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Yelbek Utepov, PhD, MSc (Kazakhstan)
Alumni Spatial…
Ever since GPS, mobile phones and the Internet have become an integral and necessary part of everyday life, the role of geographic information systems (GIS) can no longer be disputed. An abundance of desktop, Web and mobile applications are processing Geodata and Geoinformation, hence enabling a wide variety of applications. Environmental protection, route planning, disaster management, crime analysis, geodata collection or demographics are just a few examples of the critical role spatial information plays in our lives.
The Master degree program „Spatial Information Management” (SIM) focuses on a range of specialised areas within geoinformatics, namely, natural hazards and risk management, site potential analysis, infrastructure planning, water resources management or traffic simulation and modeling. This program helps to make learners “spatially aware” and further to develop the expertise required to compete in the international job market. Needless to say, GIS experts are in higher demand than ever before. Through project- and problem-oriented learning, students apply the theory of GIS and the skills learned from working with GI technologies to practical applications.
Students who choose the SIM program benefit from its extensive international network. Working in close collaboration with acclaimed partners in research and development, academia, public authorities, NGOs and private industry has led to experts with first-hand practical experience being invited as guest lecturers. And because of their broad and extensive knowledge and skills, students learn subjects like, spatial decision support, geomarketing or data modelling, by means of a highly practical approach.
Legal aspects and the societal impact of Geoinformation are also part of the SIM degree program. In addition, team building and leadership or technical and business communication are taught and practiced. In the second semester students choose between three areas of specialization: Environmental Monitoring & Security Management, Geoinformatics, or Spatial Technology Management. The fourth semester is entirely dedicated to producing a Master thesis that could include various areas of Geoinformation such as environmental monitoring, spatial analysis, big data, cartography, photogrammetry, sensors, terrain analysis, or urban planning.
The Master degree program “Spatial Information Management” is a two year graduate program that qualifies students for a wide variety of careers in various areas of GIS. Graduates of “Spatial Information Management” provide fast, up-to-date and accurate integration, analysis, simulation and visualization of the relevant spatial situation to stakeholders and decision makers.
The SIM faculty has built an extensive network to the GIS professionals’ community and connects its students to high profile institutions of research, development and academics. With applied research for solving real life problems as the core of effective education, it follows that most of the thesis projects are conducted in cooperation with partners in public administration, academia and the private sector. Students can pursue their interests by choosing one of the three areas of specialization: Environmental Monitoring & Security Management, Geoinformatics, or Spatial Technology Management. SIM keeps up-to-date with developments in GIScience and relevant fields by, for example, inviting distinguished scholars and young researchers to the “GI Research Colloquium” where talks are given on hot topics ranging from dealing with big data or geovisual analytics to open source software solutions or sensors on drones.
Engineering & IT is an unbelievably fascinating field of applied sciences. This area is characterized mainly by creativity, innovation and design. Engineering & IT is also a rapidly developing area, crucial for the economic development of a region.
