : Remote SensingPhotogrammetryNatural HazardsVolcanoes

Eléonore Wolff : Spatial AnalysisMappingRemote SensingLand-use Management

City: Ghent
Abbreviation: Ughent
Unit: CartoGIS;3DDA
URL: http://www.geografie.ugent.be/research-units/cartogis
Description:

The geography program at Ghent University has a long history and a comprehensive scope, with research interests in 3D data acquisition, cartography and GIS, physical geography, landscape studies, and socio-economic geography. You can apply for a 2-year master’s degree after your undergraduate degree and a 4-year PhD after your master’s degree. The department has two main master programs in GIS, namely a traditional geography program, and a specialized mapping program, both taught in Dutch.;The geography program at Ghent University has a long history and a comprehensive scope, with research interests in 3D data acquisition, cartography and GIS, physical geography, landscape studies, and socio-economic geography. You can apply for a 2-year master’s degree after your undergraduate degree and a 5-year PhD after your master’s degree. The department has two main master programs in GIS, namely a traditional geography program, and a specialized mapping program, both taught in Dutch.

Alain De Wulf : 3D data-acquisition TechniquesLand and Hydrographic SurveyingGeodesy

Rudi Goossens : Remote SensingPhotogrammetryHigh-resolution images

Tim Van de Voorde : Geographic Information ScienceRemote SensingLand Use Change ModellingEcosystem Services

Philippe De Maeyer : Geographic Information SystemLand useRemote SensingFlood modelingDigital mapping

Haosheng Huang : Geographic Informaiton Science (GIScience)CartographyLocation Based Services (LBS)Spatial CognitionUrban Informatics

Nico Van de Weghe : Geographic Informaiton Science (GIScience)Location Based Services (LBS)Moving Objects and Research

Luxembourg

City: Luxembourg
Abbreviation: UniLu
Unit: Geography and Spatial Planning;Urban Development;Environmental Sensing and Modelling
URL: https://wwwfr.uni.lu/recherche/fhse/dgeo
Description:

The University of Luxembourg, the only university in Luxembourg, has faculty members working on GIS-related projects under the Department of Geography and Spatial Planning. You can apply for a 2 year Master’s degree after your undergraduate studies and a 3-4 year PhD after your Master’s degree. The GIS-related Master program integrates topics in geography, GIS, and spatial planning.;The University of Luxembourg, the only university in Luxembourg, has faculty members working on GIS-related projects under the Department of Geography and Spatial Planning. You can apply for a 2 year Master’s degree after your undergraduate studies and a 3-5 year PhD after your Master’s degree. The GIS-related Master program integrates topics in geography, GIS, and spatial planning.;The University of Luxembourg, the only university in Luxembourg, has faculty members working on GIS-related projects under the Department of Geography and Spatial Planning. You can apply for a 2 year Master’s degree after your undergraduate studies and a 3-6 year PhD after your Master’s degree. The GIS-related Master program integrates topics in geography, GIS, and spatial planning.

Geoffrey Caruso : Land use and transport modelsSpatial statisticsUrban patterns and dynamicsAgent-based modelsGeographical Information Systems (GIS) and Cartography

Martin Dijst : MobilityICTClimate changeUrban healthTime geography

Philippe Gerber : Daily and Residential MobilityUrban GeographyTravel behavior

Olivier Klein : Daily MobilityUrban GeographySpatial AnalysisGISGeovisualization

Hichem Omrani : Data scienceMachine learningBig dataExposure to environmentsICT/IoT

Camille Perchoux : Public healthHealth geographySpatial epidemiology

Catherine Jones : geospatial data and Analysishuman-computer interactionhumanitiesplace makingurban discoverygamificationlocation-based services with crowdsourcing

Spain

City: Madrid
Abbreviation: UAM
Unit: Faculty of Philosophy and Literature
URL: https://uam.es/CentroEstudiosPosgrado/MU_Planificacion_y_Desarrollo_Territoria_Sostenible/1446794804510.htm?language=es_ES&nDept=5&pid=1446755975574&pidDept=1446755975995
Description:

The Autonomous University of Madrid (la Autonoma) has a master’s degree program in planning and territorial sustainable development. It is a one-year master’s program that requires 60 credits, including 10 research credits and 5 external internship credits. The teaching content includes urban science, GIS, geographic database, geographic information visualization, landscape and cultural heritage, regional planning, natural environment assessment, environmental resources, and sustainable development, etc.

Albania

City: Tirana
Abbreviation: FHF
Unit: -
URL: https://www.fhf.edu.al/cikli-i-dyte-master-profesional/
Description:

The University of Tirana has a Professional Master’s Degree in Applied GIS. The primary language of instruction at this university is Albanian. The duration is about 3 semesters. The university also grants PhD degrees in Geography.

Bulgaria

City: Sofia
Abbreviation: Uni-Sofia
Unit: Faculty of Geology and Geography
URL: https://www.uni-sofia.bg
Description:

The Sofia University offers the Masters in GIS and Cartography (https://www.uni-sofia.bg/index.php/bul/universitet_t/fakulteti/geologo_geografski_fakultet/specialnosti/magist_rski_programi/geologo_geografski_fakultet/4_4_nauki_za_zemyata/specialnost_geografiya/geografski_informacionni_sistemi_i_kartografiya) under its Faculty of Geology and Geography. The completion time is 2 or 3 semesters. For those with an undergraduate degree in geography, geology, historical geography, biogeography, geodesy, tourism, sustainability and other related majors, it takes 2 semesters to complete. For those with other undergraduate majors it takes 3 semesters. The university also has a doctoral program in cartography (https://www.uni-sofia.bg/index.php/bul/obrazovanie/doktoranturi/akreditirani_doktorski_programi).

Estonia

City: Tartu
Abbreviation: UT
Unit: Institute of Geography
URL: https://www.geograafia.ut.ee/et
Description:

The University of Tartu is one of the oldest universities in Europe and one of the most reputable universities in Estonia. Geography is the flagship institute of this university. The institute can grant bachelor, master, and doctorate degrees in geography. Cartography and GIS are among the important teaching and research directions of this institute. The teaching content of these directions includes map design, geographic information system, spatial database, comprehensive processing of spatial data, geographic modeling, and programming for technical solutions. Most of the graduates work as GIS analysts, cartographers, spatial data managers, or visualization engineers in technology companies, surveying companies, or government agencies.

Tonu Oja : spatiotemporal analysissustainability

Raivo Aunap : landscape change detectioncartographic presentationterrain modelling and analysispalaeogeographic reconstruction

Juri Roosaare : spatial data sciencespatial support systemnumerical modelingGIS education

Evelyn Uuemaa : cartographysoilclimate

City: Tallinn
Abbreviation: TalTech
Unit: Institute of Oceanic Systems
URL: https://taltech.ee/meresusteemide-instituut/uurimisgrupid#p22230
Description:

The ocean dynamics modeling and remote sensing research group at the Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech) conducts a large number of ocean-related remote sensing research projects and trains doctoral students. They use optical, infrared, and radar satellite images, drone observations, and shore-based radars to obtain large amounts of data and process and analyze them to describe and evaluate ocean conditions.

Juri Elken : remote sensingmarineoceanographysimulation

Urmas Raudsepp : remote sensingmodelingoceanic system

Aarne Mannik : remote sensingoceanic systemoceanography

Greece

City: Athens
Abbreviation: UoA
Unit: Department of Biology;Department of Geology and Geoenvironment
URL: http://en.biol.uoa.gr/
Description:

The university offers master's and doctoral degrees in ecology, health informatics, natural disaster, and environmental management.;The university offers master's and doctoral degrees in ecology, health informatics, natural disaster, and environmental management.

Latvia

City: Riga
Abbreviation: LU
Unit: Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformatics
URL: https://www.lu.lv/en/about-us/structure/institutes/ul-institute-of-geodesy-and-geoinformatics/
Description:

The Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformatics (IGG) at the University of Latvia is the largest and the oldest geoinformatics institute in the Baltic region. It currently awards bachelor, master, and doctorate degrees. Among them, the major of the master's program is spatial development and planning, and the main subjects are social psychology of planning, spatial planning, geographic information system, strategy and project management, and environmental science. This is a 2-year program. In addition, the Department of Geography at this university also operates traditional master's programs in physical geography and human geography, as well as doctoral programs in geography.

Lithuania

City: Kaunas
Abbreviation: KTU
Unit: Institute of Environmental Engineering
URL: https://apinien.ktu.edu/
Description:

Kaunas University of Technology is a reputable research university in Lithuania. Its Institute of Environmental Engineering is one of the first departments in the country to start GIS-related research. At present, there is a smart city research center within this institute. The center is engaged in research in the fields of urban science, 3D urban modeling, BIM, urban data science, and machine learning. The university can grant bachelor, master, and doctorate degrees.

City: Vilnius
Abbreviation: Vilnius Tech
Unit: Joint program with RTU
URL: https://vilniustech.lt/for-international-students/degree-programmes-in-english-language-20222023/graduate-studies/innovative-solutions-in-geomatics/287824
Description:

The Master of General Engineering in Innovative Solutions in Geomatics (https://studyin.lt/programs/innovative-solutions-in-geomatics/) is a 3-semester (1.5 years) program offered by the Vilnius Tech. Focuses of this masters course include geodesy, cartography, GIS, geomatics, general engineering and applied engineering. It is jointly operated with the Riga Technical University.

North Macedonia

City: Skopje
Abbreviation: UKIM
Unit: Geography Department
URL: http://www.ukim.edu.mk
Description:

The Saints Cyril and Methodius University in Skopjeis the oldest and largest public university in North Macedonia. It is named after two Byzantine theologians Cyril and Methodius of the 9th century. The Faculty of Geography has a master's program (http://www.ukim.edu.mk/dokumenti_m/Studiski-programi-II_ciklus-2021.pdf) in cartography and geoinformatics (картографија и географски информациски системи). The university also has a PhD degree program (http://www.ukim.edu.mk/mk_content.php?meni=165&glavno=8) in geography.

Poland

City: Warsaw
Abbreviation: UW
Unit: Department of Geoinformatics, Cartography and Remote Sensing
URL: http://geoinformatics.uw.edu.pl/
Description:

The Department of Geoinformatics, Cartography and Remote Sensing at the University of Warsaw is home to a number of scientists engaged in research related to GIS, map design, and remote sensing image processing. The predecessor of this department is the remote sensing course in the Department of Geography that dates back to 1962. Later, this course was developed into the remote sensing laboratory. In 1969, built upon this laboratory, a separate department in geoinformatics was established. At the present, this department offers MS and PhD degree programs, and tits research focuses include: 1) Application of high-resolution and hyperspectral images in mountain vegetation analysis; 2) Application of high-resolution and hyperspectral images in urban planning and structural analysis; 3) Application of remote sensing and satellite imagery in environmental change research; and 4) Development of remote sensing and geoinformatics for environmental research

Alicja Folbrier : environmental remote sensing

Izabela Golebiowska : spatial analysisapplied GIScartographyvisualization

Marlena Kycko : remote sensingalpine environment

Wojciech Pokojski : GISspatial analysis

Bogdan Zagajewski : remote sensingvegetation

Izabela Karsznia : cartographyartificial intelligence

City: Warsaw
Abbreviation: PW
Unit: Faculty of Geodesy and Cartography
URL: https://www.gik.pw.edu.pl/gik
Description:

The Faculty of Geodesy and Cartography at Warsaw University of Technology is the oldest GIS-related department in Poland. It was established in 1921 and has a history of more than 100 years. Graduate programs of the department mainly include geodesy, cartography, and spatial planning. There are a total of 80 faculty members working in 8 departments within this faculty. Among them, geodesy and cartography have master's and doctoral degree programs, while spatial planning only has a master's degree. The specific directions of geodesy and cartography include geodesy, real estate management, remote sensing, cartography, geographic information systems, spatial information science, and mobile map and navigation. Among them, mobile map and navigation have a master's degree program taught in English. The specific directions of space planning include urban design and environmental space planning.

City: Szczecin
Abbreviation: MUS
Unit: Department of Maritime Navigation
URL: https://www.am.szczecin.pl/pl/studenci/studia-podyplomowe/wydzial-nawigacyjny-podyplomowe/geoinformatyka-i-teledetekcja-rodowiska/
Description:

The Maritime University of Szczecin is located in Szczecin, an important port city in northwestern Poland. This university is best-known for its maritime department. In this department, there is a master's degree program in geomatics and environmental remote sensing. The subject scopes of this program include spatial information systems, spatial analysis, geographic visualization, spatial databases, GNSS positioning methods, environmental remote sensing, image data processing, digital photogrammetry, and modern remote sensing methods. This is a class-based degree program with a total of 221 hours of coursework requirements.

City: Cracow
Abbreviation: UJ
Unit: Faculty of Geography and Geology
URL: https://studia.uj.edu.pl/en_GB/kierunki/wgig/geografia
Description:

The Faculty of Geography and Geology at Jagiellonian University has a Master's program in Geography, with one of its concentrations being the GIS. The course is taught in Polish language and it takes 2 years to complete.

City: Wroclaw
Abbreviation: UPWr
Unit: Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformatics
URL: https://www.igig.up.wroc.pl/en/
Description:

Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformatics of Wroclaw University of Life Sciences is widely involved in the research in the field of geographic information science. A group of young and ambitious scientists collaborates in the "Big Data" team (https://spaceos.igig.upwr.edu.pl/big-data/), working on topics related to human mobility, geoprivacy, animal movement, and utilities demand forecasting. The goal of this team is to harness mobile technology to protect privacy, improve the smart use of utilities, and visualize complex spatio-temporal phenomena. Scientists there are especially focused on movement datasets, describing traveling entities but we have a wider experience in geoinformatics and analyzing any kind of spatio-temporal data. With an aid of machine learning, they are looking for hidden patterns, and building models of the real world to create innovative solutions supporting sustainable community growth. The mobility research they undertake has broad applications in smart city solutions, transport system optimization, and modeling of disease transmission in the human and animal worlds.

Witold Rohm : human mobilitygeoprivacyanimal movement

Paweł Bogusławski : human mobilitygeoprivacyanimal movement

Katrzyna Siła-Nowicka : spatial patternsspatial data

Vanessa Brum-Bastos : human mobilitygeoprivacyanimal movement

Kamil Smolak : human mobilityspatial data

Barbara Hordyniec : human mobilitygeoprivacyanimal movement

Romania

City: Bucharest
Abbreviation: Uni-Buc
Unit: Faculty of Geography
URL: http://geo.unibuc.ro/
Description:

The University of Bucharest offers several GIS-related master's degree programs in the Romanian language. They include the masters in applied geography and regional development, masters in geographic information systems, masters in geomorphology and cartography, masters in hazard management, and masters in rural-urban planning and management. There is a graduate certificate program in geomatics and surveying. The faculty also operates the Nature and Suistainable Development Doctoral Program (https://scoaladoctorala.geo.unibuc.ro/home/). In addition, this university has the opportunity to do a interdisciplinary doctoral degree (http://doctorat.unibuc.ro/scoala-interdisciplinara-de-studii-doctorale-a-universitatii-din-bucuresti/).

Russia

City: Moscow
Abbreviation: MSU
Unit: Department of Cartography and Geoinformatics
URL: http://www.geogr.msu.ru/
Description:

The Lomonosov Moscow State University is a university located in the Russian capital city of Moscow. This university has a Department of Cartography and Geoinformatics, whose predecessor was established in the 1930s. This department is affiliated to the Faculty of Geography that is founded in 1884 by Dmitry Anuchin, a famous anthropologist and geographer in the Russian Empire. The most celebrated geographer, explorer, and the pioneer of Russian cartography during the Soviet Union period, K. A. Salishchev, who discovered and surveyed the Chersky Range and was later awarded the Order of the October Revolution and the USSR State Prize, was once a professor in this department and also served as the vice president of the university. Currently, the Faculty of Geography has more than 800 students, including about 140 postgraduates at Master's or PhD levels. It is one of the largest geography institutes in Europe. The Department of Cartography and Geoinformatics is one of the nine departments of the faculty. The research content includes cartography, surveying and mapping, and remote sensing, with emphasis on the mathematical methods and theoretical research of cartography and map design.

Lourie I. K. : geoinformaticscartography

Knizhnikov Y. F. : aerospace stereo modelingremote sensing

Novakovskiy B. A. : digital photogrammetryremote sensingcartography

Serapinas B. B. : cartographymap projectionsatellite navigation

Alekseenko N. A. : cartography

Bozhilina E. A. : ecological and climatic mapping

Kargashin P. E. : geoinformaticscartographyoil and gas industry

Prasolova A. I. : environmental mappingremote sensingtopography

Prokhorova E. A. : social and economic mappingcartographic method of research

Ushakova L. A. : computer graphicsthematic mapping

Chistov S. V. : natural resource evaluation and management

Kusilman M. V. : environmental mapping

City: Saint Petersburg
Abbreviation: SPBU
Unit: Department of Cartography and Geoinformatics
URL: http://earth.spbu.ru/structure/branches/cartography/
Description:

St. Petersburg State University is located in St. Petersburg, Russia’s second-largest city, and its Institute of Earth Sciences includes the Department of Cartography and Geoinformatics. An important purpose of the department is to provide geodesy, cartography, and GIS trainings for all students in the Institute of Earth Sciences regardless of their majors, so that these methods can be utilized in the research of earth sciences. The department offers the master's degree in cartography, geoinformatics, and applied geodesy, as well as a doctorate degree in geographic information and cartography. In addition, the school also offers two 2-year master's degree programs with English instructions, namely Economic Geography and Digital Spatial Analytics and Geographical Information Mapping.

Panidi Evgeny Alexandrovich (Паниди Евгений Александрович) : geodesygeoinformaticsnavigationWebGIS

Artemieva Olga Vladimirovna (Артемьева Ольга Владимировна) : environmental mappingcartographymap publishingcomputer-based mapping，thematic mapping；

Tyurin Sergey Vyacheslavovich (Тюрин Сергей Вячеславович) : geodesyapplied geodesymathematical geodesy

Blyakharsky Dmitry Petrovich (Бляхарский Дмитрий Петрович) : geodesyeconomic geographyGIS

Olga A. Lazebnik (Лазебник Ольга Анатольевна) : atlas mapping，thematic mapping

Vojnarovsky Alexander Evgenievich (Войнаровский Александр Евгеньевич) : mathematical processing of geodetic measurementsphotogrammetry

City: Moscow
Abbreviation: Gubkin
Unit: College of Automation and Computer Engineering
URL: https://gubkin.ru/faculty/automation_and_computer_science/index.php
Description:

Gubkin University, also known as the Russian State University of Oil and Gas, is a university located in Moscow. This university mainly focuses on petroleum energy and related disciplines. This university does not have a specific geography department, but under its College of Automation and Computer Engineering, there is a related master's degree program. The main direction of this degree program is to use information systems (i.e. the GIS), surveying, computer science, and data science to supervise and monitor the oilfield production and operations of the petroleum industry. Computer courses are taught along with the computer science department. This program is best for those who want to apply geographic information and other related knowledge to the oil and gas industry. In addition, the Department of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics offers a master's program in the direction of oil and gas geography and geoecology, which is similar to the environment and natural resource management programs in some other universities. It uses computers and statistical methods to conduct resource management and ecological monitoring.

City: Saint Petersburg
Abbreviation: SPMI
Unit: Department of System Analysis and Control
URL: https://spmi.ru/node/12953
Description:

The Saint Petersburg Mining University is the first higher education institution of technology in Russian history. Its Faculty of Economics has the Department of System Analysis and Control, which offers master's programs in information systems and technology. This degree program lasts for 3 semesters and aims to train interdisciplinary talents with both professional skills in GIS and backgrounds in the petroleum and mining industry. Students in this program will take classes in petroleum geology, mining engineering, industrial safety, process control, and other related industries, and will also be trained in geodesy, cartography, GIS, communications, business management, administrative management, and other relevant skills.

City: Kazan
Abbreviation: KPFU
Unit: Department of Geography and Cartography
URL: https://kpfu.ru/institutes/institut-upravleniya-ekonomiki-i-finansov
Description:

Kazan Federal University is located in Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, a member republic of the Russian Federation. This university is a member of the Russian Federal University System. Its Institute of Management, Economics and Finance operates a Department of Geography and Cartography which offers a master’s degree program. The course content includes physical geography, human geography, landscape design, regional analysis, urban planning, geographic information system, cartography, and spatial data management, etc.

Panasyuk Mikhail Vladimirovich (Панасюк Михаил Валентинович) : economic geographyregional managementregional planning

Kashbraziev Rinas Vasimovich (Кашбразиев Ринас Васимович) : economic geographyinternational relationsJapanKoreaChinaUSGermany

Shtanchaeva Marianne Ruslanovna (Штанчаева Марианна Руслановна) : regional management and analysis

Marina Sokolova (Соколова Марина Геннадьевна) : geodesyastrophysics

City: Krasnoyarsk
Abbreviation: SibFU
Unit: Department of Basic GIS;Department of Ecology and Geography;Department of Urban Planning
URL: https://ikit.sfu-kras.ru/kafgis
Description:

The Siberian Federal University (SibFU) is located in Krasnoyarsk, the capital of the Krasnoyarsk Krai (Frontier Territory). It is a member of the Russian Federal University System and also the largest university in the Asian portion of Russia. It was established in 2006 by the merger of four former universities in the Krasnoyarsk Krai. The university has a Department of Basic GIS under its space institute, and the main coursework of its affiliated master's degree program is "Remote Sensing and GIS Technology for Monitoring Natural and Artificial Ecosystems". In addition, the Department of Ecology and Geography of the university offers related majors, including master's in geoecology sustainable development, and environmental monitoring, etc. The research direction is specifically related to the polar and alpine environments, and it collaborates with a number of universities in the European Union. In the Department of Urban Planning, there are also master's programs related to urban sciences.;The Siberian Federal University (SibFU) is located in Krasnoyarsk, the capital of the Krasnoyarsk Krai (Frontier Territory). It is a member of the Russian Federal University System and also the largest university in the Asian portion of Russia. It was established in 2006 by the merger of four former universities in the Krasnoyarsk Krai. The university has a Department of Basic GIS under its space institute, and the main coursework of its affiliated master's degree program is "Remote Sensing and GIS Technology for Monitoring Natural and Artificial Ecosystems". In addition, the Department of Ecology and Geography of the university offers related majors, including master's in geoecology sustainable development, and environmental monitoring, etc. The research direction is specifically related to the polar and alpine environments, and it collaborates with a number of universities in the European Union. In the Department of Urban Planning, there are also master's programs related to urban sciences.;The Siberian Federal University (SibFU) is located in Krasnoyarsk, the capital of the Krasnoyarsk Krai (Frontier Territory). It is a member of the Russian Federal University System and also the largest university in the Asian portion of Russia. It was established in 2006 by the merger of four former universities in the Krasnoyarsk Krai. The university has a Department of Basic GIS under its space institute, and the main coursework of its affiliated master's degree program is "Remote Sensing and GIS Technology for Monitoring Natural and Artificial Ecosystems". In addition, the Department of Ecology and Geography of the university offers related majors, including master's in geoecology sustainable development, and environmental monitoring, etc. The research direction is specifically related to the polar and alpine environments, and it collaborates with a number of universities in the European Union. In the Department of Urban Planning, there are also master's programs related to urban sciences.

City: Samara
Abbreviation: SSAU
Unit: Research Laboratory of Breakthrough Technologies for Earth Remote Sensing
URL: https://ssau.ru/science/ni/nip/nil/nil97
Description:

The Samara National Research University, also known as Samara Polytechnic Institute, operates a master's degree program in Space Geoinformatics. It is a full-time two-year master's degree. The learning content is mainly to use satellite remote sensing data for urban planning, natural resource development, navigation, climate, meteorology, agriculture, transportation, and other disciplines. The core courses include remote sensing theory, remote sensing image processing, applied remote sensing, computer vision, photogrammetry, and geoinformatics, in addition to compulsory classes in mathematics, system design, remote sensing history, and foreign languages.

City: Moscow
Abbreviation: Idaho
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://www.uidaho.edu/sci/geography
Description:

The Department of Geography at the University of Idaho offers MS and PhD degrees, MS applicant could choose either thesis-based or course-based. The thesis-based degree requires completing a thesis, and the course-based degree requires completing a smaller research project (with a final project) plus courseworks. GIS-related research topics mainly include GIS applications in urban development, ecology, and natural resources. In addition, the IDEA Lab of the computer science department at Idaho also has research opportunities related to the geoinformatics.

Felix Liao : GISspatial analysisurban informaticsplanning

Raymond J. Dezzani : spatial statistics and modelingglobalizationeconomic geography

Karen Humes : application of GIS and remote sensing on hydrologyenvironmental informaticswater and energy nexus

Xiaogang Ma : geoinformaticssemantic webknowledge graphparticipatory knowledge engineeringdata interoperability

South America

Argentina

City: Buenos Aires
Abbreviation: UBA
Unit: Architecture, Design and Urban
URL: https://www.uba.ar/posgrados/oferta_tipo.php?t=2&id=1
Description:

The University of Buenos Aires offers urban-related master’s and doctoral programs, with majors including urban management, urban environment, urban landscape, transportation planning, and sustainable development, etc.

City: San Miguel de Tucuman
Abbreviation: UNT
Unit: Institute of Geography
URL: http://filo.unt.edu.ar/2020/10/19/ieg-ciclo-de-seminarios/
Description:

The Institute of Geography at National University of Tucuman offers geography-related master’s and doctoral programs, with majors including GIS, remote sensing, and land management.

Paraguay

City: Asuncion
Abbreviation: UNA
Unit: Lab of Geomatics
URL: http://www.ing.una.py/?page_id=8816
Description:

The Faculty of Engineering at National University of Asuncion is home to a Lab of Geomatics and the Department of Civil, Geographical, and Environmental Engineering. This school offers a master of science degree in geomatics.

Peru

City: Lima
Abbreviation: UNMSM
Unit: School of Geography
URL: https://www.unmsm.edu.pe/formacion-academica/carreras-de-pregrado/carrera-detalle/geografia
Description:

Founded in 1551, the National University of San Marcos (Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos) is the oldest university in North and South Americas, and it is also currently the most reputable university in Peru. Its Department of Geography offers a master’s degree in geography, with a concentration in terrestrial planning and land use management. Its training content focuses on human geography and geographic information science, and it especially helps students develop a skillset that can analyze and explain the variations in the geographic space. The duration of the project is 4 semesters (2 years).

Uruguay

City: Montevideo
Abbreviation: UdelaR
Unit: Institute of Surveying
URL: https://www.fing.edu.uy/ia/
Description:

The University of the Republic Uruguay is the oldest university in Uruguay and one of the largest public universities in South America. Its Faculty of Engineering offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in surveying and geodesy. The postgraduate program is part of the Permanent Education Program of the university. It trains experts in land surveying and land valuation techniques. The core teaching content includes urban and land planning, geophysics, geodesy, and cartography. Application areas include civil engineering, underwater soil survey, reservoir design, coal and quarry management, roads and sanitation, dam construction and control, and forestry investigation, etc.

Chile

City: Santiago
Abbreviation: PUC
Unit: Institute of Geography
URL: https://geografia.uc.cl/Nuestro-Instituto/historia-mision-vision.html
Description:

The Institute of Geography at Pontifical Catholic University of Chile is a part of the UNESCO DAIT. This department is divided into human geography and physical geography units, with additional groups in geoinformatics. The department has an urban laboratory, which focuses on analyzing the transformation of urban and metropolitan spaces. The department also has the Atacama Desert Research Center, which is an interdisciplinary center focusing on the environment and land use. The department offers a master’s degree course in geography and geoinformatics, which provides spatial analytical methods for other branches of geography research, as well as urban and rural environment, sustainable development, and land planning, etc. Since 2012, the department also hosts a doctorate degree program in geography, whose research focuses on spatial historical geography, quaternary geomorphology, urban and rural planning, urban geography, and coastal geography.

City: Santiago
Abbreviation: UC
Unit: Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning
URL: http://www.fau.uchile.cl/
Description:

The Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Chile offers a master’s degree course in geoinformatics. The training focuses on the theories and applications of GIS, especially the ability to use GIS in analyzing and solving problems related to urban and rural planning and environmental sciences. Those who have a bachelor’s degree in geography or related subjects and have GIS backgrounds can apply.

Brazil

City: Rio de Janeiro
Abbreviation: UFRJ
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: http://www.geografia.ufrj.br/
Description:

The Department of Geography at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro operates Master’s and Doctoral degree programs. Some relevant research domains include urban geography, regional planning, transportation, remote sensing, cartography, economic geography, and cultural geography.

City: Brasília
Abbreviation: UnB
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: http://www.gea.unb.br/
Description:

The Department of Geography at the University of Brasilia operates Master’s and Doctoral programs. Some relevant research domains include quantitative geographic methods, remote sensing, urbanization, and territorial management.

City: Campo Grande
Abbreviation: UFMS
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://ppggeografiacptl.ufms.br/
Description:

The Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul operates Master’s and Doctoral degree programs in geography. These programs are hosted at Tres Lagoas, which is a branch campus administrated by the same university. Some relevant research domains include applied geography, ecological geography, remote sensing, urban and rural planning, and urban territorial management.

City: Rio Claro
Abbreviation: USP
Unit: Department of Geography and Environmental Planning
URL: https://igce.rc.unesp.br/#!/ensino/departamentos/geografia-e-planejamento-ambiental/
Description:

The Sao Paulo State University (UNESP) operates Master’s and Doctoral degree programs in geography. Some relevant research domains include applied geography, cartography, and land planning.

City: Santa Maria
Abbreviation: UFSM
Unit: Department of Geosciences
URL: http://coral.ufsm.br/depgeo/
Description:

The geoscience department at Federal University of Santa Maria operates Master’s and Doctoral degree programs in geography. Some relevant research domains include cartography, GIS, urban geography, and urban planning.

City: Dourados
Abbreviation: UFGD
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://portal.ufgd.edu.br/pos-graduacao/mestrado-doutorado-geografia/index
Description:

The Department of Geography at Federal University of Grande Dourados operates Master’s and Doctoral degree programs in geography. Some relevant research domains include spatial policy, space planning, territorial and social environment planning, and cartography.

Colombia

City: Bogotá
Abbreviation: UNIANDES
Unit: Department of Geosciences;Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
URL: https://geociencias.uniandes.edu.co/
Description:

The Department of Geosciences at the University of Los Andes operates remote sensing research projects. Its application domains are mainly in geology (recognition and mapping of geological structures) and geophysics (global gravity field, surface deformation) but also in biology, land use, land cover, forest fire detection, flooding, crop health, and archaeology. The department also has research projects in geodesy. The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering hosts an urban and regional sustainable development research group, which carries out research on spatial modeling, spatial analysis, urban and regional management, and public space. The department has master’s and doctoral degree programs.;The Department of Geosciences at the University of Los Andes operates remote sensing research projects. Its application domains are mainly in geology (recognition and mapping of geological structures) and geophysics (global gravity field, surface deformation) but also in biology, land use, land cover, forest fire detection, flooding, crop health, and archaeology. The department also has research projects in geodesy. The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering hosts an urban and regional sustainable development research group, which carries out research on spatial modeling, spatial analysis, urban and regional management, and public space. The department has master’s and doctoral degree programs.

City: Bogotá
Abbreviation: IGAC
Unit: Center for Investigation and Development in Geographic Information
URL: https://ciaf.igac.gov.co/es
Description:

The IGAC is a government sector aiming to produce maps and manage geospatial data such as the cadastral infrastructure and soil survey in Colombia. It provides GIS-related trainings.

City: Bogotá
Abbreviation: -
Unit: Faculty of Agricultural Sciences
URL: http://www.cienciasagrarias.bogota.unal.edu.co/
Description:

The National University of Colombia is a national research university in Colombia. It operates a Master in Geomatics program under its Faculty of Agricultural Sciences. It is fundamentally aimed at professionals who are interested in training in research and development of geomatics as a basis for generating solutions to various problems whose conception and solution involves a spatial approach. The general objective is to develop research capacity in Geomatics, to generate new knowledge and apply it creatively together with geospatial concepts, methods and techniques in the search for solutions to spatially conceived sustainable development problems.

City: Bogotá
Abbreviation: -
Unit: Graduate School of Engineering
URL: https://www.umng.edu.co/facultad-de-ingenieria
Description:

The Graduate School of Engineering at UMNG has a postgraduate program in geomatics. Its mission is to train specialists in the area of geomatics, through the management and analysis of geospatial information and the use of the respective technological tools, to promote their participation in interdisciplinary groups that provide solutions to problems of a diverse nature from a systemic approach based on geomatics.

City: Medellín
Abbreviation: -
Unit: Department of Forestry Sciences
URL: https://cienciasagrarias.medellin.unal.edu.co/136-departamento-forestal/especializacion-en-sistemas-de-informacion-geografica/1973-especializacion-en-sistemas-de-informacion-geografica.html
Description:

The Medellin campus of National University of Colombia operates GIS-related postgraduate courses in the areas of cartographic management, image interpretation, and programming. The University also has experience in research and extension projects, research groups and laboratories that work continuously with geographic information systems. Through all this experience, the Specialization in Geographic Information Systems was created to meet the demand that the environment has for graduate studies.

Oceania

Australia

City: Hobart
Abbreviation: UTAS
Unit: School of Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences
URL: https://www.utas.edu.au/built-digital-natural/geography-and-spatial-sciences
Description:

The University of Tasmania is located on the island of Tasmania in southeastern Australia. It is the oldest university in Australia. Its Department of Geography, Planning and Spatial Sciences offers a two-year course in spatial science which leads to a degree of Master of Applied Science in Spatial Science. In addition, the department also has a doctoral course, the PhD in Environment. The department has a lot of cooperation with the environmental science department, and students in this department can also spend a semester at several universities in mainland Australia to take courses in geography or surveying/mapping. As the University of Tasmania is the southernmost 4-year university in Australia, many research projects related to Antarctica have been operated here. Some alumni of the school continue doing Antarctica-related research, or being a consultant in affairs related to Antarctica.

Matt King : GPS/GNSSAntarcticageodesygeophysicssea level change

Arko Lucieer : remote sensingLiDARspatial analysisgeostatisticsAntarctic environments

Jason Byrne : urban studiesurban environmentplanningland usedata communication

Jamie Kirkpatrick : ecologyecosystemspeciesvegetationwilderness

Vanessa Adams : modelling dynamic social-ecological systems to inform conservation decisions that improve ecosystems and the communities they support

City: Melbourne
Abbreviation: Umelbourne
Unit: Department of Infrastructure Engineering
URL: https://infrastructure.eng.unimelb.edu.au/research/geomatics
Description:

The University of Melbourne is a top university in Australia with a global reputation. It is located in downtown Melbourne. The school’s Department of Infrastructure Engineering has programs in GIS with 8 faculty members, including two professors and two senior lecturers. The GIS-related research topic of this department mainly focuses on the GIS application in engineering and geo-computing and is strong in indoor navigation, spatial cognition, and traffic simulation. Both software and hardware aspects of these topics are studied. Professors Stephan Winter and Abbas Rajabifard are both internationally renowned scholars in their fields.

