The Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Dehradun offers M.Sc. in Geo-information Science and Earth Observation of duration 2 years.

M.Sc. in Geo-information Science and Earth Observation
(Specialisation/ Domain: Geoinformatics)

The Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Geo-information Science and Earth Observation (specialisation/domain: Geoinformatics) is offered within the framework of Joint Education Programme (JEP) of the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) and the Faculty of Geo-information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) of the University of Twente (UT), The Netherlands.

The course is of 18 months duration.

Students follow part of the course at IIRS (Modules 1-10 and 17-23, i.e. 13 ½ months) and a part at the Faculty ITC, The Netherlands (Modules 11-16, i.e.4 ½ months).

This is an accelerated course of 18 months with a study load (118 ECTS or European Credits) that would normally take two years to complete.

Eligibility Criteria and Admission Process-

M.Sc./M.Tech. in Physics/ Appl. Physics/ Electron./ Math./ Appl. Math./ Stat./ IT/ Comp. Sci./Geology/ Geophysics/ Geo-Engg./ Agriculture/ Forestry/ Urban and Reg. Plann. or any Natural/Env. Sci.,
OR
Master in Geog. (having B.Sc. in science subjects),
OR
B.E./ B.Tech./B.Sc.(Engg.)/ Graduate (with four year deg. course) in Civil Engg./ Electron. & Comm./Comp. Sci./ Comp. Engg./ IT/ Geoinformatics/ Agril. Engg./ Geosci. Engg./ Petrol. Engg./Mining Engg./ Agri. Inform./ Agriculture/ Forest Inform./ Forestry or equivalent,
OR
B.Arch./ B.Plann./ M.Arch./ M.Plann., OR MCA (having B.Sc. in Science subjects), OR equivalent.

The admission in M.Sc. course is based on a written test (for self-financed candidates), interview (for self-financed as well as Government-sponsored candidates), academic performance and experience.

Course Structure

The courses are modular in structure; each module is of 3 weeks duration.

The course is covered in 23 modules, which are organised in 4 blocks.

Modules Place of Study Credits*
Block 1 Core Modules (Modules 1-3) IIRS 15
Block 2 Domain Modules (Modules 4-10) IIRS 35
Block 3 Research Profile (Modules 11-15) ITC 25
Block 4 Individual M.Sc.Research Module 16 at ITC;
(Modules 16-23) Module 17-23 at IIRS 40

Contact-

Indian Institute of Remote Sensing,
ISRO, Dept. of Space, Govt. of India,
4 Kalidas Road, Dehradun – 248001, Uttarakhand, India.