2 years
Duration
September
Start Date
€4,284 (non-EEA)/€1,116(EEA, national)
Tuition Fee
Brussels
Location
About the programme
Looking for a programme with a research focus on physical geography, social and urban geography or GIS and spatial modelling? Then this competitive interuniversity Geography programme at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) is perfect for you! VUB and KU Leuven offer this innovative and internationally recognised programme on fundamental and applied aspects of geosciences.
The Geography departments of both Vrije Universiteit Brussel and KULeuven continuously develop and maintain innovative and internationally recognised research programmes on fundamental and applied aspects of Geosciences, Human Geography, and Geo-Information Science covering a wide range of spatial and temporal scales. Most research programmes are international collaborations, and both departments take part in various international research networks.
The offered courses are strongly embedded in the ongoing research programmes of both universities. Through intensive collaboration with members of the different research groups, you will get the opportunity to develop and improve your scientific skills.
Your job? Solving real-world problems!
Geographers integrate the study of physical and human systems. They are in equal parts natural and social scientists and have specialised knowledge in geographical information science techniques.
There is a growing interest for the multidisciplinary approach geographers can offer to solve real-world problems at all spatial scales – from local to global – and a strong demand for competent professionals in the broad field of geospatial sciences. As a graduate from the interuniversity programme Master of Geography programme at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), you may be recruited by public authorities, private companies and research institutions dealing with urban and regional planning, mobility and transportation, tourism, environmental conservation and management, natural risk assessment, as well as by a multitude of providers and users of geodata-based tools and services.
Specialisation modules
Next to a common basis you can choose two out of four specialisation modules:
- Earth and Climate
- Society and Space
- Geo-information Sciences
- Mixed Methods
What our students say
A well balanced mix of physical, social sciences and spatial modelling skills is what attracted me to study geography, and this is exactly what I got when I started out at VUB. I chose to specialise in GIS and spatial modelling, yet my master programme allowed me to explore other paths as well. My fields of interest were clearly reflected in the choice of my master thesis which focused on spatial analysis of rural poverty in southwest-Ethiopia, for which I had the opportunity to perform field work in this fascinating country.
Frederik Priem | Postdoc researcher at Cartography and GIS Research Group, VUB
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