The Master’s in Surveying, Planning and Land Management is both practice-oriented and cross-disciplinary. You will work on concrete cases in close collaboration with municipalities, authorities and companies, and see how your skills can be used in real-life situations. The programme combines theory with practical exercises where you learn to use advanced digital tools and GIS technology to analyse and communicate complex land and property data. You will also gain a solid understanding of the legal and planning frameworks that govern land management, both in Denmark and internationally. 

A central part of the programme is the project work that you do in groups with your fellow students each semester. You will work with real-life issues, such as projects on urban development, property formation, climate adaptation or the digitalisation of administration. This project work allows you to combine academic knowledge from the courses with collaboration, problem solving and communication across disciplines. 

With a Master’s in Surveying, Planning and Land Management, you will have the technical, legal and analytical competences to solve complex tasks related to land management, planning, surveying and geodata. You can work with developing new property structures, mapping and analysing geographical data or designing processes that enable citizens, companies, authorities and other stakeholders to find common solutions. 

You will be skilled at seeing both the big picture and the small details. This means that you can connect your knowledge of technology, mapping methods and legislation with an understanding of community development, citizen engagement and sustainability. You will learn how to navigate situations where many different interests are at stake – and to develop solutions that not only work in theory but can also be implemented in practice. As such, you can contribute to everything from urban development projects and climate adaptation to infrastructure planning and digitalisation of property data.  

With a Master’s in Surveying, Planning and Land Management, you will have many career opportunities in both the public and private sectors. You can work in municipalities, government agencies, ministries or utility companies where you can contribute to the planning, management and development of cities, landscapes and infrastructure. In the private sector, you can work in surveying companies, consulting engineering companies or larger companies that work with infrastructure projects, property development, climate adaptation and the green transition. 

Your knowledge of geodata, planning processes and legal frameworks also qualifies you to work on tasks such as the climate adaptation of urban areas, the digitalisation of society or urban and rural development. In short, you can help shape the physical environment of the future – both in Denmark and internationally – through solutions that balance people, environment and economy in a sustainable way. 

The programme is based on a combination of academic, problem-oriented and interdisciplinary approaches. Lectures, workshops, study groups, portfolio work and exercises are just some of the elements you will meet.

You will gain knowledge about how the use of theories and methods within positioning and mapping, geoinformatics and land management and governance can support the efforts needed to reach the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

You learn how to work in an interdisciplinary way within the profession and to asses and analyse problems related to surveying, geoinformatics or land management. You will be able to point out solutions and to communicate about the issues to both professionals and non-professionals.

You will be able to point out solutions and to communicate about the issues to both professionals and non-professionals.

Problem based learning is the pedagogical model of Aalborg University. The method has become both nationally and internationally recognised by universities, researchers and students. In practice, this means that you will work closely together with your fellow students on solving real life problems in your semester projects.

• Project in Surveying, Geoinformatics and Land Management in a Cross-disciplinary Perspective (15 ECTS)
• Course in Managing the Use of Land (5 ECTS)
• Course in Geocomputation and Spatial Analytics (5 ECTS)
• Course in Positioning (5 ECTS)

Project in elective topic – one of the following:

• Land Management (15 ECTS)
• Positioning and mapping (15 ECTS)
• Geoinformatics (15 ECTS)

Followed by:

• Course in Spatial Planning and Governance (5 ECTS)
• Course in Geovisualisation and Remote Sensing (5 ECTS)
• Course in Property Rights and Land Use Regulation (5 ECTS)

One of the following options:

• Option 1: Project Semester – with or without an integrated project-oriented study in an external organization (20 ECTS)
• Option 2: International or national credit at another educational institution in Denmark or abroad (20 ECTS)

Followed by:

• Course in Project Management and Project Economy (5 ECTS)
• Course in Special Themes for Chartered Surveyors (5 ECTS)

• Master’s thesis (30 ECTS)

Find the curriculum for the programme in Copenhagen here.

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