Stephan Winter : urban analyticssmart transporthuman orientationwayfinding and navigationevacuationinformation sharingvolunteered geographic informationshared mobility

Abbas Rajabifard : design and developmentland administrationmarine SDIcapacity developmentlife sciences and biomedicinescience and technology

Mohsen Kalantari Soltanieh : construction surveyingland administrationspatial data infrastructuregeospatial standardsbuilding information modeling3D cadasterlaser scanningdigital twin

Kourosh Khoshelham : photogrammetrybuilding information modelingpattern recognition and machine learningmobile mappingindoor location based servicelaser scanning- lidarremote sensingscience and technology

Jagannath Aryal : urban analyticsmodern land administrationsystems modelingearth observationspatial statisticsGEOBIAphysical sciences

City: Adelaide
Abbreviation: U-Adel
Unit: Spatial Sciences Group;Department of Biological Science;Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing;Department of Geography, Environment and Population
URL: http://www.spatialpoints.com/
Description:

The Spatial Sciences Group at the University of Adelaide is home to doctoral students, postdocs, and faculty members who are engaged in GIS and remote sensing research. They come from different units (mostly the biology department). The group is currently directed by two professors from the biology department. The research directions of doctoral students in the Spatial Sciences Group include the GIS systems, environmental remote sensing, aerial image analysis, spatial ecological analysis, GIS analysis of soil environment, ecological mapping and visualization analysis, etc. In addition, the Department of Geography, Environment and Population in the Faculty of Social Science also offers urban informatics programs. For example, the Hugo Center for Population and Housing operates the research in social applications of GIS.;The Spatial Sciences Group at the University of Adelaide is home to doctoral students, postdocs, and faculty members who are engaged in GIS and remote sensing research. They come from different units (mostly the biology department). The group is currently directed by two professors from the biology department. The research directions of doctoral students in the Spatial Sciences Group include the GIS systems, environmental remote sensing, aerial image analysis, spatial ecological analysis, GIS analysis of soil environment, ecological mapping and visualization analysis, etc. In addition, the Department of Geography, Environment and Population in the Faculty of Social Science also offers urban informatics programs. For example, the Hugo Center for Population and Housing operates the research in social applications of GIS.;The Spatial Sciences Group at the University of Adelaide is home to doctoral students, postdocs, and faculty members who are engaged in GIS and remote sensing research. They come from different units (mostly the biology department). The group is currently directed by two professors from the biology department. The research directions of doctoral students in the Spatial Sciences Group include the GIS systems, environmental remote sensing, aerial image analysis, spatial ecological analysis, GIS analysis of soil environment, ecological mapping and visualization analysis, etc. In addition, the Department of Geography, Environment and Population in the Faculty of Social Science also offers urban informatics programs. For example, the Hugo Center for Population and Housing operates the research in social applications of GIS.;The Spatial Sciences Group at the University of Adelaide is home to doctoral students, postdocs, and faculty members who are engaged in GIS and remote sensing research. They come from different units (mostly the biology department). The group is currently directed by two professors from the biology department. The research directions of doctoral students in the Spatial Sciences Group include the GIS systems, environmental remote sensing, aerial image analysis, spatial ecological analysis, GIS analysis of soil environment, ecological mapping and visualization analysis, etc. In addition, the Department of Geography, Environment and Population in the Faculty of Social Science also offers urban informatics programs. For example, the Hugo Center for Population and Housing operates the research in social applications of GIS.

Bertram Ostendorf : GISspatial analysissoil sciencespatial decision making for natural resource management

Emma Baker : health and human impacts of housing and location in urban and regional environments using spatial data modeling

City: Perth
Abbreviation: UWA
Unit: School of Agriculture and Environment
URL: https://www.uwa.edu.au/schools/agriculture-and-environment
Description:

The School of Agriculture and Environment at the UWA offers a master’s degree program in GIS. The duration of this program is 1.5 to 2 years. This master’s program is course-based with six core courses, including GIS programming, remote sensing, GIScience, GIS environmental resource management, advanced spatial analysis, and GIS environmental science. In addition, the Faculty of Natural Sciences also operates doctoral programs, and the specific direction for the doctoral research is determined by the student’s faculty advisors.

Qiaoyun Xie : Retrieval of vegetation parameterscarbon dynamicsvegetation phenology and seasonal variation with climate changeland surface responses and their interactions with climateand land use activities and major disturbance events

City: Perth
Abbreviation: Curtin
Unit: Department of Spatial Sciences
URL: https://www.curtin.edu.au/about/learning-teaching/science-engineering/
Description:

Originally named Curtin University of Technology, the Curtin University is Australia’s top school in geosciences. GIS-related graduate degree programs are operated in the department of earth and planetary sciences at Curtin. They include:

Jianhong Xia : GISgeoinformaticstransportation

Davie Antoine : remote sensingoceanographybiogeography

Joseph Awange : GISenvironmental informaticsquantitative geography

Ahmed El-Mowafy : surveyingsatellite image

Michael Kuhn : surveyinggeodesygravity

Geoff West : GISspatial analysisvisualization

Yongze Song : Sustainable developmentspatial statisticsgeospatial theoriessustainable infrastructureconstruction management

City: Adelaide
Abbreviation: Flinders
Unit: College of Science and Engineering
URL: https://handbook.flinders.edu.au/courses/current/mgis#:~:text=The%20Master%20of%20Geospatial%20Information,Diploma%20in%20Geographical%20Information%20Systems.
Description:

Flinders University offers a master’s program in geospatial information science (MGISc). The program is a two-year master’s program. The target students are those who are interested in GIS but without an undergraduate degree in GIS. The teaching content of the program includes the theory and technology of GIS (GIScience, remote sensing, geostatistics, spatial modeling, geographic data, GIS research methods, programming) and basic courses of common GIS application domains (climate, environment, coastal management, sustainability, etc.). In the second year, students will complete a research project. Graduates usually work in GIS-related industries or continue to pursue a PhD in GIS.

City: Brisbane
Abbreviation: UQ
Unit: School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
URL: https://sees.uq.edu.au/
Description:

The School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at UQ is ranked first among environmental science programs in Australia. This department offers different majors such as geography, geology, geophysics, environmental science, paleontology, and urban planning. There is a geospatial information science direction in this department, too. This direction offers three degree programs: Master of Philosophy (MPh), Master of GIS (MGIS), and Doctorate (PhD). Among them, the MGIS degree is course-based, with a duration of 2 years. The teaching content includes spatial analysis, WebGIS, remote sensing, cartography, surveying and mapping, public health, and urban planning. MPh and PhD are research-based degrees that require students to participate in scientific projects.

Jonathan Corcoran : human mobilitymigrationssustainabilitybig dataspatial analysis

Stuart Phinn : remote sensingenvironmentecosystem data

City: Toowoomba
Abbreviation: USQ
Unit: Surveying and Built Environment
URL: https://www.unisq.edu.au/study/degrees/surveying-and-built-environment
Description:

The University of Southern Queensland (USQ) is one of the universities with the highest average starting salary for graduates in Australia. Its surveying and built environment department offers a master of science program in spatial science and technology, including GIS and surveying options. This is a course-based master’s degree program, which lasts for 2 years and requires the completion of 16 courses, of which 8 are core specialization courses, 2 are electives, and 6 are research courses. The enrollment times for international students are February or July each year. Entrance requirements include having a bachelor’s degree in a geography-related field and meeting the English proficiency requirements: an IELTS score of 6.5 or above (not less than 6 in each subject) or a TOEFL score of 90 or more (not less than 20 in each subject).

City: Casuarina
Abbreviation: -
Unit: School of Science, Environmental Science and Management
URL: https://www.cdu.edu.au/study/science-environment
Description:

The Charles Darwin University is the first university in the Northern Territory of Australia. It offers a 2-year Master of Applied Spatial Science as well as a 6-month Graduate Certificate of Spatial Science under its environmental science department. The instruction goal of these programs is to provide skills to apply spatial science technologies and analysis techniques to solve real-world problems across a diverse range of fields and vocations.

City: Clayton
Abbreviation: Monash
Unit: Human Geography, Anthropology and Development Studies; School of Earth Atmosphere and Environment
URL: <p>https://research.monash.edu/en/organisations/school-of-earth-atmosphere-and-environment/</p> <p>https://research.monash.edu/en/organisations/human-geography-anthropology-and-development-studies/</p>
Description:

Monash University, a member of the Group of Eight, is a comprehensive public university named after British military engineer John Monash. It has a complete research system and is the largest intensive research university in Australia, known for major scientific achievements such as anti-influenza drugs, 3D printers, jet engines, and neural stem cell cultivation technology.

The Faculty of Science offers a Master of Geographical Information Science and Technology degree, a 2-year coursework-based master's program with four specializations: Advanced GIS Technology, Geospatial Data Science, Environmental and Sustainability Studies, and General GIS Training. In the final semester, students can choose to write a thesis or take a professional skills assessment.

Additionally, the Faculty of Science collaborates with the School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment to offer master's and doctoral degrees in Earth Sciences, Environmental Science, Physical Geography, Climatology, and Meteorology.

The School of Social Sciences offers undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in Human Geography. The master's degrees include the Master of Environment and Sustainability and the Master of International Development Practice, as well as a Master of Arts Research Training program for Monash undergraduates. Research areas include: Circular Economy, Sustainable Business and Investment, Urban Sustainability Transitions, Climate Change Adaptation, and Human Dimensions of Biodiversity Conservation.

Robyn Bartel : SustainabilityNatural Resource ManagementPlanningEnvironmental Law

Megan Farrelly : Urban PlanningWater ResourcesEnvironmental PolicySustainability

Ruth Lane : Land Use TypesWaste DisposalRecyclable Waste

Andrew Gunn : Physical GeographyPlanetary ScienceNumerical ModelingRemote Sensing

Benjamin Thompson : Biodiversity ConservationEcosystemsFisheries ResourcesEnvironmental Finance

Angela Afonso Rodrigues : Geological DataSpatial Data3D ModelingGeochemical ModelingRemote SensingMineral Identification

Julie Arblaster : Extreme ClimateClimate ChangeClimate ModelingOzone Layer

Adam Kessler : Carbon CycleClimatologyComputer Modeling

Andrew Mackintosh : ClimatologySea Level ChangeGlaciologyAntarctic Geography

Fabio Capitanio : GeodynamicsTectonicsClimatologyHigh-Performance ComputingDeep Learning

Dietmar Dommenget : ClimatologyOceanographyEl Niño

Shayne McGregor : ClimatologyEl Niño

Steven Siems : Atmospheric ScienceMeteorologyPhysical Geography

Xuan Zhu : Applied GISRegional Development

Bernhard Jenny : CartographyImmersive Geovisualization3D MapsMap projection2D Terrain

Fiji

City: Suva
Abbreviation: -
Unit: Discipline of Geography, Earth Science & Environment
URL: https://www.usp.ac.fj/discipline-of-geography-earth-science-environment/faculty-programmes-and-courses/
Description:

The Discipline of Geography, Earth Science & Environment at the Laucala campus of University of South Pacific offers several undergraduate and postgraduate opportunities in geography, geoscience, and environmental sciences. Among them, there is a MS in Geospatial Science (with thesis or course options) and also a Diploma in Geospatial Science.

New Zealand

City: Christchurch
Abbreviation: UC
Unit: School of Earth and Environment
URL: https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/science/schools/earth-and-environment/
Description:

The University of Canterbury is located in Christchurch, the largest city on the South Island of New Zealand. The whole city was developed as a result of this university. The founders of UC are alumni from the Christ Church College of the Oxford University in England, and that was how this city got its name. This university was the first university in the Commonwealth countries to award degrees to women. The School of Earth and Environment at UC operates the Master of Geospatial Science and Technology degree program. This program is 1-year long and mainly class-based. Its core courses include GIS programming, spatial analysis, and GIS research methods. The degree is designed to lay the foundation of future PhD studies for students. Some alumni also went to the industry and working in fields like GIS analysis, GIS development, and urban planning. At the same time, the school also grants PhD in Geography, which usually takes 3 to 4 years to complete.

Malcolm Campbell : GISspatial analysisspatial data sciencehealth geographyurban analytics

Ann Brower : geospatial sciencehealth geographytransportation

Simon Kingham : land usebiodiversityenvironments

City: Auckland
Abbreviation: -
Unit: School of Environment
URL: https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/science/about-the-faculty/school-of-environment.html
Description:

The School of Environment at the University of Auckland hosts GIS-related professors. This school operates an undergraduate GIS major, and its masters and doctoral programs in geography has GIS options. There are a 1-year and a 2-year master’s programs. The research content of the PhD in GIS includes GIS and spatial data handling, spatial analysis and geocomputation, advanced raster data analysis, visualisation and cartography, GIS programming, and GIS customization and web-mapping. There are many interdisciplinary opportunities in computer science, statistics, and urban planning.

Katarzyna Sila-Nowicka : human mobilityspatial statisticsmovement analysisgeocomputationmachine learning

Jay Gao : quantitative remote sensinggeocomputation

Murray Ford : remote sensinggeomorphologycoastal scienceclimate

City: Auckland
Abbreviation: AUT
Unit: Environmental Science Department
URL: https://www.aut.ac.nz/research/academic-departments/environmental-science
Description:

AUT is one of the eight national universities in New Zealand, and its research impacts ranks first in New Zealand. AUT offers a one-year master’s degree (MS) in Geospatial Science. This is a lecture-based degree. The core courses include applied GIS, GIS programming, geospatial science for conservation, advanced remote sensing, advanced spatial analysis, geographic visualization, and statistical modeling, etc. Students also need to complete an internship. Instructors are from the Institute for Applied Ecology New Zealand. which is an affiliated institute to AUT. The entry requirements for international students include a bachelor’s degree and an IELTS score of 6.5 or higher, with no less than 6.0 in each sub-fields. AUT also grants a PhD degree, whose duration ranges from 3 to 6 years. The admission requirements include a master’s degree, an IELTS score of 6.5 for the lowest, and a writing score of 7.0 or higher. Students also need to contact an instructor as the academic supervisor in advance.

Barbara Bollard : GISremote sensingecologyforestAntarcticadrones for animal behaviour and object recognition

Massimo Morellato : computer scienceartificial vision systemstourismmobile VR/ARnetwork social responsibilitycoastal development

Juliet Nanai : community-based and participatory geographyVGIPacific epistemologiessustainability

City: Dunedin
Abbreviation: Otago
Unit: School of Surveying
URL: https://www.otago.ac.nz/surveying/index.html
Description:

The School of Surveying at Otago has 3 master’s degree programs (MS, MSur, and MAppSc-GIS) and a doctoral program (PhD). Among them, MS (Master of Science) and MSur (Master of Surveying and Mapping) are thesis-based two-year degrees, while MAppSc-GIS (Master of Applied Science in Geographic Information Systems) could be either the 2-year thesis+paper track or the 1-year thesis-only track. The admission for MSur requires an undergraduate degree in surveying and mapping, while the admission for MS and MAppSc-GIS requires a bachelor’s degree in GIS, surveying, information sciences, geography, or in other disciplines with sufficient GIS or remote sensing experience. The doctoral degree is a 3-year program and mainly focuses on surveying and mapping, and a master’s degree in related majors is required at the time of admission. The language requirement for international students is an IELTS score at or above 6.5 with sub-fields no less than 6.

Paul Denys : geodesyGPSsea level change

James Berghan : urban designurban planningindigenous development

Christina Hulbe : remote sensingglacierice sheet modelinggeophysics

Greg Leonard : GISmodelingpolar scienceoceanographyAntarctica sea ice

Aubrey Miller : GISspatial analysisnatural hazards

Antoni Moore : GISgeovisualizationspatial analysisgeo-databasespatial modeling

Robert Odolinski : geodesyGNSSGPS

Pascal Sirguey : remote sensingspatial analysiscryosphere

City: Wellington
Abbreviation: VUW
Unit: School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences
URL: https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/sgees
Description:

VUW is one of the eight national universities in New Zealand. This university offers GIS-related master’s degree programs, including MGIS and MS. The MGIS is a class-based program, and its core courses include programming, database management, cartography, remote sensing, and spatial analysis, etc. The MS is a thesis-based program, in which students need to complete some research work and write a graduation thesis while taking classes The school also has research opportunities as a doctoral student. Prospective doctoral students need to contact potential supervisors in advance to discuss research interests and study plans. Senior lecturers at VUW are also qualified to be advisors of master’s or doctoral students.

Mairead de Roiste : GIS incorporating usabilitygeovisualizationpublic participation GIS，GIS pedagogy and capability building

David O’Sullivan : computational methodsgeospatial technologiescomplexity sciencesmodelingvisualizationurban informatics

Sara Kindon : participatory geographygender analysiscommunities

Mirjam Schindler : human-environment interactionsmodelling of urban formsresidential location choice and their impacts on transportthe environment and urban wellbeing

Oliver Wigmore : spatiotemporal variabilityalpine ecohydrologyremote sensinggeospatial analysis

City: Palmerston North
Abbreviation: Massey
Unit: School of People, Environment and Planning
URL: https://www.massey.ac.nz/about/colleges-schools-and-institutes/college-of-humanities-and-social-sciences/school-of-people-environment-and-planning/
Description:

Massey University is the largest university in New Zealand. Its School of People, Environment and Planning grants doctorate degrees in GIS-related fields. Its research content includes development studies, environmental studies, geography, geospatial science, resource and environmental planning, etc. The language requirement for international students is IELTS 6.5 or above, or TOEFL 90 or above.

Sharon McLennan : social media analysishealth geographydevelopment

Gerard Prinsen : participatory geographyquantitative methodshuman geography

John Lowry Jr : GISgeospatial scienceurban planningenvironmental managementpublic healthlandscape ecology

Rachel Summers : GIS applicationsspatial analysis

Bruce Glavovic : hazardsland usecoastal developmentclimate change

Jeff McNeill : land useenvironmenturban planning

Imran Muhammad : sustainabilitytransportationurban designregional planningland useland cover

Africa

Sudan

City: Seeb
Abbreviation: SQU
Unit: College of Engineering
URL: http://www.squ.edu.om/engineering
Description:

The SQU offers a Msc in Geomatic Engineering program, which is a 2-year research-based postgraduate program. Students need to both take upper-level classes and complete a research thesis to get the degree. This is an English-based course so there is a language requirement: IELTS 6 or TOEFL 79.

City: Khartoum
Abbreviation: U of K
Unit: Graduate College
URL: https://graduate.uofk.edu/
Description:

The University of Khartoum is the largest and oldest university in Sudan. The university has several relevant programs, including: PhD in Cartography and GIS, PhD in GIS and Remote Sensing, PhD in Geographical and Environmental Sciences, PhD in Geographical Planning and Development, PhD in Forestry, PhD in Surveying Engineering, PhD in Environmental Sciences, Master of Science in GIS and Remote Sensing, Master of Science in Geomatics Engineering, Master of Public and Environmental Health, Master in Environmental Forestry, Master of Science in Urban Design, and Master of Science in Urban Planning and Management.

Botswana

City: Gaborone
Abbreviation: UB
Unit: Department of Environmental Science
URL: https://www.ub.bw/programmes/science/environmental-science/mphilphd-degrees-environmental-science
Description:

The MPhil/PhD programs in environmental science provide trainings in geography, geomatics, natural resource management, and forestry. The affiliated Okavango Research Institute (https://www.ub.bw/discover/faculties/okavango-research-institute) also hosts relevant programs like MPhil or PhD in natural resource management (https://www.ub.bw/programmes/okavango-research-institute/mphilphd-natural-resources-management).

Egypt

City: Alexandria
Abbreviation: AASTMT
Unit: College of Maritime Transport and Technology
URL: https://www.aast.edu/en/colleges/comt/index.php
Description:

The AASTMT has a Master's degree program in Hydrographic Survey. It currently hosts different disciplines such as Meteorology, Oceanography, Hydrographic Survey, and GIS. Also, under the College of Computing and Information Technology, there is a Master's degree program in informatics that also provides trainings in GIS and spatial databases.

City: Minia
Abbreviation: Minia
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://arts.minia.edu.eg/en_College_depart.aspx
Description:

Minia University, located in Minya, Egypt, is a public university founded in 1976 and recognized as an important higher education institution in Upper Egypt. The university hosts a range of academic faculties including agriculture, engineering, science, and arts, and provides undergraduate and postgraduate education for both domestic and international students.

Geography and geospatial research at the university are mainly conducted in the Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts. The department provides comprehensive education in physical geography, human geography, and spatial analysis while integrating modern geospatial technologies into teaching and research.

Students receive training in a variety of geospatial methods and tools, including Geographic Information Systems (GIS), remote sensing, digital cartography, photogrammetry, and geodetic surveying. Courses also cover spatial data analysis, environmental geography, geomorphology, and land use change analysis, providing students with both theoretical knowledge and applied technical skills.

The department offers several academic pathways including a Bachelor’s degree in Geography, as well as Master’s and PhD programs in Geography. Research activities often focus on GIS applications, satellite image analysis, environmental monitoring, climate change studies, natural hazards, and spatial modeling of land and environmental systems.

City: New Damietta
Abbreviation: DU
Unit: Department of Environment
URL: https://www.du.edu.eg/
Description:

Rasha Mohammad Taher Abu Samra : Geospatial analysis for environmental monitoringclimate change impactsand risk assessment

Ghana

City: Cape Coast
Abbreviation: UCC
Unit: Geography and Regional Planning
URL: https://ucc.edu.gh/
Description:

The University of Cape Coast is home to a MA in Geography and Regional Planning (https://ucc.edu.gh/programmes/master-arts-geography-and-regional-planning) program as well as a MPhil in Geography and Regional Planning (https://ucc.edu.gh/programmes/master-philosophy-geography-and-regional-planning) program, both of which requires intense trainings in geospatial techniques and quantitative geographic methods. It also has opportunities for a PhD in Geography (https://ucc.edu.gh/programmes/doctor-philosophy-geography) or a PhD in Geography and Regional Planning (https://ucc.edu.gh/programmes/doctor-philosophy-geography-and-regional-planning).

Kenya

City: Juja
Abbreviation: JKUAT
Unit: Department of Geomatic Engineering and Geospatial Information Systems
URL: https://www.jkuat.ac.ke/departments/gegis/
Description:

The geomatics department at JKUAT operates several GIS-related postgraduate degree programs, including： MSc in GIS and Remote Sensing (http://www.jkuat.ac.ke/departments/gegis/m-sc-gis-remote-sensing/), MSc in Environmental Information Systems (https://www.jkuat.ac.ke/departments/gegis/m-sc-environmental-information-systems/), PhD in GIS (https://www.jkuat.ac.ke/departments/gegis/ph-d-gis/), PhD in Geodesy (https://www.jkuat.ac.ke/departments/gegis/ph-d-geodesy-photogrammetry/), and PhD in Remote Sensing (https://www.jkuat.ac.ke/departments/gegis/ph-d-remote-sensing/).

City: Nairobi
Abbreviation: DeKUT
Unit: Geospatial & Mapping Services
URL: https://nairobicampus.dkut.ac.ke/cbd-programmes/msc-in-geospatial-information-systems-geomatics
Description:

The DeKUT Nairobi Campus operates a Msc program in Geospatial Information Systems/Geomatics. It focuses on understanding the theory and practice of geospatial data collection, land and hydrographic surveying, data and information quality, applications of survey information, and research and development in the field of geomatics.

City: Voi
Abbreviation: TTU
Unit: Informatics and Computing Department
URL: https://www.ttu.ac.ke/informatics-and-computing-department/
Description:

The Taita Taveta University operates a MS in Geoinformatics (https://www.ttu.ac.ke/course/master-of-science-in-geo-informatics/) under its informatics and computing department.

City: Kakamega
Abbreviation: MMUST
Unit: School of Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance;Department of Geography
URL: https://www.mmust.ac.ke/schools/sdmha/index.php
Description:

The school of disaster management offers a MS in GIS and RS. The geography department at MMUST also offers MA and MS degrees in Geography.;The school of disaster management offers a MS in GIS and RS. The geography department at MMUST also offers MA and MS degrees in Geography.

City: Nairobi
Abbreviation: UONBI
Unit: Department of Geospatial and Space Technolog
URL: https://geospatial.uonbi.ac.ke/
Description:

The Department of Geospatial and Space Technology at University of Nairobi operates 3 postgraduate degree programs in geoinformation, including:MS in GIS (https://geospatial.uonbi.ac.ke/index.php/admission-content-type/master-science-geographic-information-systems), PhD in GIS(https://geospatial.uonbi.ac.ke/index.php/admission-content-type/doctor-philosophy-geographic-information-systems), and PhD in Geospatial Engineering (https://geospatial.uonbi.ac.ke/index.php/admission-content-type/doctor-philosophy-geospatial-engineering).

Morocco

City: Rabat
Abbreviation: UM5
Unit: Institut Scientifique
URL: http://www.um5.ac.ma/um5/institut-scientifique
Description:

The Institut Scientifique is the oldest university-level research institution in Morocco. This institution plays a fundamental role in the development of scientific research in a number of geoscience-related fields, including meteorology, geology, geophysics, cartography, geomorphology, and remote sensing. The Ecole Normale Supérieure unit (http://www.um5.ac.ma/um5/ecole-normale-superieure) also offers postgraduate trainings in cartography and geomatics.

City: Casablanca
Abbreviation: UnivH2C
Unit: Department of Geology
URL: http://www.fsb.univh2c.ma/?page_id=2020
Description:

The Department of Geology under the Faculty of Science at the University of Hassan II Casablanca operates postgraduate degrees on geological surveying and mapping. They include a Master of Science in Mapping with a focus on earth and environmental Sciences and a PhD in Applied Geology, Mapping and Environment.

Nigeria

City: Akure
Abbreviation: FUTA
Unit: Survey and Geoinformatics
URL: https://svg.futa.edu.ng/
Description:

The Survey and Geoinformatics unit at FUTA offers undergraduate and postgraduate trainings in geoinformatics. It grants the Graduate Diploma Certificate, Master of Technology, and PhD Degrees. Specializations can be one or more in remote sensing, geodesy, hydrography, geoinformation, and photogrammetry.

Idowu Timothy Oluwadare : surveyinggeoinformatics

Ijaware Victor Ayodele : land surveyingcomputer science

Tata Herbert : geodesysurveyinggeoinformatics

City: Zaria
Abbreviation: ABU
Unit: Department of Geography and Environmental Management
URL: https://geography.abu.edu.ng/
Description:

The geography department at ABU grants the thesis-oriented MS in Geography (https://geography.abu.edu.ng/teaching/msc-geography/) and MS in Remote Sensing and GIS (https://geography.abu.edu.ng/teaching/msc-remote-sensing-and-gis/) among other masters degrees, as well as the PhD in Geography (https://geography.abu.edu.ng/teaching/phd/). In addition, this department also have a Graduate Diploma program in GIS.

City: Nsukka
Abbreviation: UNN
Unit: Department of Geoinformatics and Surveying;The Geospatial Group
URL: https://www.unn.edu.ng/academics/faculties/environmental-studies/geo-informatics-and-surveying/
Description:

The University of Nigeria, Nsukka is the main campus of the university. The Department of Geoinformatics and Surveying is one of the earliest departments established in the University of Nigeria. he department runs postgraduate programmes including the Postgraduate Diploma (PGD), Master of Science (M.Sc) and PhD.;The University of Nigeria, Nsukka is the main campus of the university. The Department of Geoinformatics and Surveying is one of the earliest departments established in the University of Nigeria. he department runs postgraduate programmes including the Postgraduate Diploma (PGD), Master of Science (M.Sc) and PhD.

City: Abuja
Abbreviation: AUST
Unit: School of Science and Science Education;Institute of Space Science and Engineering
URL: https://aust.edu.ng/programs/school-of-science-and-science-education-1
Description:

The GIS-related program at AUST is mainly run by the Institute of Space Science and Engineering, which is an affiliated institution to the university. It grants MSc Geoinformatics and PhD degrees. Themes of research include remote sensing, land cover, land use, cartography, and spatial data science.;The GIS-related program at AUST is mainly run by the Institute of Space Science and Engineering, which is an affiliated institution to the university. It grants MSc Geoinformatics and PhD degrees. Themes of research include remote sensing, land cover, land use, cartography, and spatial data science.

City: Ife
Abbreviation: AFRIGIST
Unit: Entire institute
URL: https://afrigist.org/staff
Description:

The AFRIGIST was established in 1972 under the demand of a cartography center by the UN. It currently offers a range of training programs in geospatial science technology, includeing the Master in Geospatial Information & Land Administration (https://afrigist.org/course/geo-info-land-admin/), Master of Geoinformation Technology (MGIT) (https://afrigist.org/course/geo-info-tech), Professional Master in Geo-spatial Information Production & Management (https://afrigist.org/course/pro-master-geo-production-management), Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) in Geospatial Information Production and Management (https://afrigist.org/course/geo-info-production-management), Technologist Diploma (TD) in Geoinformation Production & Management (https://afrigist.org/course/tech-diploma-geo-info-production-management), and PhD in Geospatial Information (https://afrigist.org/admissions/).

South Africa

City: Johannesburg
Abbreviation: Wits
Unit: School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies
URL: https://www.wits.ac.za/gaes/
Description:

The University of the Witwatersrand is the alma mater to Professor Danie G. Krige who invented the widely-used geostatistical method of kriging. It operates master's and doctoral programmes in geography, GIS, and remote sensing. Relevant degrees offered here includes: MA or MS in Geography (https://www.wits.ac.za/gaes/postgraduate/masters/geography-masters/)， MS in GIS and Remote Sensing (https://www.wits.ac.za/course-finder/postgraduate/science/msc-geographical-information-systems/), and the PhD in Geography (https://www.wits.ac.za/course-finder/postgraduate/science/phd-geography-and-environmental-studies/).

City: Rondebosch
Abbreviation: UCT
Unit: School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics;Environmental & Geographical Science
URL: http://www.apg.uct.ac.za/
Description:

The School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics at the University of Cape Town hosts a Geomatics department (http://www.geomatics.uct.ac.za/) which operates undergraduate, masters and doctoral degrees in geomatics (http://www.geomatics.uct.ac.za/geomatics/degrees). The Environmental & Geographical Science unit also operates several postgraduate degree programs related to geography and urban studies. They include: MPhil in Environment, Society and Sustainability (http://www.egs.uct.ac.za/egs/degrees/masters/mphil-environment), MSc/MPhil in Climate Change and Sustainable Development (http://www.egs.uct.ac.za/egs/degrees/masters/climate-change), MPhil in Southern Urbanism (http://www.egs.uct.ac.za/MPhil%20Degree%20in%20Southern%20Urbanism), and PhD in environmental and geographical sciences (http://www.egs.uct.ac.za/egs/degrees/doctoral).;The School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics at the University of Cape Town hosts a Geomatics department (http://www.geomatics.uct.ac.za/) which operates undergraduate, masters and doctoral degrees in geomatics (http://www.geomatics.uct.ac.za/geomatics/degrees). The Environmental & Geographical Science unit also operates several postgraduate degree programs related to geography and urban studies. They include: MPhil in Environment, Society and Sustainability (http://www.egs.uct.ac.za/egs/degrees/masters/mphil-environment), MSc/MPhil in Climate Change and Sustainable Development (http://www.egs.uct.ac.za/egs/degrees/masters/climate-change), MPhil in Southern Urbanism (http://www.egs.uct.ac.za/MPhil%20Degree%20in%20Southern%20Urbanism), and PhD in environmental and geographical sciences (http://www.egs.uct.ac.za/egs/degrees/doctoral).

City: Alice
Abbreviation: UFH
Unit: Department of GIS & Remote Sensing
URL: https://www.ufh.ac.za/departments/gis/
Description:

The University of Fort Hare hosts a thesis-based Masters of Science Degree in Applied Remote Sensing and GIS (https://www.ufh.ac.za/departments/gis/qualifications/master-science-applied-remote-sensing-gis). It is also one of the first departments in Africa that offers an undergraduate GIS major.

City: Pretoria
Abbreviation: UP
Unit: Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology
URL: https://www.up.ac.za/geography-geoinformatics-and-meteorology
Description:

The Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology at University of Pretoria operates undergraduate and postgraduate programs (Masters and PhD) in environmental science, geography, geoinformatics and meteorology. Focuses of the GIS-related programs in this department include earth observation, spatial data science, big data modeling, meteorology, map visualization, and natural hazard.

City: Gqeberha
Abbreviation: NMU
Unit: Department of Geosciences
URL: https://geosci.mandela.ac.za/
Description:

The Department of Geosciences at Nelson Mandela University offers undergraduate, masters and doctoral degrees in geography, structural geology. and sedimentary geology. GIS, remote sensing, and urban environment are parts of research focuses under the geographical units.

City: Stellenbosch
Abbreviation: SUN
Unit: Department of Geography and Environmental Studies
URL: https://www0.sun.ac.za/geography/
Description:

The Stellenbosch University operates several postgraduate programmes in GIS-related fields, including: MA in GIS, MSc in Geoinformatics, MSc in Geography and Environmental Studies, MA in Urban and Regional Planning, MPhil in Urban and Regional Science, PhD in Geography and Environmental Studies, PhD in Urban and Regional Planning, and PhD in Geoinformatics.

City: Cape Town
Abbreviation: CPUT
Unit: Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment
URL: https://www.cput.ac.za/academic/faculties/engineering
Description:

The Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment at CPUT operates a Master of Tech program in Cartography (https://www.cput.ac.za/academic/faculties/engineering/prospectus/course?i=132&seo=TVRlY2g6IENBUlRPR1JBUEhZ) under its Civil Engineering & Geomatics department. In addition to this, the department also operates several undergraduate and non-degree programs in geomatics.

City: Potchefstroom
Abbreviation: NWU
Unit: School of Geo and Spatial Sciences;Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management
URL: https://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/geo-spatial-sciences/about-us
Description:

The North-West University offers postgraduate diploma training, MSc, and PhD programs in geospatial sciences under the School of Geo and Spatial Sciences, as well as MSc and PhD programs in Urban and Regional Planning under its Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management.;The North-West University offers postgraduate diploma training, MSc, and PhD programs in geospatial sciences under the School of Geo and Spatial Sciences, as well as MSc and PhD programs in Urban and Regional Planning under its Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management.

