Master of Geographic Information Science
“Given the flexibility of the program, I strongly recommend it to working professionals, as well as those seeking a traditional full-time master’s program.”
Michael Plante
MGIS 2003, Senior Hydrogeologist, Leggette, Brashears & Graham, Inc.
The Master of Geographic Information Science (MGIS) program is a unique professional masters degree associated with the Geography Department at the University of Minnesota, a top-ranked department in the United States with a strong tradition in cartography and GIS. The MGIS program is also affiliated with other academic units including Forest Resources, Computer Science, the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA), and Soil, Water and Climate.
The objective of the program is to provide a comprehensive GI Science degree that balances work in the theoretical aspects of GIS, the technical side of the discipline, and the applications domain. Program strengths include:
- Broad professionally-based curriculum
- Internationally-recognized multidisciplinary faculty
- Hands-on training from leading GIS professionals
- Diverse and active student body
- Excellent facilities and resources
Graduates of our program are well-suited to have careers as GIS practitioners and professionals in government, private and non-profit sectors.
Upcoming Events
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- MGIS Plan B Presentation: Andrew Miller
- 12/5/2008 3:00 PM
- Location: Social Sciences Building, Brown Room, 4th Floor
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- MGIS Plan B Presentation: Kimberely Gorman
- 12/11/2008 10:30 AM
- Location: Blegen Hall, 445
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- Global Graffiti Documentary Series
- 12/11/2008 7:30 PM
- Location: Hubert H. Humphrey Center, 15
Minnesota Futures Award for Geoinformatics Symposium in January 2009
The Vice-President for Research at the University of Minnesota, Dr. Tim Mulcahy announced the award to support a symposium and related activities. The project, titled "Exploring Spatio-temporal Future of Geoinformatics:
A Symposium to Identify Challenges, Knowledge-gaps, and Transformational Opportunities," focuses on key domains of geospatial innovation. The symposium will be a venue for Minnesota Geoinformatics researchers, who are scattered across campuses and colleges to form new interdisciplinary relationships to frame research problems in the context of societal needs, begin endeavors to initiate technological transformations, and advance research in domain sciences.Current methods in geoinformatics largely address the spatial dimension of the problems, despite the temporal nature displayed by almost every dataset of interest in this area. Addressing the temporal dimension opens up the possibilities for new questions and novel research, in both informatics and domain sciences. This will enable existing technology to process and analyze spatio-temporal datasets to help solve challenging societal and environmental problems and enhance interdisciplinary research.
Drs. Francis Harvey (fharvey@umn.edu) and Shashi Shekhar (shekhar@umn.edu) are the main coordinators of the MN Futures project and symposium. For further information, visit: http://www.cs.umn.edu/~shekhar/mnFuture/
December 3rd, 2008