Education

PRIMARY COURSES

Bachelor / Master
Geography & Geomatics

The Bachelor's and Master's programs in Geography and Geomatics are organized by the Faculty of Science and conducted primarily by the Department of Geography.

Unique in Belgium due to the integrated and interdisciplinary combination of geography and geomatics.

Individuality and mission built around spatial and relational thinking and action.

Program formed around six global curricula.
General science courses

Introductory geography courses: physical, human and economic geography

Introductory geomatics courses: geographic information systems (GIS), topography, cartography

Bachelor's thesis
BACHELOR

Bachelor of
Geography & Geomatics

3 year / 180 credits

General basic training in which the basics of geographic/spatial research are taught.

MASTER-AFTER-BACHELOR

Master of
Geography & Geomatics

2 year / 120 credits

In-depth content with the goal of conducting independent scientific research in a subfield of geography or geomatics.

General training units

Major Physical Geography
Major Landscape Research
Major Urban Geography
Major Cartography and GIS
Major Topography

Minor Research and development
Minor Environment and planning
Minor Surveying

Master's thesis

Interested in studying Geography and Geomatics?

On the website "Dit is Geografie - Dit is Geomatica" you will find several videos about the different topics covered in the programme, and what it looks like as a whole. You will also find information on info days, open days and more.
DUTCH ONLY

DIT IS
GEOGRAFIE
DIT IS
GEOMATICA
SECONDARY COURSES

Educational Master of Science in Science and Technology (Geography and Geomatics)

2 year / 120 credits

Specific teacher training for training teachers, lecturers and instructors in education.

Geography secondary school teacher (2nd and 3rd grade)

Higher education teacher

Adult education teacher

Unique in Belgium

Together with Institute for Hydrography at the Higher School of Navigation

No specific hydrographic prior knowledge required
SECONDARY COURSES

Postgraduate Hydrography B

In English

Gaining practical insights into hydrography.

The accreditation granted qualifies the full graduate student as a Hydrographic Surveyor - level B.

Wijzende hand

UGent Study Guide

www.studiekiezer.ugent.be

On the UGent Study Guide website, you'll find every possible detail about bachelor's and master's programmes in Geography & Geomatics, educational masters, switch programmes and more.


SERVICES

Education Committee

For questions, comments,... about courses organized by the
Department of Geography, please contact the core team of the
the Education Committee.

Portrait chair education committee
Prof. dr. Veerle Van Eetvelde
CHAIR
Portrait vice chair education committee
Prof. dr. Haosheng Huang
VICE CHAIR
Portrait Secretary education committee
Dr. Maite Dewinter
SECRETARY
Portrait Collaborator education committee
Thérèse Ongena
COLLABORATOR