Tunisia

City: Tunis
Abbreviation: UCAR
Unit: National School of Architecture and Urbanism
URL: http://www.ucar.rnu.tn/ecole-nationale-darchitecture-et-durbanisme/
Description:

The National School of Architecture and Urbanism at Carthage University has Master's and Doctoral programs regarding urban planning.

City: Tunis
Abbreviation: FSHST
Unit: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
URL: http://www.fshst.rnu.tn/
Description:

The Tunis University has Master's degrees (http://www.fshst.rnu.tn/fr/master) in Geography (Space, Society and Territory) and Regional Development. It also grants Doctoral degrees (http://www.fshst.rnu.tn/fr/doctorat) in Geography.

City: Sfax
Abbreviation: FSS
Unit: -
URL: http://www.fss.rnu.tn/
Description:

The University of Sfax has a Master in Geography, Territory and Planning program and a Master in Water Resource and Sustainability program. It also has a Doctor in Geography program.

City: Gafsa
Abbreviation: UGAF
Unit: -
URL: http://www.ugaf.rnu.tn
Description:

The University of Gafsa is well known in science and information technology. It has a Master in Ecology and Environment (http://www.ugaf.rnu.tn/fra/s3519/pages/471/) program and a Graduate Certification in Geomatics and Applications (http://www.ugaf.rnu.tn/fra/s3311/pages/858/FSG-L.-G%C3%A9omatiques-et-Applications).

City: Jendouba
Abbreviation: UJ
Unit: -
URL: http://www.uj.rnu.tn
Description:

The University of Jendouba has a doctoral program (http://www.uj.rnu.tn/Ar/%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%AB_11_806) in forest resource and sustainability.

Rwanda

City: Kigali
Abbreviation: UR
Unit: Centre for Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing (CGIS)
URL: https://cgis.ur.ac.rw/
Description:

The CGIS at University of Rwanda was formed in 1999. It is a multi-disciplinary training and research center of GIS and remote sensing. The core mission of this centre is to address important national and regional issues such as land management, biodiversity conservation, sustainable urban planning, environmental management and disaster risk management through GIS and remote sensing technologies. It offers postgraduate trainings in GIS and remote sensing and other trainings co-operated with Esri.

Gaspard Rwanyiziri : GISenvironmental geographyplanning

North America

USA (East)

City: Durham
Abbreviation: Durham
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://www.durham.ac.uk/departments/academic/geography/
Description:

Department of Geography is a world-leading centre of geographic research and education. Our work addresses the most pressing challenges of our time, from climate change in Antarctica to the algorithms that are remaking social relationships.. Climate change, environmental governance, landslides, natural hazards, geopolitical conflict and territorial dispute, migration, sea-level rise, energy poverty, flooding, debt, austerity and urbanisation; these are just a few of the significant challenges that are confronting us today

Mildred Oiza Ajebon : Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing applications for understanding a range of health outcomes among poor population groups

Nicholas J. Cox : statistical applications within geographyincluding exploratory data analysisgraphicssmoothingfitting of probability distributionscircular statistics and spatial analysis

City: Fairfax
Abbreviation: GMU
Unit: Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science
URL: https://science.gmu.edu/academics/departments-units/geography-geoinformation-science
Description:

George Mason University (GMU) is a public university located only 30 minutes driving time away from the Washington, D.C. The Department of Geography has strong research teams in geographic information computing science and data science. There are three types of master’s degree programs provided: master’s degrees in geographic information systems, earth sciences, and geography and cartography. It only offers PhD program in Earth System and Geographic Information Science. The PhD program accept applicants with a bachlor’s degree. All of these degrees are regarded as STEM.

Chaowei Yang : high-performance geo-computationspatiotemporal theories and applications

David Wong : populationspatial statisticsgeography of Chinathoughts and methodologybiochemistry

Nathan Burtch : urban planningurban geographygeoinformation technologiesGISquantitative methodsand cartography

Arie Croitoru : computational geoinformaticsimage processing and image analysisdigital photogrammetry and remote sensingspatial statistics in GIS for data quality evaluation

Matt Rice : geocrowdsourcingcartography

Dieter Pfoser : computer sciencedata sciencesgeoinformation sciencegeospatial intelligence

Liping Di : geospatial information interoperability and standards

Changwoo Ahn : Wetland EcosystemsRestoration EcologySTEAM Education

City: Wocester
Abbreviation: Clark
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://www.clarku.edu/departments/geography/
Description:

The Department of Geography at Clark is one of the departments to grant graduate degrees in geography in the USA, and to certain extent, it is the successor of the Harvard geography department which disbanded in 1948 with a reason of “Harvard cannot hope to have strong departments in everything.” Notable former professors there include the celebrated cartographer Richard Harrison who started the first golden period of cartography discipline in America, and Erwin Raisz who wrote the world’s first ever college-level cartography textbook in English, General Cartography. The MS and PhD degrees are granted in this department, and among them, the MS program is in collaboration with the IDCE progam with a focus in GIS.

John Rogan : landscape ecologyfire ecologyoptical remote sensing and GIScience

Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr. : land changemodelingstatistics

Florencia Sangermano : conservation biologyGISremote sensing and landscape ecology

Abby Frazier : ecologyclimatespatial analysis

City: Durham
Abbreviation: Duke
Unit: Nicholas School of the Environment
URL: https://nicholas.duke.edu/academics
Description:

The Nicholas School at Duke University offers the Master's Certificate Programs on geospatial analytics. These certificates are open only to degree-seeking students in the Master of Environmental Management and Master of Forestry programs.

Tong Qiu : remote sensing of ecologybiodiversityclimate changephenologygeospatial and ecological big dataforest regeneration

City: Chapel Hill
Abbreviation: UNC
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://geography.unc.edu/
Description:

UNC is the flagship of public universities in the state of North Carolina. The geography department at UNC has a long history. It was the training center and strategic support center for the US Navy in the Atlantic Theater during the World War II. The basketball star Michael Jordan graduated from this department. GIScience and geo-visualization are research topics in the department of Geography. Graduate programs include the joint MA/PhD program and the PhD program. The department also admits a limited number of students pursuing only the MA degree, as it encourages graduate students to pursue PhD degree.

Conghe Song : remote sensingecosystemland coverland useGIS

Aaron Moody : remote sensingGISbiogeographyecology

Javier Arce-Nazario : GISremote sensinglandscapetranslational geoscience

Diego Riveros-Iregui : remote sensingclimate modelingland coverhydrology

Paul L. Delamater : spatial analysisGIShealth geography

Michael Emch : medical geographyspatial epidemiologyGIS

Stephen Walsh : GISspatial analysisremote sensinghuman-environment interaction

Clark Gray : surveyspatial statisticspopulationenvironment

City: Charlotte
Abbreviation: UNC Charlotte
Unit: Department of Geography and Earth Science
URL: https://geoearth.uncc.edu/
Description:

UNC Charlotte offers MA and PhD degree programs in geography, with a focus on urban geography, GIS, and quantitative geography.

Harrison Campbell : economic geographyurban developmentspatial income distribution

Gang Chen : remote sensingspatial ecology

Sandra Clinton : urban stream ecologyhydrologyriver systems

Larianne Collins : spatial analysisspatial thinkinggeospatial technology

Colleen Hammelman : urban geography

Wenwu Tang : CyberGISspatial modelingland useland cover

Jean-Claude Thill : mobilitytransportationspatial data science

Yao Li : GIScienceHealth and Medical GeographyHuman MobilitySpatial Data Analysis/Mining/ProgrammingWeb GISData Visualization

Jordan Blekking : food accessibilityfood securityfood environmentsfood systemshuman-environmental interactionsspatial analysisgeographic information science

Youngseob Eum : GIScienceUrban AnalyticsHealth and Medical GeographySpatial Data ScienceHuman Mobility

Katherine Idziorek : Community ResilienceUrban Heat MitigationSocial InfrastructureUrban DesignTransportation Equity

Fushcia Ann Hoover : Green InfrastructureEnvironmental JusticeUrban PlanningSocio-ecological Systems

City: Raleigh
Abbreviation: NC State
Unit: Center for Geospatial Analytics
URL: https://cnr.ncsu.edu/geospatial
Description:

The Center for Geospatial Analytics at NC State is administratively affiliated to the School of Natural Resources. It is a research institution with GIS as the main focus. Its faculty members come from different colleges of the university, and they are all engaged in GIS-related research projects with different application domains. The center has in-depth cooperation with the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the National Park Service (NPS), NASA, and Esri, and it is currently home to more than 250 students at masters and doctoral levels. The master’s program offered by this center is the Master of Geographic Information Science and Technology (MGIST), which is the earliest of its kind in the USA. It is a 2-year course-based master’s degree with 21 prescribed credits of GIS-related courses and 12 elective credits. A comprehensive project and a portfolio are also required. Most of MGIST graduates went to the industry. The PhD program of Spatial Analytics is interdisciplinary. Its duration is 4 to 5 years. Students need to use GIS and other methods to complete a research project in the domains of physical or social sciences. Members of the dissertation committee come from different departments according to the research topic selected by the student. This program also requires an industrial internship in the first two years in order to better integrate the industry, education and research experiences in student’s future scientific career. Professors in the center are all teaching-oriented faculty members responsible for the teaching and guidance of core courses like GIS. Doctoral students need to find their own scientific research interests and directions, and then find their own research advisors in any departments participating in the center’s project. Current doctoral supervisors of the center include faculty members from these following departments: Statistics, Oceanic, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Business School, Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Public Health, Park and Tourism Management, Landscape Architecture, Civil Engineering, Botany, Forestry, and Computer Science, etc.

Sankar Arumugam : hydroclimatologywater management

Emily Berglund : forecasting landscape and environmental changewater infrastructure systems

DelWayne Bohnenstiehl : mapping a dynamic planetseafloor exploration and seismology

Paul Byrne : planetary geologyvolcanictectonicmeteoroid impact

Bethany Cutts : GISsocial analysissustainability

Ryan Emanuel : geospatial analysisecohydrologymodelingecosystem

Joshua Gray : spatial analysisremote sensingalgorithmcarbon cyclewater resourcevegetation dynamics

David Hill : geovisualizationcoastal developmentcoastal dynamicsprototypessimulation

Aaron Hipp : health behaivoirspublic built environmentsspatial analysis

Anders Huseth : spatio-temporal modelscrop production patternsinsect population

Daniela Jones : spatial analysisbiofuelsbioproductbiopowerquantitative modeling

Yu-Fai Leung : science and practice of sustainable visitorrecreation and tourismpark management

Gustavo Machado : map the spread of infectious diseases and forecast disease emergence

Katherine Martin : landscape ecosystemclean watercarbon sequestrationwildlife habitat

Helena Mitasova : LiDARvisualizationcoastal evolutionsoil erosion controlnatural hazards

Stacy Nelson : landscapehabitatecosystem spatial problems

Natalie Nelson : agriculturewater and coastal resources

Dan Obenour : complex environmental systemswater quality dynamicsgeostatistical models

Chris Osburn : geobiochemistryextreme weatherland usealgorithms and modeling

Krishna Pacifici : ecologydynamic modelsenvironmental stressors

Bill Rand : agent-based modelsmachine learninggeoinformatics

Brian Reich : patterns in data from the environmentalphysical and materials sciences

Jennifer Richmond-Bryant : environmental issueshuman exposure to ambient air pollution

Robert Scheller : long-term landscape healthclimatehuman impactsparticipatory GISvisual analytics

Laura Tateosian : geospatial algorithms and programmingspatio-temporal data visualizationdata synthetic

Mirela Tulbure : surface water extentvegetation and landscape connectivity dynamic

Raju Vatsavai : spatial computingdeveloping innovative and computationally efficient algorithmshigh-performance computing and artificial intelligence

Jelena Vukomanovic : human dimensions of landscape change and ecosystem services

Ben Watson : video gameshealth informaticsdata sciencehuman-computer interactionUI/UX

Karl Wegmann : landscapesurface processgeological controlsclimate forcingtectonics

Sandra Yuter : environmental analyticsweatherclimateremote sensing

City: Durham
Abbreviation: NCCU
Unit: Department of Environmental, Earth, and Geospatial Sciences
URL: https://www.nccu.edu/chs/environmental-earth-and-geospatial-sciences
Description:

The DEEGS department at NCCU was founded in 1960s by Theodore Speigner, the first ever African American who received a PhD degree in conservation (completed at University of Michigan). Currently, the department has a MS degree program in geography and environmental sciences, as well as a graduate certificate program in geospatial intelligence. The undergraduate and graduate certificates in Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) are open to all undergraduate and graduate students enrolled at NCCU.

Gordana Vlahovic : geohazardGIS applications

Timothy J Mulrooney : geographic data mininglarge spatial databasemetadata integrity

Rakesh Malhotra : geospatial intelligenceurban transportationmapping

City: Philadelphia
Abbreviation: Temple
Unit: Department of Geography and Urban Studies;Tyler School of Arts and Architecture
URL: https://liberalarts.temple.edu/academics/departments-and-programs/geography-and-urban-studies
Description:

The department of Geography and Urban Studies at Temple University is home to researchers in urban research, geographic information, and sustainable ecological development. The department currently has two GIS-related master’s programs, namely the GIS and spatial data science. The doctoral program is in geography and urban studies. Located in the Philadelphia metropolitan area and close to New York and Washington, this department can provide plenty of internship opportunities for students. Major GIS-related course works of this department include geovisualization, GIS Programming, and geospatial big data analysis.;

Jeremy Mennis : GISpublic healthenvironmental science

Victor Hugo Gutierrez-Velez : GISremote sensingland use/land cover change

Hamil Pearsall : GISurban sustainabilitysocial justice

Kevin A. Henry : geography and urban studiespublic healthGIS

City: Philadelphia
Abbreviation: UPenn
Unit: Weitzman School of Design;IUR
URL: https://www.design.upenn.edu/
Description:

The Institute of Urban Research and the School of Design at Penn jointly offer the Master of Urban Spatial Analytics (MUSA) program, which is a 9-month course-based master’s degree. The core courses include 5 GIS and spatial analysis courses (e.g. GIS, data science, spatial analysis, web mapping, visualization, Python programming, etc.), 2 urban studies courses, and 1 elective course. Students need to complete a keystone project. For new students without a solid GIS skillset, the school will provide a boot camp training in GIS before the start of the fall semester;The Institute of Urban Research and the School of Design at Penn jointly offer the Master of Urban Spatial Analytics (MUSA) program, which is a 9-month course-based master’s degree. The core courses include 5 GIS and spatial analysis courses (e.g. GIS, data science, spatial analysis, web mapping, visualization, Python programming, etc.), 2 urban studies courses, and 1 elective course. Students need to complete a keystone project. For new students without a solid GIS skillset, the school will provide a boot camp training in GIS before the start of the fall semester

Elizabeth Delmelle : neighborhood changeurban inequalityurban transportation

Xiaojiang Li : spatial data scienceurban analytics for sustainabilityurban scienceurban computing based on Google street view

City: Philadelphia
Abbreviation: Penn State
Unit: Department of Ecosystem Science and Management;Department of Geography
URL: https://ecosystems.psu.edu/
Description:

Penn State is well-known in ecology and environmental sciences as well. The Department of Ecosystem Science and Management prepares students for careers in the conservation and management of natural and human-dominated ecosystems. Their STEM education M.S. and Ph.D. are designated in three tracks: Forest Resources, Soil Science and Wildlife& Fish Science. Applicants with bachelor degree can apply for the two-year M.S degree or the 2+3 PhD degree. Applicants with master degree can apply for the four-year PhD program. In addition, the department also offers Intercollege Degree Programs for applicants who wish to study through multiple Penn State colleges. Specialties include a two-year M.S in Ecology and a five-year Ph.D. in Ecology;Penn State is a top-tier public university in the United States. Its geography department is a powerhouse and has 4 general research directions (subfields) including GIS, physical geography, human geography, and environment and society geography. There are three types of residential postgraduate programs in the department. Bachelors can apply for the 2-year master’s degree program, or the 2-year master’s and 3-year doctoral joint degree program. Masters-degree holders can apply for the 4-year doctoral degree program. There is also an online Master of Geographic Information Systems (MGIS) program and an online Master of Science in Spatial Data Science program both of which are offered via the World Campus at Penn State. These online programs are designed mainly for people who are already working, but students in this program will receive the same degrees and certificates as residential graduate students and all courses are developed and taught by faculty in the Department of Geography. Programs in this department are STEM and therefore may be good options for international students. Ecology and related programs at Penn State are mainly hosted by the Huck Institute of Life Sciences.

Cynthia Brewer : cartographic communication and visualizationmap designcolor theorymulti-scale mappingatlas productiontopographic mapscartography

Guido Cervone : environmental hazardsremote sensinggeoinformaticssocial media

Anthony Robinson : geovisual analyticscartographyuser-centered designgeovisualizationinformation visualization

Manzhu Yu : spatiotemporal theories and applicationsnatural hazards and extreme weatherenvironmental informaticsspatial data science and deep learning

Helen Greatrex : weather risk managementgeostatisticsuncertainty estimationhistorical weather analysissatellite rainfall estimationindex insuranceagricultural modelingsocial equity

Shujie Wang : remote sensingnumerical modelingcryosphereclimate system

Xi Gong : spatiotemporal data miningbig data science & analyticsmachine learninghealth & The environmentGIS-based modeling

City: Shippensburg
Abbreviation: SUP
Unit: Department of Geography and Earth Science
URL: http://www.ship.edu/Geo-ESS/
Description:

The Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania is a member institute of the public university system of Pennsylvania. It offers a MS degree program in Geoenvironmental Science. Coursework includes GIS, field methods, sustainability, and environmental sciences & Sustainability.

City: Indiana
Abbreviation: IUP
Unit: Department of Geography and Regional Planning
URL: https://www.iup.edu/geoplanning/index.html
Description:

The Indiana University of Pennsylvania is located in the small town of Indiana, Pennsylvania. It is a member institutution of the public university system of Pennsylvania. It offers MS programs in geography with options in GIS/Cartography and regional planning. It also offers students certificate of recognition in Geography and Geospatial Intelligence Analysis.

City: West Chester
Abbreviation: WCU
Unit: Department of Geography and Planning
URL: https://www.wcupa.edu/business-PublicManagement/geographyPlanning/default.aspx
Description:

Originally known as the West Chester University of Pennsylvania, the West Chester University is a member institute of the public university system of Pennsylvania. It offers the MS degree in Geography and the Masters of Urban and Regional Planning (MURP) programs. The MS in Geography prepares students for a variety of career choices in GIS planning, environmental work, and population and site analysis. It can also prepare students for entry into many government agencies such as the EPA, Census Bureau, CIA, and Forestry Service, as well as private sector jobs in geospatial technologies, engineering, and planning firms. Another option for students with a MS in Geography is entry into selective Ph.D. programs. The Master of Urban and Regional Planning (MURP) at West Chester University prepares students to enter the workforce as professional planners and thereby meet the growing demand for urban and regional planners, and related professions in the region. The department also offers Online Certificate in GIS and graduate certificate in Regional Planning and GIS.

City: Ithaca
Abbreviation: Cornell
Unit: ;Department of City and Regional Planning
URL: https://scs.cals.cornell.edu/
Description:

Cornell University does not have a geography department, but other departments have researchers engaged in GIS or RS-related topics. The Soil and Crop Science Section is a department under the College of Agriculture. Those with a bachelor’s degree can apply for a joint master/doctoral program, and those who has a master’s degree can directly apply for a doctoral program. The duration of the doctoral program is not fixed. Faculties in the department have various backgrounds. They conduct research in various fields such as soil science, chemistry, environmental science, and ecology.;City and Regional Planning Programs Graduate Minor in City and Regional Planning AAP offers both an M.A. and a Ph.D. in regional science. Regional Science Cornell was one of the first institutions in the country to offer preservation classes and is internationally recognized as a leader in the field. AAP offers an M.A. in Historic Preservation Planning. Historic Preservation Planning

Ying Sun : remote sensingecologyhydrologyearth systemsspatial analysis

City: Storrs
Abbreviation: UConn
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://geography.uconn.edu/
Description:

The University of Connecticut is located halfway between New York and Boston. The research of the Department of Geography focuses on geographic information science and systems, space and social sciences, physical geography, and the relationship between human and land. Programs in this department include the master’s (2 years), PhD (generally 4 years), and the MA/PhD joint program (generally 4 to 5 years). The department has been recently developing its GIS discipline, setting up GIS undergraduate majors and GIS certification programs, and provideing many GIS-related courses, such as WebGIS, spatial database, mobile GIS, spatial big data, etc. In addition to the geography department, the Ecohydrology lab at UConn studies plant-soil-water interactions through field experimentation and numerical modeling in order to minimize the flooding risks of downstream communities, the economic risk of drought to the agricultural industry, and the environmental impacts of human-water systems.

Christopher Burton : human-environmental interactionsnatural hazardsdisaster resilience

Xiang (Peter) Chen : GIS and big data analyticsFood access and community healthNetwork and location models

Kenneth Foote : data visualizationmultimedia cartographyweb & mobile apps

Debarchana Ghosh : health geographybehavioral healthGISsocial network analysis

Weidong Li : GISgeostatisticsWebGISregional soil and environmental modeling

William Ouimet : erosion processeslandform & landscape evolution

Chuanrong (Cindy) Zhang : GISgeostatisticsMulti-Dimensional Markov chain modelingGIS Cyberinfrastructure

Hanlin Zhou : Geospatial Intelligence (GeoAI) and Community Integration

City: Blacksburg
Abbreviation: Virginia Tech
Unit: College of Natural Resources and Environment
URL: https://cnre.vt.edu/
Description:

The College of Natural Resources and Environment at Virginia Tech offers a PhD program in Geospatial and Environmental Analysis, which is an interdisciplinary advised by professors from different departments, including geography, biology, soil science, fishery, and forestry. The PhD candidates requires utilizing GIS, GPS, RS and other tools to study natural resources, environment, and ecology. Students could choose their own doctoral supervisor committee according to their specific research interests.

James B. Campbell : GISremote sensingurban agriculturesoil science

Laurence Carstensen Jr. : WebGISspatial analysisprogrammingmodeling

Korine Kolivras : health geographymedical geographygeospatial techniques

Lynn M. Resler : remote sensingmountain ecologybiogeographygeomorphology

Yang Shao : GISremote sensingland coverland usewatershed modeling

Yanghui Kang : Natural solutions for carbon recycling monitoringecological remote sensing and climate responseagricultural remote sensing monitoring modelingremote sensing and ecological applications of deep learning

Fangzheng Lyu : GISComputational and Data ScienceUrban InformaticsCyberGISGeospatial ComputingGeospatial AI

Junghwan Kim : Human mobility (egtravel behavior and accessibility)environmental healththe application of geospatial data science methodsand geospatial data privacy/ethics

City: New York
Abbreviation: NYU
Unit: Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
URL: https://wagner.nyu.edu/
Description:

公共管理专业的博士项目的工作内容包括课程作业、初步资格考试、两次综合实地考试、第三年的研究论文、在整个学位期间定期参加纽约大学瓦格纳研究讨论会，以及提交一份独立原创研究的论文并在教师委员会面前答辩。

City: New York
Abbreviation: CUNY
Unit: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences;Hunter Urban Policy & Planning
URL: https://www.gc.cuny.edu/Page-Elements/Academics-Research-Centers-Initiatives/Doctoral-Programs/Earth-and-Environmental-Sciences/Program-Information
Description:

The City University of New York Graduate Center centralizes the graduate programs of the City University of New York. The Center has a Ph.D. program in geography with academic coverage in four major areas: physical geography, human geography, GIS, and urban studies. Doctoral advisors include faculty from the Graduate Center, as well as faculty from other affiliated institutions in the City University of New York.;

Sunil bhaskaran : GISremote sensingmapping

Hongmian Gong : GIStransportationurban geography

Sean C. Ahearn : environmental remote sensingLiDARagent-based modelsspatial-temporal modelsdigital image analysisecological modeling

Marianna E. Pavlovskaya : GIScritical GISsocial theoryurban

Yuri Gorokhovich : GIShydrologygeomorphologynatural hazardsgeology

Juliana Maantay : geospatial analysisurban studieshealthenvironment

Elia Machado : GISremote sensingspatial analysisenvironment changevulnerability

Nerve Macaspac : spatial ethnographycritical GISdigital geography

Hamidreza Norouzi : remote sensinghydrologyclimateearth system scienceenvironmental studies

Rebecca Boger : GISwater resource

City: Albany
Abbreviation: Ualbany
Unit: Department of Geography and Planning
URL: https://www.albany.edu/geographyplanning
Description:

The Department of Geography and Planning at the State University of New York at Albany offers MA and MS degrees in Geography, with a Master of Science (MS) degree in Geographic Information Science. Their research focuses spatial analysis, geographic data mapping, landscape visualization, spatial cognition and wayfinding, etc. As its proximity to the state government of New York, the department provides abundant government internship opportunities.

Xueying Yu : Carbon emissionsclimate change and atmospheric chemical interactionsBayesian models and machine learning

City: Binghamton
Abbreviation: Binghamton
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://www.binghamton.edu/geography/
Description:

The Department of Geography at Binghamton University offers a Master of Arts (MA) in geography. Students can pursue one of five tracks: General geography; Cartography and geographical information systems (GIS); Environmental and resource management; Urban planning and applied geography;Race and ethnicity. A bachelor's degree in geography is not required for admission to the graduate program, but students without a geography background may be required to take additional courses for completion of the MA. An interdisciplinary graduate certificate in watershed studies and management is available, as well as a 4+1 BA + MA track.

City: Buffalo
Abbreviation: Buffalo
Unit: Department of Geography;The Department of Urban and Regional Planning;College of Environmental Science and Forestry
URL: http://www.buffalo.edu/cas/geography.html
Description:

The geography department at SUNY Buffalo is one of the traditional powerhouses of geography in the USA. Established in the 1960s, the Department of Geography currently has 22 faculty members with a wide range of research interests including physical geography , human geography, GIS, and other branches of geography. This department is particularly strong in health geography, spatial statistics, ecology, and hydrology. The department also has the NCGIA-Buffalo Center, the CTED, and APEC Study Center. Graduate degrees awarded in thie department include MS in GIS, MS in Geography, MA and the PhD degrees.;;

Yingjie Hu : geospatial artificial intelligencespatial data mininggeographic informational retrieval

Le Wang : remote sensingforest characterizationenvironment modelingland cover and land use changeurban population estimationInvasive species modeling

Ling Bian : individual-based epidemiological modelinginter-operable environmental models

Andrew Crooks : geocomputationAgent-based modelingsocial network analysisurban geographycomputational social science

Jared Aldstadt : medical geographyspatial epidemiologyspatiotemporal analysis

Peter A. Rogerson : spatial statisticsdynamic migration modelingdemographic forecastingMathematical modeling

Eun-Hye Enki Yoo : geostatisticsspatial statisticspublic health and environmental modelingspatial hedonic modelinguncertainty analysis

Adam Wilson : geostatisticsspatial statisticspublic health and environmental modelingspatial hedonic modelinguncertainty analysis

City: Orono
Abbreviation: Maine
Unit: School of Computing and Information Science;Wheatland Geospatial lab
URL: https://umaine.edu/scis/
Description:

The GIS-related program at the University of Maine has a long history and is one of the three National Centers for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA) in the United States. It is particularly prominent in spatial analysis and GIS visualization. The celebrated scholar in spatial relations and topology, Max Egenhofer, is a professor there. The GIS program at Maine is affiliated with the School of Computing and Information Science and various computer courses are offered. The department has two degree programs. The Master of Information Systems is industrial-oriented, and the Master of Spatial Information Science and Engineering is research-oriented. Its core GIS courses include spatial analysis, spatial interaction design, spatial database systems and others. ;The Wheatland Geospatial lab under the School of Forest Resources offers geospatial research and educational programs.

Kate Beard-Tisdale : map generalizationdata quality and the visualization of spatial data qualitygeographic information retrievalanalysis and visualization of spatio-temporal phenomenaand spatio-temporal information integration

Max Egenhofer : spatio-temporal reasoninguser interfaces for geographic information systemsthe design of spatial database systemsand mobile spatial information appliances

Nicholas Giudice : virtual reality (AR)human-computer interactionspatial learning and navigation

Torsten Hahmann : spatial informatics and artificial intelligencespecificallyknowledge representationlogicand automated reasoning

Silvia Nittel : data management technology for geosensor networkswireless sensor networks and sensor data streams

Harlan Onsrud : analysis of legalethicaland institutional issues affecting the creation and use of digital databases and the assessment of the social impacts of spatial technologies

Nimesha Ranasinghe : multisensory interactive mediaaugmented realityand human-computer interaction

Zhangyu Wang : Theory of GeoAImachine learningdeep learningSpatial representation learning & spatial generative modelsAI for Earth sciencesAgentic (LLM/LVM) AI for GIS analysisKnowledge graphssemantic websGeoAI application

City: Lexington
Abbreviation: UKY
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://geography.as.uky.edu/
Description:

The Department of Geography at the University of Kentucky offers MA and PhD degree programs. This department is known for the research in critical mapping and critical GIS, which is the study of volunteered geographic information and community GIS with public participation. In addition, the department also host research projects in digital geography, web mapping, and the defination of virtual/online spaces.

Liang Liang : remote sensingcliamtebiogeography

Rich Donohue : critical GISspatial analysisweb mappingcartography

Nick Lally : GIScartographyGIS software

Matthew Zook : spatial mediabig dataGeoWeb

Jeff Levy : GISHealth geographyCartographyExposure & Accessibility AssessmentsGeocoding Precision

City: Morgantown
Abbreviation: WVU
Unit: Department of Geology and Geography
URL: https://www.geo.wvu.edu/
Description:

The Department of Geology and Geography at WVU is particularly known for its programs in paleontology and paleoenvironment, but it also has professors working on GIS-related projects. The department has MS and PhD degree programs.

Jamison Conley : spatial analysisgeostatisticsalgorithms

Rick Landenberger : spatial analysismappingecosystem

Brenden McNeil : GISremote sensingecologyforest

Aaron Maxwell : GISremote sensinggeospatial modelingspatial analysisteaching methods of GIS

Timothy Warner : remote sensingimage processingmachine learningbiogeography

City: Syracuse
Abbreviation: SYR
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/geography-and-the-environment/
Description:

The departemnt of geography at Syracuse University is affiliated to Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. Research topics and courses mainly focus on human geography. Additionally, there are some professors who work in physical geography. The class is comprised of approximately 10 students. The annual enrollment is approximately five students, including master's and doctoral candidates (1-2 students works in physical geography and GIS).

Peng Gao : erosion and sediment transport in rivers and watersheds3D GIS design and analysis for urban environments

Jane read : Geographic information systems and remote sensinghuman-environment interactionsgeohumanitiesindigenous livelihoodsLatin America

Jonnell Robinson : community geographyparticipatory geographic information systems

Ethan Coffel : Climate scienceclimate impactsextreme weatheragricultureenergyinfrastructure

Arnisson Andre Ortega : Community geographyurban geographypopulation geographyGlobal South citiesmigrationtransnationalismsuburbanizationpopulationsocio-spatial theorydecolonizationquantitative methodsmixed-methodscritical demographycounter-mapping

Tao Wen : spatiotemporal data science for hydrologyenvironmental informaticsgeoscience data miningbig data

Meghan Kelly : cartographyfeminist theorydigital storytelling

City: College Park
Abbreviation: Maryland
Unit: Department of Geographical Sciences
URL: https://geog.umd.edu/
Description:

The GIS program at UMD is reputable in image processing and its applications in land use classification, natural disaster monitoring, and the study of atmospheric changes. It is also known for the quantitative research on economic geography and human-natural system. Only doctoral students have academic advisors. The department only offers two-year self-funded GIS master’s program, which is taught in hybrid. Research-based master program is not offered. Students in the master program usually land their careers in the industry after graduation. Professors doing GIS-related research are mainly under the Center for Geospatial Information Science.

Kathleen Stewart : GIS healthspatio-temporal big datahuman mobility

Taylor Oshan : spatial statistics spatial data scienceurban informaticscomputational social science

Leila De Floriani : geospatial data visualizationspatial data structuresterrain modeling

Yiqun Xie : GeoAIMachine Learning/Deep LearningData ScienceData MiningGeospatial Information Science

Hanan Samet : data structuresimage processingcomputer graphicsdatabasesgeographic information systemscomputer vision

City: Huntington
Abbreviation: Marshall
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://www.marshall.edu/geography/
Description:

Marshall University offers MA and MS programmes. The MA program is a class-based program wheareas the MS is a research-based, thesis-required program. A student shall get in touch with a potential advisor to talk about research topics before submitting an application for the MS program.

James Leonard : GISworld regional geographyNorth American geography

Anita Walz : GISremote sensingspatial analysis

Hilton Córdoba : urban geographyspatial organizationspatial analysis

City: Amherst
Abbreviation: UMass
Unit: Department of Environmental Conservation; Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning; Department of Earth, Geographic, and Climate Sciences
URL: https://eco.umass.edu/academics/graduate-programs/environmental-conservation-m-s-ph-d/
Description:

Department of Environmental Conservation (ECo) Offers MS and PhD programs in Environmental Conservation with a core that emphasizes quantitative science (statistics, GIS, modeling, and physical science). See program details at ECo MS/PhD.

Department of Earth, Geographic, and Climate Sciences (EGCS): A national leader in Global Climate Change and Earth Dynamics housed within the College of Natural Sciences (CNS). The department hosts major research units including the Climate System Research Center (CSRC) (link) and the Massachusetts Geological Survey (link). EGCS scholarship and training are organized around four principal themes:

Earth Dynamics
Global Climate Change and Surficial Processes
Water and the Environment
Geography, Society, and Environment

Graduate offerings include multiple programs (EGCS Graduate Programs), Including a 1-year professional MS in GIST (link) and a Doctor of Philosophy in Geography (link).

Department of Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning (LARP): Listed as a related unit; LARP frequently intersects with GIS, spatial planning, and applied geospatial methods in studio and planning curricula.

