Universidad
Politécnica de Madrid

Degree in Geomatics Engineering

Total ECTS Credits 240 ECTS Credits
Objectives

To train professionals capable of:

  • Designing and developing geomatic and topographic projects.
  • Analyze, record and organize the knowledge of the area and the distribution of the property, and use this information for the planning and administration of the land.
  • Understand the problems of establishing infrastructures, constructions and building projects on the land from different engineering specialities, analyzing them and proceeding to their implantation.
  • Capacity to make decisions, leadership, management of human resources, interdisciplinary team management related to spatial information.
  • Determine, measure, evaluate and represent the land, tri-dimensional objects, points and trajectories.
  • Gather and interpret information on the land and all that related geographically and economically with it.
  • Management and carrying out of research, development and innovation projects in this area of engineering.
  • Planning, projecting, directing, carrying out and management of measuring processes, information systems, image processing, positioning and navigation, modelling, representation and visualization of the territorial information in low and, on the surface of the land.
  • Planning, projecting, directing, carrying out and management of processes and products for application in civil works and building, in the area of geomatics.
  • Planning, projecting, directing, carrying out and management of processes and products for application in environmental engineering, agronomics, forestry and mining, in the area of geomatics.
  • Planning, projecting, directing, carrying out and management of processes and products for application in environmental engineering, agronomics, forestry and mining, in the area of geomatics. Planning, projecting, directing, carrying out and management of processes and products for application in the information society in the area of geomatics.
  • Planning, projecting, directing, carrying out and management of processes and products for application in land registry and registration, land planning and valuation, in the area of geomatics.
  • The degree enables the holder to work in the regulated profession of a Technical Topographic Engineer.
Study Centre School of Land Surveying, Geodesy and Mapping Engineering
Campus Sur
Camino de la Arboleda s/n Km 7 de la Carretera de Valencia
28031 Madrid
91 336 79 16
Web Page www.topografia.upm.es/