Master of Science in Geospatial Sciences

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This degree will provide you with the foundation research skills that will support your future career as a scientist or researcher.

• Specifically, you will develop:
• communication skills
• critical thinking capability
• advanced knowledge within your chosen discipline
• knowledge of research practice and skills
• research independence and capacity for self-directed learning.
• Research experience is required for most academic and research positions, and increasingly for positions in other sectors.

In consultation with your discipline honours coordinator and your supervisor, you'll be allocated a project to develop your skills to an advanced level.

RMIT's geospatial sciences team is the largest academic group of its kind in Australia.

You will be expertly supervised as you develop your analytical and problem-solving skills through further investigation into one of our key areas:

• Cartography and visualisation
• Geodesy
• GIS and geoinformatics
• Remote sensing and photogrammetry
• Satellite positioning
• Surveying

This master degree may be undertaken in a project or thesis mode.

Geospatial sciences candidates may be eligible for a range of scholarships including:

• Australian Postgraduate Awards - funded by the Australian Government
• PhD and Research Masters Scholarships - funded by RMIT University
• other postgraduate research scholarships

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