Malcolm Itter : quantitative and applied forestry ecology

Paige Warren : biodiversityurban ecology

Anita Milman : environmental governanceclimate change adaptationtransboundary waterflood-mitigationcoupled-human environmental systemscollaborative governancedecision-making under uncertaintyenvironmental policy integrationintegrated water resources management

Ezra Markowitz : sustainabilitysocial well-being

Timothy Randhir : watershed sciencessustainability sciencesenvironmental sciencesecological economicslandscape ecologyclimate changeecohydrologycomputational modelingmanagement decision sciencescomplex systems

Lisa Komoroske : global changeconservation managementecological adaptation

Forrest J. Bowlick : GISgeography education

Qian Yu : Environmental geographyGISremote sensing

Hongyu Zhang : GeoethicsGISGeoAI

City: Boston
Abbreviation: UMB
Unit: School for the Environment
URL: https://environment.umb.edu/
Description:

麻省大学波士顿分校的城市规划和社区发展硕士课程旨在把学生培养成规划城市空间和经济的理论和实践方面的专家。该学位项目汇集了大学内不同学院的老师，以大学研究所和中心数十年的研究和社区参与为基础，这些机构和中心的关注点都和大都市区的多样化人口、治理及其建筑和自然环境有关。此外，该项目和社区合作，来促进经济发展、负担得起的住房和小型企业发展，并制定了旨在解决社会和环境不平等问题的成熟议程，并旨在解决少数族群社区的需求和利益。

City: Durham
Abbreviation: UNH
Unit: Quantitative Marine Ecology Lab;Graduate School
URL: https://quantmarineecolab.github.io/
Description:

The Quantitative Marine Ecology Laboratory at the University of New Hampshire is a team of scientists who combine field observations with mathematical and statistical tools to study issues related to marine ecology, including population ecology, social-ecological systems, species monitoring, fisheries, and sustainable seafood-related issues. A common focus of their topics is environmental variability’s impacts, especially rare events like heat waves or global pandemics. ;The Graduate Certificate in Geospatial Science (GSS) at the University of New Hampshire is a multidisciplinary program designed to provide graduate level education in the applied and theoretical technology and applications of geospatial science. Students within the program are afforded the opportunity to build their five course certificate from a variety of required and elective classes from different disciplines to best fit their academic, research, or professional interests. The flexibility of this program makes it ideal for a student looking to complement their degree or a professional looking to build knowledge, skill and credentials within the Geospatial Sciences. The program of study required for the certificate consists of five courses and a total of 16 credit hours.

City: Glassboro
Abbreviation: Rowan
Unit: Department of Geography Planning & Sustainability
URL: http://www.rowan.edu/geography
Description:

The Department of Geography Planning & Sustainability (GPS) currently has about 175 majors spread among degree programs in Geography, Environmental & Sustainability Studies, Geographic Information Science, Community and Environmental Planning, and so on. This department offers: A Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Cartography and GIS. This is a part-time certification program offered in a face-to-face format and requires the completion of 22 undergraduate semester hours. A Masters of Science degree in Urban and Regional Planning, with specialization in GIS. This is is a full-time or part-time program offered in a face-to-face format on our Glassboro, NJ campus.

City: Williamsburg
Abbreviation: W&M
Unit: Department of Applied Science;Center for Geospatial Analysis (CGA)
URL: https://www.wm.edu/as/appliedscience/index.php
Description:

The William & Mary is the second oldest university in the USA. The applied science department offers PhD programs in interdisciplinary research, including geospatial Analysis Phd program. Students will conduct research through the geoLab.;The CGA at William & Mary offered a postgraduate certificate in geospatial sciences and remote sensing. It stop accepting additional applications to the GIS Certificate Program now. To Be updated

City: Murray
Abbreviation: MSU
Unit: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
URL: https://www.murraystate.edu/academics/CollegesDepartments/CollegeOfScienceEngineeringandTechnology/CollegeOfSciencePrograms/ees/index.aspx
Description:

The Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences offers a Master of Science degree in Earth and Environmental Sciences (MS in EES). For the MS in EES program, students choose the thesis or non-thesis option. Four concentrations are offered for the thesis option: archaeology, environmental geology, geoinformatics, and watershed science. In addition, It also offers the Certificate in Geospatial Data Science (cGDS) program, which is a certification that complement interdisciplinary graduate and professional degree programs in data science and to provide a specialized set of courses emphasizing geospatial science and technology for students to gain professional skills and/or knowledge.

City: New Brunswick
Abbreviation: RU
Unit: Grant F Walton Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis;Department of Geography;Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
URL: https://crssa.rutgers.edu/education.html
Description:

The Grant F Walton Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis under the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences at Rutgers University has a Graduate Certificate in GIS and also operates numerous research projects related to geoinformatics and remote sensing. The GIS graduate certificate is not a separate degree but is awarded in addition to a student’s major field of study. This certificate program is open to graduate students enrolled in and working towards completion of any of Rutgers University’s graduate Master’s or PhD programs.;The geography graduate program offers the following degree options: Master of Arts (MA), Master of Science (MS), and the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). For students seeking a terminal master’s degree (i.e., not en route to a PhD), the requirements for the MA and MS degrees are identical. Students may opt for either designation at their discretion. Students in MA/MS in Geography may follow either a “Thesis Option” or “Exam Option” course of study.;

City: Washington, D.C.
Abbreviation: JHU
Unit: Krieger School of Art and Science, Advanced Academic Program;Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
URL: https://advanced.jhu.edu/
Description:

JHU offers MS in Geographic Information Systems and MS in Geospatial Intelligence at advanced academic programs. These are designed for working professionals and students. The class mode is fully online and students could choose to be full- or part-time and finish program in 1-2 years.;The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences in Baltimore offers PHD programs.

City: Boston
Abbreviation: BU
Unit: Metropolitan College
URL: https://www.bu.edu/met/
Description:

城市事务硕士学位（MUA）的目标学生群体是寻求广泛了解城市公共政策、社区发展和服务提供以及城市环境中公共和私人机构的管理的人。该课程为理解城市环境的复杂性提供了理论、分析和实践基础。与气候变化（包括干旱和洪涝等）以及 COVID-19 等反复出现的全球流行病相关的公共卫生考虑对城市及其社区的未来具有广泛的影响。和过去相比，现在的规划城市的方式更能直接影响我们的生活质量。波士顿大学都会学院 (BU MET) 的城市事务硕士项目开设的课程旨在将环境可持续性、土地利用、住房和社区发展等关键领域（基础设施规划、公共财政和交通规划、能源气候和城市设计）的领先理论和实践联系起来。该校的城市规划硕士 (MCP) 将为学生打好城市规划和管理方面的各种专业角色的基础。

City: Cambridge, MA
Abbreviation: Harvard
Unit: The Department of Urban Planning and Design
URL: https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/doctoral-programs/doctor-of-philosophy/
Description:

哈佛大学设计研究生院提供建筑学、景观建筑学或城市规划博士学位。这三个学位由文理学院与设计学院合作管理。该计划面向希望从事一些相关方向的教学和高级研究职业的人员，包括古今建筑、景观建筑和城市形态的历史和理论以及城市景观和区域的分析和发展（重点是社会、经济、生态、交通和基础设施系统）。建筑、景观建筑和城市规划专业的学生会注册在艺术与科学研究生院，其学位也来自这个学院，但他们的工作可能主要会与哈佛设计研究生院的教师合作。这三个学位由艺术与科学学院与设计学院联合授予。

City: Cambridge, MA
Abbreviation: MIT
Unit: Department of Urban Studies and Planning
URL: https://dusp.mit.edu/
Description:

城市研究和规划的博士课程是城市规划或城市研究的高级研究学位课程，专注于培训从事应用社会研究和规划领域的研究和教学的学生。该计划强调基础研究能力的建设，特殊研究领域设计的灵活性，以及鼓励学生和教师进行合作研究和教学。该计划是根据学生的需求个性化定制的，每个学生都与该系的导师密切合作。标准流程包括四个学期的课程（每学期至少 36 个学分），并用四个学期来完成一篇论文。博士生通常会参加三到四个学期的课程，然后才能参加综合考试。准备充分的学生可以将这个时间减少两个学期。通过综合考试后，学生会再花三到四个学期来完成论文。

City: Medford
Abbreviation: Tufts
Unit: The Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning
URL: https://as.tufts.edu/uep/
Description:

城市与环境政策与规划系有四个硕士项目，旨在提高政策和规划专业人员建设包容、公正和可持续社区的技能。它们包括城市与环境政策与规划文学硕士 (MA)、环境政策与规划理学硕士 (MS)、可持续性理学硕士 (MS)、面向中期职业人士的公共政策硕士 (MPP)。

City: New York
Abbreviation: Columbia
Unit: Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
URL: https://www.arch.columbia.edu/
Description:

该校的城市规划博士项目专注于培训希望未来在城市规划领域（包括学术界、政府机构、非政府组织和智囊团）担任教师、研究人员、政策制定者和商业企业家的学生。该项目为学生提供理论和方法上的专业知识，以解决当前的一些重要问题，例如气候变化、交通、移民/强迫移民、住房、空间分析以及贫困和不平等。这是一个入学竞争激烈的博士课程，每年只接受三名候选人。在与老师协商后，学士将制定个人学习计划，这些计划以有关塑造城市和地区的社会经济、政治和环境过程以及其中的生活质量的先进知识为基础。这些课题的基础是与城市进程的有效性及其正义、民主和道德相关的问题。该城市规划专业博士隶属于建筑、规划和保护研究生院 (GSAPP) ，而实际学位则由艺术与科学研究生院 (GSAS) 授予。

City: New York
Abbreviation: Pratt
Unit: School of Architecture
URL: https://catalog.pratt.edu/graduate/architecture/
Description:

成立50年以来，该校布鲁克林校区的建筑学院提供的城市和区域规划硕士课程始终坚持强调重实践而轻理论、重规划而轻决策、重创造力而轻模板化、重引导而轻官僚的理念。在该校获得城市和区域规划理学硕士需要修完 60 个学分。课程安排允许学生在秋季或春季入学，并在两年或两年半内完成学业。为了促进专业或跨学科研究，一半的学分来自选修研讨会和作品设计。学生可以专注于该校六大特定的强势专业方向中的一个（虽然不强制要求）

City: Harrisonburg
Abbreviation: JMU
Unit: College of Integrated Science & Engineering
URL: https://www.jmu.edu/cise/index.shtml
Description:

Department Overview

James Madison University (JMU), located in Harrisonburg, Virginia, is a public comprehensive university recognized for its strong undergraduate education and emphasis on applied research and experiential learning.

The College of Integrated Science & Engineering (CISE) provides an interdisciplinary STEM environment that integrates science, technology and engineering to address complex societal and environmental challenges. Within the college, the Geography Program is housed in the School of Integrated Sciences and offers a modern geographical education combining natural sciences, social sciences and geospatial technologies.

The program places strong emphasis on Geographic Information Systems (GIS), remote sensing, spatial analysis, cartography and geospatial computing. Students learn to analyze spatial patterns, understand human environment interactions and apply geospatial technologies to real world problems such as environmental management, sustainability, urban systems and geospatial intelligence. The curriculum integrates spatial data processing, digital mapping, spatial modeling and decision support skills through hands on projects and field experience.

Academic Programmes

Undergraduate Programme
Undergraduate Geography Program

The Geography major offers both B.A. and B.S. degrees and includes concentrations such as Applied Geographic Information Science (AGIS) and Environmental Conservation, Sustainability and Development. These tracks allow students to develop expertise in geospatial technologies, environmental systems and spatial problem solving while preparing for careers in GIS analysis, environmental consulting, government agencies and spatial data science.

Research and GIS Applications

Faculty and students work on interdisciplinary projects that apply geospatial technologies to environmental and societal challenges. Research activities include spatial data analysis, geospatial intelligence, land use and environmental change, conservation planning and spatial decision making. The program maintains collaborations with organizations such as the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency and industry partners, providing students with opportunities for applied research, internships and real world geospatial projects.

Through its focus on applied GIS, spatial technologies and interdisciplinary science education, the Geography program at James Madison University prepares students for careers in geospatial analysis, environmental science, urban and regional planning, and advanced study in geography and geospatial science.

City: New York
Abbreviation: SBU
Unit: School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
URL: https://www.stonybrook.edu/somas/
Description:

Stony Brook University's School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS) is a premier interdisciplinary hub for research and education, dedicated to understanding and protecting Earth's resources while addressing global climate challenges. Ranked as the #4 best college for Marine Biology in the U.S., the school offers comprehensive undergraduate and graduate programs spanning marine and atmospheric sciences to sustainability studies. Its diverse research portfolio—ranging from coral reef conservation and hurricane damage recovery to the impacts of global warming—aims to provide rigorous, science-based solutions for a more sustainable planet.

Minghao Qiu : Climate changeclimate energy policy

City: Salisbury
Abbreviation: SU
Unit: Department of Geography and Geosciences
URL: https://www.salisbury.edu/academic-offices/science-and-technology/geography-and-geosciences/
Description:

Salisbury University is a public university in Maryland. Its Department of Geography and Geosciences provides graduate study built on strengths in geography, geographic information science, and earth and atmospheric sciences. According to the department and programme webpages, the department’s primary graduate offering is the Master of Science in Geographic Information Systems Management.

This master’s programme is designed to combine advanced GIS capability with managerial preparation. The official programme page emphasizes practical, hands-on training for students who want to lead GIS operations in government, public-sector, and other organizational settings. Salisbury states that the degree is offered fully online, making it suitable both for working professionals who need flexibility and for students seeking an accelerated, intensive course of study.

The programme also highlights applied learning through real-world problem solving, collaboration opportunities connected with the Eastern Shore Regional GIS Cooperative, and coursework that provides the educational credits needed toward GISP (Geographic Information Systems Professional) certification. Overall, the programme presents a professionally oriented graduate pathway for students interested in GIS administration, implementation, and leadership.

Wataru Morioka : Space-time analytics and visual communication using GIScience

City: Bethlehem
Abbreviation: Lehigh
Unit: College of Health
URL: https://health.lehigh.edu/
Description:

Lehigh University is a research university located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Its College of Health has developed a graduate portfolio centered on population health, community and global health, health data analysis, and interdisciplinary collaboration. According to the college’s official Graduate Programs pages, students can pursue master’s, doctoral, accelerated master’s, cross-college professional programs, and graduate certificate pathways designed to combine rigorous coursework with experiential learning.

At the master’s level, the college offers the Master of Public Health (MPH). This 42-credit generalist program covers core public health domains including biostatistics, epidemiology, environmental health, leadership, policy, and qualitative methods. The curriculum also emphasizes practical training and a capstone experience, preparing students for research, practice, and policymaking roles across local, national, and global public health settings. For current Lehigh undergraduates, the college also offers a 4+1 Accelerated MPH, which enables qualified students to begin graduate coursework early and complete both the bachelor’s degree and the MPH within five years.

At the doctoral level, Lehigh offers the PhD in Population Health. This research-intensive program prepares students to investigate the determinants of health through multiple methodologies and to build an independent line of scholarship. The program requires a minimum of 72 credit hours and includes advanced preparation in data science, epidemiologic methods, qualitative research, survey design, community-based participatory research, policy analysis, and health promotion. The program website also notes that selected doctoral students may receive tuition support and a stipend through research or teaching assistantships.

Lehigh’s graduate health offerings also include interdisciplinary options. These include the Master of Engineering in Health Systems Engineering, a 30-credit program that integrates systems engineering, analytics, and healthcare process improvement and can be completed in person or online, as well as the Flex MBA with Public Health Concentration, offered in collaboration with Lehigh’s College of Business. For students seeking shorter graduate-level study, the college also provides graduate certificate options, including Population Health and Interdisciplinary Policy pathways.

Eric Delmelle : Spatial epidemiologygeospatial health data scienceBayesian disease mappingspace-time clusteringGeographic access to healthcareenvironmental exposure modelingVisualization of spatial and temporal uncertainty

City: Greenville
Abbreviation: ECU
Unit: Department of Earth, Environment and Planning
URL: https://earth.ecu.edu/
Description:

The Department of Earth, Environment, and Planning (EEP) at East Carolina University is dedicated to exploring the dynamic interactions between the Earth’s physical systems and human societies. Founded during Earth Week in 2025, our new academic home combines the disciplinary expertise of Atmospheric Science, Geography, Geological Sciences, and Community and Regional Planning, and together we offer a comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach to understanding our planet—from the solid Earth beneath our feet to the cultural landscapes shaped by human activity.

The Department of Earth, Environment and Planning is home to six undergraduate degree programs and three Master’s degrees, all supported by our outstanding research faculty. Students in EEP programs gain hands-on experience in fieldwork, laboratory analysis, and geospatial technologies, preparing them for careers that address some of the most pressing global challenges, including climate change, natural hazards, resource management, and environmental sustainability. Whether your interests lie in interpreting the Earth’s geologic history, analyzing processes of environmental change, or helping to build thriving communities, EEP provides the tools, training, and scientific knowledge to address real-world problems and make a meaningful impact.

Guangxiao Hu : Environmental and Energy JusticeSpatial Modeling and AnalysisEnvironmental Economics

City: Norfolk
Abbreviation: ODU
Unit: Department of Political Science and Geography
URL: https://www.odu.edu/pols-geog
Description:

The Department of Political Science and Geography at Old Dominion University, located in Norfolk, Virginia, leverages its coastal and urban setting to develop strengths in human geography, GIS, environmental geography, and urban-regional studies. The department offers majors, minors, and certificates in geography and political science, emphasizing integrated understanding of human–environment relationships and spatial processes. The geography program includes pathways in Geographic Information Science, environment and resources, and urban planning and hazards management, combining classroom, lab, field, and internship experiences to prepare students for applied work in environmental issues, spatial analysis, and public decision-making.

Sina Razzaghi Asl : Disaster geographynature-based solutionshazard vulnerabilityflood hazardsspatial data scienceenvironmental planning and modeling

City: Charlottesville
Abbreviation: UVA
Unit: Department of Environmental Sciences
URL: https://evsc.as.virginia.edu/
Description:

The Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Virginia is an interdisciplinary program that integrates ecology, hydrology, geosciences, and atmospheric science to study Earth system processes and their interactions with human activities. The program emphasizes quantitative analysis, environmental data, and process-based understanding of climate change, watershed dynamics, coastal systems, and biogeochemical cycles. With strong strengths in physical geography and spatially oriented environmental research, the department prepares students for advanced research and careers addressing complex global environmental challenges.

Huilin Huang : Land-Atmosphere InteractionsLand Surface ModelingSnow HydrologyVegetation Dynamics

Jamaica

City: Kingston
Abbreviation: Kingston
Unit: Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment
URL: https://www.kingston.ac.uk/faculties/science-engineering-and-computing/
Description:

The Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment was formed in 2022. Its schools bring together interdisciplinary research, improving the scope of the student experience and encouraging partnerships between academia and commerce. Through a collaborative approach, the Faculty offers greater access to resources, knowledge and information and a broader perspective on its subjects, with teaching and research staff working more closely with their colleagues in other disciplines. We offer our students the opportunity to learn and grow in a real-world environment. Combined with our hands-on approach to teaching and learning, this provides our students with the skills ready for their chosen industry.

Narushige Shiode : Spatial analysis and modellingGIS science and geo-visualisationUrban and regional analysisBig and open data and neo-geography

City: Kingston
Abbreviation: QU
Unit: School of Environmental Studies;GeoEngineering Centre;Geography and Planning;Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering
URL: https://www.queensu.ca/ensc/
Description:

Queen’s University is located in Kingston, Ontario. It was founded in 1841 and has a rich academic history. Queen’s University is a top-ranked, comprehensive public university with high quality research in many academic areas. It has a main campus and a west campus. Queen’s University offers a postgraduate program in Geography/GIS with PhD, MSc and MA degrees in the Department of Geography and Planning, and a postgraduate program in Planning Studies with M.PL. degree. Queen’s University also offers PhD, MES, MSc and MASc postgraduate degrees in Geography, Environment, or GIS-related disciplines in the School of Environmental Studies and the Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering respectively. Queen’s University and the Royal Military College of Kingston jointly established The GeoEngineering Centre in 2001 in Kingston to facilitate collaborative projects between faculty and staff. Members of the Centre are drawn from three different engineering departments at the two universities and are dedicated to innovation and advancement in geotechnical engineering, geohydrology, geochemistry, geomechanics and geosynthetics engineering. Through the development of collaborative research projects, with the involvement of partners such as and government, the Center provides excellent opportunities for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in multiple disciplines and fields.;;;

Dongmei Chen : GISremote sensingspatial data analysis and modelingchange detectionmachine learning methods

George Bevan : PhotogrammetryRemotely Piloted Autonomous SystemsCartographyMobile GISSurveyingHistoric Aerial and Satellite ImageryCritical Heritage Studiesand Energy Geography

City: Kingston
Abbreviation: UWI
Unit: Department of Geography and Geology
URL: https://www.mona.uwi.edu/dogg/
Description:

The University of the West Indies at Mona, Jamaica, houses the Department of Geography and Geology within the Faculty of Science and Technology. According to the department’s official Graduate Programmes page, the geography-related graduate offerings are primarily research degrees leading to the M.Phil. in Geography and the Ph.D. in Geography.

These programmes are thesis-based and are intended for students with strong academic preparation in geography or related disciplines. The department notes that registration normally begins at the M.Phil. level, with the possibility of upgrading to the Ph.D. within the approved period. The M.Phil. normally requires a minimum of two years of full-time registration, while the Ph.D. requires a minimum of three years full time and concludes with a thesis and viva. Graduate students are also expected to present departmental seminars and contribute to tutorials, practical classes, or field classes during their period of study.

The programme pages identify a broad range of research areas, including Human Geography, Physical Geography with coastal and riverine emphasis, Geomorphology and earth-surface processes, Agricultural Geography, Climate change and its impacts on water and food security, Fisheries and tourism, Crime and gender, and Palaeoclimate and Quaternary studies. This profile reflects a graduate environment that combines Caribbean regional relevance with interdisciplinary geographic research.

USA (South)

City: Tuscaloosa
Abbreviation: Alabama
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://geography.ua.edu/
Description:

The University of Alabama has the oldest department of geography (founded in 1903) in the traditional Deep South. This department provides MS and PhD degree programs in GIS. Research contents of graduate students are divided into four major directions, namely earth system sciences, environment and resources, environment and society, and geographic information science. The research directions within geographic information science include spatial modeling, GIS system, and computer-based cartography.

Hongxing Liu : remote sensingLiDARhydrologylimnologycryosphere

Luoheng Han : remote sensingspatial modelingnutrientswater quality

Sagy Cohen : GISnumerical modelinggeomorphologyglobal hydrology

Seth Appiah-Opoku : spatial analysisurban planningtransportationecologyenvironment

Nicholas Magliocca : computational geographyagent-based modelshuman-environment interactionfood and energy

Kevin M. Curtin : GISFacilities location scienceTransportationlogisticsand network GISUrban and environmental resource allocationData modeling and database design

Michael Steinberg : cultural ecologybiogeographyendangered speciesremote sensing and forest cover changes

Joe Weber : transport geographynational parksurban geographyAmerican Westhistorical GIS

Xinyue Ye : geoinformation visualizationurban informatics and spatial social network analysisemerging

Changzhen Wang : Geographic Information Science，Health Geography，Geospatial Cancer Research，Spatial Network Modeling and Analysis，Geovisualization and Cartography，WebGIS，Transportation

Dapeng Li : GISHazardsPublic healthTransportationSustainability

City: Athens, GA
Abbreviation: UGA
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://geography.uga.edu/
Description:

The University of Georgia is the first public university established in the United States. Its geography department has a long history. It is a main research center on the earth landscape and human-environment relations. There are three research directions in this department, including 1) Earth, Environment, and Climate, 2) Geographic Information Science, and 3) People, Place, and Identity. The department offers master’s programs (MS/MA) in Geography as well as doctoral programs (PhD) in Geography and Integrative Conservation. GIS courses include geospatial analysis, GIS programming, transportation modeling, etc. While enrolled, graduate students can also take courses for graduate certificates in atmospheric sciences and urban & metropolitan studies.

Angela Yao : GISciencespatial statisticsmachine learningnetwork analysisgeovisualizationurban transportationpublic health

Lan Mu : Geographic Information Science (GIScience)GIScience for Health and EnvironmentGeovisualization and CartographySpatial Analysis and Modeling

Jerry Shannon : Community engaged researchFood security/Food accessHousingUrban developmentCritical GIS

Marguerite Madden : GIScience and landscape ecologyincluding remote sensinggeographic information systemsspatio-temporal analysisgeovisualization and geographic object-based image analysisas applied to landscape-scale biological/physical processes and human/animal-impacts on the environment

Deepak R Mishra : Satellite developingresources and disease of inland and coastal waterscoastal marshes and inland water qualitySpace AI applications

Andrew Grundstein : applied climatologyclimate and human healthhydroclimatology

Tao Liu : Remote sensingChange detectionNatural disaster mappingInvasive species mappingLandcover mappingVegetation property extraction with remote sensing techniques

Angela Yao : GISspatial statisticsmachine learningnetwork analysisGeovisaulization

City: Atlanta
Abbreviation: Georgia Tech
Unit: School of City & Regional Planning
URL: https://planning.gatech.edu/
Description:

Georgia Tech does not host a geography department, but some GIS-related programs can be found in the School of City & Regional Planning. These programs are best for students who want to advance their GIS skills and land their careers in the industry. It is also possible to obtain both a master’s degree in GIS and a master’s degree in urban planning within 2 to 3 years. Students who have completed the master’s program can potentially stay for the PhD program which takes 4 years to complete. Courses in GIS offered here include intro GIS, transportation & GIS, socioeconomic GIS, and GIS programming, etc. Most projects in this school involve quantitative modeling and data analytical methods.

City: Gainesville
Abbreviation: UFL
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://geog.ufl.edu/
Description:

University of Florida (UFL) is a top-tier public university in the United States and is known as a Public Ivy. The geography department at UFL is reputable and has four research directions including GIS, health geography, physical geography, and human geography.

David J. Keellings : Earth System ScienceCatastrophesConservation & ConflictSustainability & Global Environmental Change

Jane Southworth : human-environment interactionsland change scienceremote sensing

Michael Binford : human-environment interactionsland-cover/land-use changeremote sensing

Corene Matyas : hurricanesspatial analysis

Jason Blackburn : spatio-temporal modelingzoonotic diseases

Liang Mao : agent-based modelingSpatial accessibility and disparitiessuch as cancer and access to healthcare/healthy foodgeospatial network analysis

Yujie Hu : transportationhuman mobilityspatial accessibilityspatial networks

Zhaoxi Zhang : Mobile sensinghuman-computer interactionparticipatory planningurban innovation

Yan Wang : Urban ResilienceUrban AnalyticsSpatial and Infrastructure PlanningCrisis InformaticsHuman DynamicsResponsible AISmart and Connected Communities

Shenhao Wang : Urban sciencedeep learningchoice modelingurban mobilitynetwork analysis

City: Tallahassee
Abbreviation: FSU
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://geography.fsu.edu/
Description:

The Department of Geography at FSU focuses on social geography, spatial analysis, and natural environment. Graduate programs offered include MS/MA, MGIS and PhD. Student can choose either course-based or research-based MS/MA. Either takes two years to graduate. The course-based program requires 30 credits of designated courses focusing on the training of geographical theory, methodology, and geographic thinking. The research-based program requires completing a research thesis under the guidance of a committee of professors. MGIS is another course-based master’s program with more course works on GIS and its applications, and it only takes one year to complete. The PhD program generally needs 4 to 5 years to complete.

Xiaojun Yang : remote sensinghazardland coverurban ecology

Xiao Feng : GISbig datamodelingbioinformaticsbiogeography

Tingting Zhao : GISlandscape

Vector Mesev : Integration of GIS and remote sensingUrban image spectral/spatial/temporal interpretation and classificationUrban morphological analysisDisaggregate representation of populationGIS measures of ethno-religious segregation in BelfastNorthern Ireland

Mark Horner : spatial analysistransportationurban geography

City: Tampa
Abbreviation: USF
Unit: Department of Geoscience
URL: http://hennarot.forest.usf.edu/main/depts/geosci/
Description:

Founded in 1956, the University of South Florida (USF) is a public research university located in Florida. The geoscience department offers programs in geography, geodesy, geochemistry, geophysics and hydrology. GIS-related graduate programs mainly include M.A. Geography, PhD in Geography, Environmental Science and Policy, and a 15-credit master certificate program (GIS Graduate Certificate). Students can choose courses including geographic information science, spatial data science, public health geographic information system and other fields to complete their degree.

Ruiliang Pu : soil mappingecologyspatial analysisenvironment modeling

Joni Firat : GISciencewildlife ecologypublic health and safety

Steven Reader : GIScience and spatial statistics

Ran Tao : GISciencespatial interactions (OD flows)spatial statisticsspatial data mininggeovisualizationtransportationmigrationcrimecivic conflicts

Yi Qiang : GISciencespatial data sciencedisaster resiliencevisual analyticsgeocomputation

Fangfang Yao : Remote sensinghydrologywater resources

Rebecca Vandewalle : CyberGISagent based modelsgeospatial computation archaeology

City: Norman
Abbreviation: OU
Unit: Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability
URL: https://www.ou.edu/ags/geography
Description:

This department at University of Oklahoma (OU) offers master’s (MA and MS) and doctorate degrees in geography, of which the master of science (MS) and the PhD degrees have a Geospatial Technologies Track. Courses and research focus on GIS application, visual analytics, geostatistics, etc. The department has close integration with the petroleum geology sector. Oilfield planning, reservoir evaluation, land surveying in oil-producing areas, and environmental risk assessment are the primary GIS application directions.

Jennifer A. M. Koch : GISGeospatial TechnologiesData AnalyticsModeling and SimulationUrbanizationLand SystemsSocio-Environmental SystemsTransboundary River Basins

Rebecca W. Loraamm : Geographic Information ScienceTime GeographyLocation ModelingSuitability ModelingNetwork AnalysisRoad EcologyWildlife Ecology and ManagementAnimal MovementLandscape Ecology

Mike Wimberly : environmental informaticsremote sensing

Hernan Moreno : hydrological remote sensingenvironmental remote sensinghydrological modeling

Chengbin Deng : Remote sensing big dataland cover and land use changetime series analysisremote sensing algorithm development and applicationgeospatial big data (web crawlerssocial media and other open access data)computer visionmachine learning and deep learningdata fusion and geographic visualizationdata mining and data-driven science

Chenghao Wang : The mechanisms of urban environmentstheir interactions with regional and global climate systemsand their mutual impacts on energy useemissionsand planetary health

Yanhua Xie : Remote sensingirrigationurbanizationagri-urban interactionsland use/cover changemachine learningcloud computing

City: Stillwater
Abbreviation: OKSU
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://geog.okstate.edu/
Description:

The Department of Geography at Oklahoma State offers Masters of Science and PhD programs, including the direction of Geospatial Technologies. The GIS program at Oklahoma State is known for its integration with transportation and natural resource management. This university is a powerhouse in transportation engineering, and the geography department also collaborates with the industrial engineering and management programs. The Oklahoma State University is a partner with the Southwest Jiaotong University in Sichuan, China for exchange programs.

Hongbo Yu : GIStime geographytransportation

Yuting Zhou : GISremote sensingclimateland use

Brad A. Bays : historical and cultural geographypolitical geographymaterial cultureand cultural landscapes

Jonathan C. Comer : transportationgeostatisticslocation analysisspatial analysis in wireless network

Thomas A. Wikle : spatial analysiswireless communicationland use

G. Allen Finchum : sports GISurban studiespopulation

Hamed Gholizadeh : Imaging spectroscopyRemote sensing of biodiversityPlant phenotypingMachine learningUnoccupied aerial systems

City: Columbia, SC
Abbreviation: South Carolina
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://www.sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/artsandsciences/geography/index.php
Description:

The geography department at the University of South Carolinaexcels in research. Research fields cover human geography, natural disasters, social perception, and deep learning, etc. John R. Jensen and David J. Cowen previously worked here, respectively a well-knwon educator and best-selling author in geography, and a renowned expert in GIS education, application and outreaching. The department offers masters and doctoral programs in GIS. Doctoral students are required a master’s degree (thesis-based) for entrance. The GIS courses mainly include spatial analysis, meteorology and hydrology, disaster management, spatial big data, and network GIS, etc.

Cuizhen Wang : environmental remote sensingspatial analysis

Zhenlong Li : geocomputationcyberinfrastructurespatial analysissocial mediapopulation dynamics

Michael Hodgson : remote sensing

Sicheng Wang : The ongoing technology revolution changes our ways of livingworkingtravelingand communicating and redefines our society

City: Auburn
Abbreviation: Auburn
Unit: Department of Geosciences
URL: http://www.auburn.edu/cosam/departments/geosciences/index.htm
Description:

The Department of Geociences at Auburn University covers many fields such as structural geology, sedimentation and paleontology, geophysics, planetary science, environmental geography, human geography, and GIS, etc. The GIS field is mainly focused on geomorphology, climatology, and oil exploration. The department offers MS and PhD degree prgrams. The doctoral degree is focused on earth system science, which is an interdisciplinary field between the various earth science subfields. It requires many quantitative methods including GIS and spatial analysis in the study of the earth system. The MS degree has concentration in geography. Student can choose either course-based or research-based. The College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment offers a program in Geospatial and Environmental Informatics.

Luke Marzen : GISremote sensingclimatewaterbiogeography

Chandana Mitra : Climatologyurbanization and growth modelsurban climateurban sustainabilityclimate changeSouth east USSouth Asia urbanization and impactsGIS and remote sensingclimate modeling

Philip Chaney : remote sensingwater resourcecoastal geography

Stephanie Shepherd : Geomorphologyfluvial geomorphologylandscape evolutionanthropogenic impacts on river systemsGIS applications in geomorphology

Ming-Kuo Lee : spatial modelinghydrogeology modelingmicrobiologyhydrological seismicitypetroleum exploration

Luyu Liu : Sustainable transportationgeospatial data sciencepublic transitmobility equitydisruptions and mobility resilience

City: College Station
Abbreviation: TAMU
Unit: Department of Geography;Department of Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning
URL: https://geography.tamu.edu/
Description:

The geography department at Texas A&M (TAMU) has a comprehensive set of disciplines. It is especially reputable in urban GIS, social big data, and geographic decision support. Graduate programs offered by the department include master of geography, master of geographic information science and technology (online program), and PhD in geography. The master’s program requires 36 credits, with an average duration of 2-3 years; the doctoral program requires 64 credits, with an average duration of 4-5 years. 96 credits are required for students in the joint masters/PhD track. The core courses in GIS include: quantitative methods in geography, WebGIS, GIS-based spatial analysis & modeling, and frontiers in GIScience.;The Department of Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning at Texas A&M covers five concentration for its doctoral programs in urban and regional science, including environmental disasters, sustainability, housing and community development, health and well-being, and smart cities/urban transportation. A large number of projects are related to GeoDesign, virtual reality, augmented reality, and space-time simulation of the built environment. There are various research centers in this department, suchs as the disaster reduction and recovery center, housing and urban development center, health system and design center, data science institute, transportation research institute, and high-performance research computation center. PhD program requires 64 credits and a dissertation.

