Why This Programme? This programme meets the academic requirements for membership of relevant professional bodies and is accredited by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors. If you are seeking a career in geomatics: land and engineering surveying; hydrographic surveying; land registration/cadastre and LIS; photogrammetric and remote sensing engineering; management of geospatial information; this programme is for you.
The School of Geographical and Earth Sciences is proud to announce that it is ranked 28th in the world (QS World Rankings 2016). The School is consistently ranked amongst the top 10 in the UK and top 5 in Scotland, recently achieving 2nd in Scotland and 9th in the UK (Guardian University Guide 2017). The MSc in Geospatial and Mapping Sciences is an industry-sponsored programme and has been developed in close collaboration with industry to meet global demand for professionals in this field.
You will benefit from access to the latest surveying equipment and software, including RTK GPS and terrestrial laser scanners. Textbooks for semester 1 courses are included in fees; and you will attend a week long practical surveying course (included in fees).
Career Prospects: Career opportunities include land surveyor, engineering surveyor, hydrographic surveyor, GIS specialist, environmental consulting. There is currently a very high demand for surveyors, especially in hydrographic survey, in support of offshore oil and renewable energy engineering and maintenance. Several of the key employers visit us each year to recruit students. In addition to the offshore energy industry, land surveyors are in demand in many parts of the world to support mining operations, major civil engineering projects and to provide surveying services for Land Registration.
A strong background in data capture, datums and co-ordinate systems, and data processing can also be of value in the GIS and environmental management sectors. Graduates of this programme have gone on to positions such as: Offshore Surveyor at NCS Survey, Hydrographic Surveyor at Subsea 7Offshore Surveyor at Subsea 7Analyst at Morgan Stanley, Offshore Surveyor at UTEC Offshore Surveyor at iSurvey Offshore Ltd Research Scientist Associate at a university, Fellow at European Organisation for Nuclear Research, Offshore Surveyor at Marine Offshore Designer, Hydrographic Surveyor at UTEC Assistant Land Surveyor at UTEC Star net, Trainee Surveyor at Fugro Hydrographic Surveyor at Harkand Andrews Survey, Offshore Supporter at Subsea 7Offshore Surveyor at Fugro Offshore Hydrographic Surveyor at UTEC, Graduate Supervisor at AECOMGIS Technician at Farazamin Company Tehran, Graduate Surveyor at Met Geo Environmental Ltd.
University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Why This Programme? This programme meets the academic requirements for membership of relevant professional bodies and is accredited by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors. If you are seeking a career in geomatics: land and engineering surveying; hydrographic surveying; land registration/cadastre and LIS; photogrammetric and remote sensing engineering; management of geospatial information; this programme is for you.
The School of Geographical and Earth Sciences is proud to announce that it is ranked 28th in the world (QS World Rankings 2016). The School is consistently ranked amongst the top 10 in the UK and top 5 in Scotland, recently achieving 2nd in Scotland and 9th in the UK (Guardian University Guide 2017). The MSc in Geospatial and Mapping Sciences is an industry-sponsored programme and has been developed in close collaboration with industry to meet global demand for professionals in this field.
You will benefit from access to the latest surveying equipment and software, including RTK GPS and terrestrial laser scanners. Textbooks for semester 1 courses are included in fees; and you will attend a week long practical surveying course (included in fees).
Career Prospects: Career opportunities include land surveyor, engineering surveyor, hydrographic surveyor, GIS specialist, environmental consulting. There is currently a very high demand for surveyors, especially in hydrographic survey, in support of offshore oil and renewable energy engineering and maintenance. Several of the key employers visit us each year to recruit students. In addition to the offshore energy industry, land surveyors are in demand in many parts of the world to support mining operations, major civil engineering projects and to provide surveying services for Land Registration.
A strong background in data capture, datums and co-ordinate systems, and data processing can also be of value in the GIS and environmental management sectors. Graduates of this programme have gone on to positions such as: Offshore Surveyor at NCS Survey, Hydrographic Surveyor at Subsea 7Offshore Surveyor at Subsea 7Analyst at Morgan Stanley, Offshore Surveyor at UTEC Offshore Surveyor at iSurvey Offshore Ltd Research Scientist Associate at a university, Fellow at European Organisation for Nuclear Research, Offshore Surveyor at Marine Offshore Designer, Hydrographic Surveyor at UTEC Assistant Land Surveyor at UTEC Star net, Trainee Surveyor at Fugro Hydrographic Surveyor at Harkand Andrews Survey, Offshore Supporter at Subsea 7Offshore Surveyor at Fugro Offshore Hydrographic Surveyor at UTEC, Graduate Supervisor at AECOMGIS Technician at Farazamin Company Tehran, Graduate Surveyor at Met Geo Environmental Ltd.
University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
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