Master in Geographic Information System GIS

The postgraduate programme in Geographic Information System (GIS) focuses on the integration of hardware, software for capturing, managing, manipulating, analysing, and displaying all forms of geographically referenced information (spatial) data and the utilisation of a GIS that reveals relationships. This field covers GIS concepts including spatial data structures, data sources and transfer methods, projections and coordinate systems, georeferencing, metadata, supporting software, global positioning systems, the acquisition and compilation of data from maps, field surveys, aerial photographs and satellite images, the integration of remote sensing and GIS, as well as fundamental and advanced spatial analysis techniques such as overlay, extraction, and interpolation, etc.