Daniel Goldberg : GISGeocodingGeoComputationCyberGIS3D GISADA GISRoutingSpatial DatabasesSpatial UncertaintySpatio-Temporal GISEnvironmental Exposure AssessmentHealthGIS

Zhe Zhang : GISciencedecision scienceapplied mathematicsspatial uncertaintybig data and CyberGISdisaster management

George Allen : remote sensingimpacts of climate and land-use change on river systems

Anthony FIlippi : hyperspectral remote sensingfloodplain and coastal marine monitoring

Heng Cai : Geographic Information ScienceGeospatial Data ScienceSocio-Environmental SustainabilityDisaster Resilience

Lei Zou : Geographic information science (GIScience)GeoAISocial SensingRemote SensingDigital TwinsSmart and Equal ResiliencePublic HealthSocio-Environmental Sustainability

Xinwei Zhuang : Data-driven designmachine learning-assisted optimizationenvironment and energystructural design and optimization

Leila Character : Archaeologyenvironmental scienceand geospatial intelligence

Tobi Eniolu Morakinyo : Urban climatology，Climate change impact on health，Nature-based urban solutions，Climate impact assessmentand thermal and greenery inequalities

Xinyu Fu : Environmental PlanningFloodingUrban AnalyticsAI for Planning

City: Corpus Christi
Abbreviation: TAMUCC
Unit: Department of Computing Sciences
URL: https://www.tamucc.edu/science/departments/computing-sciences/index.php
Description:

The Geographic Information Science and Geospatial Systems Engineering Programs at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi offer MS in Geospatial Systems Engineering, PhD in Geospatial Computer Science and GIS cetificate. Programs includes GIS program, Geospatial Systems Enginnering Porgram and Geospatial Computer Science Program.

Hongzhi Song : geospatial systems

Tianxing Chu : environmental remote sensingmachine learning applied to geospatial applicationsubiquitous navigation and positioningcoastal dynamic modelingindoor simultaneous localization and mapping

William Edwards : riparian boundary issues with internationalinterstateand private borders

Lucy Huang : geospatial semantic webWebGISGIS in public health

Antonio Medrano : spatial optimizationhigh-performance computinggeospatial algorithm engineering

Michael Starek : merging of geomaticsremote sensingand geospatial computing for science and engineering problemsLiDARremote sensingmachine learning

Boqian Xu : EcocitiesEcological Footprintcarbon footprint

City: Austin
Abbreviation: UT Austin
Unit: Department of Geography and Environment;School of Architecture
URL: https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/geography/index.php
Description:

The geography and environment department at UT Austin has a rich histsory and is reputable in digital earth, environmental and surface process, and economic geography. It is especially strong in geography research related to food science and agriculture. There are 2 tracks for the masters program. The course-based program requires 36 credits. The research-based program requires 30 credits and a research thesis. A qualification exam is required within 3 years for doctoral students. After the qualification, students need to enroll for at least 2 more semesters to complete the dissertation. The GIS center offers multiple GIS-related courses, including the spatial data & analysis, GIS applications in social/environmental science, advanced GIS，and geoprocessing.;

Gengchen Mai : Spatially Explicit Machine LearningGeographic Question AnsweringComputational SustainabilityKnowledge Graph/RepresentationOntology EngineeringNature Language ProcessingGeographic Information RetrievalMachine Learning/Deep LearningGIScienceSpatial Data MiningSocial Sensing and Urban AnalyticsSpatial Statistic/Analysis

Yuhao Kang : GIScienceGeospatial Data ScienceGeoAICartographyUrban Visual Intelligence

Eugenio Arima : human-environment interactionsland change scienceGIS/scienceapplied quantitative methodsLatin America

Kelley A. Crews : Muddy Boots remote sensingLand change science& healthy socio-ecological systems in developing states

Jennifer A. Miller : GISciencemovement pattern analysisspatial statisticsbiogeography

Mark Budolfson : EthicsPhilosophyPoliticsand Economics (PPE)Public PolicyHealthEnvironment

Caroline Faria : Feminist political and economic geographiesfeminist methodologiesAfrica and the African diaspora

Carlos E. Ramos Scharrón : Hydro-geomorphologyterrestrial carbon and sediment budgetswatershed analysesland use change

Brenda Boonabaana : Sustainable DevelopmentConservation and DevelopmentSustainable TourismEnvironmental Justice and EquityClimate Change Adaptation and ResilienceGenderClimate Change and Agriculture/Food SecurityWomen and Girls' EmpowermentFeminist GeographyDevelopment GeographyCultural GeographyGlobalisationUrban Development & TransformationsAfrica

Thomas Garrison : Maya archaeologyremote sensinglidarGISMesoamerica

Laurel Mei-Singh : Environmental justicecarceral geographies and abolitionmilitarizationracial capitalismAsian American Studiesand the Indigenous Pacific

Amy Thompson : Human-environment interactionssocial inequalityprocesses of low-density urban developmentsettlement patternshousehold archaeologycommunity-based archaeologyneighborhood analysesGISlidarremote sensingClassic MayaMesoamerica

Phuong Dao : Plant ecophysiologyplant-disturbance interactionsprecision agricultureinvasive speciesbiodiversityremote sensinggeomatic engineeringgeospatial sciencemachine learningdata fusionimage processingobject-based image analysis

Fa Li : Wildfiresland-atmosphere interactions of carbon (CH4 and CO2)-water-energyhydroclimatic riskphysics-informed AIremote sensingeddy covariance

Dapeng Feng : Terrestrial Water CycleLarge-scale Hydrologic ModelingEcosystem-Water interactionsHybrid AI-Physics modelingRemote Sensing of HydrologyClimate Change Impacts

City: Richardson
Abbreviation: UT Dallas
Unit: School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences
URL: https://epps.utdallas.edu/about/programs/geospatial-information-sciences/
Description:

The GIS program at UT Dallas has been a traditional powerhouse. Its GIScience/computation and spatial analysis/statistics are ranked as number 1 in the USA. It is one of the 17 top researcj centers of designated by the US Geospatial Intelligence Agency and the US Geological Survey. The GIS-related MS and PhD programs are jointly provided by the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, and the School of Engineering and Computer Science. Research topics involved include geography, computer science, engineering, geology, and various social, policy and applied sciences. This reflects the interdisciplinary application of GIS. The MS program has 2 options, namely the course-based and research-based options. The course-based option requires courseworks and a final report of a research project. The research-based program requires a master’s thesis under the supervision of an advisor. The PhD program requires 75 credits and a defendable dissertation.

May Yuan : temporal GISgeographic dynamicsGIS data models and analysis in environmentalecologicaland social problemsspace-time queryanalytics and knowledge discovery

Daniel Griffith : spatial statisticsquantitative/urban/economic geographyapplied statistics & statistical consultingresearch proposal design

Brian Berry : spatial analysis of urban economic systemsgeography and urban researcheconomysociety and polity

Denis Dean : spatial optimizationthe application of machine learning techniques and ideas to spatial analysisand accuracy assessment of spatial analysis techniques

Fang Qiu : remote sensing digital image processingLiDAR and hyperspectral remote sensingneural network and fuzzy logicspatial analysis and modelingGIS application software developmentweb-based mapping and information processing

Yongwan Chun : GISspatial statisticsurban

Alex Michels : Geospatial Information Sciencespatial modelinghigh-performance parallel scientific computing GISData SciencecyberGIS

City: San Marcos
Abbreviation: Texas State
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://www.geo.txstate.edu/
Description:

The geography department at Texas State is a fast-developing department. It is one of the largest geography departments in America. Research topics at Texas State include environmental geography, human geography, GIS, geography education, and interdisciplinary research. Graduate programs include Master in GIS, Master in Geographic Sciences, Applied Masters in Geography Education, Masters in Resource and Environment, and 3 tracks in the PhD progrm (GIS, Geography, and Geography Education). Major topics covered in the GIS research include public health, geovisualization, land use/land cover change, geospatial data mining, spatial data analytics, and geocomputation.

T. Edwin Chow : geocomputationhazardsenvironmental modelinghuman dynamics

Yongmei Lu : urban & regional studiescrimehealthChina & East Asia

Nate Currit : remote sensingland cover changehuman-environment systems

Alberto Giordano : Historical GISHolocaust and Genocide GeographyPolicy Applications of GIScienceSpatial Applications of Forensic Anthropology

Jennifer Jensen : LiDARremote sensingbiogeographyland use/land cover change

Yihong Yuan : GISciencespatio-temporal data miningbig geo-data analyticshuman mobility modelingurban computing

F. Benjamin Zhan : health/medical geographyGISciencespatial data sciencetransportationhazards reductionChina

City: Denton
Abbreviation: UNT
Unit: Department of Geography and Environment
URL: https://geography.unt.edu/
Description:

UNT提供地理专业的研究型硕士，以及信息科学和环境科学方向的博士机会。硕士的方向包括应用地貌学，地理信息系统和遥感，商业地理，全球化、发展与城市，健康与医学地理学，城市环境管理以及水资源管理。

City: Knoxville
Abbreviation: UTK
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://geography.utk.edu/
Description:

The Department of Geography at the University of Tennessee has strong scientific research capabilities in fields like spatiotemporal analysis, traffic optimization, environmental modeling, and population analysis. The school is adjacent to Oak Ridge National Laboratory and there are many cooperation and exchange opportunities for the GIS students. The University of Tennessee is close to the famous Great Smoky Mountains National Park which is less than an hour’s drive away.

Shih-Lung Shaw : transportationGISspace-time analysistime geographyGIS-T

Qiusheng Wu : GIScienceremote sensingLiDARwetland hydrologygeospatial data scienceGoogle Earth Engine

Yingkui Li : geomorphometry and terrain analysisLiDAR and UASremote sensing of earth surface processesGIS modeling

Hyun Kim : transportationlocation modelinghealth geographyspatial optimization

Nicholas Nagle : population dynamicsdata fusionquantitative modelingBayesian statisticsimage processing

Liem Tran : physical and environmental geographyspatial data scienceGIS/geospatial analysisdecision-making science (focus on human-environment interactions)artificial intelligence techniques

Hannah Herrero : remote sensinghuman-environment interactionsconservationsavanna science

Bing Zhou : GIScienceGeospatial Big DataGeoAISpatial ComputingNatural DisastersSocial Media AnalyticsEnvironmental Health

Jack Swab : Critical cartographyhealth geographyurban geographyqueer geographiesscience and technology studiesand the histories of both cartography and geographic thought

City: Nashville
Abbreviation: TSU
Unit: Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
URL: https://www.tnstate.edu/agriculturalprograms/index.aspx
Description:

The TSU offers a Professional Science Master’s (PSM) program in Applied GIS. It has online and in-person options. TSU also offers a postgraduate certificate in GIS.

City: Baton Rouge
Abbreviation: LSU
Unit: Department of Geography & Anthropology
URL: https://www.lsu.edu/ga/index.php
Description:

The LSU Graduate School has Master of Geography (M.S.) and PhD programs. A master’s degree requires 30 credits and a thesis; a doctoral degree requires 60 credits and a dissertation, and also a minor in another field. Because this department is shared with anthropology, the research projects of LSU geography include some cooperative projects with anthropology, such as historical maps and ancient maps, spatial data of ancient documents, and quantitative spatial analysis of ancient civilization sites, etc. The main scientific research directions of GIS include the applications in land use, physical geography, and urban geography.

Lei Wang : GISremote sensingnatural hazardshydrology

Fahui Wang : spatial analysisregional planningsocial geography

Xuelian Meng : remote sensingimage processing

Michael Leitner : GISspatial analysisspatial crime modeling

Alex Haberlie : remote sensingmachine learningclimate changes

Nina Lam : GISremote sensingspatial analysisenvironmental healthdisaster resiliencesustainability

Peng Fu : Ecosystem Sensing and ModelingAICoastal ResilienceProcess-based ModelingSoil Science

City: Fayetteville
Abbreviation: Arkansas
Unit: Department of Geosciences
URL: https://fulbright.uark.edu/departments/geosciences/
Description:

The University of Arkansas is the flagship campus of Arkansas. This university is famous for the research in physical geography. Its geoscience department operates degree programs in geography and geology. Degrees granted are master’s and PhD. GIS-related courses offered there include digital earth, cartography, spatial analysis, gGeographic data mining, and natural disasters.

Jason A. Tullis : GISciencedronesremote sensing

Jackson D. Cothren : digital photogrammetrycomputer visionsurface generationenterprise GIS

City: Huntsville
Abbreviation: SHSU
Unit: Department of Environmental and Geoscience
URL: https://www.shsu.edu/academics/environmental-and-geosciences/index.html
Description:

Sam Houston State University (SHSU) is located in Huntsville, a small town in western Texas. It is a public research university and a member of the Texas State University system. Its predecessor was Sam Houston Normal Institute established in 1879, and it was also one of the earliest normal universities in the western United States. Its name comes from the famous general in Texas history, General Sam Houston, who was buried in the town where the school is located. The university offers the Master of Science in Geographic Information Systems degree program, which is a course-based master’s degree with entrance times in both spring and fall semesters. The content of the lectures includes advanced courses and lab practices in GIS, remote sensing, web mapping, modeling, programming, and spatial analysis. This degree program aims to improve students’ skills in geographic information science and technology. In addition, because the school is close to the oil-producing area of Texas, the program also focuses on the instruction related to the application of GIS in the oil and gas industry.

City: Houston
Abbreviation: SFASU
Unit: College of Forestry and Agriculture
URL: https://www.sfasu.edu/academics/colleges/forestry-agriculture/academics/geospatial-science
Description:

The Austin State University has a Master of Science in Forestry with geospatial science concentration program, which is a thesis-based program.

Daniel R. Unger : spatial analysisremote sensingGPSquantitative research

Yanli Zhang : GISremote sensingenvironmental modelinggeospatial analysis and application

David Kulhavy : forest entomology and pest management

I-Kuai Hung : GISremote sensing

City: Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex
Abbreviation: TCU
Unit: Department of Geology
URL: https://cse.tcu.edu/geology/index.php
Description:

The geology department at TCU has Master of Science degree programs with one of the concentration options being the Environmental GIS. This department also offers a Certificate in GIS graduate training program.

City: Atlanta
Abbreviation: Emory
Unit: Department of Environmental Sciences
URL: https://envs.emory.edu/index.html
Description:

Department Overview

Emory University, located in Atlanta, Georgia, is a globally recognized private research university. The Department of Environmental Sciences, part of Emory College of Arts and Sciences, focuses on interdisciplinary research on the relationships between environmental change and human society.

The programme emphasizes data science across space and time and integrates Geographic Information Systems (GIS), remote sensing, spatial statistics, spatiotemporal analysis and environmental modeling to study environmental and social challenges such as climate change, public health, urban resilience and sustainable systems.

Academic Programmes

Undergraduate Programme
Environmental Sciences Undergraduate Program

Graduate Programme
Environmental Sciences Graduate Program

Research and GIS Applications

Research and teaching at the department apply geospatial and environmental data science methods to topics including climate justice, spatial epidemiology, disaster monitoring, urban informatics, ecosystem services and environmental policy.

Xiao Huang : Big Data AnalyticsGeo-Artificial IntelligenceVulnerability and Social InequityUrban InformaticsRemote SensingHuman-environment Interactions

City: New Orleans
Abbreviation: UNO
Unit: Department of Planning and Urban Studies
URL: https://www.uno.edu/academics/colaehd/la/planning-and-urban-studies
Description:

Guang Tian : Transportation and urban planningtransit-oriented development (TOD)geographic information systems (GIS) and spatial analysisstatisticsquantitative analysismachine learningand artificial intelligence analysis and application

City: Kennesaw
Abbreviation: KSU
Unit: Department of Geography and Anthropology
URL: https://www.kennesaw.edu/radow/academics/geography-anthropology/
Description:

The Department of Geography and Anthropology is a student-centered department of excellence committed to fulfilling the mission of Kennesaw State University. The faculty empowers students to understand the human condition, to meet the challenges of the 21st century, and to become informed global citizens by cultivating a welcoming environment that encourages active and participatory teaching and learning. The academic programs enrich students with a holistic curriculum and robust extracurricular experiences that prepare them to understand and engage the world's intersecting human, cultural, and physical systems. Geography seeks to study and understand the distribution, dynamics, and interrelationships between humans and their physical environment. Geospatial Sciences applies geospatial technologies to analyze the spatial processes produced or modified by human-environment interactions. Anthropology examines human experiences fully appreciating the biological and cultural power of a variety of perspectives. The department is committed to conducting high quality research reflecting faculty expertise in a collaborative manner and incorporating robust student mentorship. Innovative research within the department includes sustainability and environmental studies, application of geospatial technologies, land surveying, lifeways and livelihoods, forensic science, heritage and resource management, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. Department faculty design and deliver high quality pedagogy that promotes student success through undergraduate research, internships and work experiences, and service-learning and community engagement. The department is committed to providing students with the knowledge, creativity, and career skills necessary to become productive global citizens.

Our Department offers a diverse range of programs including degrees in Anthropology, Geography, and Geospatial Sciences, minors in Anthropology, Environmental Studies and Geography, and certificates in Geographic Information Sciences and Land Surveying (Stand-Alone and embedded). Our faculty conduct research on space and culture in our community and around the globe. They are passionate about sharing their research with undergraduates and invite students to join their projects as junior researchers. Through independent studies, internships, community-projects, study abroad, and student-led clubs, undergraduates in our programs acquire relevant skills and graduate to jobs that they love. They also gain an understanding of the complexity of our physical and cultural worlds today.

Kyusik Kim : Sustainable transportation (equity in spatial accesslong-distance commutes)Spatial data analyticsGIScience

City: Beaumont
Abbreviation: Lamar
Unit: Department of Earth and Space Sciences
URL: https://www.lamar.edu/arts-sciences/earth-and-space-sciences/index.html
Description:

Departmental Positioning and Mission

The Department of Earth and Space Sciences at Lamar University is dedicated to integrating scientific knowledge of the Earth and its environment within space, organising complex natural science concepts into a clear and accessible framework. This academic approach, which combines Earth sciences with space sciences, is distinctive within the scientific community and positions the department as an important part of the College of Arts and Sciences. The department places strong emphasis on understanding and appreciating the relationship between the physical environment and human society.

Academic Programmes

The Department of Earth and Space Sciences offers a diverse range of undergraduate and graduate academic programmes, including:

Undergraduate Programmes

Graduate Programmes
- Master of Science in Geospatial Sciences , with thesis and non thesis options

Certificates and Minors

These programmes provide multidisciplinary pathways for the study of the Earth, space and their interacting systems.

Department Overview

The Department of Earth and Space Sciences at Lamar University emphasises an interdisciplinary educational approach and a strong balance between theoretical learning and practical application. While building a solid academic foundation in traditional Earth sciences, the department expands students’ research capabilities and career development opportunities through programmes in geospatial sciences and space sciences. Through collaboration and practical engagement with space science related research institutions, the department provides students with rich academic and professional experience.

Feilin Lai : Geospatial ScienceUrban Remote SensingEnvironmental InequalityUrban and Environmental UAS ApplicationsArtificial Intelligence

City: Houston
Abbreviation: UH
Unit: Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
URL: https://www.uh.edu/nsm/earth-atmospheric/
Description:

The University of Houston (UH) is a comprehensive public research university located in Houston, Texas, USA. Its Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (EAS) is dedicated to interdisciplinary research and graduate education, focusing on fundamental scientific questions within earth and planetary sciences. Students engage extensively in field investigations and laboratory research, benefiting from the university's robust research capabilities and its unique geographic advantages. At the graduate level, the department offers several Master of Science (M.S.) degree programs, covering fields such as Atmospheric Sciences , Geology , and Geophysics . These master's programs combine advanced coursework with research training and data analysis skills, aiming to provide students with a solid foundation for careers in academia, government, and related industries. The department also offers Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree programs in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, with research directions including Atmospheric Sciences , Geology , and Geophysics . The doctoral programs feature a systematic core curriculum and offer personalized research pathways for students. Ph.D. training emphasizes independent research capabilities, in-depth mastery of advanced theories and methods, and comprehensive preparation for high-level research and professional careers. The graduate curriculum covers core areas such as atmospheric dynamics, physical and chemical processes, observational measurements, and numerical modeling, allowing both master's and doctoral students to participate in multi-level research ranging from regional to global scales.

Kunxiaojia Yuan : Land-atmosphere interactionsCoastal resiliencyWildfire modelingInterpretable AI and causal inferenceEarth system modelingRemote sensing

City: Las Cruces
Abbreviation: NMSU
Unit: Department of Geography and Environmental Studies
URL: https://geography.nmsu.edu/index.html
Description:

New Mexico State University (NMSU) is a public research university located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA. Its Department of Geography and Environmental Studies offers systematic graduate education with a strong emphasis on applied geographic research and professional development. At the master's level, NMSU offers the Master of Applied Geography (MAG) degree. Grounded in solid geographic theory and methodology, the program focuses on specialization and the cultivation of independent research skills. Graduate-level study and research encompass fields such as Geographic Information Science and Technology (GIS&T), remote sensing, urban and cultural geography, geomorphology, biogeography, and environmental planning. Students conduct applied research supported by a faculty advisor and a graduate committee of relevant experts. Furthermore, NMSU offers a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) program in Geography jointly with the University of New Mexico (UNM). This research-oriented doctoral program integrates theoretical and applied geographic research, with a focus on themes such as environmental change, dryland resource management, and complex cultural landscapes. Doctoral students receive systematic training in both qualitative and quantitative research methods and have access to the combined faculty expertise and research facilities of both universities.

Chao Fan : Geographical Information ScienceSpatial Analysis and ModelingRemote SensingGeoAIMachine LearningUrban Heat IslandsWildland FireRenewable Energy

City: Lubbock
Abbreviation: TTU
Unit: Department of Landscape Architecture
URL: https://www.depts.ttu.edu/larc/
Description:

The Department of Landscape Architecture at Texas Tech University trains students to integrate design, environmental science, and technology to address landscape and environmental challenges across local to global scales. Offering accredited Bachelor and Master of Landscape Architecture programs, the department emphasizes design, planning, and sustainable practice through a combination of studio-based learning and real-world engagement with community and regional partners. Research and teaching focus on landscape planning, ecological design, land use, and environmental adaptation, making the program well suited for students interested in applied landscape architecture, environmental planning, and sustainability-oriented practice.

Rui Zhu : Urban regenerationgreen infrastructurelandscape performanceand spatial analysiswith particular attention to climate adaptation and equitable urban futures

USA (Midwest)

City: Urbana
Abbreviation: UIUC
Unit: Department of Geography and GIS
URL: https://ggis.illinois.edu/
Description:

The Department of Geography and GIS at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Illinois/UIUC) is a powerhouse in spatiotemporal analysis, geographic big data analysis, human geography, and hydrology. This department offers two master’s programs, including a 2-year master’s degree in traditional geography and a professional degree in GIS applications.

Shaowen Wang : geo-big datahigh-performance geospatial computingCyberGIS

Julie Cidell : citiespolicytransportation

Bruce Rhoads : riverwatershedand landscape dynamics

Chunyuan Diao : remote sensingGISciencebiogeography

James Leonard Best : riverSpatial-time analysisGIS

Marynia Kolak : CyberGIS & Geospatial Data ScienceGIS and SocietySpace-Time Analytics

Yue Lin : Geographic information scienceGeoAISocial implications of geospatial technologiesLocation privacy

Jida Wang : surface water abundance and dynamicshuman water managementsmulti-sensor satellite remote sensingin situ measurementshydrological modelingAIMachine Learning

Mark Jason Lara : Geographic Information ScienceGIS and SocietySpace-Time AnalyticsRiver Watershed and Landscape Dynamics

Kaiyu Guan : Climate changeagricultural scienceecosystem remote sensingartificial intelligence

City: Athens, OH
Abbreviation: Ohio
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://www.ohio.edu/cas/geography
Description:

Ohio University is an American public research university.The Department of Geography at Ohio University offers MS and MA degree programs. The MS has two options: physical geography and geographical techniques, and the sub-fields of geographical techniques include GIS, remote sensing, and cartography. This program requires 40 credit hours of course works, of which 28 credits are core courses, and the remaining 12 credits are for the research thesis. Students are required enroll for at least two seminars, including one in physical geography and one in geographical techniques. Generally, students are required taking two additional courses in other departments to expand their breadth of knowledge.

Gaurav Sinha : GIS & Societyspatial thinkingGeospatial ontologyTopographic modeling and terrain analysis

City: Columbus
Abbreviation: Ohio State
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://geography.osu.edu/
Description:

The Ohio State University is a public research land-grant university in the United States. Graduate students in the Department of Geography at The Ohio State University have two programmes, Geography and Atmospheric Science. Master's programs are generally two years in length, and PhDs are generally four years in length, with graduate studies divided into the following areas: environment and society, GIS and spatial analysis, physical geography and climate studies, and urban, regional, and global studies. Most of the department's graduates go on to academia. After graduating with a master's degree, they usually stay in the department or go to other universities to pursue a Ph.D. Ph.D. graduates find faculty and postdoctoral positions in the U.S. or in other countries; some of them go to work in governmental agencies; and a few of them go to the industrial sector, mainly in the direction of GIS, data analysis, or in positions inclined to be of a scientific nature. The overall training programme of the department is tilted towards academic talents (see: Graduate Destinations Record). The department has more professors in the human geography direction, and there are people in all directions of GIS and physical geography. There are fewer faculty members who specialise in GIS, mainly combining GIS with an application area, e.g. public health, transport, resources, environment, etc.

Ningchuan Xiao : Machine learning and spatial dataCensus dataSpatial optimizationCartography and visualizationProgramming and AlgorithmsMobility and Infectious Diseases

Harvey Miller : GIScienceMobility ScienceSustainable Transportation

Desheng Liu : Remote SensingSpatial StatisticsGIScienceLand Cover Change

Huyen Le : transportationhealthenvironment

Joel Wainwright : Political Economy of DevelopmentEnvironmental and Agrarian ChangeSocial Theory

Kendra McSweeney : political ecologyhuman-environment interactions

Max Woodworth : UrbanizationPolitical economyEnergy geographyResource geography

Mathew Coleman : GeopoliticsImmigrationGeography of Law

Bryan Mark : Earth-Water-Atmosphere InteractionsTropical Glaciers

David Bromwich : Polar Weather and ClimateGlobal Climate ChangeModeling

Steven Quiring : ClimatologyHydroclimatologySynoptic ClimatologyClimate Data Analytics

Zhengyu Liu : ClimatologyHydroclimatologySynoptic ClimatologyClimate Data Analytics

Alvaro Montenegro : Climatology applied to archaeologyAgent-based modellingClimate ChangePaleoclimatologyClimate Modeling

Ola Ahlqvist : CartographyLand Cover ChangeGISOnline Maps

City: Lincoln
Abbreviation: UNL
Unit: School of Global Integrative Studies
URL: https://sgis.unl.edu/
Description:

The University of Nebraska is an American public comprehensive university. The three departments of anthropology, geography, and global studies at Nebraska united to form the School of Global Integrative Studies. Research topics in the geography program include many GIS-related themes, including the map design and spatial modeling. The geography program grants MA and PhD degrees. The MA degree has 3 options: at least 30 credits of coursework, including 6-10 thesis credits, and 8 graduate-level credits. A masters thesis is required. 36 credits of coursework in geography, including at least 12 credits in graduate-level courses. Minor in another subject. 36 credits of coursework in geography, including at least 18 credits in graduate-level courses. No thesis or minor is required, but a journal research paper needs to be published. The PhD program lasts for 4 to 5 years. This department is the first PhD-granting department west of the Mississippi River in the USA.

J. Clark Archer : Geographic Information System/GISGeospatial ApplicationGreat PlainsHuman GeographyMappingCartographyPopulation DynamicsDistribution；

Patrick Bitterman : GISgeosimulationspatial decision supportclimate

Robert Shepard : spatial patternvisualizationcartographyinteraction maps

City: Bloomington
Abbreviation: IU
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://geography.indiana.edu/about/index.html
Description:

Indiana University (IU) is one of the earliest comprehensive research universities in the United States. The Department of Geography at Indiana University (IU) offers both master's and doctoral degree programs. The master's degrees include Master of Arts (MA) and Master of Science (MS), with the MS program primarily focusing on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) or Environmental Geography. The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) program also offers a specialization in Geographic Information Systems. IU's research emphasis in the Geographic Information Systems field includes topics such as electronic mapping and cartography, spatial information visualization, spatial analysis, and modeling, among others.

Taehee Hwang : remote sensinglandscape ecologyecohydrology

Scott Robeson : spatial analysisgeostatisticstime seriesclimate change

Darren L. Ficklin : Watershed hydrologywater modeling

City: Lawrence
Abbreviation: KU
Unit: Department of Geography & Atmospheric Science
URL: https://geog.ku.edu/
Description:

The University of Kansas is an American public research university. The Department of Geography and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Kansas offers both MA and PhD postgraduate degrees, as well as a dual master’s program in geography and urban planning. The department has a long history, and many famous geographers previously worked here, such as George Jenks, an early educator in cartography, A.W. Kuchler, a German vegetation surveyor, George McCleary and Terry Slocum, both celebrated map design experts, Stan Morain, a popular science writer in geography, and David Simonett, the founder of the Department of Geography at UC Santa Barbara. Currently, the department consists of 20+ professors and 50+ graduate students. Research topics include physical geography, biogeography, atmospheric science, human geography, regional geography, urban geography and geographic information technology. There are also cooperative projects in all directions.

Xingong Li : GISspatial data sciencecomputational methods for mapping and analysis of surface water dynamics

Ting Lei : GISspatial analysistransportationlocation analysisremote sensing

Peter Herlihy : place-based GISparticipatory mappingdigital cultural landscapeLatin American historical geography

David Rahn : remote sensingcloudwindnumerical modeling

Nathaniel Alan Brunsell : biometeorologyscaling processes from leaf to pixelremote sensing of the surface energy balance

Yoonjung Ahn : Health and medical geographyspatial analysisGIShealth inequalitiesenvironmental justicebuilt environmentclimate changeextreme weather events

City: Manhattan
Abbreviation: KSU
Unit: Department of Geography and Geospatial Sciences
URL: https://www.k-state.edu/geography/
Description:

Kansas State University is a public university in the United States. The Department of Geography and Geospatial Sciences at Kansas State University offers M.S. ,Ph.D. and GIS- Graduate Certificate programs. Students may choose one of the three programs leading to the M.S. degree:Thesis Option, Report Option and Report option for teachers. Thesis option requires students to complete a scientific research project and defend a thesis. This plan is best for students who are interested in continuing for a doctoral degree in the future; the report option is best for those who want to work in the industry in the future; the teacher option is best for those who want to be a geography teacher in middle schools.

Marcellus M. Caldas : wildfiremodel of predicting winter wheat yield

Douglas G. Goodin : remote sensingclimatelandscape ecology

J.M. Shawn Hutchinson : GISremote sensingbiogeographyenvironmental monitoring

Katherine S. Nelson : landscape diversityagricultural adaptationstrategic retreatvulnerability assessmentscaling relationships

Jida Wang : GISbit spatial datahydrologylakes

City: Madison
Abbreviation: UW-Madison
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://geography.wisc.edu/
Description:

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is a public research university in the United States. The geography department at UW-Madison has a long history and is a powerhouse in human geography, spatial analysis, and cartography. Famous Chinese-American geographer Yi-Fu Tuan and cartographer Arthur Robinson worked here. The Department of Geography offers a thesis-based master of science in Cartography and Geographic Information Systems. In addition, it offers two professional non-thesis options in the Cartography and Geographic Information Systems M.S. titled: GIS Development (online program) and Accelerated/ Non-Thesis (in-residence program). Those who have completed their undergraduate studies could enter the joint Masters/PhD (2 + 3 years) program while those who have a master’s degree could enter the 4-year PhD program. GIS-related courses include cartography, spatial analysis, geospatial big data, etc. The department and university library holdings represent one of the largest and best collections of geographic materials anywhere. Other valuable facets within the department include the Cartography Lab(a unique cartographic production facility), the Wisconsin State Cartographer’s Office, and the History of Cartography Project.

A-Xing Zhu : GIS/RS techniques (artificial intelligence/fuzzy logic)watershed system modeling and scenario analysisintelligent geocomputing

Song Gao : GIScienceGeoAIGeospatial Data ScienceHuman MobilitySocial SensingSpatial NetworksUrban Informatics

Qunying Huang : high performance computingnatural hazardssocial media data analyticsbig data mining

Robert Roth : cartographygeovisualizationstory mapWeb-based mappinguser-centered design

Bill Limpisathian : Neuro-cartographyExploratory neuroscienceMap cognitionVisual perceptionAphantasiaNeurodesignfMRINeuro-centric UXMap design；

Jonathan Nelson : cartographygeovisual analyticsdata visualizationand human-centered design

Christian Andresen : arctic ecosystemsremote sensingsurface hydrologywetlandsenvironmental changecarbon cyclinggeospatial analyticsLiDARphotogrammetryunmanned aerial systems

John W. (Jack) Williams : PaleoecologyPaleoclimatologyVegetation DynamicsGlobal Climate ChangeQuaternary Environments

Zhou Zhang : Remote SensingMachine LearningPrecision AgricultureUAVHigh-throughput Phenotyping

Anna Pidgeon : Conservationwildlife habitat selectionavian ecologylandscape ecology

Volker C. Radeloff : Conservation biologyremote sensingland usebiodiversitylandscape ecology

Tristan L'Ecuyer : climate and climate changeradiation and remote sensingatmospheric and cloud physics

Steve Ackerman : climate and climate changeradiation and remote sensingatmospheric and cloud physics

Angela Rowe : radiation and remote sensingatmospheric and cloud physics

Shanan Peters : macrostratigraphysedimentary geologypaleobiologystratigraphysedimentology

Basil Tikoff : Geological field mappingkinematic modelingmicrostructural analysisgeomagnetism (paleomagnetism and AMS)statisticsand gravity surveys

Min Chen : Earth System ScienceTerrestrial EcologyLand Surface ModelingRemote Sensing

City: Milwaukee
Abbreviation: UW-Milwaukee
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://uwm.edu/geography/
Description:

The geography department at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee operates MA, MS, and PhD degree programs. Research topics include physical geography, human geography, and GIS/RS.

