Hiking in the Eastern Ore Mountains
On the Day of Prayer and Repentance – a public holiday which is held in Saxony only – a small group of seven students withstood the cold fall weather and hiked along the Eastern Ore mounta...
Welcome 12th intake!
The Welcoming Week 2022 took place between 10 – 17th October at the main TUM campus in Munich. Altogether 20 students from 16 different countries enrolled this year. Our newcomers had a very busy...
Alpine Cartography Field School 2022
Between September 26th and October 5th 2022, the Alpine Cartography Field School (ACFS) took place in Ramsau/Dachstein (Austria) already for the 11th time since the start of the International Cartogra...
Social Activities after the semester start at TUD
Hiking in the Saxon Switzerland NP The Saxon Switzerland National Park (Nationalpark Sächsische Schweiz) is only a 45-minute train ride away from Dresden main station and was the location of the firs...
Welcome 11th intake!
The Welcoming Week 2021 took place between 11 – 18th October at the main TUM campus in Munich. It was finally possible to celebrate it as an on-site event after we followed all the safety regulati...
10th Anniversary of the Alpine Cartography Field School
Between September 29th and October 8th 2021 the Alpine Cartography Field School (ACFS) took place in Ramsau/Dachstein (Austria) already for the 10th time since the start of the International Cartograp...
Congratulations to the Cartography M.Sc. graduates of 2020
The summer semester 2020 was a very special one due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Normally, students in the 4th semester are moving to one of our four university locations to start their thesis research. ...
Our 9th intake started the 3rd semester at TU Dresden
Alpine Cartography Field School, Hiking in the Saxon Switzerland NP, Mapping with cartographer Dr. Rolf Böhm The winter semester 2020/2021 at TU Dresden is off to a very good start, despite the curre...
Welcome 10th intake!
A new student intake started the Cartography Master programme. Of course, we imagined something completely different to celebrate and welcome our anniversary intake, but we are glad that we could orga...
And the award goes to… a Cartography Master Student!
Our sincere congratulations to Daphné Tapia from our 8th intake on the award “Best Nokia France Student” that she has received for her outstanding work at the Alcatel Submarine Networks! ...
Cartography student life during COVID-19 outbreak
Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the universities closed their classrooms and labs for a while. But despite this time of uncertainty, we carry on and we have started a new exciting semester in a differen...
Congratulations Cartography M.Sc. graduates of 2019!
As the summer semester came to the end, 19 Cartography M.Sc. students successfully finished their theses at TU Munich, TU Vienna, University of Twente and TU Dresden. Congratulations to the new gradua...
Discovering Dresden and Saxony
During their semester in Dresden we offer our students a selection of social events to gain some insight into local characteristics that are a bit off the beaten track. This year, a trip to the Saxon ...
Alpine Cartography Field School 2018
In early October, 23 students of the Cartography M.Sc. programme and three students of the TU Dresden Master programme Geoinformation Technologies made their way towards the small mountain village of ...
Welcome 8th intake!
A new student intake started the Cartography Master programme. This year we are proud and happy to welcome 30 students from 19 different countries! The sun was shining the whole welcoming week and the...
Congratulations to 11 new Cartography M.Sc. graduates
We are happy to congratulate the first students from the 6th intake who finished their Master’s thesis over the summer: Armand Kapaj, Maria Turchenko, Roar Engell, Christian Haack, Satarupa Chatterj...
Susanna Abraham is 2018 Esri Development Center Student of the Year
Our alumna Susanna Abraham has been selected as 2018 Esri Development Center Student of the Year. Susanna successfully finished her master thesis in our international Master of Science in Cartography...
Congratulations to 10 new Cartography M.Sc. graduates
We are happy to congratulate the next students from the 5th intake who finished their Master’s thesis in the last three months: Susanna Abraham, Kaidi Guo, Christopher Hogg, Kamila Cwik, Alika Jen...
Alpine Cartography Field School 2017
With a record participation of 21 students of the Master programme “Cartography” and 10 students of the TUD Master programme “Geoinformation Technologies” this year’s Alpine Cartography Fiel...
Welcome new students of the 7th intake
On the 9th of October the 7th intake started the Cartography Master programme. This year, a whole welcoming week was organized and we think it was the first highlight of their studies for the new grou...
Cartography M.Sc. will continue as Erasmus Mundus programme
We are happy to inform you that our international Master of Science programme in Cartography was successful again and has been selected for Erasmus+ by the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive...
Our student Ao Kaidong participated in Eisriesenwelt measurement campaign
From April 20 until April 24, a measurement campaign took place in the biggest ice cave in the world, the “Eisriesenwelt”, near the village of Werfen (Austria). Our student Ao participated...
Alpine Cartography Field School 2016
25 students of the TUD Master programmes “Cartography” and “Geoinformation Technologies” originating from eleven countries can look back on nine days in an alpine, partly high-alpine terrain. ...
Master’s thesis presentation of Ethan Oleson
On September 14, Ethan Oleson, student of the 3rd intake, presented his Master thesis about “Generation of a high-quality physiographic map as a base for nature conservation and land planning...
Meet & greet with representatives of all 4 partner universities of the International Master of Cartography
On April 14, the Research Group Cartography hosted a meeting of representatives of all partner universities of the Master of Cartography programme. We were happy to welcome programme coordinator Julia...
Excursion to Strasbourg, Munich, Zugspitze and Salzburg
GIS and remote sensing technologies have become a substantial topic within modern cartography. Besides that, processing and visualization of 3D data mark another field within the subject with increasi...
Ethan Oleson spending research time in Tanzania
Our student Ethan Oleson visited Tanzania during his research for the Master’s thesis with the topic “Generation of a high-quality physiographic map as a base for nature conservation and l...
Alpine Cartography Field School 2015
The Alpine Field School 2015 had been successfully accomplished by our international students. The nine days of intensive training were part of the module Georelief and Cartography – Morphogenetic a...
Alpine Cartography Field School 2014
The 3rd intake of the Cartography M.Sc. Master Programme went to the Alps within the Alpine Cartography Field School 2014. The nine days of intensive training were part of the module Georelief and Car...
TV segment on Cartography students contributing to laserscanning project at the Eisriesenwelt ice cave
Within the Dresden semester, students contributed to a lasersccanning project at the Eisriesenwelt ice cave near Salzburg. Austrian TV reported about the project. The segment includes interviews with ...
Alpine Cartography Field School 2013
The Alpine Cartography School 2013 was one of the highlights of the Master Program, where students could experience mountain terrain and gain new knowledge about the morphological features and changin...
Students participating at ICC 2013 in Dresden
The 26th International Cartographic Conference took place in Dresden from 25th until 30th of August 2013. Cartography M.Sc. students of the 1st intake had the chance to present their Master’s th...
Alpine Cartography Field School 2012
The students of the 1st intake participated in the Alpine Cartography Field School. It was the first time to be in high mountains for most of the students, but the teamwork and solid geographic knowle...