Where to meet UNIGIS
Meet UNIGIS at GIS events worldwide What is distance learning? What are the prerequisites for the different programmes? Where to study with UNIGIS? What would be the most suitable geoinformatics study programme? You ever wanted [...]
UNIGIS Kathmandu – Celebrations & Events
UNIGIS@Kathmandu (Nepal) celebrated the 5th year of its inception at Kathmandu Forestry College (KAFCOL) on 28th April, 2018. Dr. Him Lal Shrestha (Coordinator, UNIGIS Kathmandu) opened the event with a welcome note to the Board [...]
UNIGIS Girona celebrating its 20th anniversary!
Right from its beginnings, the GIS and Teledetection service (SIGTE http://www.sigte.udg.edu/) of the University of Girona embraced the UNIGIS Girona project, and has made it grow to what it is today. Getting this far has [...]
Making GI/EO professionals ready for the future!
The Earth observation (EO) and Geoinformatics (GI) sector is rapidly evolving due to technological advances, growing collections of open data (e.g. Copernicus), and a broader user base. This evolution requires the adaptation of EO/GI training [...]
UNIGIS Connect @VU Amsterdam
UNIGIS Connect 2018: Ethics and (geo)data This annual event at VU Amsterdam is connecting UNIGIS students (current and eternal), alumni, staff and anyone interested in UNIGIS. It will provide an excellent opportunity for networking within [...]
EO4Alps Summer School, June 24 – July 6, 2018l
“Earth observation and geospatial information: supporting a sustainable use of alpine ecosystems and water resources” The EO4Alps Summer School 2018 is jointly organized by University of Salzburg, Department of Geoinformatics (Z_GIS, www.zgis.at) and the Group on [...]
UNIGIS MSc 2018 successfully launched in Salzburg
"No open questions" was the motto of the 2-day introductory workshop held in Salzburg. Study-related topics provided a detailed insight into the UNIGIS distance learning framework. The UNIGIS MSc study day's on 1st and 2nd March [...]
UNIGIS Geospatial Events Grants 2018
UNIGIS International Association “Geospatial events grants” (GEG) - Now open for applications! Established in 2017, the UNIGIS International Association for the first time awarded grants for participation in a leading Geospatial event. The aim is [...]
UNIGIS Professional Intro Workshop
A new group of UNIGIS Professional students gathered for getting to know each other and the local UNIGIS team in Salzburg last weekend. Again, it was a great opportunity to witness the integrative power and [...]
u_Lecture webinars fall/winter semester 2017/18
Starting from October, we are looking forward to an exciting roster of outstanding speakers on a range of topics covering themes of current interest for UNIGIS alumni, students, and everyone else. The open u_Lecture webinar [...]
UNIGIS @ Geospatial World Forum 2018, Hyderabad
The UNIGIS International Association was invited to contribute to the Geospatial World Forum 2018 (GWF’18) conference held in Hyderabad, India from 15th to 19th January 2018. GWF is the largest conference in India focussed on [...]
UNIGIS Fellow: Ian Heywood
The UNIGIS board of directors has decided to award the distinction of “UNIGIS Fellow” to Dr Ian Heywood – congratulations! Ian had been involved in key capacities with UNIGIS UK (Manchester) and UNIGIS International since [...]
Meet UNIGIS at the Geospatial World Forum 2018
Geospatial World Forum, the premier annual global geospatial event, will take place on 17-19 January 2018 in Hyderabad, India. The conference expects participation from 3000+ participants from across the globe. Under the umbrella theme of [...]
Ann Olivier named ‘UNIGIS International Fellow’
At the recent UNIGIS International network meeting, the UNIGIS board of directors unanimously decided to award the distinction of "UNIGIS Fellow" to Ann Olivier - congratulations! Ann had started her involvement with UNIGIS at the [...]
UIA Business Meeting @VU Amsterdam
During the last week of November UNIGIS Program directors have met at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam to discuss future development of distance learning for geospatial professionals worldwide. Throughout the meeting various information and discussion sessions [...]
UNIGIS Geospatial Events Grant: Congratulations to new Grantees!
This year the UNIGIS International Association established the “Geospatial Events Grant” (GEG), to connect active UNIGIS students with the international geospatial community and enhance the learning experience beyond lessons and exercises. We are now pleased [...]
Excellence Award for UNIGIS S/E Asia Director Dr. Shahnawaz
Dr. Shahnawaz has been has been honoured with the ‘Excellency Award 2017’ by the Union of Geographic Information Technologists (UGIT) established at Bangalore University, India for his contributions in enhancing geospatial education, training and research [...]
Master Thesis workshop – UNIGIS MSc 2016
"The Jadeit Connection: Modelling sea-routes in the Neolithic Aegean" and "Applying GI-Methods on localized IoT-devices and systems for interactive steering of Businesses processes" are only two Master Thesis topics showing the wide range of GIS. [...]
UNIGIS Winter School ‘Spatial Simulation Modelling’
UNIGIS Salzburg is offering a Winter School from February 15 - 24, 2018 in Salzburg, which addresses students and early career researchers interested in spatially explicit simulation of natural and/or social systems by the means [...]
Next Call for UNIGIS Geospatial Events Grants – GEG
Geospatial Events Grants Call 2017/2 – Now open for applications September 2017 “UNIGIS Geospatial Events Grants” The UNIGIS International Association is announcing the second call of the “Geospatial Events Grants” (GEG) funded by UNIGIS International [...]