Woonsup Choi : GISclimate changehydrologyurban growth

Rina Ghose : critical GISurban geographypolitical economy

Changshan Wu : remote sensingGISspatial analysisurban environments

Zengwang Xu : GISspatial statisticssocial sciences

City: Ann Arbor
Abbreviation: Michigan
Unit: School of Environment and Sustainability
URL: https://seas.umich.edu/
Description:

The University of Michigan is one of the world's top comprehensive research universities, listed as one of the first eight public Ivy League schools and one of the founding institutions of the Association of American Universities. Historically, Michigan was one of the best American universities for cartographers. It is the alma mater of Waldo Tobler who proposed the first law of geography. Currently, the SEAS at Michigan offers a master’s program in environmental informatics with an application domain in environmental ecology. The purpose of the program is to use GIS and spatial analytical methods in detecting and studying the ecological environment. The doctoral program in this school has the direction of resource ecology management, which can form interdisciplinary projects with the environemtnal informatics. The main courses and research topics include environmental spatial data analysis, GIS and natural resource applications, and GIS in landscape modeling. The master’s program lasts for 2 years, and the doctoral degree generally takes 4 to 5 years to complete. In addition, while being enrolled in the master’s degree, students can also have a dual degree in other fields, such as a 2.5-year master’s degree in energy engineering, a 3-year master’s degree in urban planning, a 3-year MBA, or a 4-year JD.

Runzi Wang : spatial analysisremote sensingenvironmental big datamachine learningland usewater quality

Joshua Newell : GIS application on urban development and sustainabilityspatial analysis

Meha Jain : geospatial analytics and remote sensing on agriculture and environmental changesspatio-temporal big data analysis on groundwater crisis and vulnerability to extreme weathers

Bilal Butt : geospatial technology application on climate change and policiesremote sensing on vegetation dynamics

Derek Van Berkel : human dimensions of land-cover/land-use changespatial analysis and geovisualizations of social and environmental dataspatio-temporal computation and modeling

Neil Carter : GISspatial simulationremote sensinghuman-environment interaction

Bill Currie : agent-based modelingspatial modeling and simulationhuman-nature systemenvironmental GIS modelingcarbon cycle

Kai Zhu : Plant phenology feedback to climate change and impact on public healthSoil microbiomes and plant communities in changing environmentsWildfire disturbance across ecosystems and risk for society

Xiaofan Liang : network sciencecomplex systemscritical & participatory approaches in GIS and planning

City: East Lansing
Abbreviation: MSU
Unit: Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences
URL: http://geo.msu.edu/
Description:

Michigan State University is a public polytechnic research university in the United States.The geography department at MSU is a large department with a long history. It is famous for its outreaching activities and map collections. The department has many professors in the field of geospatial technologies, and the range of research topics is wide. It is mainly divided into cartography and GIScience modules, and it is especially focusing on the application of GIS in natural sciences, agriculture, and climate modeling. It is a powerhouse in the GIS research related to agriculture, forestry, and ecology. In addition, the department is also a beacon in cartography since the 1980s under the leadership of 2 well-known cartographers Richard Groop and Judy Olson (now both professors emeritus in the department). The department provides graduate programs for master’s and doctoral degrees. The master’s program is usually a 2-year research-based master’s degree, which requires students to do research and write up a thesis; the doctoral degree is usually a 5-year program, but if you entered with a master’s degree it only takes 4 years.

Jiaguo Qi : human-nature interactions from geospatial dataland-use/land-cover change

Jiquan Chen : Ecosystem AnalysisLandscape EcologyConservation BiologyBiophysicsGlobal Change EcologyCoupled Human and Natural SystemsLand Use

Kyla Dahlin : Landscape and plant ecologyremote sensingEarth system modeling

Andrew O. Finley : GIS on forestry

Ashton M. Shortridge : GISspatial analysisand health geographySpatial data uncertaintyerror propagation in GIS

Leo C. Zulu : Political ecologyenvironment and developmentand resource management in rural AfricaRemote sensing and GIS

Erin Bunting : geospatial big dataGIS on climatology and human-environment interactions

Arika Ligmann-Zielinska : Spatial analysis and coupled human-environment modelingAgent-based models

David P. Roy : remote sensing

City: Houghton
Abbreviation: MTU
Unit: College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science
URL: https://www.mtu.edu/forest/graduate/professional/mgis/
Description:

Michigan Technological University is a public polytechnic research university in the United States. The College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science at Michigan Tech operates a 2-year course-based program of the Master of Geographic Information Science (MGIS), including 20 credits of GIS-related core courses (defined based on the DoL), and 10 credits of elective courses in interdisciplinary fields such as forestry, ecology, environment, business, statistics, transportation, geology, and media, etc. The course structure is designed to help students find their application domains for learned GIS skills. If students want to participate in scientific research, they can also transfer into a project-based program and conduct relevant research work. In this case, they need to submit a thesis or report upon graduation.

City: Ypsilanti
Abbreviation: EMU
Unit: Department of Geography and Geology
URL: https://www.emich.edu/geography-geology/programs/geographic-information-science/index.php
Description:

Eastern Michigan University (EMU) is located in Ypsilanti in southeastern Michigan. It is a satellite city of Detroit and is about 10 kilometers from Ann Arbor. EMU was originally a normal university and later developed into a comprehensive university. The campus is along the bank of the Huron River. EMU offers a MS degree program in Geographic Information Systems, which is a two-year master’s program. There is an internship requirement in a GIS company, for which students need to submit a portfolio.

William Welsh : GISremote sensingenvironmental geography

Heather Khan-Welsh : urban planningregional planning

Xining Yang : GISspatial analysisquantitative methodsWebGISdata science

Michael Koscielniak : urban decline

Hugh Semple : GISpublic healthspatial analysisurban revitalizationeconomic geography

City: Mount Pleasant
Abbreviation: CMU
Unit: Department of Geography and Environmental Studies
URL: https://www.cmich.edu/colleges/se/Geography/Pages/default.aspx
Description:

The Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at the Central Michigan University (CMU) offers the CMU MSGIScience Advantage program, which is a master of science degree program dedicated to training high-level professionals in GIS. The school encourages students from this program to carry out interdisciplinary projects with those in other departments (including business schools, public Health, Sociology, etc.) in order to improve their own skill warehouses and their capabilities to apply GIS to real-world problems. Most of their alumni landed their careers in government agencies as GIS analysts, and some became product managers in companies like Esri.

Brian L. Becker : GISremote sensingimage processingCAD mapping

Jorge A. Brea : urban geographypopulation

Benjamin Heumann : remote sensingGISbiodiversityurban-rural communities

Bin Li : GISspatial analysiscartography

Yong Tian : GISmodelinggeo-computingland-water dynamics

City: Minneapolis
Abbreviation: UMN
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://cla.umn.edu/geography
Description:

The GIS in Department of Geography at Minnesota covers a wide range of topics, including cartography and visualization, global data research, health and population, and movement and space-time analytics. Organizations like U-Spatial and Minnesota Population Center (MPC) support GIS-related interdisciplinary research and data sharing. The department has two master’s programs (thesis-based program, and a course-based MGIS program), both takes 2-year to complete. It also offers the geography doctoral program, and both bachelor and master graduates can apply.

Kathryn Grace : spatial analysis and statisticshealth demographyfood insecurity

Steven Manson : BiocomplexityEnvironmental scienceGeographic information scienceGlobal changeLand use/cover changeSpatial analysis

Eric Shook : GIScienceGeospatial computingGeoAIGeospatial Data ScienceGeospatial Education

Ying Song : Geographic Information Science (GIS)Time GeographySpatio-Temporal Modeling and AnalysisTransportation Geography

Di Zhu : Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI)Spatial AnalyticsSocial Sensingand Urban Complexities

Zhenong Jin : remote sensingcomputational modelingand machine learningforecasting crop yieldsdigital and precision agriculture

Hui Kong : Shared MobilityGIScienceUrban StudiesTransportation Geography

Yao-Yi Chiang : digital map processingcomputer visionmachine learningdata miningdata integrationpredictive analyticsGIS

City: Iowa City
Abbreviation: Lowa
Unit: Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences
URL: https://clas.uiowa.edu/geography/
Description:

The University of Iowa is a public polytechnic research university in the United States.The geography department at the University of Iowa grants undergraduates, masters, doctoral, and GIS graduate diplomas. It cooperates with many interdisciplinary education and scientific research institutions, such as the CGRER, Iowa Informatics Initiative, and the well-known Iowa Water Center. This department is involved in a variety of academic research directions, including physical geography, human geography, cartography, environmental policy, and hydrogeography. It is a powerhouse in spatial analysis, visual analysis, spatial network analysis, environmental science, and hydrology-related fields (water Literature and water resources science, flood disaster risk analysis, environmental management and decision support, ecology). The famous geographer and UCGIS fellow Marc Armstrong was once a professor here.

Dave Bennett : GISciencethe processes and effects of environmental decision-makinghuman/environment interactions

Margaret Carrel : geography of infectious diseaselandscape genetics & disease ecology

Marc Linderman : remote sensinghuman/environment interactionsland cover changeecosystem dynamics

Heather Sander : urban ecologyurban wildlife ecology and conservationurban social-ecological systemsurban human-nature interactionnature based solutions

Caglar Koylu : GISciencegeovisualizationhuman-computer interactionhuman mobility and migrationpopulation-scale kinship networks

City: Ames
Abbreviation: ISU
Unit: Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences
URL: https://ge-at.iastate.edu/
Description:

Iowa State University is a public university in the United States. The Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences at Iowa State University offers MS and PhD degree programs with three main areas of specialization: Earth Sciences, Geology, and Meteorology. The department's Environmental Sustainability Laboratory admits graduate students with a focus on Geographic Information Systems (GIS). This laboratory conducts research on topics such as environmental changes, urban heat island effects, urban vegetation, urban lighting, built environments, and sustainability through spatial analysis, geographic information visualization, comprehensive assessment modeling, and other methods.

Chaoqun Lu : Ecological modelingsoil sciencebiogeochemistryhydrologyand agricultural and environmental economicsetc

City: Kent
Abbreviation: Kent State
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://www.kent.edu/geography
Description:

Kent State University is a top public research institution in the United States. The geography department at Kent State offers MA and PhD degree programs. Applicants need a master’s degree if applying for PhD. There are more opportunities for PhD to applying funds than MA students, wheareas it's also possible for a MA student to applying funds. Research topics includes GIS, climatology, human geography (especially Asian geography). David Kaplan, the former president of AAG, is the Graduate Coordinator of this department.

Jay Lee : involve GISwebGISland useair pollutioncrimepublic healthand how all these interact with the environment

Jennifer Mapes : connecting global and national change to local outcomescurrently working on creating GIS database

Andrew Scholl : BiogeographyLandscape ecologyVegetation dynamicsEnvironmental geographyGISRemote sensing

He Yin : Remote SensingLand Use ChangeLand System ScienceVegetation DynamicsSpatial Analysis

City: Cincinnati
Abbreviation: Cincy
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://www.artsci.uc.edu/departments/geography.html
Description:

The University of Cincinnati is an American public comprehensive research university. The Department of Geography at the University of Cincinnati is large, with a large number of students and faculty, and has MA and PhD degree-granting capabilities. The department's strengths include GIS, urban geography, economic geography, and physical geography. Nevin Fenneman, former AAG president and noted geologist and geographer who produced the first-ever USGS full geological map of the United States, was one of the founders of the department.

Richard Allan Beck : GISremote sensingclimate changewater resource

Diego F. Cuadros : GIS applications in epidemiologyenvironmental studiesmathematical modeling of infectious diseasesmedical geogaphy

Lin Liu : GISvisualizationcrime mappingquantitative methodslocation analysisgeo-simulation

Changjoo Kim : GISurban transportationspatial modelings

Tomasz F Stepinski : GISspatial informaticsremote sensinggeomorphologyland change science

City: West Lafayette
Abbreviation: PU
Unit: Department of Civil Engineering;Department of Earth and Planetary Science
URL: https://engineering.purdue.edu/CE/Academics/Graduate
Description:

The main campus of Purdue University is located in West Lafayette, Indiana. The university is well-knowned for its top-ranking faculty of engineering. The GIS program at Purdue University is affiliated with the department of civil engineering and earth science. Undegraduate can enroll the 2+3 masters/doctoral joint program. Master student can apply for the 4-year doctoral program. ;The earth science department offers a one-year course-based Master of Earth Data Science, which is designed for students who will work in industry in the future.

Melba M. Crawford : remote sensing data application

Jinha Jung : Multi-source remote sensing data fusionWeb GIS development using FOSS

Nusrat Jung : Architectural engineeringenvironmental sensingbuilding disinfection

Venkatesh M. Merwade : GIS applications in water resources engineering with specific focus on river channelssurface water hydrologyriver hydraulicscyberinfrastructure for hydrologywater in developing world

Jie Shan : Space mappingGIS imagery integrationfeature extractionand spatial data mining

City: Bowling Green
Abbreviation: BGSU
Unit: Department of Earth, Environment and Society
URL: https://www.bgsu.edu/arts-and-sciences/earth-environment-and-society.html
Description:

Bowling Green State University (BGSU) is an American public university. It offers M.S. in Applied Geospatial Science degree program, with thesis and non-thesis options. Both options require two core courses in GIS and remote sensing plus some elective courses related to spatial science. In addition, the thesis option requires a research project, while the non-thesis option requires more elective courses.

Enrique Gomezdelcampo : EcohydrologyWatershed Analysis and ModelingGIScience Analysis MethodsSpatial StatisticsvisualizationFluvial Geomorphology

Peter Gorsevski : spatial statisticsdata miningremote sensing

Yu Zhou : Physical geographycartographyremote sensingGIS

Anita Simic Milas : remote sensingvegetationhydrologyGIS Application

Kefa Otiso : urbaneconomicGIS ApplicationImmigration

City: Chicago
Abbreviation: Chicago
Unit: The Center For Geospatial Data Science
URL: https://spatial.uchicago.edu/
Description:

The University of Chicago is a leading private, comprehensive research university in the United States and the alma mater of many Nobel Prize winners. The Centre for Spatial Data Science at the University of Chicago currently offers ONLINE lectures, but does not have a related programme. The Centre is dedicated to the study of geospatial analysis methods, implemented through open source software.

City: DeKalb
Abbreviation: NIU
Unit: Department of the Earth, Atmosphere and Environment
URL: https://www.niu.edu/earth-atmosphere-environment/index.shtml
Description:

Northern Illinois University (NIU) is a public university in the U.S. NIU's EAE department offers PhD and Masters programs in Geography with four tracks to choose from: Atmospheric Sciences, Physical and Environmental Geography, Human Geography, and GIS/Spatial Analysis. It also offers a training programme for a Graduate Certificate in Geographic Information Analysis. In addition, research opportunities are available at the Visualization and Geoscience Education Research Lab, among others, under the department.

Xuwei Chen : Spatial AnalysisGeographic Information ScienceTransportation Geography and Urban Geography

Wei Luo : HydrologyGeomorphologyGISRemote SensingMars

Jim Wilson : HealthPopulationGIS and Historical Geography

City: Mankato
Abbreviation: MSU
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://sbs.mnsu.edu/academics/geography/
Description:

The Department of Geography at Minnesota State University offers M.S. in Geographic Information Science (GISc) and Graduate Certificate in Geographic Information Science (GISc).

Sudarshana Bordoloi : Public Health/Health GeographiesPopulation GeographyMigration GeographyHuman GeographyInternational Development Studies and Globalization

Mark Bowen : SoilsGeomorphologyQuaternary environmental changeAgricultural LandscapesThe Anthropocene

Donald A. Friend : Mountain GeographyPhysical GeographyEnvironment and Development Climate Change

Woo Jang : Geographic Information SystemsTransportation GeographyGeospatial TechnologiesGlobal Positioning Systems

Phillip Larson : Climate change and land-use impacts on geomorphic systemsenvironmental issues in fluvial systemsfluvial geomorphology and drainage basin evolutiontransverse drainage processeslandscape evolution and paleoenvironmental/paleogeographic changegeoarcheologynatural hazards/disasters

Jose Javier Lopez : Social and Economic GeographyLatin AmericaQuantitative Methods and Spatial Analysis with GIS

Cynthia A. Miller : Historical GeographyEnvironmental GeographyEnvironmental Hazards

Martin D. Mitchell : Cartographic TheoryHistorical GeographiesThe American WestPhysical GeographyNatural Resources

Rama Mohapatra : Geographic Information SystemsUrban GeographyGeospatial Technologies

Fei Yuan : Remote SensingGeospatial TechnologiesGeographic Information SystemsEast-AsiaGIS in Natural Resource Management

City: Grand Rapids
Abbreviation: Calvin
Unit: Department of Geology, Geography and Environment
URL: https://calvin.edu/academics/departments-programs/geo/gis/
Description:

Calvin University offers a Master degree program in Geographic Information Science. Students could choose from following fields as their research topics: geography, geology, environmental studies or environmental science. All of those majors require students to take the Intro GIS course.

Jason VanHorn : GIScartographyremote sensinggeographic thought and philosophygeography of terrorism

Mark Bjelland : urban and economic geographyGISenvironmental justiceurban sustainabilityfaith-based place-making

William Miller : ecology

City: St. Cloud
Abbreviation: St Cloud
Unit: Department of Geography and Planning
URL: https://www.stcloudstate.edu/geogplan/default.aspx
Description:

The St. Cloud State University is a leading provider of geospatial tech education in upper midwest of the USA. The geography and planning department offers a M.S. in geography with GIS concentration program and a GIS graduate certificate program.

Mikhail 'Misha' Blinnikov : Biogeographyconservationphytolith analysisGISRussia/former Soviet Union

Feilin "Falina" Lai : Remote sensingGISurban sustainabilityenvironmental justice

Jeffrey Torguson : Cartographygeographic information science (GIS)physical geographyAsia

Eric Fuller : SurveyingGISCartographyGPSsite developmentphotogrammetry and remote sensing

City: Brookings
Abbreviation: SDSU
Unit: Department of Geography and Geospatial Sciences
URL: https://www.sdstate.edu/geography-geospatial-sciences
Description:

The Department of Geography and Geospatial Sciences at South Dakota State University (SDSU) is a research-oriented department that integrates geography and environmental science with advanced geospatial technologies. The department is dedicated to exploring human-environment interactions by studying global challenges such as climate change, resource management, and natural hazards. The department offers a comprehensive range of degrees from undergraduate to doctoral levels, covering core fields such as Community and Regional Planning, Geographic Information Sciences (GIS), and Remote Sensing. Furthermore, it houses the world-class Geospatial Sciences Center of Excellence (GSCE), which conducts cutting-edge research in collaboration with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Hankui Zhang : Deep learningLand cover mapping and surface dynamics monitoringAnalysis ready dataLandsat and Sentinel-2

Maitiniyazi Maimaitijiang : Remote sensingGeospatial analyticsimage processing and photogrammetryAI/machine learning

Xiaoyang Zhang : remote sensing algorithmsbiomass burning emissionsland surface phenologyclimate terrestrial ecosystem interactionland cover and land use change

City: Colorado Springs
Abbreviation: UCCS
Unit: Department of Geography and Environmental Studies
URL: https://ges.uccs.edu/
Description:

The Department of Geography and Environmental Studies (GES) features award-winning faculty who provide engaging and high-impact learning opportunities through classroom instruction, field courses, mentored research, and online teaching.

We offer undergraduate (BA) and graduate (MA) degree programs, with minors in Geology, Sustainability, Conservation, National Parks & Outdoor Recreation, as well as undergraduate and graduate certificate programs in GIScience and various double major options. The GES curriculum is designed to help students understand the places, people, and environmental systems that shape our world.

The Bachelor of Arts (BA) program in Geography and Environmental Studies (GES) aims to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of geography as a discipline. This includes courses in physical, human, and cultural geography. Additionally, the program offers various methodology courses that introduce students to Geographic Information Science and Technology (GIS&T).

High-achieving students have the opportunity to earn both a Bachelor of Arts (BA) and a Master of Arts (MA) in Applied Geography through an accelerated format. The Accelerated Master's Pathway (AMP) allows eligible UCCS Geography and Environmental Studies (GES) majors to complete both degrees more efficiently in just over five years.

GES boasts award-winning faculty with diverse research interests, creating high-impact learning opportunities for students in small, inclusive learning environments both inside and outside the classroom. GES is recognized as one of the "Unique and High-Need Programs" at UCCS. The department offers minors in GES, Geology, and Sustainability, as well as certificate programs in GIScience. Faculty members conduct diverse research and operate four research laboratories on campus.

Fuzhen Yin : Geographic Information Science (GIScience)Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI)Urban Complexity and Agent-Based ModelingSocial Network AnalysisCrisis ResponseInformatics and Disaster ResilienceUrban Geography

City: Wooster
Abbreviation: Wooster
Unit: Urban Studies
URL: https://wooster.edu/area/urban-studies/
Description:

The Urban Studies program at The College of Wooster is a multidisciplinary undergraduate major rooted in the social sciences that guides students to explore the complex interactions between humans and urban environments through four core focus areas: Urban Affairs and Policy, Social Justice and the City, Global Urban Processes, and Environmental Sustainability and Urbanism. The program places a high value on practical experience and a global perspective, requiring students to transform theoretical knowledge into solutions for real-world urban issues through study abroad (such as in Copenhagen or Berlin), professional internships, and the signature Senior Independent Study project, providing a solid foundation for careers in urban planning, public policy, law, and non-profit organizations.

Hamed Goharipour : Urban legacy of sporting mega-events

USA (West)

City: Denver
Abbreviation: DU
Unit: Department of Geography and the Environment
URL: https://science.du.edu/geography
Description:

Founded in 1864, the University of Denver (DU) is the oldest private university in Colorado. Up till 2020, the Department of Geography and the Environment has established for 75 years old. The department has a wide range of research concentrations, including physical geography, environmental science, GIS/RS, and human geography. DU offers M.S. in GIS (in person), M.S. in GIS (Online), and PhD degree in Geography. M.S. in GIS (Online) is designed for students who are currently working and desire deepen their knowledge in GIS. Students who have obtained a master’s degree can apply for the PhD in Geography. GIS/RS related courses include cartography, spatial statistics, environmental/GIS modeling, ecological economics, spatial database, geovisualization, and WebGIS. Denver is a transportation hub and information industry center in western United States. Many GIS-related agencies (e.g. USGS, USDA) and large companies (e.g. ESRI) branch their offices here, intership opportunities are abundant. In addition, Denver is located in the transition zone between the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains, with an altitude of more than 1,600 meters. It is nicknamed The Mile High City. There are more than 300 sunny days in a year. National parks and ski resorts are quite close.

Paul Sutton : sustainability scienceecological economicsurbanization sciencepopulation geographyecosystem servicesremote sensinggeographic information science

Rebecca Powell : remote sensingurban sustainabilityremote sensing of urban areasland-cover change

Jing Li : GeoAI and Human Mobility AnalysisHigh Performance GeocomputationMultidimensional Geovisualization and Geovisual AnalyticsHigh Performance GeocomputationMultidimensional Geovisualization and Geovisual AnalyticsSpatiotemporal Data Modeling and Analysis

Guiming Zhang : Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI)Spatial AnalysisHigh-Performance Geo-computing

City: Tucson
Abbreviation: UAZ
Unit: Department of Geography, Development & Environment
URL: https://geography.arizona.edu/
Description:

The Department of Geography, Development & Environment at University of Arizona offers MA and PhD degree programs. The M.A. is a two-year research-based master’s degree, and the Ph.D. is a four-year doctoral program that requires a master’s degree upon admission. It also offers a course-based master’s degree named MGIST (Master of Geographic Information Science and Technology), which takes 1.5 years to complete. Admission to MGIST does not require GRE scores.

Keiron Bailey : GISGeovisualization and Structured Public InvolvementEconomic geographies of internationalizationwith emphasis on Pacific Basin

John Paul Jones III : spatial sciencesocial geographyhistory of geographic thoughtgeographic methodology

Chris Lukinbeal : GISciencecartographycultural geographyrepresentationvisualizationmediaand cinema

Willem van Leeuwen : remote sensingearth system science

City: Tampe
Abbreviation: ASU
Unit: School of Geographical Sciences & Urban Planning
URL: https://sgsup.asu.edu/
Description:

The School of Geographical Sciences & Urban Planning at Arizona State University (ASU) is excel at spatial analysis, spatial statistics, and urban meteorology. Currently, it is home to three fellows of the American Academy of Sciences. Research projects are conducted through three research centers, SPARC Spatial Analysis Center, Global Discovery and Conservation Science Center, and Urban Climate Research Center. GIS-related degrees include research-based masters and PhDs, and a course-based masters degree (1 to 2 years, STEM).

Stewart Fotheringham : geographic information sciencespatial analysismigrationGood Health and Well-BeingSustainable Cities and Communities

Wenwen Li : Spatial analysisGISspace-time pattern analysiscyberinfrastructure

Gregory Asner : remote sensingbiodiversityconservationecologyLife on Land

Daoqin Tong : transportationpublic healthurban agriculturefood access

Michael Kuby : GIStransportationoptimizationenergy conservationurban planning

David Sailor : climate with the built environmenturban heat islandair quality

Soe Myint : remote sensingGISland use and land coverforestryhydrology

Amy Frazier : remote sensingGISUAVlandscape sustainability

Elizabeth Wentz : shape and pattern analysisgeographic information scienceapplications of GIS to urban environmenturban remote sensingwater resource management

Roberta Martin : remote sensingbiodiversity

Jiwei Li : oceanographybiogeoscience

B.L. Turner II : urban sciencesustainabilitydeforestationagricultureland use and land cover

Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen : urban developmentspatial analysis

Dylan Connor : big historical dataimmigrationdemographyintergenerational inequalityurban and regional development

Nora Hennessy : Air QualityClimate ChangeEnergy and SustainabilityTransportation

City: Eugene
Abbreviation: Oregon
Unit: Department of Geography;the S3C Lab
URL: https://geography.uoregon.edu/
Description:

The Department of Geography is one of the oldest departments at University of Oregon. Originally, it was together with the geology department and later developed its own department in 1957. Alex Murphy, the former president of AAG, and Amy Lobben, the current presendent of AAG, are working here. This department is known for its programs in human geography, cartography, and spatial cognition. It offers an undergraduate degree in spatial data science & technology, and undergrads who completed their degrees could enter the 2-year masters program in this same department. Those who holds a masters degree could apply for the PhD program which lasts for 4 or 5 years. One thing to notice is that the PhD program requires a masters degree for entrance. The department encourages undergrads and masters students to continue pursuing a PhD degree. All admitted graduate students will be funded as a RA, TA or in other forms. Exceptionally good applicants might be provided with fellowships, such as Raymund Fellowship and Promising Scholar Award.;

Carolyn Fish : cartographymap designclimate change communicationmapping environment-society interactions

Hui (Henry) Luan : spatiotemporal statisticsBayesian analysispublic healthcrimebig data analytics

Mark Fonstad : geomorphologyhydrologyremote sensingenvironmental simulation

Sarah Cooley : hydrologyclimate changethe Arcticremote sensing and spatial data analysis

Johnny Ryan : glaciologyclimatologyremote sensingdronesspatial data analysis

City: Corvallis
Abbreviation: Oregon State
Unit: College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences
URL: https://ceoas.oregonstate.edu/geography-graduate-program
Description:

The geography program at Oregon State is in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences. This program encourages students to perform interdisciplinarity research between different branches of earth sciences, including the GIS and RS. One of the three main concentrations is geospatial technologies and analysis. Major research topics include cartography, spatial analysis, spatial statistics and modeling, and web mapping. This program offers M.S. and Ph.D. degree options. There are also masters and doctoral programs in Forest Ecosystems and Society and Sustainable Forest Management at Oregon State.

Julia Jones : Land useclimate change and disturbance effects on hydrologygeomorphologywater qualityspatio-temporal statistics

Robert Kennedy : remote sensingsatellite image analysis

James R. Watson : GIS and spatial modeling on marine environment studies

Jamon Van Den Hoek : GIS and remote sensing on marine resource managementGeoAIremote sensingGIS programming

Mark Raleigh : remote sensingimage processingpolar climatespatial analysis on snow distributiongeo-data science

City: Reno
Abbreviation: Nevada
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://www.unr.edu/geography
Description:

University of Nevada offers M.S. and Ph.D. programs in geography. The duration of the MS program is usually 2 years. There are 2 options for M.S. graduation requirements, submitting a thesis or submitting a research report. The duration of the PhD program is 5 years for those without a master’s degree, and 4 years for those who had already completed a master’s degree.

Douglas Boyle : GISremote sensingclimatehydrologywater resource

Thomas Albright : spatial analysisbiogeography

Scott Bassett : spatial modelingenvironment issueslandscape ecologyurban planning

Anne Nolin : remote sensinghydrologymodeling

Ken Nussear : GISspatial ecologyspecies distributionbiogeography

Scott Kelley : spatial analysisenergytransportationquantitative methods

City: Berkeley
Abbreviation: Berkeley
Unit: College of Environmental Design;Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management;College of Environmental Design;Energy and Resources Group
URL: https://geography.berkeley.edu/home
Description:

UC Berkeley is the most prestigious public research university in the United States. The geography, environmental policy, and environmental design units as well as the Energy and Resources Group have master’s and doctoral programs closely related to GIS.;;;

Clancy Wilmott : Critical CartographyGeovisualisationmedia geographiescritical GIS and data studies

City: Riverside
Abbreviation: UC Riverside
Unit: Center for Geospatial Sciences
URL: https://spatial.ucr.edu/
Description:

The research scope of the UC Riverside Space Science Center includes (1) basic research in spatial analysis; (2) open source software and open science; (3) collaborative interdisciplinary research; and (4) dissemination and training.

Tony H.Grubesic : Data ScienceGeocomputationTechnologyPolicy and SocietyUrban and Environmental PlanningPublic HealthTransportationHuman Environmental InteractionRemote Sensing

Ran Wei : spatial data uncertaintyspatial optimizationspatial statistics

Amr Magdy : database systemsspatial data managementbig data managementlarge-scale data analyticsindexingmain-memory management

Wei Kang : GIScience & Spatial Statistics & Spatial Econometrics & Urban Data ScienceHousing & Urban and Neighborhood Dynamics & SustainabilityEconomic Growth/Mobility & Spatial Inequality

City: Santa Barbara
Abbreviation: UCSB
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://geog.ucsb.edu/
Description:

UCSB is regarded as one of the top universities for PhD candidate in Geography. It is one of the 3 universities in the NCGIA (National Center for Geographic Information and analysis). Notable former faculty members include Waldo Tobler who proposed the first law of geography, Michael Goodchild who is a member in the National Academy of Sciences and a fellow in the British Academy, Richard Church who is a celebrated professor in spatial optimizing and regional science, and Helen Couclelis who is a reknowned professor in GIS and spatial cognition. The UCSB NCGIA was founded in 1988 with professor Michael Goodchild as its first director. It is the forerunner of the UCSB Center for spatial studies (spatial@ucsb). Currently, the spatial@ucsb is directed by professor Krzysztof Janowicz. The UCSB geography department offers masters and doctoral programs. Batchlors degree holders may apply for the 2-year MA program or the 2+3 years joint MA/PhD program. Masters degree holders may apply for the 5-year PhD program. Statistics of GRE and GPA of admitted students in the past years can be found here. Specialties of geography professors at UCSB include geospatial semantic and knowledge graph, social sensing and urban computing, transportation and traffic management, mobility study, spatial optimization, cartography, climate change, and land use and land cover change.

Peter Kedron : spatial analysis and statisticseconomic geographyreproducibilityreplicability

Werner Kuhn : GISciencegeospatial semanticsknowledge graphgeospatial ontologyGIS theory

Trisalyn Nelson : movement data analysis

Krzysztof Janowicz : geospatial semanticsknowledge graphspatially-explicit machine learningGeoAIsocial sensingurban computing

Somayeh Dodge : movement advances spatial data sciencegeographic visualizationanalysis and modeling of movement

Alan Murray : spatial optimizationspatial analysis

Konstadinos Goulias : Dynamic microsimulationTravel behavior AnalysisActivity-Based Travel Demand ForecastingBehavioral DynamicsSurvey Design

Dar Robert : imaging spectrometryremote sensing of vegetationspectroscopy

Wenfei Xu : Socio-spatial stratificationsegregationrace and ethnicitydata sciencemappingand community change

City: Ellensburg
Abbreviation: UW
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://geography.washington.edu/
Description:

The Department of Geography at UW is the research cradle for Critical GIS and Geography, and it is also a powerhouse in the fields of human geography and geographic theories. Previously, the department was home to several big names like John Sherman, who pioneered in the computer-based cartography, and William Garrison, who launched the quantitative revolution in geography. The department requires applicants to contact with at least 2 faculty members and ask them to be the potential advisors. UW offers the 2-year MA degree and the 4-to-5-year PhD degree programs. These two programs are totally separated and there is no joint masters/doctoral program. Usually, PhD applicants are required to have a master’s degree in geography. Required classes for both masters and doctoral students include modern geographic thinkings, contemporary geographic research design, 3 quaters of seminars in geography, and at least 1 class in quatitative methods (such as quantitative geography, GIS analytics, urban analytics, coastal GIS, and GIS decision support system). The MGIS Porgram listed in graduate program website is no longer accepting applications.

Bo Zhao : GIScienceGeospatial DataDigital Geographies

Sarah Elwood : GIScritical GISurban geographyneo geographythe geoweb

Mark Ellis : ImmigrationInternal MigrationSegregationLocal Labor Markets

Michael Brown : Experimental and theoretical mineral physics

Suzanne Davies Withers : PopulationPovertyResearch MethodsUrban Studies

José Alavez : Critical cartographydigital humanitiespluriversal design principlesand Global South approaches to transnationalismexileand diaspora

City: Tacoma
Abbreviation: UW Tacoma
Unit: School of Urban Studies
URL: https://www.tacoma.uw.edu/urban-studies
Description:

The University of Washington Tacoma is a campus of University of Washington in Tacoma, Washington. The department of Urban Studies at TW Tacoma offers two programs related to GIS. The one-year M.S. degree in Geospatial Technologies is a non-thesis, STEM program designed for students who want to work in industry in the future. The MA in Community Planning is a two-year, 60 credit program designed to support an annual cohort of up to 20 students. This non-STEM program is can be completed in two years by taking 10 credits per quarter (full time) or longer than two years by taking 5 credits per quarter (part-time).