The students of the School of Engineering & IT should demonstrate strengths in the following areas:
Graduates of the Master Degree Program Spatial Information Management are able to:
Lecture | Type | SPPS | ECTS-Credits | Course number |
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Advanced Concepts and Applications of GIS&T | ILV | 3,0 | 3,0 | M-SIM1.05 |
Discrete Combinatorial Optimization | ILV | 2,0 | 2,0 | M-SIM1.07 |
Geodata Integration | ILV | 1,0 | 2,0 | M-SIM1.11 |
Introduction to GIS&T | SE | 2,0 | 4,0 | M-SIM1.01 |
Introduction to Spatial Decision Support Systems | ILV | 5,0 | 5,0 | M-SIM1.09 |
Introduction to Spatial Information Management | SE | 1,0 | 1,0 | M-SIM1.02 |
Legal & Social Aspects | ILV | 2,0 | 2,0 | M-SIM1.06 |
Principles of Computer Science | SE | 2,0 | 3,0 | M-SIM1.04 |
Principles of Mathematics | SE | 2,0 | 2,0 | M-SIM1.03 |
Standards & Interoperability | ILV | 2,0 | 3,0 | M-SIM1.10 |
Statistical Spatial Analysis | ILV | 2,0 | 3,0 | M-SIM1.08 |
Lecture | Type | SPPS | ECTS-Credits | Course number |
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3D Modeling and Spatio-Temporal Analysis and Modeling | ILV | 2,0 | 2,0 | M-SIM3.09 |
Entrepreneurship | ILV | 3,0 | 3,0 | M-SIM3.01 |
Geovisualization | ILV | 2,0 | 3,0 | M-SIM3.03 |
International Collaboration and Project Funding | SE | 1,0 | 2,0 | M-SIM3.02 |
Project | PT | 5,0 | 5,0 | M-SIM3.05 |
Project Development | SE | 3,0 | 3,0 | M-SIM3.07 |
Project Monitoring | SE | 2,0 | 2,0 | M-SIM3.06 |
Spatial Simulation Technologies | ILV | 2,0 | 3,0 | M-SIM3.08 |
User Interface Design | ILV | 2,0 | 2,0 | M-SIM3.04 |
Specialization Area: Environmental Monitoring & Security Management | Type | SPPS | ECTS-Credits | Course number |
Risk Management | ILV | 2,0 | 2,0 | M-SIM3.15 |
Spatial Security & Crime Analysis | ILV | 2,0 | 3,0 | M-SIM3.14 |
Lecture | Type | SPPS | ECTS-Credits | Course number |
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Data Mining | ILV | 4,0 | 5,0 | M-SIM2.07 |
Project Management and GIS | SE | 2,0 | 3,0 | M-SIM2.04 |
Proposal Writing | SE | 2,0 | 2,0 | M-SIM2.01 |
Selected Aspects of Operations Research | ILV | 4,0 | 5,0 | M-SIM2.03 |
Spatio- Temporal Databases | ILV | 4,0 | 5,0 | M-SIM2.06 |
Teambuilding and Leadership | SE | 2,0 | 2,0 | M-SIM2.05 |
Technical and Business Communications | ILV | 2,0 | 3,0 | M-SIM2.02 |
Specialization Area: Geoinformatics | Type | SPPS | ECTS-Credits | Course number |
Applied Internet Technologies | ILV | 3,0 | 3,0 | M-SIM2.08 |
GIS Services | ILV | 2,0 | 2,0 | M-SIM2.09 |
Lecture | Type | SPPS | ECTS-Credits | Course number |
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Master Thesis | MT | 0,0 | 25,0 | M-SIM4.01 |
Master Thesis - Seminar | SE | 4,0 | 5,0 | M-SIM4.02 |
Lecture | Type | SPPS | ECTS-Credits | Course number |
---|---|---|---|---|
Advanced Concepts and Applications of GIS&T | ILV | 3,0 | 3,0 | M-SIM1.05 |
Discrete Combinatorial Optimization | ILV | 2,0 | 2,0 | M-SIM1.07 |
Geodata Integration | ILV | 1,0 | 2,0 | M-SIM1.11 |
Introduction to GIS&T | SE | 2,0 | 4,0 | M-SIM1.01 |
Introduction to Spatial Decision Support Systems | ILV | 5,0 | 5,0 | M-SIM1.09 |
Introduction to Spatial Information Management | SE | 1,0 | 1,0 | M-SIM1.02 |
Legal & Social Aspects | ILV | 2,0 | 2,0 | M-SIM1.06 |
Principles of Computer Science | SE | 2,0 | 3,0 | M-SIM1.04 |
Principles of Mathematics | SE | 2,0 | 2,0 | M-SIM1.03 |
Standards & Interoperability | ILV | 2,0 | 3,0 | M-SIM1.10 |
Statistical Spatial Analysis | ILV | 2,0 | 3,0 | M-SIM1.08 |
Optional subject | Type | SPPS | ECTS-Credits | Course number |
English | SE | 2,0 | 2,0 | M-SIM1.12 |
German | SE | 2,0 | 2,0 | M-SIM1.13 |
Spanish M1 | SE | 2,0 | 2,0 | M-SIM1.14 |
Lecture | Type | SPPS | ECTS-Credits | Course number |
---|---|---|---|---|
3D Modeling and Spatio-Temporal Analysis and Modeling | ILV | 2,0 | 2,0 | M-SIM3.09 |
