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...
Ravenstein-Förderpreis for Nele Peschel
Congratulations to our M.Sc. student Nele Peschel for winning the Ravenstein-Förderpreis in the category students with Mapping SÁMI Languages. Designed in the Project Map Creation during her summer...
Map by Jonathan King represents January in 2022 GeoHipster Calendar
We are excited to share that Jonathan King’s map “Navigation Nightlights – Midcoast Maine’s Lighthouses” is part of the 2022 GeoHipster Calendar. The 2022 calendar from G...
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...
Farewell to the 10th intake at TU Wien
The 10th intake of the International Master Programme in Cartography has finished the “Vienna Semester” and is now heading to TU Dresden for their third semester. After another semester of distanc...
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. ...
Map of Jakob Listabarth featured in the Atlas of Design Volume 5
The Atlas of Design is published by the North American Cartographic Information Society and includes some of the world’s most beautiful cartographic designs. Map makers are invited in a worldwide co...
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...
Student story: A collaboration with Sharing Water
The 2020 Summer Semester at TU WIEN was different, due to Covid19 and the change to online-based learning. During this time, I had the opportunity to work on a collaborative (remote) project for the m...
Farewell to the 9th intake at TU Wien
The 9th intake of the International Master Programme in Cartography has finished the “Vienna Semester” and is now heading to TU Dresden for their third semester. After a full semester of distance ...
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...
Munich goodbye! Welcome to Vienna!
The 9th intake of our Cartography students has finished the first semester at TU Munich. It is now time to discover a new city and start the second semester at TU Vienna. The semester in Munich went v...
Ravensteinpreis: Congratulations to Jenny Janssen and Jakob Listabarth
The Ravenstein-Förderpreis is a sponsorship award to foster young cartographers in Germany (and German-speaking countries). On October 17, this years’ award ceremony took place in Frankfurt. We...
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...
Farewell to the 8th intake at TU Wien
The eigth intake has finished the “Vienna Semester” and is now heading to TU Dresden for the third semester. In a farewell session, we reviewed the summer term and showcased results of their hard ...
Guest lectures at TU Wien
This summer semester, we had the privilege to welcome 10 guest lecturers at TU Wien. This way our students had the chance to meet and discuss with some of the leading researchers in the field of carto...
An excursion about Otto Neurath and the Vienna Method
Otto Neurath (1882‒1945) was an Austrian philosopher and political economist, also known for developing Isotype – a method for showing statistical data in pictorial form. Main principle of the...
Munich, goodbye! Welcome to Vienna!
The first semester at TU Munich came to an end, and after challenging exams it is time to move forward. By semester completion, we asked our students which professional and personal skills they have d...
Honorary doctorate to Georg Gartner
We are very proud to announce that the Senate of Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest awarded the title of professor et doctor honoris causa to Georg Gartner on November 9, 2018 at the celebration ...
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...
Farewell to the 7th intake at TU Wien
The seventh intake has finished the “Vienna Semester” and is now heading to TU Dresden for the third semester. We organized a farewell session to review the semester and to showcase results of the...
Guest lectures at TU Wien
This summer semester, we had the privilege to welcome 7 guest lecturers at TU Wien. Most of them not only offered public CartoTalks, but also in-depth classes for our students only. This way our stude...
Goodbye to Munich, welcome to Vienna!
All 24 students of the 7th intake finished their first semester at TU München and just started their second semester at TU Wien. After a busy semester and challenging exams, all personal belongings w...
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...
Farewell to the sixth intake at TU Wien
The sixth intake of the International Master Programme on Cartography has finished the “Vienna Semester” and is now heading to TU Dresden for the third semester. We organized a small farewell sess...
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...
TUW’s “Best Lecture Award 2017” goes to Florian Ledermann
This summer term, TUW awarded the „Best Teaching Awards“ for the first time to acknowledge teaching staff for outstanding commitment in university teaching. Students and members of TUW nominat...
Orienteering Events in Vienna
Orienteering combines map reading with navigation and running, which makes it a perfect sport for aspiring cartographers. Last week, two orienteering events were organized in Vienna: the Austrian Acad...
