Language
This program will be in English. Dit programma is alleen in het Engels.
Summary
In this two-year, English-taught Master’s, you will learn to address large-scale and complex societal challenges by combining both technical and socio-economic knowledge with a strong basis of spatial data analysis and modelling. You will become skilled in mapping the conflicting needs of different stakeholders within complex societal, political, economic and cultural contexts. The key is to structure and redefine problems beyond the obvious frames and design solutions based on a multidisciplinary understanding of wicked problems.
Learning outcomes
In this Master’s, you will gain knowledge in three core domains: Spatial Information Science, Technical Engineering and Spatial Planning & Governance. These fields are highly intertwined. You will need knowledge in all three domains, but throughout your studies, you can choose your own focus. At the end of your Master’s, you should be able to demonstrate in-depth knowledge of at least two of the three domains, and adequate knowledge of the third.
Entry requirements
Admission requirements
Applicants for the Master’s in Spatial Engineering should have a bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification from a recognised university or accredited academic institution in a discipline related to the Master’s. If you hold a bachelor’s degree in one of the following fields you can be directly admissible: Civil engineering, Geo-engineering, Geographical sciences, Earth sciences, Water and agriculture sciences, Geographical information systems
Also, students from broad engineering bachelors (such as Advanced Technology or Creative Technology), students from urban (spatial) planning and governance and (technical) University Colleges and students with a relevant bachelor’s degree from a university of applied sciences are invited to put in their application.
Required knowledge
To allow students to meet the final qualifications of the Spatial Engineering programme it is necessary that incoming students have knowledge at bachelor’s level of a research university in at least three of the following topics:
- Water, weather and climate (hydrology, meteorology)
- Earth sciences (geo-engineering, geology, earth surface processes)
- Civil engineering (infrastructure, building, hydraulics, hard interventions)
- Spatial planning and governance (urban and or rural environments)
- Spatial information and visualization (GIS, Remote Sensing)
- Software engineering
Your application will be judged on the basis of an individual educational curriculum/portfolio and motivation letter. The admission board will review your application and decide based on the bachelor’s education (technical focus) if you are directly admissible, admissible under conditions (pre-masters) or not admissible.
Who is this offered to?
To students who want to achieve a MSc degree in Spatial Engineering.
The Master’s in Spatial Engineering is not quite like any other master’s programme. Instead of serving up a curriculum that consists of several (elective) courses, this Master’s is based on the premise of challenge-based learning. Within various case studies, in your final research project, in fact, during your whole Master’s, you will choose what knowledge and skills you need to gain in order to come up with sustainable interventions for certain challenges. This self-directed learning approach will help you to develop your own learning path and prepare you for the many challenges that will come your way, during and after your studies.