Program Description
The research-based Civil (Geomatics) Engineering (MSc Thesis) degree typically requires two years of full-time study beyond a bachelor’s degree and is in high demand throughout Pakistan. The Department of Civil (Geomatics) Engineering provides global excellence in graduate education and research, with students learning from faculty members who have earned both an international and national reputation. Geomatics engineering careers are diverse and exciting, requiring skills ranging from GIS modelling and remote sensing to field work, providing a satisfying indoor/outdoor balance in one of the modern-day emerging information technologies. Geomatics engineering is highly demanded new area in job market at national and international level. The demand of this field is rising in all government, semi-government, private and multi-national organizations including Asian Development Bank and World Bank.
Completing this program
Program Duration:
The duration of studies for MS degree shall normally be, not less than two years and not more than four years.
Courses: Topics include core subjects including geographic information systems, geospatial modeling for environment, introduction to spatial information engineering, earth observation for the environment with elective courses including digital image processing in remote sensing, advance spatial analysis methods, advance mapping techniques, data modeling for geospatial information, geospatial data processing and management, participatory geographic information systems (PGIS), advance geospatial topics, geo-computation, advanced topics in digital image processing
Thesis: Students will be required to submit and defend an original theoretical or practical research thesis.
Requirements to Earn Master of Science Degree
The MS degree consists of the following essential components.
- Prescribed course work
- Research and a dissertation
- A final oral examination
Application and Admission;
At CUI the admissions into graduate programs are offered on merit. the merit is determines on the basis of the academic record, GRE/NTS-GAT score and interview.
Eligibility criteria:
Pre-requisite:
- A 16 years degree in civil engineering in relevant field from an accredited institution, with minimum First division (annual system) or CGPA 2.5/4.0 (semester system) and no third division (Annual system) or ‘D’ grade (semester system) throughout academic career.
- NTS GAT (General) with minimum score of 50.
Career prospects
After the completion of post graduate degree in Civil (Geomatics) Engineering, graduate will have opportunities in Industry, government agencies, research institutions and academia which includes GIS, remote sensing , urban planning, master planning, land and industrial surveying, mapping, land tenure, navigation, location services, aerospace, internet of things, environment and hazards, energy and natural resources, agriculture, biomedical, civil, mining, transportation, robotics, automotive, electronics, computer software. The potential organizations for the job after the completion of post-graduation in geomatics engineering include : The Urban Unit, Survey of Pakistan, SUPARCO, NESPAK, National highway authority, Asian Development Bank, and World Bank.