MSc Environmental Drone Remote Sensing

1 Year On Campus Masters Program

Swansea University

Program Overview

This MSc programme teaches the knowledge, skills and understanding to create and utilise high resolution remote sensing data for real world, practical applications, using sensors flown on drone platforms.Students will gain the skills, experience and knowledge to operate a drone safely and within current Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) regulations. This will comprise theoretical and practical flight training and assessment. This component will be taught in part by an external CAA accredited training provider and students will graduate with the additional CAA drone/UAV remote pilot competency accreditation: General Visual line of sight Certificate (GVC).

Program Key Stats

£21000 (Annual cost)
Sept Intake : 31st Jul


Eligibility Criteria


6.5
1300
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Additional Information & Requirements

Career Options

  • Remote Sensing
  • Climate and Vegetation Modelling
  • Drone Photographer and Filmmaker
  • Precision Agriculture Surveyor
  • Geo-spatial Data Analyst
  • Drone 3D Modeler 

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