Cartography M.Sc. graduation ceremony of the 10th intake

On Friday, the 2nd of December, the Research Unit of Cartography at the Vienna University of Technology hosted the Cartography M.Sc. graduation ceremony. This year, 24 students successfully graduated from the Cartography M.Sc. programme. Eight of them revisited TU Vienna for graduation, which was in hybrid mode. The thesis semester coordinator Barend Köbben from the University of Twente, and the Cartography M.Sc. programme coordinator, Juliane Cron, from the Technical University of Munich, ran the ceremony and granted the graduation certificates.

The students accomplished their master’s theses during the summer semester at one of the four partner universities: the Technical University of Munich, Vienna University of Technology, Technical University of Dresden and the University of Twente. The published theses of the 10th intake can be found at https://cartographymaster.eu/theses/.

We congratulate all students on the completion of their studies!

19 October 20225 January 2023

Cartography M.Sc. thesis defense of Hassam Ali

Hassam Ali, a student of the International Cartography M.Sc. programme, successfully defended his master’s thesis, “Pattern-driven Analysis of Pedestrian Movement,” supervised by Wangshu Wang, M.Sc.

We sincerely congratulate Hassam and wish him all the best in his future career!

26 September 202220 October 2022

Cartography M.Sc. Theses Defenses

Five students from the Cartography M.Sc. programme successfully defended their theses at TU Wien on the 22ns and 23rd of September. We sincerely congratulate them and wish them success in the future discovers!

José Pablo Ceballos Cantú “Maps+ – Enhancing maps from knowledge networks”
Vivien van Dongen “The application of a user-centered design framework for a static topographic ski touring map”
Lydia Youngblood “Narrating the route”
Sangho Lee “Tracing the Evolution of Digital Cartography in Cartography Textbooks”
Héctor Ochoa Ortiz “Pedestrian routing of periodically changing areas using Volunteered Geographical Information (OpenStreetMap)”

Lydia Youngblood, Prof. Georg Gartner and Vivien van Dongen after the defense at TU Wien on the 22nd of September.

4 July 20224 July 2022

Farewell to the 11th intake of the International Master in Cartography

Twenty-one students of the International Master Programme in Cartography have finished their “Viennese Semester”. In a farewell session, we showcased the results of their hard work and reviewed the summer term.

We wish our students all the best and a great time at TU Dresden for their third semester!

14 April 202214 April 2022

Dr Barend Köbben at our Research Unit

Dr Barend Köbben from ITC of the University of Twente visited our Research Unit Cartography in April 2022. The excellent and close cooperation of the four partner universities of the International MSc Cartography has reached a new level of engagement, with having Dr Köbben contributing significantly to the teaching of the class “Cartographic Information Systems” during the “Vienna Semester”. Besides this, his role as Thesis Semester Coordinator of the MSc Cartography programme was used to inform and steer the current 4th Semester master students accordingly.

We are thankful for Barend’s visit and his most beneficial contribution!

12 March 202212 March 2022

Welcome 11th intake!

We are happy to welcome our new intake of the International Master in Cartography program! The 21 students from 13 countries have finished their first semester at TU München and will spend the summer semester with us before moving to Dresden.

We wish all students a great and successful time and are glad to share social activities, such as our Carto Walk through the historical centre of Vienna.

29 April 202113 July 2021

Facilities for the M.Sc. Cartography

Students of the Cartography Master of Science Programme have access to a range of teaching, study, lab and social facilities within the four universities in Munich (TUM), Vienna (TUW), Dresden (TUD) and Twente (UT).

For an overview with highlighted locations and functions of the main buildings, visit: https://kartoweb.itc.nl/msc-carto-facilities/

8 March 20218 March 2021

Welcome 10th intake!

We are happy to welcome 29 students from 20 different countries to the International Master in Cartography program! After finishing their first semester at TU München and before they move to Dresden, the students will stay with us at TU Vienna for the summer semester of 2021.

Despite the circumstances, we wish all students a great and successful time in Vienna!

To find out more about the International Master in Cartography, please visit cartographymaster.eu.

27 July 202027 July 2020

Farewell to the 9th intake of the International Master in Cartography

The ninth intake of the International Master Programme in Cartography has finished the “Vienna Semester” and is now heading to TU Dresden for their third semester. In a farewell session, we reviewed the summer term and showcased the results of their hard work.