Master’s thesis presentation of Myles Cook
We congratulate Myles Cook, student of the 4th intake, for finishing his Master’s Thesis “An Empirical Evaluation of 2D and Interactive 3D Terrain Visualisations for Cycling Maps”. To assess...
Guest lecture on Geovisual Analytics
On May 16, 2017, the Research Group Cartography at TU Wien hosted the CartoTalk “Making Maps that Matter – New Challenges in Geovisual Analytics” by Anthony Robinson from Penn State Univ...
Guest lecture on transit maps
On April 10, 2017, the Research Group Cartography at TU Wien hosted a CartoTalk by Maxwell Roberts from University of Essex, UK. In his presentation, Maxwell Roberts discussed the criteria necessary f...
Welcome in Vienna for the second semester
We are happy to welcome 20 students of the International Master in Cartography at TU Vienna for the summer semester 2017. Students come from all over the world, including Albania, Austria, Canada, Ch...
Master Thesis Presentation: Comparing mouse- and touch-based interaction for map search tasks on large screens
On February 1, Shuoyan Huang, student of the International Master in Cartography, presented her Master Thesis „Comparing mouse- and touch-based interaction for map search tasks on large screens“...
Master Thesis Presentation: Motorway network depiction from OpenStreetMap data in accordance with cartographic demands
On September 9, Sigita Grīnfelde, student of the International Master in Cartography, presented her Master Thesis „Motorway network depiction from OpenStreetMap data in accordance with cartograp...
Farewell to the fifth intake of the International Master on Cartography
The fifth intake of the International Master Programme on Cartography has finished the “Vienna Semester” and is now heading to TU Dresden for the third semester. We organized a farewell session t...
Orienteering Event in Vienna
On June 1st, students of the International Master in Cartography were invited to join researchers of the cartography group for an orienteering run event in Vienna’s “Prater” area. Or...
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...
Welcome to the 5th intake of the International Master in Cartography
We are happy to welcome 21 students from all over the world at TU Vienna for the summer semester 2016. Countries of origin include China, Bosnia and Herzigowina, UK, Iran, Turkey, Bangladesh, Egypt, K...
Master thesis presentation on 16.12.2015
On December 16, Francisco Daniel Porras Bernárdez, student of the International Master of Cartography (3rd intake), presented his master thesis on the topic of “Extraction of user’s sta...
Farewell to the fourth intake of the International Master on Cartography
The fourth intake of the International Master Programme on Cartography has finished the “Vienna Semester” and is now heading to TU Dresden for the third semester. We organized a farewell session ...
Anna Vetter won the 2015 swisstopoEDU-MSc promotion programme
Anna Vetter, alumni of the second intake of the International Master of Cartography, won the 2015 swisstopoEDU-MSc promotion programme for her thesis The automatic generalisation of buildings whilst...
Master thesis presentation on 26.2.2015
On February 26, Anna Makrostergiou, student of the International Master of Cartography (2nd intake), presented her master thesis on the topic of Artistic Decorations in Early Modern Cartograph...
Presentation of three master theses on 5.12.2014
On Friday, December 5, three of our students successfully completed their studies in the International Master of Cartography (2nd intake) by presenting their theses: Alice Rühl: A Cartographic Appr...
Master’s thesis presentation of Jan Behrens
On 21 August 2014, Jan Behrens, student from the International Master in Cartography (2011 intake), successfully completed his master studies by presenting his thesis on the topic of „Testing th...
Master’s thesis presentation of Wangshu Wang
On 20 March 2014, Wangshu Wang, student from the International Master in Cartography (2011 intake), successfully completed her master studies by presenting her master thesis on the topic of „Modeli...
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...
International Master in Cartography: students of 2013 move to Dresden
The second intake of the International Master Programme on Cartography has finished the “Vienna Semester” and is heading to TU Dresden for the third semester. We wish them all the best! Th...
International Master in Cartography: students of 2013 arrived
We are happy to welcome 20 students from all over the world at TU Vienna. After they studied at TU Munich for one semester, they are now here with us for their second semester before they leave for TU...
Großglockner relief by Jeff Welter
Our student Jeff Welter of the International Master Program in Cartography designed and produced a plaster relief of the Großglockner during this semester. We think it is wonderful and we congratulat...