Courses & Research

Become a high-skilled geospatial professional

During your Master’s in Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (GEO), you will collect a total of 120 EC within two years. In addition to the three mandatory courses of the Master’s, you will take four specialisation courses and elective courses. You can also do an optional internship and complete your studies by writing your master’s thesis.

European Credit Transfer System

Student workload at Dutch universities is expressed in EC, also named ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System), widely used throughout the European Union. In the Netherlands, each credit represents 28 hours of work. The recognition of credits is at the discretion of your Master's.

Structure

Year 1

Number of EC


Compulsory courses 

Mandatory courses for all students of the Master’s. 

25 EC

Specialisation courses

Mandatory courses for all students of the specialisation in Geo-Information for Land Administration.

28 EC

Elective course 

You can choose a course that matches your interests and career ambitions. 

7 EC

Some examples of elective courses you can take are:

Year 2



Individual study programme  

15 EC

In the second year, you can personalise your individual study programme by doing an internship or taking elective courses. 

MSc research proposal and MSc research 

45 EC

You will complete your Master’s in GEO by writing a master’s thesis. Your research theme is defined by the research group that is part of the respective specialisation. In Geo-Information Management for Land Administration, you will conduct your research within the research group People, Land, and Urban Systems (PLUS).

Total EC 

120 EC


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Internship

In the second year of your Master’s in Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, you can apply the knowledge and skills you have acquired during your studies by doing an internship at a national organisation for land and environmental governance, international alliance for land and tenure security such as Global Land Tool Network (GLTN), cadastre, land registry and mapping agency, non-governmental organisation, or a real estate agency in the Netherlands or abroad. ITC has a broad network of organisations where you can do your internship project.  

Examples of internships that students have done are:

Discover the exciting internship options at ITC!

Join us on a journey as we follow two Master students, Carolina Pereira Marghidan and John Ifejube, during their internships at the Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) at the University of Twente. Get ready to witness the impactful work they're doing in their respective placements and gain a glimpse into the future that awaits you as a prospective student. Watch the video!

Master's thesis

You will complete your Master’s by writing your Master’s thesis. Your research will be part of the research group People, Land, and Urban Systems (PLUS) and you will write your thesis under the supervision of one of the professors in that research group. You can, for example, model the cadastre of Kenya for a digital representation and management of land records so that citizens have a better access to their land information. Or you might develop a tool for land rights mapping that combines field data and information from national databases