Geographical Information Systems (GIS) represents one of the most rapidly expanding areas in Information Technology. GIS is seen increasingly as an essential tool in many areas of government and business.

What does UNIGIS Amsterdam have to offer?
The UNIGIS Programme offers ample opportunities for professionals to acquire knowledge and skills in the field of GIS, within their existing organisation as well as to increase job mobility. The part-time distance-learning programmes on academic Master-level combine well with work and private life. In short:

• Part-time study, combines well with your work: about 10 hours a week of study
• Distance-learning: studying through the internet. Only one week per year, in June, presence is required at the VU campus in Amsterdam
• Postgraduate Certificate and Diploma Programmes
• Master of Science (MSc.) Programme
• A modular course structure with freedom of choice in study material
• FREE GIS-software (an Educational license of ArcEditor and GeoMedia)
• FREE and unlimited access to ESRI's Virtual Campus
• The right to buy software at student rates through Surfspot.nl

Our students Our students can be found applying their knowledge and training as technicians, researchers, lecturers, surveyors, marketers, managers and in many other positions. Students have found the course to open new horizons not only in the boundaries of their current employment, but also beyond. Quotes from our enthusiastic students

 
Course fees

• The fee for the one-year Postgraduate Certificate Programme is 3,600 euro.
• The fee for the two-year Postgraduate Diploma Programme is 6,200 euro.
• The fee for the three-year Master of Science in GIS Programme is 8,800 euro. These fees also comply to Dutch students who already have a Master degree.