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CHARTING TODAY'S GLOBAL CHALLENGES WITH THE USE OF GEO-INFORMATION AND EARTH OBSERVATION SCIENCE.

ITC is the University of Twente’s Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation. The Faculty ITC is among the world's top ten institutes for academic education, scientific research and technology development in earth observation and geo-information. Our people are engaged worldwide in realising the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in food security and agriculture, energy transition, geo-health, climate change adaptation, urban development and smart cities, disaster risk reduction, and land administration. 

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Latest news from the Faculty ITC

Construction of LILa started on University of Twente campus
LILa will house more than fifteen experimental setups, both above and below ground
A conversation with Claudia Paris, Teacher of the Year 2021/2022 at the ITC Faculty
Claudia Paris is an assistant professor from the Natural Resources Department of the ITC Faculty who was recently voted by ITC students as Teacher of the Year 2021/2022. This recognition from students comes from her teaching approach, connecting with students on a personal level and encouraging their autonomy while offering constant support.
Resilience Reflections #8: Reconsidering Human Resilience
Recognising the urgent need to respond to rapid societal and environmental change, resilience is one of the University of Twente’s spearheads. As an academic institution, we have a role to play in strengthening the resilience of the social, technological and environmental systems that support us. In this weekly series of the Resilience@UT programme, UT researchers share their personal reflections on current events and trends that impact our daily lives, exploring their implications for resilience. In this issue, Carmen Anthonj questions the generally-accepted view that adversity makes us stronger.
Predicting landslides and flooding
Landslides and flooding tend to occur simultaneously in time. Jana Lim, a former Master student at ITC, thought it would be interesting to predict these two hazards since they cause a lot of damage to society. Her idea is to apply tools originally developed for speech recognition to do so. Jana Lim is the winner of the TGS Award 2023. In the video below Jana explains more about her upcoming PhD research.

Resilience Reflections #7: Our future resilience depends on children
Recognising the urgent need to respond to rapid societal and environmental change, resilience is one of the University of Twente’s spearheads. As an academic institution, we have a role to play in strengthening the resilience of the social, technological and environmental systems that support us. In this weekly series of the Resilience@UT programme, UT researchers share their personal reflections on current events and trends that impact our daily lives, exploring their implications for resilience. The opinions expressed in this article are the author’s own. In this issue, Funda Atun draws our attention to the important role of the younger generation in disaster resilience.
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Prof. Wieteke Willemen at Rijksmuseum Twenthe
27Sep
Conoce la Facultad ITC en Colombia
11Oct
Planning inclusive and sustainable cities
12Oct
Guest Lecture Prof Nigel Brandon - Dean of Engineering at Imperial College
12Oct
Everyone Professor
25Oct
Official Opening Langezijds
31Oct
Needs Conference 2023
31Oct
NEEDS conference 2023
09Nov
Risk & Resilience Festival
13Nov
GnosisGIS 2023
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Our core activities

World-class education
We equip our students to tackle complex challenges. Study with us and become a savvy, internationally confident professional, capable of developing new knowledge and translating it into practical solutions for real-world problems.
Our coursesTop-ranked universityFuture career
Interdisciplinary research
We are an internationally recognized leading research entity in geospatial sciences. We focus on fundamental and problem-solving research, with an eye to those complex global challenges where spatial information can make a real difference.
Research themesOpen science
Making an impact
We apply, share and facilitate the effective use of geo-information and earth observation knowledge and tools for tackling global wicked problems. Our purpose is to enable our many partners around the world to track and trace the impact of today’s global challenges.
Expertise domainsMajor projects

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We educate our students to be professionals, capable of acquiring knowledge and translating this into practical applications for solving real-world problems.

Spatial EngineeringGeo-Information Science and Earth Observation

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Disaster managementGeoinformaticsGeological remote sensingLand administrationNatural resourcesUrban planningWater resources

Cross-disciplinary facilities

Bringing together expertise from all relevant disciplines within ITC, the University of Twente and beyond.

CDR
Centre for Disaster Resilience
UAV Centre
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Centre
CRIB
Centre of Expertise in Big Geodata Science

Scientific departments

ITC's core activities education, research and project services are executed by staff from six scientific departments: Earth Observation  Science, Applied Earth Sciences, Geo-Information Processing, Natural Resources, Urban and Regional Planning and Geo-information Management, Water Resources. They operate as centres of excellence covering the different fields of disciplinary interest that encompass ITC's core mission.

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