Entrepreneurship | ILV | 3,0 | 3,0 | M-SIM3.01 |
Geovisualization | ILV | 2,0 | 3,0 | M-SIM3.03 |
International Collaboration and Project Funding | SE | 1,0 | 2,0 | M-SIM3.02 |
Project | PT | 5,0 | 5,0 | M-SIM3.05 |
Project Development | SE | 3,0 | 3,0 | M-SIM3.07 |
Project Monitoring | SE | 2,0 | 2,0 | M-SIM3.06 |
Spatial Simulation Technologies | ILV | 2,0 | 3,0 | M-SIM3.08 |
User Interface Design | ILV | 2,0 | 2,0 | M-SIM3.04 |
Specialization Area: Environmental Monitoring & Security Management | Type | SPPS | ECTS-Credits | Course number |
Risk Management | ILV | 2,0 | 2,0 | M-SIM3.15 |
Spatial Security & Crime Analysis | ILV | 2,0 | 3,0 | M-SIM3.14 |
Specialization Area: Geoinformatics | Type | SPPS | ECTS-Credits | Course number |
Distributed Computing | ILV | 2,0 | 2,0 | M-SIM3.11 |
Mobile GIS | ILV | 2,0 | 3,0 | M-SIM3.10 |
Specialization Area: Spatial Technology Management | Type | SPPS | ECTS-Credits | Course number |
Product and Service Development | SE | 2,0 | 2,0 | M-SIM3.13 |
Technology Management | SE | 2,0 | 3,0 | M-SIM3.12 |
Optional subject | Type | SPPS | ECTS-Credits | Course number |
German M3 | SE | 2,0 | 2,0 | M-SIM3.16 |
Spanish M3 | SE | 2,0 | 2,0 | M-SIM3.17 |
Lecture | Type | SPPS | ECTS-Credits | Course number |
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Data Mining | ILV | 4,0 | 5,0 | M-SIM2.07 |
Project Management and GIS | SE | 2,0 | 3,0 | M-SIM2.04 |
Proposal Writing | SE | 2,0 | 2,0 | M-SIM2.01 |
Selected Aspects of Operations Research | ILV | 4,0 | 5,0 | M-SIM2.03 |
Spatio- Temporal Databases | ILV | 4,0 | 5,0 | M-SIM2.06 |
Teambuilding and Leadership | SE | 2,0 | 2,0 | M-SIM2.05 |
Technical and Business Communications | ILV | 2,0 | 3,0 | M-SIM2.02 |
Specialization Area: Environmental Monitoring & Security Management | Type | SPPS | ECTS-Credits | Course number |
Introduction to Environmental Monitoring | SE | 1,0 | 1,0 | M-SIM2.13 |
Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing | SE | 2,0 | 2,0 | M-SIM2.14 |
Sensor Technologies | SE | 2,0 | 2,0 | M-SIM2.12 |
Specialization Area: Geoinformatics | Type | SPPS | ECTS-Credits | Course number |
Applied Internet Technologies | ILV | 3,0 | 3,0 | M-SIM2.08 |
GIS Services | ILV | 2,0 | 2,0 | M-SIM2.09 |
Specialization Area: Spatial Technology Management | Type | SPPS | ECTS-Credits | Course number |
Location Analysis and GIS | SE | 3,0 | 3,0 | M-SIM2.10 |
Sales and Marketing | SE | 2,0 | 2,0 | M-SIM2.11 |
Optional subject | Type | SPPS | ECTS-Credits | Course number |
German M2 | SE | 2,0 | 2,0 | M-SIM2.15 |
Spanish M2 | SE | 2,0 | 2,0 | M-SIM2.16 |
Lecture | Type | SPPS | ECTS-Credits | Course number |
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Master Thesis | MT | 0,0 | 25,0 | M-SIM4.01 |
Master Thesis - Seminar | SE | 4,0 | 5,0 | M-SIM4.02 |
The development of spatial scenarios opens a whole new world of professional opportunities. Highly qualified experts with the knowledge and skills we train in are in high demand and are needed to help find solutions for the challenges of our times. Such challenges include the increasing threat caused by terrorism, the shortage of natural resources, traffic congestion or the monitoring of the health for the elderly. For these reasons, our graduates have excellent and exciting international career opportunities – within a broad spectrum of application fields such as:
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Oswald Jochum, MAFH-Prof. Dr.-Ing.
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Adrijana CarFH-Prof. Mag. Dr.
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Dominik Rauner-ReithmayerFH-Prof. DI Dr.
Erich Alois HartliebDI (FH)
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Ulf Erich ScherlingDipl.-Ing. Dr. techn.
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Johannes HatzlDr.
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Peter MandlDr.
Ingo SimonisDr. jur.
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