City: Los Angeles
Abbreviation: USC
Unit: Spatial Sciences Institute
URL: https://spatial.usc.edu/
Description:

The Spatial Sciences Institute at the University of Southern California brings together a variety of outstanding scholars engaged in GIS research and education. Their research themes include spatial design, spatial analysis, spatial economics, spatial big data processing, geostatistics, geocoding, GIS and health, human security, geospatial Intelligence and many other related topics. Professor John P. Wilson, a well-known GIS scholar and editor-in-chief of the top journal Transactions in GIS, serves as the founding director of this institute. The institute offers a wide range of master’s programs, including M.Sc. in Spatial Data Science, M.Sc. in Spatial Economics and Data Analysis, and M.A. in Global Security Studies. Additionally, the institute offers a variety of GIS online programs, including Master of Geographic Information Science and Technology, Master of Human Security and Geospatial Intelligence, and several graduate certificates. At the doctoral level, the institute offers an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Population, Health, and Place. The core GIS courses offered here include: principles of geodesign, spatial data acquisition using drones, geospatial technology management for sustainability science, spatial data science, concepts for spatial thinking, spatial econometrics, GIS programming and customization, the practice of geospatial leadership, and remote sensing for GIS.

Guoping Huang : Landscape planningGISGeodesign

Laura C. Loyola : behavioral ecology

Yi Qi : remote sensinggeographic information systems and spatial data science in ecological monitoringenvironmental studies and natural resource management

Darren M. Ruddell : urban sustainabilityurban heat islandgeodesigngeospatial technologies

Elisabeth J. Sedano : Outdoor AdvertisingUrban StudiesUrban PlanningGeographyGIS

Jennifer N. Swift : Web GISMobile GISGeoDesignGIS&TMicrozonation

Diana Ter-Ghazaryan : cultural geographygeospatial technologyArmeniapost-Soviet urban landscapes

Robert O. Vos : industrial ecologyenvironmental policysustainable cities

John P. Wilson : GISSpatial AnalysisEnvironmental Modeling

An-Min Wu : environmental sciencesgeographic information science

City: San Diego
Abbreviation: SDSU
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://geography.sdsu.edu/
Description:

The SDSU is a member of the 23-campus California State University system. The graduate program of the geography department at SDSU offers MA, MS and PhD options. The MS degree program includes the focus of GIS, and the main research scope is applied GIS, cartography, data science, spatial analysis, and modeling. The PhD progam is a joint program between SDSU and UC Santa Barbara. It requires a strong background in geography-related fields for entrance.

City: Albuquerque
Abbreviation: UNM
Unit: Department of Geography and Environmental Studies
URL: https://geography.unm.edu/
Description:

The Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at the University of New Mexico operates PhD and Masters programs. The PhD program is jointly operated between this department and the Department of Geography at the New Mexico State University which is located in Las Cruces. Masters students can choose from Plan I and Plan II. Plan I is academia-oriented and a thesis defense is required before graduation. Plan II is skill-training-oriented which requires an independent Master’s project. Research topics covered are geospatial data science, cartography, geovisualization, and health GIS. The Center for the Advancement of Spatial Informatics Research and Education (ASPIRE) is in collaboration with the Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratories.

Yan Lin : GISciencespatial data analysisWebGIShealth & medial geographyspatial epidemiologyhealth disparities

Chris Lippitt : remote sensingGISciencetime-sensitive geographic information

Liping Yang : GIScienceGeoAIvisual

Yolanda C. Lin : natural hazards and disastersrisk and resiliencespatial analysisearthquake engineeringdata visualizationuncertaintysystems thinking

Marcela Suarez : Geographic Information Science (GIScience)GeovisualizationCartographySocial VulnerabilityUser-Generated ContentVolunteered Geographic Information (VGI)Spatial AnalysisEmergency Management

City: Salt Lake
Abbreviation: Utah
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://geog.utah.edu/
Description:

The GIScience is a key research concentration here. It is uniquely reknowned for research in mountain glaciers. The department offers MS, MSGIS and PhD degrees. MS is a two-year research-based master, and the PhD is a four-year research program. MSGIS is a two-year class-based master’s degree program, that GRE scores are not required for it.

Neng Wan : GIShealthenvironment

Simon Brewer : spatial modelingdata miningenvironmentclimate

Thomas J Cova : GIStransportationhazard

Philip Dennison : remote sensingLiDAR

Alexander Hohl : spatiotemporal analysisspatial data sciencemachine learning

Richard (Rick) Forster : remote sensingcryosphereglaciers

Summer B. Rupper : remote sensingenvironmentglaciersgeomorphology

Richard Medina : Hate and biascultureanthropogenic hazardscomplex systemsGIS/GISchuman geography

Mckenzie Skiles : remote sensingglaciercryospheresnow

Michael J. Campbell : remote sensingLiDARland useland cover

City: Boulder
Abbreviation: CU Boulder
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://www.colorado.edu/geography/
Description:

CU Boulder is the flagship campus of the University of Colorado system. It is located at the foot of the Rocky Mountains, close to the Rocky Mountain National Park. It is the headquater of the United States Geological Survey (USGS), thus geology and geography are dominant disciplines at CU Boulder. The Department of Geography offers master’s and doctorate degrees. It is strong in physical geogrpahy, and there are also many GIS-related research opportunities. Babs Buttenfield (a famous cartography educator, lifetime fellow of UCGIS and ACSM) works here.

Guofeng Cao : spatial data scienceuncertaintymachine learning

Morteza Karimzadeh : spatial analysisvisual analyticsgeo-data science

Stefan Leyk : GISspatial modelingLand cover change modelingcartographic pattern recognization

City: Denver
Abbreviation: CU Denver
Unit: Department of Civil Engineering;Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences;Architecture and Planning College
URL: https://engineering.ucdenver.edu/civil-engineering/research-specialty-areas/geomatics-gis
Description:

The Department of Civil Engineering at University of Colorado, Denver offers postgraduate courses in Geomatics Engineering and GIS, operating degree programs for Master of Science and Master of Engineering, and also a GIS Certificate. Most of the GIS courses are online, and the GIS Certificate can be completed remotely, but students in the Master of Science and the Master of Engineering programs need to be on campus to take related courses in geography or computer science departments. The study and research focuses of the Master of Science are mainly on the principles of GIS, while the focuses of the Master of Engineering are more interdisciplinary.;The Geography and Environmental Sciences department offers GIS-related graduate degrees including MA in Applied Geography and Geospatial Science and MS in Environmental Science.;The Architecture and Planning College also has a MURP (Masters in Urban and Regional Planning) program, as well as a PhD in Geography, Planning, and Design.

Peter Anthamatten : cartographyGISenvironmental healthchildren

Christy Briles : paleoecologybiogeographyclimate changepalynology

Frederick Chambers : physical geographyglaciologyclimatologyenvironmental science

Anne Chin : coupled human-landscape dynamicsfluvial processeswatershed managementinterdisciplinary educationthe “Anthropocene”

Kirsten Christensen : urban geographycultural geographyworld historyurban planning

Benjamin Crawford : urban weather and climateair qualitysensor networks

Lisa Kelley : human-environment geographyagrarian and forest changeland usepolitical ecologyremote sensing

Katharine Kelsey : climate changecarbon cyclingbiogeochemistryhuman-environment interactionArctic

Rafael Moreno : GIS Science and Technologyopen source software for geospatial applicationsnatural resource managementsustainable developmentforestry and land use planning in Latin America

Brian Page : economic geographyhistorical geographyurban landscape changegentrificationglobalizationdevelopment and environmental changegeospatial science and the humanities

Gregory Simon : human-environment interactionsenvironmental policy and governancepolitical ecologycritical development studiesscience and technology studies

Amanda Weaver : cartographyfood geographygeography of South Americageospatial systems and analysisGISurban geography

Bryan Wee : childhood and natureenvironmental educationvisual methodologies

City: Golden
Abbreviation: Mines
Unit: The GIS & Geoinformatics Program
URL: https://gis.mines.edu/
Description:

The Colorado School of Mines offers an interdisciplinary GIS & Geoinformatics master’s program. It is a class-based Master of Engineering (ME) degree program. In addition to GIS courses, required courses include GIS applications in watershed management, geological engineering, mining engineering, geomorphology, and earth sciences. Students can also enroll in this program while pursuing other research-based graduate degrees at CSM.

Wendy Zhou : GIS applications in natural resource managementremote sensingSARhazardsenvironmentnumerical methods

H. Sebnem Duzgun : geoinformaticsVR and gaming in earth sciencemine environment monitoring

Terri Hogue : remote sensinghydrologyurbanizationcivil engineering

City: Fairbanks
Abbreviation: UAF
Unit: Department of Geosciences
URL: https://www.uaf.edu/geosciences/
Description:

The geosciences department at UAF offers MS and PhD degree which includes research projects in RS and GIS. The department hosts the 3 most important GIS-related cyberinfrastructures of Alaska: Alaska Satellite Facility：The warehouse of Alaskan satellite images Geophysical Institute of Alaska：The host of geophysical data in Alaska and its surronding oceans Geographic Information Network of Alaska：Provider of real-time Alaskan spatial and geographic data Many of GIS-related projects in the department are based on these three infrastructures. UAF is has the highest latitude among all four-year universities in the United States. It is close to the Arctic Circle and also close to the Pacific Rim volcanic zone. Because of its unique location, the department has formed unique research concentrations of GIS, the application of spatial science, geostatistics in polar environment and climate, glacial geomorphology, volcanology, and polar oceanography.

Chris Maio : spatial analysis3D visualizationcoastal erosionpaleotemperature

Franz Meyer : remote sensingSAR

Mark Fahnestock : remote sensing for sea ice

Pavel Izbekov : remote sensing for volcanology

City: Boise
Abbreviation: BSU
Unit: Department of Geosciences
URL: https://www.boisestate.edu/earth/
Description:

Boise State University (BSU) is a public research university in Idaho. It is a partner institution of NASA and there is an astronaut training center on campus. As the campus is close to the wilderness of the western United States, Boise State has a strong program in geosciences, offering research opportunities in geology, hydrology, climatology, geophysics, and geography. It is particularly well-known in the United States for its isotope geochronology projects. This department has started GIS-related undergraduate and postgraduate programs in recent years. The types of graduate programs include the GIS Certificate, Master of Science, Master of Earth Science, and PhD. Except for the Certificate, the themes of students’ research works are related to their advisors’ research interests.

Ellyn Enderlin : remote sensingglaciersgeophysics

Hans-Peter Marshall : geostatisticsremote sensingspatial variation of snowglaciersgeophysics

Nancy Glenn : remote sensinggeo-data sciencegeological engineering

Jen Pierce : land usewildfireclimategeomorphologygeoscience education

City: San Francisco
Abbreviation: SFSU
Unit: Department of Geography and the Environment
URL: https://geog.sfsu.edu/
Description:

The SFSU is one of the 23 campuses of the California State University system. It offers a MS in GIS under the Department of Geography and Environment. The university is also home to the Institute for Geographic Information Science.

City: Long Beach
Abbreviation: Long Beach State
Unit: College of Professional and International Education
URL: https://www.cpie.csulb.edu/
Description:

California State University Long Beach (CSULB), also known as Long Beach State University, is a public university near Los Angeles and one of the 23 campuses of the California State University system. The university offers a M.S. in Geographic Information Science degree program under its College of Professional and International Education. This is a one-year course-based master’s degree. Its main courses include Geospatial Professionalism, Applied GIS, Cartographic Visualization, Enterprise GIS Development, Programming for Geospatial Professionals, and Applied Remote Sensing. There are also research projects.

City: Northridge
Abbreviation: CSUN
Unit: Department of Geography and Environmental Studies
URL: https://www.csun.edu/social-behavioral-sciences/geography-environmental-studies
Description:

California State University Northridge (CSUN) is one of the 23 campuses of the California State University system,. It is located in the Northridge area to the north of downtown Los Angeles. The Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at CSUN is one of the largest geography departments in the United States. The department offers two master’s degrees, namely MA and MS, of which MS is mainly for geographic information systems. This is a course-based master’s degree aimed at training students for GIS and tech-oriented careers in geography-related industries. Its main courses include Remote Sensing, Digital Cartography, WebGIS, Spatial Database, and GIS Application. The MA concentration mainly includes urban geography, regional geography, and economic geography. Entry requirements include holding a bachelor’s degree and an undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or higher, of which the GPA of the last two years should not be below 2.75.

City: Redlands
Abbreviation: Redlands
Unit: Department of GIS
URL: https://www.redlands.edu/study/schools-and-centers/college-of-arts-and-sciences/geographic-information-systems/
Description:

The University of Redlands is located close to the headquarter of ESRI. It offers MA in GIS. The MS in GIS program is mainly for recent graduates who want to improve their skills in GIS, and the Masters of GIS (MGIS) is mainly for those who have already worked in the industry. Many instructors of the department are adjunct faculties working at ESRI.

City: San Bernardino
Abbreviation: CSUSB
Unit: Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry;Department of Geological Sciences
URL: https://www.csusb.edu/chemistry-biochemistry
Description:

The CSUSB is one of the 23 campuses of the California State University system. The Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at CSUSB offers a MS in Environmental Science and a MS in Geology (co-hosted with the geological science department) in which trainings and research related to GIS and remote sensing are conducted. The is also a research lab (Water Resources Institute) associated with this university where archives of GIS data and related studies are conducted.;

City: Honolulu
Abbreviation: Hawaii
Unit: Department of Geography and Environment
URL: https://geography.manoa.hawaii.edu/graduate/
Description:

University of Hawaii, Manoa is the flagship campus of the University of Hawaii system. It has MA and PhD degree programs in geography. There are 3 research concentrations in this department: physical geography, human geography, and GIS. The GIS theme covers geoinformatics, remote sensing, drone technology, GPS, spatial data science, land use, and computer cartography.

Qi Chen : remote sensingGISlidaraerial photographyvegeationclimate changeenvironment sciences

Dan Spencer : tourismplanningmanagement

Yi Qiang : spatiotemporal data sciencevisual analytics

City: Willowbrook
Abbreviation: CDU
Unit: Medical Geographic Information Systems Laboratory (CDMGIS)
URL: http://medgis.cdrewu.edu/
Description:

The Charles Drew University is a historically black graduate medical school in greater Los Angeles. Currently it offers undergraduate programs in public health and nursing. The CDMGIS provides trainings in medical geography and health GIS. It facilitates interdisciplinary collaboration by linking the computing facilities, spatial databases and the resident expertise at the this lab with other research and teaching activities occurring at Charles Drew University, UCLA and other RCMI institutions of NIH.

City: Ellensburg
Abbreviation: CWU
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: http://www.cwu.edu/geography/
Description:

The geography department at CWU offers a MS in Cultural and Environmental Resource Management as well as a certificate in GIS.

City: Flagstaff
Abbreviation: NAU
Unit: Department of Geography, Planning & Recreation
URL: https://legacy.nau.edu/gpr/
Description:

Northern Arizona University (NAU), located in Flagstaff, Arizona, houses the Department of Geography, Planning & Recreation (GPR) within the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. According to the department’s official pages, its graduate offerings focus on human-environment relationships, geospatial technologies, community planning, and recreation management, with both on-campus and online study options.

In geography and planning, the department offers the Master of Science in Geography and the Master of Science in Geographic Information Science with Remote Sensing. The MS in Geography is a 30-unit programme with both thesis and professional practicum options, and it allows students to shape their studies through graduate certificates or electives. The GIS with Remote Sensing MS is also a 30-unit graduate degree and emphasizes geospatial problem solving through GIS, remote sensing, geodatabase management, GIS programming, geographic data analysis, geovisualization, web mapping, and image analysis.

At the certificate level, GPR offers the Geographic Information Systems Graduate Certificate and the Community Planning Graduate Certificate. The GIS certificate requires 16 units and is designed to prepare expert GIS practitioners for professional use of geospatial technologies in the workplace. The Community Planning certificate requires 15 units and focuses on planning practice, land use, community analysis, geospatial technologies, and policy-oriented professional preparation.

The department also offers a BS-MS Integrated Program that allows qualified students to complete both bachelor’s and master’s study in five years, with up to 12 units counting toward both degrees. In the recreation area, the department also lists a Master of Science in Parks and Recreation Management; however, the graduate programmes overview notes that this MS programme is currently not accepting new applications.

Seung Jun Choi : Urban InformaticsUrban AISmart TransportationTransport Geography

Canada (East)

City: Guelph
Abbreviation: Guelph
Unit: Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics;College of Environmental Sciences;College of Engineering;Environmental Design and Rural Planning
URL: https://geg.uoguelph.ca/
Description:

The University of Guelph, located in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, is an outstanding comprehensive public university. The Department of Geography at the University of Guelph has degree programs in the MSc, MA and PhD pathways, with the MSc and PhD having a geomatics track. the MSc is a 2-year degree requiring participation in research and submission of a thesis, and the PhD is a 4-year degree requiring passing a qualifying exam and submission of a PhD thesis. In principle, a master’s degree with an A- or higher average in the master’s degree is required for the PhD, but very outstanding undergraduates will be considered. The Department has the opportunity to pursue a PhD directly after graduating with a Master’s degree. The University of Guelph also has departments of Environmental Engineering, Science and Urban Planning, and offers PhD, MSc, MES, MEng, MASc, MPlan, MSc(Planning) degrees, with the Coursework and/or Major Research Project option for MEng and MES, and the MPlan. The all-course option is available and the MSc(Planning) option is available as an optional course + a major research paper instead of the Thesis option.;Environmental Sciences: PhD, MSc, MES;Environmental Engineering: PhD, MEng, MASc;Landscape Architecture: MLA Rural Planning & Development: MPlan, MSc(Planning) Rural Studies: PhD

John Lindsay : GISdigital terrainLiDARGIS software developmenthydrology

Aaron Berg : remote sensinghydrology

Ben DeVries : GISremote sensingwetlandflood

Eric Nost : visualizationweb mappingpolitical geography

Travis Steffens : PrimatelemurOne Healthbiogeographyconservationspatial ecologyzoonosisanthropozoonosis

City: Toronto
Abbreviation: UToronto
Unit: Department of Geography and Planning;John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design;The Department of Earth Sciences;Department of Environment;Institute for Management & Innovation;Department of Physical & Environmental Sciences
URL: https://geography.utoronto.ca/department/
Description:

The University of Toronto is located in Toronto, Canada’s largest city. It’s the largest public university in Canada. It has three campuses, namely St. George’s, Mississauga, and Scarborough, with St. George’s as the main campus located in downtown Toronto. The Department of Geography and Planning at the University of Toronto is one of the largest and oldest geography departments in Canada. It has GIS-related programs and instructors at all three campuses, and offers master’s and doctoral degrees. Research directions at UToronto include computer mapping, spatial statistics, metric geographic information, remote sensing, and geographic modeling. The three campuses of the University of Toronto also offer graduate degrees in earth sciences and geology.;Urban Design: MUD in UTSG;Earth Sciences:MA, MSc, and PhD offered in three campuses;Environment and Sustainability: MES in UTSG;Urban Innovation: MUI in Mississauga;Environmental Science: MEnvSc, PhD in Scarborough

Christian Abizaid : Economic Geography Environment & Climate Rural Social & Political Geography

Danny Harvey : Environment & Climate

Deborah Cowen : Policy & Planning Social & Political Geography Urban

Emily Gilbert : Culture & History Social & Political Geography

Harald Bathelt : Economic Geography Policy & Planning Urban

Jason Hackworth : Policy & Planning Urban

Jing Chen : Vegetation Remote SensingHydrologyCarbon CycleEcosystem ModellingClimate Change

Joseph Desloges : Environment & Climate Physical Geography

Karen Chapple : Economic Geography GISSpatial Analysis & Modelling Policy & Planning Urban

Katharine Rankin : Culture & History Economic Geography Policy & Planning Rural Social & Political Geography Urban

Matti Siemiatycki : Urban

Michael Widener : agent-based modelingspatial optimizationtransportationhealth geographyweb mapping

Sarah Finkelstein : Environment & Climate Physical Geography

Tim Ross : Policy & Planning Urban

Alan Walks : urban informaticsneighborhood

Andrea Olive : Environment & Climate Rural

Igor Lehnherr : Environment & Climate Physical Geography

Jue Wang : GISspatial analysishealth geography

Laura Brown : Physical Geography

Laurel Besco : Environment & Climate

Matthew Adams : Environment & Climate GISSpatial Analysis & Modelling Physical Geography Urban

Ron Buliung : GISciencepublic healthtransportation

Tara Vinodrai : Economic Geography Policy & Planning Urban

Tenley Conway : urban informaticsland use modelingurban planning

Trevor Porter : Physical Geography

Yuhong He : Remote sensing of terrestrial ecosystemsHigh spatial (UAVHelicopter& Satellite) thermalmultispectral and hyperspectral remote sensingSpatial AnalysisMachine LearningComputer Vision

Carl Mitchell : Physical Geography

Christopher Higgins : Economic Geography GISSpatial Analysis & Modelling Policy & Planning Urban

Mark Hunter : Culture & History Social & Political Geography Urban

Marney Isaac : Environment & Climate Physical Geography Social & Political Geography

Michael Ekers : Economic Geography Environment & Climate Social & Political Geography

Nicole Klenk : Environment & Climate Policy & Planning Rural Social & Political Geography Urban

Steven Farber : spatial analysistransportation

Zachary Hyde : Culture & History Economic Geography Rural Urban

Lindsey Smith : Health geographyGISEpidemiologyBuilt environmentsTransport geographyFood access

Jane Liu : Environment & Climate GISSpatial Analysis & ModellingPhysical Geography

Damian Maddalena : Environment & Climate GISSpatial Analysis & ModellingPhysical GeographyRural

City: St. Catharines
Abbreviation: Brock
Unit: Department of Earth Sciences;Department of Geography and Tourism Studies
URL: https://brocku.ca/mathematics-science/earth-sciences/
Description:

Established in 1964, Brock University is a public university located south of St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. Brock University is near the shores of Lake Ontario and just ten minutes from Niagara Falls, a tourist destination on the U.S.-Canada border. Brock University has a Department of Geography and Tourism Studies, whose programs are best known for tourism geography, which includes the study of tourism through GIS, and virtual online tourism technology. Graduate students have an MA program, with a two-year program requiring a thesis to be submitted and defended, and a one-and-a-half-year program with classes and a comprehensive final project report. Brock also has a Department of Earth Sciences, known for its research in glacial and Great Lakes geology, and offers an MSc graduate degree. ;

David T. Brown : digital tourismmunicipal cultural mappingtrail management

Catherine Jean Nash : digital urbancyberspacemobilitycultural geography

Kevin Turner : GISspatial analysishydrologylimnology

Christopher Fullerton : regional planningrural planningtransportation

City: Waterloo
Abbreviation: UWaterloo
Unit: Department of Geography and Environmental Management;School of Planning;Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
URL: https://uwaterloo.ca/graduate-studies-academic-calendar/environment/department-geography-and-environmental-management
Description:

The University of Waterloo is located in Waterloo, Ontario, about 100 km southwest of downtown Toronto. It is located next to the Wilfrid Laurier University, another public university. The University of Waterloo is a public university with strong science and engineering disciplines, and also hosts the third largest graduate school of geography in Canada which is operated jointly with Wilfrid Laurier University. The University of Waterloo’s GIS-related majors are mainly in the Department of Geography and Environment. This department has strong research interests in human geography, physical geography, cartography, geographic information, climate change, remote sensing, and aviation. GIS-related master’s programs include MA/MSc/PhD in Geography. The department offers a 2+2 joint training program for undergraduate students. In addition, the University of Waterloo’s School of Planning, Department of Engineering, and Department of Geosciences also offer GIS geography-related majors and mentors.;Planning: PhD, MA, MPlan Environmental Studies in Planning: MES;Earth Sciences:PhD, MSc

Richard Kelly : remote sensingsnow hydrologysnow climatologygeospatial modelling of snowcitizen science

Derek T. Robinson : modeling and spatial analysisland-use and land-cover changeland-management and the carbon cycleland grabsland policyagent-based modellingGIS

Jonathan Li : mobile laser scanningHD mappingpoint cloud processingmachine learningenvironmental monitoringautonomous drivinggeospatial intelligence

Peter Johnson : agent-based modelsGISGeoWebsocial media

Peter Deadman : land use changeagent based modelswetland vegetation modelsclimate change impacts on water resourcesenterprise GISgeodatabase design

Su-Yin Tan : RSGISspatial statistics and data analysisvegetation and climatologypublic health and crime mappingmedical geographyenvironmental monitoringGIS education

Jane Law : health and crime GISspatial demographyspatial statisticsbayesian spatial analysishierarchical spatial modelingspatial epidemiologygeomaticsland information systems

Robert D. Feick : smart cityspatial data qualityvolunteered geographic information (VGI)spatial data miningspatial multi-criteria analysis

City: Toronto
Abbreviation: York
Unit: Department of Environment and Urban Change;Lassonde School of Engineering
URL: https://euc.yorku.ca/
Description:

York University, located in North York, Toronto, Ontario, is the third largest public university in Canada, with faculties such as the Schulich School of Business, Osgoode Hall Law School, and the Lassonde School of Engineering. York has three campuses, including the main campus in Keele, the Glendon campus, and the Markham Centre campus, which is currently under construction. The Department of Geography at York has a wide range of geographic research areas, including technical and applied topics such as geoinformatics. Specifically, the Department of Geography Graduate School has two categories: the Master’s program (MSc/MA) and the PhD program (PhD). The MSc program is a two-year program that requires a thesis or a first-authorship publication in an academic journal. The PhD program is 4 to 5 years long and in principle requires a master’s degree in geography from a reputable university with a B+ overall performance in the master’s program to be selected for the PhD program, but students who have a master’s degree in another field with outstanding results may also have the opportunity to be selected. Students in the PhD program are required to take a qualifying exam in their second year, which is based on three of the major research areas of the Department of Geography, and which examines the depth and breadth of knowledge accumulated by the students. Students in the final PhD program are required to submit and defend their PhD thesis before graduation.;Earth and Space Science: PhD, MSc Civil Engineering: PhD, MASc

Qiuming Cheng : GIS developmentspatial analysismodelingremote sensingquantitative geologymineral resource

Baoxin Hu : remote sensing of vegetationphotogrammetrycanopy modeling

Ranu Basu : GIS for social sciencessocial justice

Tarmo Remmel : GIS algorithmremote sensingspatial analysisforestland cover

City: Hamilton
Abbreviation: McMaster
Unit: School Of Earth, Environment & Society;Department of Civil Engineering
URL: https://www.science.mcmaster.ca/ees/
Description:

McMaster University is a public university located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. McMaster University is in the northwest of the city of Hamilton, approximately 60 kilometers southwest of downtown Toronto. McMaster University is the alma mater of the famous geographer Michael Frank Goodchild. Spatial analysis is one of the main research directions of McMaster University’s School of Earth, Environment and Society (EES, formerly the School of Geography and Earth Sciences, renamed in June 2020), with scientific research and applications ranging from transportation, cities, environment, vegetation change, public health, etc. The School of Earth, Environment & Society has a deep collaboration with Esri Canada. The Esri Centre of Excellence was founded in 2014, which focuses on how spatial information technology and ArcGIS products can be applied in new forms to teaching and research tasks in various disciplines. The graduate programs of the School are divided into three degrees: MA (Master of Arts), MSc (Master of Science) and PhD (Doctorate), where the MSc is awarded only in geomorphology, geochemistry and hydrogeology, and the MA will be awarded in spatial analysis. In general, the length of MA program is 2 years and PhD is 4 to 5 years, and you can declare PhD program directly with a bachelor’s degree. ;

Alemu Gonsamo : remote sensingcarbon cycle modelingclimate

Antonio Paez : spatial analysisgeostatisticsspatial data sciencetransportation

Darren Scott : GIStransportationspatial data sciencebig dataGPS technology

Niko Yiannakoulias : GISspatial analysisagent-based modelingenvironmental informatics

City: Montreal
Abbreviation: McGill
Unit: Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences;Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences;Department of Geography;School of urban Planning;Department of Natural Resource Sciences
URL: https://www.mcgill.ca/meteo/
Description:

McGill University, located in Montreal, the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec, is the oldest and oldest public university in Canada, and is known as one of the top three universities in Canada, along with the University of Toronto and UBC. Montreal is a French-speaking Canadian city, and McGill is an English-speaking university in that part of the country. The Department of Geography at McGill University offers three graduate degrees: MA, MSc and PhD, of which the MSc program requires four core courses in your field and one geography research methods course in the first year, and a master’s project in the remainder of the first year and the second year. The MA option offers the opportunity to form a custom interdisciplinary program with the Departments of Economics, Sociology, Anthropology and History, and Roger Tomlinson, the father of GIS, is an alumnus of the department. The Platial Analysis Lab focuses on spatial and behavior geography；the Roger Tomlinson Lab for GIScience focuses on geospatial big data and GeoAI.;;;;

Raja Sengupta : GISspatial analysisspatial decisionagent-based modelingwatershed management

Margaret Kalacska : spatial analysismachine learningremote sensing

Grant McKenzie : GISspatial analysisgeospatial data sciencespatial behavior

Kevin Manaugh : urban GISurban environmentsocial justicetransportation system

Renee Sieber : participatory GISuse of GIS in the environmental movement

Mallik Mahmud : Arctic，Sea Ice，Microwave Remote Sensing

City: Halifax
Abbreviation: DU
Unit: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences;Department of Civil and Resource Engineering;School of Planning
URL: https://www.dal.ca/faculty/science/earth-environmental-sciences.html
Description:

Located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Dalhousie University is a public research university with a rich history of over 200 years and has trained many of the world’s academic talent. Dalhousie has four campuses: the main Studley Campus in Halifax, the Carleton Campus in Halifax, the Sexton Campus in Halifax, and the Agricultural Campus in (Truro Township), with geography/GIS-related programs primarily located on the main campus and the Sexton Campus. Dalhousie offers a variety of degree options in Earth and Environmental Sciences to meet the needs of students, with each program offering a hands-on, integrated approach to learning and the opportunity to work on projects of real-world significance. Dalhousie University offers a graduate program in environmental engineering and awards the MEng and MASc degrees. In addition, Dalhousie University offers the MPlan and MPS degrees in Planning in the School of Planning.;;

City: Toronto
Abbreviation: TMU
Unit: Geography and Environmental Studies;Interdisciplinary Courses;Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture
URL: https://www.ryerson.ca/geography/
Description:

Formerly known as the Ryerson University (RU), the Toronto Metropolitan Universtiy（TMU）was promoted to university status in 1993 when it began awarding master’s and doctoral degrees. Located in the heart of Toronto, Canada’s largest city, near the University of Toronto’s St. George’s campus, TMU is a typical urban campus where students can connect with leaders in culture, business, health care or government and have access to a wide range of employment opportunities. TMU offers the Master of Spatial Analysis degree program in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies. The Master of Spatial Analysis program is one of Ryerson’s two founding graduate programs. In 1993, after TMU was granted full university status by the Province of Ontario, it started planning a joint Master of Spatial Analysis program with the University of Toronto and became the sole host of this degree program since 2008. In addition, TMU offers graduate programs in Environmental Applied Science, Management, and Civil Engineering, with graduate degrees in PhD, MASc and MEng.;Formerly known as the Ryerson University (RU), the Toronto Metropolitan Universtiy（TMU）was promoted to university status in 1993 when it began awarding master’s and doctoral degrees. Located in the heart of Toronto, Canada’s largest city, near the University of Toronto’s St. George’s campus, TMU is a typical urban campus where students can connect with leaders in culture, business, health care or government and have access to a wide range of employment opportunities. TMU offers the Master of Spatial Analysis degree program in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies. The Master of Spatial Analysis program is one of Ryerson’s two founding graduate programs. In 1993, after TMU was granted full university status by the Province of Ontario, it started planning a joint Master of Spatial Analysis program with the University of Toronto and became the sole host of this degree program since 2008. In addition, TMU offers graduate programs in Environmental Applied Science, Management, and Civil Engineering, with graduate degrees in PhD, MASc and MEng.;Formerly known as the Ryerson University (RU), the Toronto Metropolitan Universtiy（TMU）was promoted to university status in 1993 when it began awarding master’s and doctoral degrees. Located in the heart of Toronto, Canada’s largest city, near the University of Toronto’s St. George’s campus, TMU is a typical urban campus where students can connect with leaders in culture, business, health care or government and have access to a wide range of employment opportunities. TMU offers the Master of Spatial Analysis degree program in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies. The Master of Spatial Analysis program is one of Ryerson’s two founding graduate programs. In 1993, after TMU was granted full university status by the Province of Ontario, it started planning a joint Master of Spatial Analysis program with the University of Toronto and became the sole host of this degree program since 2008. In addition, TMU offers graduate programs in Environmental Applied Science, Management, and Civil Engineering, with graduate degrees in PhD, MASc and MEng.

City: Montreal
Abbreviation: Concordia
Unit: Department of Geography, Planning & Environment;Department of Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering
URL: https://www.concordia.ca/artsci/geography-planning-environment.html
Description:

Concordia University is a comprehensive public university located in Montreal, the capital of the Quebec, Canada. Montreal is a French-speaking city, and Concordia University is the second university in the region to have English as its primary language of instruction. Concordia University was officially established on August 24, 1974, as a merger of Loyola College and Sir George Williams University. Concordia’s name comes from the Montreal motto "Concordia salus" which means "well-being through harmony". Concordia University’s Department of Geography, Planning and Environment offers graduate programs in geography, urban and environmental studies and offers PhD and MSc graduate degrees with research interests in human geography, GIS, urban planning, environmental science, government policy and social justice advocacy. Montreal and its environs provide a rich venue for fieldwork and analysis, and in addition, the department offers a professional master’s program in environmental assessment graduate studies and offers the MEnv graduate degree. Concordia University also offers graduate programs related to environmental engineering in the Department of Engineering with PhD and MEng graduate degrees.;

Sébastien Caquard : CartographyGISMapping narrativesGeovisualizationGeowebGeomediaOral History

Pascale Biron : Hydro-geomorphology and river dynamicsRiver management in agricultural watershedsGeographical Information SystemsMorphodynamic numerical modellingStream restoration for fish habitat

City: Ottawa
Abbreviation: UO
Unit: Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics;Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences;Faculty of Engineering;Institute of Environment
URL: https://arts.uottawa.ca/geography/
Description:

Located in the heart of Canada’s capital city of Ottawa, neighboring many Canadian federal government agencies and institutions, the University of Ottawa’s advancements in the social sciences, health, engineering, sciences and humanities make it a unique place to learn, grow and excel. The University of Ottawa is the largest bilingual (English and French) university in the world.;;;

City: St. John’s
Abbreviation: MUN
Unit: Department of Geography;Fisheries and Marine Institute;Boreal Ecosystems and Agricultural Sciences;Environmental Science;Earth Sciences
URL: https://www.mun.ca/become/graduate/programs-and-courses/geography/
Description:

The Memorial University of Newfoundland is a public university in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Max Liboiron : Globalizationeconomy & resourcessustainable communities & regionshealth & well-being

Roza Tchoukaleyska : Public space planningcultures of consumptionsocial sustainability

City: Ottawa
Abbreviation: CU
Unit: Department of Geography and Environmental Studies;Department of Earth Sciences;Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering;Northern Studies Programs
URL: https://carleton.ca/geography/
Description:

Established during the World War 2, the Carleton University is a public research university in the capital city of Canada. Currently, this university has more than 65 academic units.;;;

Dipto Sarkar : GIScienceSocial Network AnalysisOpenStreetMapand Biodiversity Conservation

Peter Pulsifer : Geospatial data interoperabilityParticipatory MappingGISRemote SensingCartography and VisualizationCommunity-driven GeomaticsBuilding Communities of Practice

Koreen Millard : Multi-sensor data fusion for improved understanding of hydrology/vegetation change and interactionsModelling spatial and temporal biophysical variables with time-series remote sensing and field-measurementsMachine learning image classification for mapping environmental change

Murray Richardson : Northern watershed ecosystemshigh resolution landscape analysis and environmental geo-computation

Sheryl-Ann Simpson : Migrationplace and citizenshipEnvironmental justicehealth and well-being

City: Quebec City
Abbreviation: Laval
Unit: Faculty of Forestry, Geography, and Geomatics
URL: https://www.ffgg.ulaval.ca/
Description:

The Laval University has Master in Geomatic Sciences, Masters in Geomatics Applications and Geomatic Science PhD programs. The instructional language of this university is French, and good understanding of English is also required for graduate degree programs.

