- UAB University Master's Degree
- Credits: 60 ECTS credits
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Course begins on 02/10/2025
Course ends on 22/05/2026 -
Beginning of the pre-enrolment period 13/01/2025
See the calendar - Pre-registration period: Open
- Places: 25 places
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Price: EU students: € 90 per credit. This includes taxes and student insurance.
Non-EU students: € 115 per credit. This includes taxes and student insurance.
5% disc. Alumni UAB (applicable only on the first enrolment of the whole course) Best students’ award: upon completion of the Master, students with better marks will receive a prize of € 1500. A prize will be awarded for every five students. - Language: Spanish (80%) and Catalan (20%)
- Mode: Classroom-based learning
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Teaching centre:
Escola Fundació Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona-Formació (affiliated school)
Place: UAB Foundation, Edifici Blanc, Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès), Barcelona. Tel. +34 93 592 97 10. How to get there
The techniques of remote sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are essential for studying the Earth and managing its resources, for both academic and business purposes, in such varied fields as the following.
- Instruments: satellites, drones, GPS systems.
- Geographical information: cartographic institutes, Bing and Google Maps, OpenStreetMap, etc.
- Cataloguing data and metadata in spatial data infrastructures.
- Software, such as the free programme MiraMon.
This programme has a scientific and technical orientation and gives training in Earth-observation techniques, and in the generation and analysis of information for studying the territory and managing its resources through GIS. It is taught in collaboration with CREAF, GRUMETS, MiraMon and Copernicus Academy.
Student profile
Graduates interested in the fundamental principles and application of remote sensing and/or GIS within these disciplines:
- Geography, Biology, Environmental Science, Geology, Geodesy, Topography, Agricultural Engineering and others related to environmental and regional management.
- Physics, Mathematics, Statistics, Informatics, Telecommunication Engineering.
The master's degree is taught in classroom-based modality and simultaneously in streaming for specific accesses.
The face-to-face classes are held in the Edifici Blanc (UAB Foundation headquarters, Vila Universitària area), which has computers with a connection through the Anella Científica and the most used specialized software in the academic and professional world (MiraMon, ENVI, ArcGis Pro, QGIS).
Career options
- Specialist in remote sensing and GIS in private companies or public authorities that make wide use of GIS and need personnel with advanced knowledge to manage geospatial data on a daily basis.
- Researcher in both methods and in remote sensing and GIS applications at universities and research centres.
Testimonials
Work placements
The master's degree does not include internships in companies.
Specific grants for this master's degree
Information on calls for grants, prizes or subsidies aimed at the university community can be found on the UAB grants portal. This portal includes all grants offered at the UAB, plus certain calls from other institutions.
The portal has a specific section for official master's degree grants.
Specific grants for this master's degree
Best students’ award: upon completion of the Master, students with better marks will receive a prize of € 1500. A prize will be awarded for every five students. For the purpose of awarding the prize, students who have completed the entire Master's degree this academic year and who have not spent more than 2 academic years completing it or repeated any subjects between the 2 years will be taken into account. Students who complete the Master's degree in 2 academic years are only counted and are only eligible for the prize in the 2nd academic year.
Coordinator university:
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