Lund University GIS Centre, Sweden, offers a Master’s program in Geographical Information Systems (GIS) *. The program:

• will lead to a Degree of Master in Geographical Information Systems from Lund University;
• is fully Internet-based – distance learning – except presentation and defence of the final thesis;
• is flexible in terms of study tempo and learning methods;
• will take 2 years to complete for a full-time student;
• is free of charge for all students (no tuition fees)

To take part in the program, you need:

• a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree (at least 3 years university studies, in any discipline)
• access to a computer (at least 10 hours a week) – see section “Technical Prerequisite”
• any sort of Internet connection (at least 1 hour a week)

The program is equivalent to a degree of Master in Sweden. It is the responsibility of international students to verify if the program is also recognized as a degree of Master in their country of origin.

The program is a collaboration with the E-GIS project of the European Commission’s Leonardo da Vinci program.

Tuition fees

The entire program is free of charge for all students, meaning that there are no tuition fees.

The students will be supplied with all required computer software and licenses, theoretical material (except course literature for some courses), practical exercises, and data.

Course literature (books) may be required for some of the more advanced courses. In such cases, students will have to buy these themselves.

Companies, organisations and local and foreign governments wishing to provide the program, or individual courses, to their employees can do so by purchasing either the entire Master’s program (120 ECTS credits) at   10 000 Euros/student or individual courses (7.5 ECTS credits each) at 700 Euros/student/course. In the case of the Master’s program, the admission requirements remain nonetheless the same.

Private clients may not purchase this educational package for themselves, and only employers aiming to educate further their employees are allowed to benefit from this option.

For more information regarding this possibility, please contact:

Lund University Education AB
Box 117
SE-221 00 Lund
Sweden

Phone: +46 46 222 0707
Fax: +46 46 222 0750
Email: info@Education.lu.se

Admission requirements

LUMA-GIS program applications as well as individual course applications are handled by studera.nu. No applications can be sent directly to Lund University.

Note that you are allowed to apply for both the LUMA-GIS program and one or more individual courses. Normally, it is much more difficult to get admission to the program. However, you can apply several times, and when you get in you can include passed individual courses in your Master’s degree.

General requirements

You need a higher secondary certificate that gives access to university studies in your home country and an internationally recognized test of English if your mother tongue is another language. If there are any specific requirements, they are indicated under each course.

The courses are entirely conducted in English. To be admitted, non-Nordic candidates, whose mother tongue is other than English, will have to prove their proficiency in English by submitting appropriate documents. This is done by providing results from internationally recognized tests, i.e, TOEFL (at least 550 or 213 for paper-based and computer-based TOEFL test respectively), IELTS (at least 6.0) or the Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency.

For Nigeria, Ghana, Gambia, Liberia, Sierra Leone and parts of Cameroun, results from the West African Examination Council (WAEC) are sufficient (O-level and/or A-level).

Official transcripts and Diplomas/Certificates of your higher secondary and university studies in sealed envelopes must be sent directly to studera.nu (where you fill in the application) by your University/College. Please note that both Diplomas and specifications are required. Photo copies will not be considered.

When your application is registered you can follow the admission process on-line.

Also see section Technical Prerequisite for computer requirements:

http://luma.gis.lu.se/technical.htm

Additional requirements for the LUMA-GIS program

The program is at the Master’s level, and consequently, all applicants must have successfully completed at least a Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent – at least 3 years university studies) in any discipline in order to be considered. No special importance will be placed for students with specific academic backgrounds (or profession), and students from all faculties are welcome to apply.

During the selection process, academic grades, as well as other merits, such as letters of recommendation and “statements of purpose” will be considered. There will be no discrimination regarding the country of origin, the academic background and the gender of the applicants.

If there are more qualified applicants than places students will be selected based on the following criteria/documents:

1. The general average of your Bachelor degree,
2. Other relevant university degrees (e.g. MSc and/or PhD),
3. Working experience in related field,
4. Statement of purpose,
5. Recommendation letters.

Go to the application page for more information on how to apply for the LUMA-GIS program:

http://luma.gis.lu.se/apply.htm

Additional information for individual courses from LUMA-GIS

If there are more applicants than places students will be selected from different groups decided by the University Board:

1. The general average (GPA) of your higher secondary school leaving certificate (largest group and in fact the only one for students living outside Sweden),
2. The Swedish national university aptitude test which will be automatically transferred to the university,
3. Previous college/university studies.

Go to the application page for more information on how to apply for individual courses:

http://luma.gis.lu.se/apply.htm

For more details information go to:

http://luma.gis.lu.se/index.htm

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