UNIGIS Salzburg – Communication matters
“Especially in distance study programs like UNIGIS a key factor of personal success is getting to know fellow students in the beginning and to develop a culture of discussion and mutual support in learning processes” [...]
UNIGIS now an Academic Member of FIG
The 35. FIG (International Federation of Surveyors) Working Week was held in Rome from the 6th to the 10th of May in 2012. The motto of Italian Working Week is "Knowing to manage the territory, [...]
Next UNIGIS course for Central Asia students
The UNIGIS study centre for Central Asia at ACA*GIScience in Bishkek has now opened the registration period for the next intake of distance learning students, starting with October 2012. Applications will be accepted until September [...]
New students in Ecuador and Colombia
By the end of April, the UNIGIS site in Quito welcomed 70 new students from Ecuador, Colombia and other Latin American countries as new members of the UNIGIS community of learning. They will join of [...]
UNIGIS programmes launched in Nepal!
UNIGIS@Kathmandu (NEPAL) takes pride in announcing the first open admissions period for the UNIGIS professional diploma and UNIGIS MSc in Geographical Information Science and Systems. The two UNIGIS study programmes are being offered in Nepal [...]
UNIGIS Team Salzburg – Work Retreat
The UNIGIS Team Salzburg held a work retreat on April 12.-13., 2012, to discuss in depth the strategic development of two UNIGIS cornerstones: An entire day was dedicated to reflect on the current status of [...]
UNIGIS participated in ASEMUNDUS Seminar!
The ASEMUNDUS Networking Seminar co-financed by the European Commission under Erasmus-Mundus programme was orgnised in Bangkok, Thailand on 2nd and 3rd April, 2012.Dr. Shahnawaz (Director S/SE Asia, UNIGIS International) was invited to the seminar and [...]
GISopen conference in Szekesfehervar: a qualitative contribution from UNIGIS graduates.
The GISopen conference was initiated in 1997, just after the first UNIGIS intake was graduated from the University of West Hungary, Faculty of Geoinformatics. The annual GISopen conference is the longest GI related conference series [...]
UNIGIS graduate winning top award at RTM!
Each year, the „Runder Tisch GIS“ at the Technical University of Munich awards prices for top theses in Geoinformatics. Outstanding Bachelor and Master Theses as well as PhD Dissertations compete for this distinction, with winners [...]
UNIGIS in Malaysia!
Facilitating an ongoing process of integrating institutions from Southeast Asia into the international UNIGIS network of universities, UNIGIS representatives again participated in this year's Malaysia Geospatial Forum organised at Melaka, Malaysia on 6th and 7th [...]
Open Web Services & Web Mapping Applications Summer School Girona
From 9th to 13th of July 2012 will take place the 3rd Summer School dedicated to Opensource GIS in Girona, organized by SIGTE of the University of Girona, and the collaboration of OpenGeo and the [...]
Top academic credentials for UNIGIS Hungary alumnus
Ervin Pirkhoffer PhD (UNIGIS alumnus, 2004-2006) held his habilitation (’second doctorate’) lectures at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Pécs on February 16. The titles of the lectures were ”GIS Approaches in Modelling” (lecture for [...]
New edition of UNIGIS studies started at Jagiellonian University, Poland.
Last weekend students of intake 2012 arrived to Kraków to take part in their first two-day UNIGIS workshop.First day was dominated by rather non-GI issues like studies program and organization as well as e-learning educational [...]
Once again: UNIGIS professional attracts practitioners from near and far.
After a very successful last year in terms of student registrations for the UNIGIS professional certificate in Salzburg, the popularity of this application-oriented GIS study program offered by the Centre of Geoinformatics is continuing in 2012. Most [...]
Directions of Geospatial Technology – India Geospatial Forum
At this year's India Geospatial Forum in Gurgaon, Feb 7-9 Prof Josef Strobl from UNIGIS International was invited to the Plenary Panel on 'Dimensions and Directions of Geospatial Technologies'. In a session joined by Dr. [...]
UNIGIS MSc: 2012 class is taking aim …
... at reaching their objectives! After having started their studies earlier this year, more than 50 new MSc candidates are convening at the University of Salzburg for their getting-acquainted workshop. A mixed agenda of introductions, [...]
UNIGIS joining FIG as Academic Member
UNIGIS is proud to announce that at the latest Council Meeting of the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG), the Council decided to welcome UNIGIS as an Academic Member. FIG was founded in Paris in 1878 [...]
UNIGIS Int’l: Thanks to Anna Szukalska!
Anna Szukalska from Krakow has managed the UNIGIS International Office for four years, coordinating meetings, communication and processes across all UNIGIS partner universities. In addition to managing external liaisons with industry partners and membership in associations, she [...]
UNIGIS workshop of intake 2010 in Kraków, Poland.
Last weekend almost 50 students of UNIGIS intake 2010 arrived to Kraków to take part in their fourth and last UNIGIS workshop. They were eager to meet each other and to strengthen their learning motivation [...]
Geospatial World Forum 2012 – UNIGIS as Co-Sponsor!
UNIGIS International is a Co-Sponsor of the Geospatial World Forum' 2012 which will be organised from 23rd to 27th April, 2012 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.Josef Strobl (Chair, UNIGIS International) has been invited to share his ideas, [...]