Thierry Badard : GISmobile mappinggeolocated systemsdatabases

Eric Guilbert : SIGgeometric modelingdigital terrain model

Frederic Hubert : GISgeovisualizationnoise mappinggeospatial BIgeospatial web services

Mir Abolfazl Mostafavi : GISaugmented realitydata structuregeomatics and health

Jacynthe Pouliot : 3D modelingintegration of spatial dataGIS3D cadastre

Stephane Roche : GISCartographyParticipation and territorial decision

City: Waterloo
Abbreviation: Wilfrid
Unit: Department of Geography and Environmental Studies
URL: https://students.wlu.ca/programs/science/geography-and-environmental-studies/index.html
Description:

Wilfrid Laurier University is a public university in Ontario, Canada, with campuses in Waterloo, Brantford and Milton. The joint program offers the following degree programs: - Master of Arts (MA) — Thesis stream or Research Paper stream; full-time or part-time - Master of Environmental Studies (MES) — Thesis stream or Research Paper stream; full-time or part-time - Master of Science (MSc) — Thesis stream, normally full-time only The field of specialization includes Environmental and Resource Management, Environmental Science, Geomatics, and Human Geography.

Steven A. Roberts : GISland use planningspatial data models and data structurescombinatorial optimizationgenetic algorithmslandscape ecologyand parallel and shared memory computing

Sean Doherty : Health geographyphysical activitylocal foodparksGPS tracking

City: Montreal
Abbreviation: UdeM
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://geographie.umontreal.ca/english/home/
Description:

The Université de Montréal is a French-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university's main campus is located in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce on Mount Royal near the Outremont Summit, in the borough of Outremont. The Department of Geography offers Master's in Geography; Specialized Graduate Diploma in Geography Applied to the Environment (in French); Short Graduate Program in Geomatics and Spatial Analysis (in French); and PhD in Geography. The Master's in Geography program has 2 streams. First, Thesis option is designed for students aiming for careers in research or post-secondary teaching. Includes 36 credits for research and writing the dissertation. Second, internship or supervised project option is designed for students aiming for careers as professional geographers, this includes a practical training internship or a supervised project worth 15 credits.

Liliana Perez : Agent-based modellingComplex SystemsCellular AutomataAIGIScience

François Girard : ForestbiogeographyGISModelling and statisticsPlant ecologyDendro-ecologyDendro-climatologySpatial analysis

City: Montreal
Abbreviation: UQAM
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://geo.uqam.ca/programmes/deuxieme-cycle/
Description:

The Université du Québec à Montréal, also known as UQAM, is a French-language public research university based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is the largest constituent element of the University of Quebec system. The Department of Geography offers MA and Msc in Geography and Specialized Graduate Diplomas (DESS). One of the stream of Msc in Geography is Professional Profile in Land Use Planning and Geographic Information Systems,a two year full-time program or four-year part time program. DESS in geographic information systems trains highly qualified professionals in geomatics: GIS, Earth observation image processing, digital cartography, geospatial databases and interactive web maps, GPS, analysis space and geomatics applications in various fields, including land surveillance.

City: Sherbrooke
Abbreviation: UdeS
Unit: Department of Applied Geomatics
URL: https://www.usherbrooke.ca/geomatique/etudes/programmes/2e-cycle/maitrise-en-geomatique-appliquee-et-teledetection-type-recherche
Description:

The University of Sherbrooke is a French-language public research university in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, with a second campus in Longueuil, a suburb on the South Shore of Montreal. It is one of two universities in the Estrie region of Quebec, and the only French-language university for the region. The Department of Applied Geomatics offers Master's degree in applied geomatics and remote sensing in both research type and course-based type, including the study of geomatics, computer-assisted mapping, web-based geographic information systems (GIS), modeling and spatial analysis.

Samuel Foucher : Geospatial data scienceData cubesDeep learning applied to graphsSAR imagery processingRadar PolarimetryGeomatics Standards

Mickaël Germain : GIS and Web MappingGeospatial databasesMachine learning and deep learning applied to geomaticsMathematics applied to geomatics

City: Nanaimo
Abbreviation: VIU
Unit: Schoole of Social Science
URL: https://www.viu.ca/programs/arts-humanities-social-sciences/master-geographic-information-systems-gis-applications
Description:

The Master of Geographic Information System Applications (MGISA) Program builds on the existing Advanced Diploma in GIS Applications (ADGISA) Program by providing opportunities for students to strengthen their GIS skills, enabling them to compete more effectively and for better positions in the job market.

City: Fredericton
Abbreviation: Saint Mary's
Unit: Department of Geography and Environmental Studies
URL: https://www.smu.ca/geography/index.html
Description:

The Department of Geography and Environmental Studies is in the Faculty of Arts but is also represented in the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research. We offer courses that are organized in four groups: Human Geography (A), Physical Geography (B), Techniques (C), and Integrative (D). Course descriptions can be found via the Geography Courses link in the page menu. Saint Mary's University offers Geography undergraduate programs (Major, Honours, Minor, and Concentration) as part of both a Bachelor of Arts degree or a Bachelor of Science degree (including Major and Honours in Combined Geology and Geography), as well as a Master of Arts in Geography program. Links in the page menu lead to a more detailed overview of our undergraduate programs or to full descriptions of our undergraduate and M.A. in Geography program requirements. The department also contributes strongly to the Bachelor of Environmental Studies (B.E.S.) degree program offered through the Faculty of Arts, and faculty members may supervise students in the M.A. in Atlantic Canada Studies, M.A. in Global Development Studies, and M.Sc. in Applied Science programs. The Department of Geography and Environmental Studies is a part of the Saint Mary's University School of the Environment.

City: Halifax
Abbreviation: UNB
Unit: Depart ment of Earth Science
URL: https://www.unb.ca/fredericton/science/depts/earth-sciences/about/index.html
Description:

The Univeristy of New Brunswick offer a master's and a PhD in Earth Sciences. We usually have between 20 to 30 students enrolled at the graduate level, which means close one-on-one interaction between students and their supervisor. Our current departmental research areas include: applied glacial geology applied geophysics and rock physics aqueous geochemistry hydrogeology environmental geology paleoceanography and paleoecology igneous and experimental petrology mineral deposits geology impact geology including shock-induced phase transformations palaeontology including neontology and ichnology planetary geology sedimentology and structural geology Graduate students work with specific professors, who provide funding for the research project from sources like grants and research contracts. The faculty needs to know the interests of prospective students in order to make acceptance decisions. Therefore, prospective students must write a short (100-200 words) statement of their research interests before an application package is completed.

Canada (West)

City: Kelowna
Abbreviation: UBC
Unit: Department of Earth, Environmental and Geographic Sciences;Department of Geography;School of Architecture + Landscape Architecture;Faculty of Forestry;Faculty of Land and Food Systems;Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability;Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries;Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
URL: https://eegs.ok.ubc.ca/graduate/
Description:

The University of British Columbia, AKA UBC, is located in Vancouver, Canada, with campuses in Vancouver and Okanagan. It is reknowned for the geoscience, geography, and environment-related programs. UBC offers a wide range of GIS research opportunities and offers four graduate programs leading to MA, MASc, MSc, and PhD in different departments. ;PhD, MSc, MA;Landscape Architecture, Urban Design, Advanced Studies in Landscape Architecture;Master of Geomatics for Environmental Management (MGEM);Soil Science: MSc, PhD Land and Water Systems: MLWS;PhD, MSc, MASc;Resources, Environment and Sustainability: PhD, MSc, MASc;Geological Engineering: Ph.D, M.A.Sc., M.Eng. Geological Science: PhD, MSc Geophysics: PhD, MSc, MASc Oceanography:PhD, MSc Atmospheric Science: Ph.D, M.Sc

Brett Eaton : Digital GeographiesGeospatial AnalysisGISWaterIceLandscapes

Brian Klinkenberg : BiodiversityEcologyPolitics Digital GeographiesGeospatial AnalysisGIS

Dan Hiebert : CitiesEconomiesTransnational FlowsDigital GeographiesGeospatial AnalysisGIS

Dan Moore : WaterIceLandscapes

Derek Gregory : KnowledgeIdeasPractices PowerColonialismJustice WarSecurityStates

Elvin Wyly : CitiesEconomiesTransnational Flows Digital GeographiesGeospatial AnalysisGISGenderRaceClass KnowledgeIdeasPractices

Geraldine Pratt : CitiesEconomiesTransnational Flows GenderRaceClass KnowledgeIdeasPractices PowerColonialismJustice

Ian McKendry : CitiesEconomiesTransnational FlowsClimate: ScienceChangeAction

Jamie Peck : CitiesEconomiesTransnational Flows KnowledgeIdeasPractices

Jennifer Williams : BiodiversityEcologyPoliticsClimate: ScienceChangeAction

Jessica Dempsey : BiodiversityEcologyPoliticsCitiesEconomiesTransnational FlowsGenderRaceClassPowerColonialismJustice

Jessica Wang : BiodiversityEcologyPoliticsKnowledgeIdeasPracticesWarSecurityStates

Jim Glassman : CitiesEconomiesTransnational FlowsGenderRaceClassPowerColonialismJusticeWarSecurityStates

Juanita Sundberg : BiodiversityEcologyPoliticsGenderRaceClass KnowledgeIdeasPracticesPowerColonialismJustice

Karen Bakker : BiodiversityEcologyPoliticsCitiesEconomiesTransnational FlowsClimate: ScienceChangeActionDigital GeographiesGeospatial AnalysisGISKnowledgeIdeasPracticesPowerColonialismJusticeWaterIceLandscapes

Luke Bergmann : BiodiversityEcologyPolitics CitiesEconomiesTransnational flows Digital GeographiesGeospatial AnalysisGIS

Marwan Hassan : BiodiversityEcologyPoliticsDigital GeographiesGeospatial AnalysisGISWaterIceLandscapes

Matthew Evenden : BiodiversityEcologyPoliticsPowerColonialismJusticeWarSecurityStatesWaterIceLandscapes

Merje Kuus : CitiesEconomiesTransnational FlowsClimate: ScienceChangeAction KnowledgeIdeasPractices WarSecurityStates

Michele Koppes : Climate: ScienceChangeActionKnowledgeIdeasPracticesWaterIceLandscapes

Naomi Klein : Climate: ScienceChangeActionGenderRaceClassPowerColonialismJustice

Naomi Schwartz : BiodiversityEcologyPoliticsClimate: ScienceChangeActionDigital GeographiesGeospatial AnalysisGISWaterIceLandscapes

Philippe Le Billon : BiodiversityEcologyPoliticsClimate: ScienceChangeActionKnowledgeIdeasPracticesPowerColonialismJusticeWarSecurityStates

Sally Hermansen : Digital GeographiesGeospatial AnalysisGIS

Sara Knox : Climate: ScienceChangeActionWaterIceLandscapes

Simon Donner : Climate: ScienceChangeAction

Trevor Barnes : CitiesEconomiesTransnational FlowsDigital GeographiesGeospatial AnalysisGISKnowledgeIdeasPractices WarSecurityStates

Mathieu Bourbonnais : Geographic information sciencesspatial analysis and statisticsmovement ecologyremote sensing

Jonathan Cinnamon : digital geographiesdata studiesGIS and societyscience and technology studiesurban studiessurveillancedigital and visual methodsalternative urbanism

Jon Corbett : Participatory MappingGeowebCommunity Based Research

City: Calgary
Abbreviation: U-Calgary
Unit: Department of Geography;Department of Geomatics Engineering;Department of Geoscience;School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape;Centre for Environmental Engineering Research and Education
URL: https://arts.ucalgary.ca/geography
Description:

Founded in 1945 as a branch of the University of Alberta, and then as an independent institution since 1966, the University of Calgary has a reputation for geological and mapping engineering, as well as research in petroleum science. The Department of Geography at the University of Calgary offers graduate programs in geospatial science, including remote sensing, geoinformation, navigation, mapping, spatial statistics, and geographic data mining. This program also has collaborative programs with other programs in the same department (e.g., resource geography, social geography, geomorphology, glaciology, etc.). There are two types of graduate programs: project-based (including MA, MSc and PhD degrees) and lecture-based (MGIS degrees). The subject-based degree requires participation in scientific research and completion of a thesis, during which time courses closely related to the research content are required. The taught degree MGIS does not require research participation, but requires more advanced courses related to geomatics and remote sensing with more comprehensive coverage, which also takes 2 years to complete. In addition to the Department of Geography, the University’s Department of Geomatics Engineering also has a GIS-related program. The University of Calgary has a long and world-renowned history of surveying and mapping engineering, covering navigation, mobile surveying, GIS, and other fields. At present, the department is home to many famous scientists. The Department of Surveying and Mapping offers three graduate programs: a one-year taught master’s degree, a thesis master’s degree, and a PhD. The dissertation master’s degree is usually completed in 2 years, and the PhD is completed in 3-4 years. The dissertation master’s degree also has the opportunity to transfer to a PhD program.;Geomatics Engineering: PhD, MSc, MEng;Geoscience: PhD, MSc;;Landscape Architecture: MLA Environmental Design: MEDes Environmental Engineering: MEng

Darren Bender : GISquantitative spatial analysisbiogeographyecology

Stefania Bertazzon : spatial analysispublic health

Ryan Burns : digital geographysocial big datacartographyweb mapping

Victoria Fast : Canadian Urban GeographyUrban GISCritical GISFeminist GeographySmart CitiesGeographic Visualization & CartographyGIS ApplicationSociospatial analysisUrban Geography

Geoff Hay : GISspatial data scienceimage processingremote sensing

Dan Jacobson : digital humanitiescartographyhistory of GIS

Greg McDermid : remote sensingenvironmental informatics

Steve Liang : device-cloud communicationscloud-cloud communicationsgeo-sensor networksdistributed computing

Emmanuel Stefanakis : intelligent and autonomous systemsengineering for the environmentsmart cities

Xin Wang : big dataadvanced analyticsAI and data analytics

Sayeh Bayat : Artificial IntelligenceSmart CitiesHealth MonitoringMobility and DrivingHealthy Aging

City: Victoria
Abbreviation: UVic
Unit: Department of Geography;School of Earth and Ocean Sciences;School of Environmental Studies
URL: https://www.uvic.ca/socialsciences/geography/
Description:

The University of Victoria is located in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, about 90 kilometers south of Vancouver on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, with the University on the northeastern edge of the city. The University of Victoria is the second oldest university in this province after UBC and offers a wide range of program options for students. Geomatics is one of the major components of the Department of Geography at the University of Victoria. This department hosts Space Science Research Lab, The SURREAL Lab, Spectral and Remote Sensing Lab, and ICE, all of which are labs related to GIS. There are also a number of subject groups related to physical geography, climate, and oceanography. The University of Victoria also offers postgraduate degrees in Earth and Ocean Sciences and Environmental Studies, as well as MA, MSc and PhD degrees.;Earth and Ocean Sciences: PhD, MSc;Environmental Studies: PhD, MSc, MA

Rosaline Canessa : coastal GISocean mappingmarine sciencesea space visualization

Randall Scharien : remote sensingsea iceglacierclimateecosystem

Maycira Costa : remote sensingbiogeophysicsoceanography

Chris Bone : GISspatial analysisspatial simulation and modeling

Reuben Rose-Redwood : historical cartographyurban studies

City: Saskatoon
Abbreviation: USask
Unit: Department of Geography and Planning;Department of Geological Science;College of Engineering
URL: https://artsandscience.usask.ca/geography/
Description:

The University of Saskatchewan is located in the province of Saskatchewan and is the largest public university in the province. The University of Saskatchewan is located in one of Canada’s midwestern "prairie provinces" and the University’s geography-related research themes have many local features related to prairie culture and landscapes. The Department of Geography and Planning has three graduate degree programs, namely MA, MSc and PhD. Major research areas include hydrology, biogeography, environment and natural resources, Canadian First Nations, northern regional planning, and cultural geography. The department’s programs are subdivided into three categories: human and locational geography, physical and environmental geography, and geographic technologies which includes the GIS. USask also offers geography, geology and GIS related subjects in the Department of Geological Sciences and the Faculty of Engineering.;;

Jay Famiglietti : remote sensinghydrology

Xulin Guo : remote sensingecologyphysical geographyGIS

Ehab Diabt : GIStransportationland usespatial big data

Avi Akkerman : spatial modelingtransportationurban development

Scott Bell : Health geographyGeographic Information ScienceHuman spatial cognitionNavigation and wayfindingCartography

City: Burnaby
Abbreviation: SFU
Unit: Department of Geography;School of Resource and Environmental Management;Urban Studies;Department of Earth Sciences
URL: http://www.sfu.ca/geography.html
Description:

Simon Fraser University is located in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. The main campus is built on Burnaby Mountain at an elevation of 365 metres, about 15 kilometers east of Vancouver. Simon Fraser University also has campuses in Surrey and Vancouver. The SFU Department of Geography is one of the top departments in Canada, and the physical geography track (especially the study of climate change) is well known globally. Subjects and labs in the geographic information track include the Spatial Analysis and Modelling Lab (SAM), the Spatial Interface Research Lab, and the Spatial Health Group. In addition, Simon Fraser University also has graduate programs and postgraduate degrees in Earth Sciences, Environmental Management and Urban Studies.;Simon Fraser University is located in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. The main campus is built on Burnaby Mountain at an elevation of 365 metres, about 16 kilometers east of Vancouver. Simon Fraser University also has campuses in Surrey and Vancouver. The SFU Department of Geography is one of the top departments in Canada, and the physical geography track (especially the study of climate change) is well known globally. Subjects and labs in the geographic information track include the Spatial Analysis and Modelling Lab (SAM), the Spatial Interface Research Lab, and the Spatial Health Group. In addition, Simon Fraser University also has graduate programs and postgraduate degrees in Earth Sciences, Environmental Management and Urban Studies.;Simon Fraser University is located in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. The main campus is built on Burnaby Mountain at an elevation of 365 metres, about 17 kilometers east of Vancouver. Simon Fraser University also has campuses in Surrey and Vancouver. The SFU Department of Geography is one of the top departments in Canada, and the physical geography track (especially the study of climate change) is well known globally. Subjects and labs in the geographic information track include the Spatial Analysis and Modelling Lab (SAM), the Spatial Interface Research Lab, and the Spatial Health Group. In addition, Simon Fraser University also has graduate programs and postgraduate degrees in Earth Sciences, Environmental Management and Urban Studies.;Simon Fraser University is located in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. The main campus is built on Burnaby Mountain at an elevation of 365 metres, about 18 kilometers east of Vancouver. Simon Fraser University also has campuses in Surrey and Vancouver. The SFU Department of Geography is one of the top departments in Canada, and the physical geography track (especially the study of climate change) is well known globally. Subjects and labs in the geographic information track include the Spatial Analysis and Modelling Lab (SAM), the Spatial Interface Research Lab, and the Spatial Health Group. In addition, Simon Fraser University also has graduate programs and postgraduate degrees in Earth Sciences, Environmental Management and Urban Studies.

Suzana Dragicevic : GISspatial analysismodeling

Nick Hedley : geospatial interfacegeovisualization

Margaret Schmidt : spatial analysisdigital soil mappingsoil sciencenutrient cycling

Nadine Schuurman : GISpublic healthspatial analysis

City: Edmonton
Abbreviation: Alberta
Unit: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering;Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences;School of Urban and Regional Planning
URL: https://www.ualberta.ca/engineering/civil-environmental-engineering/graduate-studies/index.html
Description:

The University of Alberta, located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, is a public university with a strong research record and a reputation for excellence in petroleum sciences, geology and earth sciences. GIS-related programs at the University of Alberta are located in the Departments of Computer Science, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, and Civil and Environmental Engineering. In the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences there are Petroleum Geosciences and Earth and Atmospheric Sciences programs, where Petroleum Geosciences is only offered as an MSc degree. The Center for Intelligent Transportation established in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has faculty in transportation GIS and remote sensing. In addition the School of Urban and Regional Planning has a graduate program in Urban and Regional Planning and offers PhD and MSc graduate degrees.;;

Joerg Sander : spatial data miningspatio-temoral indexing and queryingknowledge discovery in database

Theresa Garvin : social geographyagingurban planningseniorshuman geography

Karim El-Basyouny : lidar remote sensingintelligent transportation systems

Tae J. Kwon : geostatistics in transportationgeomatics (RS/GIS)spatiotemporal analysis of road traffic and safety

Amy Kim : transportation systems analysistransportation economicsair transportationpublic transportation

Emily Grisé : transport & land use planningpedestrian & bicycle planningtravel behaviour

City: Winnipeg
Abbreviation: Manitoba
Unit: Department of Environment and Geography;Department of Geological Sciences
URL: https://umanitoba.ca/environment-earth-resources/environment-and-geography
Description:

The University of Manitoba is located in Winnipeg, the capital of the Canadian province of Manitoba, which is located in the Canadian hinterland and is full of distinctive culture and natural sceneries. The University of Manitoba is the largest public university in the province and the oldest in the western provinces of Canada. Today, the University of Manitoba has three campuses: Bannatyne, Fort Garry (main) and William Norrie Centre. The University of Manitoba’s Department of Environment and Geography is known for its remote sensing and Arctic research. The department has many faculty members who use remote sensing, spatial statistics and numerical simulation to study the marine, environmental, ecological, and glacial aspects of the Arctic, and is also equipped with world-leading research equipment. Graduate degrees offered by the department include MA, MSc, MEnv and PhD. Within the graduate degrees, MA and PhD are usually awarded to students in human geography, MSc, MEnv and PhD are awarded to students in environmental science, and the remaining students (physical geography, ecogeography, remote sensing, GIS, etc.) usually receive an MSc degree. The University of Manitoba also has a Department of Earth Sciences, which offers graduate subjects in the direction of geological sciences and offers graduate degrees such as MSc and PhD.;

David G. Barber : remote sensingsea iceearth system scienceArctic

Lisa Loseto : geobiologyspatial analysis and modelingArctic ecosystem

Jens Ehn : remote sensingmodelingoceanographysea ice physics

John Hanesiak : remote sensingnumerical methodsArctic environmentclimate

Dustin Isleifson : remote sensingnumerical modelsArctic Ocean

Stephane McLachlan : spatial analysisecologyenvironmental restorationrisk analysis

Ronald Stewart : remote sensingmodelingclimatologyRocky MountainsArctic

David Walker : quantitative methodsterrestrial ecologyapplied GISgeostatistics

Jiating Li : Proximal and remote sensingoptical sensorsrobotics and automation systemsInternet of Thingsartificial intelligenceand process-based models

City: Prince George
Abbreviation: UNBC
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://www2.unbc.ca/geography/graduate-programs
Description:

The University of Northern British Columbia is a small, research-intensive public university in British Columbia, Canada. The main campus is located in Prince George, with additional campuses located in Prince Rupert, Terrace, Quesnel, and Fort St. John. Graduate students at UNBC can choose from a set of interdisciplinary graduate degrees in Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (NRES) and Interdisciplinary Studies.

Roger Wheate : CartographyGISremote sensingmap design and usemapping from satellite image data

City: Lethbridge
Abbreviation: Lethbridge
Unit: Department of Geography & Environment
URL: https://www.ulethbridge.ca/artsci/geography
Description:

The University of Lethbridge is located in southern Alberta, and has an enrollment of over 7,500 undergraduate students and about 550 graduate students. The Department of Geography & Environment has a current enrollment of approximately 30 graduate students, 20 of which are studying at the master’s level.

Chris Hopkinson : Natural resources assessment and environmental modeling through the integration of GIS and terrestrialairborne and satellite lidar remote sensing

Stefan W Kienzle : Modeling impacts of environmental change on watershed hydrologyCreation of a digital Hydro-climatological Atlas of AlbertaGIS Applications in Wildlife Habitat and Behaviour

Derek Peddle : Remote Sensing and GISSpatial Analysis and Computational Methods

Wei Xu : Chinaurban and regional developmentlabor market dynamicsland use changewater resource managementresearch methods and GIS

City: Regina
Abbreviation: Regina
Unit: Department of Geography & Environmental Studies
URL: https://www.uregina.ca/arts/geography/faculty-staff/index.html
Description:

The University of Regina is well-reputed for having a focus on experiential learning and offers internships, professional placements and practicums in addition to cooperative education placements. However, graduate program at the Department of Geography has been suspended until further notice. The Department is not currently offering a regular graduate program.

Julia Siemer : Analysis and mapping of food accessibilityPopulation cartographyThematic cartographyVisualization in geographic information systems

City: Brandon
Abbreviation: Brandon
Unit: Department of Geography and Environment
URL: https://www.brandonu.ca/geography/
Description:

Brandon University offers a graduate degree in Interdisciplinary Master of Science in Environmental and Life Sciences (MELS) program. The department of Geography and Environment is one of the ‘core’ departments, along with Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science and Geology. The department hosts the Centre for Geomatics, which is a dedicated computer lab with facilities for geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing and cartography. In addition, The John Langton Tyman Geography Reading Room houses a collection of atlases and topographic maps of Manitoba and Canada, as well as maps from around the world.

Dion J. Wiseman : Application of GIS and remote sensing technologies for paleoenvironmental landscape reconstruction and geoarchaeological investigations

City: Thunder Bay
Abbreviation: Lakehead
Unit: Department of Geography and Environment
URL: https://www.lakeheadu.ca/programs/departments/geography
Description:

Lakehead University offers a Master of Environmental Studies degree as an interdisciplinary area of study that has its roots in both the sciences and social sciences such as anthropology, environmental studies and environmental science, human and physical geography, history, leisure studies, psychology and sociology. The program is designed to train graduates to investigate, understand and appreciate issues from a multidisciplinary perspective, providing students with the skills to meet the challenges of human-environment interactions and issues faced by communities, industries, governments and services. The research focus of the program requires designing and conducting research that will result in a final thesis for external defense.

City: Windsor
Abbreviation: UWindsor
Unit: School of Environment
URL: https://www.uwindsor.ca/science/environment/
Description:

The School of the Environment offers a research-based, graduate degree program in Earth Sciences at the levels of M.Sc. and Ph.D.. The program is supported by research-active faculty, a variety of high-quality research facilities and equipment, and research partnerships within and outside of the University of Windsor, such as the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research (GLIER).

City: Winnipeg
Abbreviation: UWinnipeg
Unit: Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences and Department of Geography
URL: https://www.uwinnipeg.ca/geography/index.html
Description:

In the two-year Environmental & Social Change program, students focus on human roles in the environment by engaging in cutting-edge research at the intersection of natural and social sciences. This unique interdisciplinary training experience fosters the knowledge, skills, and professional abilities to address complex human environmental issues. The Master in Environmental & Social Change program offered through the Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences and Department of Geography at The University of Winnipeg has 16 fully funded positions for excellent students.

Christopher Storie : GISUrban SystemsRemote Sensing

Puerto Rico (USA)

City: San Juan
Abbreviation: UPR
Unit: The Graduate School of Planning
URL: http://planificacion.uprrp.edu/?page_id=445
Description:

该校规划硕士项目的重点研究领域包括城市和土地规划、社会与环境规划以及社区的经济发展规划。当前的规划方法被几个框架影响，包括国际经济秩序的变化（全球化）、政府权力下放和向市政当局转移权力和权限，以及社区和私营部门更多地参与决策和公共利益干预的现象。规划研究硕士项目研究的主要挑战包括：城市郊区扩张、生活质量恶化、不平等和社会边缘化、环境和自然资源的污染和退化，以及在全球、区域和大部分国家（包括波多黎各）视角下的自然资源状况。

Costa Rica

City: San José
Abbreviation: UCR
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://www.geografia.fcs.ucr.ac.cr/
Description:

The program consists of two stages; each stage has 30 credits. Stage 1 involves the same courses as the current Advanced Diploma, and is available both face-to-face and online; the Stage 2 courses will be delivered online, with face-to-face or online supervision and defence of the research project.

City: San José
Abbreviation: SJSU
Unit: College of Social Sciences
URL: https://www.sjsu.edu/socialsciences/
Description:

San José State University (SJSU) is a comprehensive public university located in San José, California, and is well known for its close ties to Silicon Valley and its diverse, multicultural environment. The university is committed to educating students with strong innovative and practical skills while serving local communities, industry, and global society. Within SJSU, the College of Social Sciences has developed distinctive strengths in geography and spatial studies. Supported by multiple research institutes and centers, its core research areas focus on environmental sustainability, urban and regional studies, geographic information science (GIS), spatial data analysis, land use and planning, climate change, human–environment interactions, and social equity and public policy, emphasizing the integration of geographic theory and spatial technologies with real-world challenges. Building on these strengths, the college offers several related graduate programs, including Environmental Studies, MS, Geographic Information Science (GISc), MS, Geography, MA, and Urban Planning, MUP.

Marcel Moran : Urban planningpolicyurban transportation

Panama

City: Panama City
Abbreviation: UP
Unit: Faculty of Humanities
URL: https://fachumanidades.up.ac.pa/maestrias
Description:

The University of Panama is the country’s oldest and largest public university. The URL you provided leads to the Faculty of Humanities master’s programmes page. According to that official page, the faculty currently lists several geography-related master’s degrees, including the Master’s in Geography with an emphasis in Environmental Territorial Planning, the Master’s in Geography with an emphasis in Urban Planning, and the Master’s in Regional Geography.

Together, these programmes suggest a graduate geography portfolio oriented toward applied territorial analysis within a humanities-based academic structure. The Environmental Territorial Planning track emphasizes land-use organization, environmental governance, and territorial management. The Urban Planning track focuses on urban spatial development and planning practice. The Regional Geography programme is more closely aligned with regional analysis, spatial differentiation, and place-based development issues. While the page provides concise programme listings rather than extensive descriptions, it clearly confirms that the university maintains multiple graduate pathways in geography.

Mexico

City: Guanajuato
Abbreviation: UGTO
Unit: Urban and Regional Planning
URL: http://www.posgrados.ugto.mx/Posgrado/Default.aspx?p=170311
Description:

University of Guanajuato has a urban planning master’s program. It also provide undegraduate trainings in geomatics under its engineering department.

City: Mexico City
Abbreviation: UNAM
Unit: Social Sciences
URL: https://www.posgrado.unam.mx/oferta/
Description:

The National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) is one of Latin America’s leading research universities. The URL you provided points to UNAM’s general graduate studies portal, while the more specific official page for geography is the Posgrado en Geografía. According to that site, UNAM’s graduate training in geography is formally organized through the Master’s in Geography and the Doctorate in Geography.

The Master’s in Geography is a four-semester programme designed to provide broad and rigorous training for advanced research, teaching, knowledge dissemination, and professional practice in geography. The programme is structured around several fields of knowledge, including Society and Territory, Territorial Planning, Environmental Geography, Integrated Landscape Management, and Geomatics.

The Doctorate in Geography is a tutorial and research-based programme with a maximum duration of eight semesters. It is centered on original research conducted under the guidance of a supervisory committee and aims to prepare scholars capable of advancing geographic knowledge, contributing to the training of future geographers, and addressing socio-environmental problems through high-level territorial research. The programme website also notes that the graduate programme is supported jointly by UNAM’s Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, the Institute of Geography, and the Center for Research in Environmental Geography (CIGA) in Morelia, reflecting a strong inter-institutional academic structure.

City: Merida
Abbreviation: RCGG
Unit: Centro de Investigación en Ciencias de Información Geoespacial (CentroGeo)
URL: -
Description:

CentroGeo is a public research center belonging to the CONACYT network of research centers, whose goal is to develop scientific research activities, advanced human resources training, technological development and socially relevant innovation through geospatial information science methods. Research themes are demography, spatial statistics, urban planning, geopolitics, geocomputing, logistics, climate, and spatial econometrics etc. This center offers several master’s and doctoral degrees: Master or PhD in Geospatial Information - Merida, Mexico Master in Mobility and Logistics Master in Spatial Planning Specialty in Transportation and Logistics Specialty in Geology

Trinidad and Tobago

City: St. Augustine
Abbreviation: UWI-SA
Unit: Department of Geography
URL: https://sta.uwi.edu/ffa/geography/
Description:

The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, located in Trinidad and Tobago, houses the Department of Geography within the Faculty of Food and Agriculture. According to the department’s official postgraduate pages, the department currently offers the MPhil in Geography and the PhD in Geography.

These research degrees are designed to provide high-quality training in multidisciplinary geographical research methods and to support work on regionally important and internationally relevant topics. The department states that postgraduate candidates develop research in areas aligned with staff expertise and join an expanding interdisciplinary research community focused on geographic issues of importance to the Caribbean and beyond.

In terms of structure, MPhil students are normally required to complete at least 6 credits of coursework, while PhD students complete at least 9 credits, including the required course GEOG 6000 Philosophy and Practice of Research in Geography. Students also complete assessed graduate seminar requirements, with at least two seminars at the MPhil level and at least three at the PhD level. Both degrees are examined by thesis, and the PhD additionally requires a public oral defence. The department also notes that qualified students may progress from the MPhil to the PhD under established upgrade procedures.