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PostGraduate in Geospatial Intelligence

Education objectives

The Geospatial Intelligence Certificate, accredited by the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF), provides education and training in scientific concepts, methods and key geospatial technologies, used in the solution of global problems of human security, including natural disasters, humanitarian crisis, environmental risks, military operations, political violence, public health and challenges in access to food.

This program aims to train managers and staff to apply knowledge of earth image processing/remote sensing, geographic information science, computer science, and analytic processes to geospatial intelligence as well as select, use, synthesize, and demonstrate the techniques, skills, and tools necessary to solve geospatial intelligence problems.

Applications - 1st call
To complete the application, the applicant must register in NOVA IMS' Applications Portal, fill the form, upload their Curriculum Vitae, pay the application fee (€ 51), and submit the application in the end from June 16th to July 17th, 2023. The selection process is based on the analysis of the applicant's academic and professional curriculum.

General characterization

DGES code

4971

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Postgraduate programmes

Degree

None

Access to other programs

This postgraduate degree gives access to the Master Degree in Geographic Information Systems and Science.

Coordinator

Marco Octávio Trindade Painho

Opening date

February 2024

Vacancies

Fees

€ 4.100

Schedule

After Working Hours

Teaching language

Portuguese

Degree pre-requisites

To earn the postgraduate program diploma, it is required to complete 60 ECTS, corresponding to 10 course units.

Conditions of admittance

The requirements for the applications are: a degree in a compatible field (complete until September); analysis of the applicants' academic and professional curriculum.

Evaluation rules

The assessment method will be continuous assessment, i.e. through individual or group work, projects, quizzes, tests/exams, etc.

At the beginning of each academic year, it is up to each teacher of each Curricular Unit (CU) to define how assessment will be carried out in their CUs, and this information is then made available via the student platform.