b-learning - Specialization in Geospatial Data Science

Education objectives

The specialization in Geospatial Data Science provides the necessary skills for the analysis, modeling, and visualization of geographic information, and aims to train professionals for the role of artificial intelligence, programming, and data mining in the development of solutions to challenges and societal problems in the public and private sectors.

This program is developed in collaboration with UNIGIS, international network that brings together the best schools in Geographic Information Systems and Science and it has obtained the GEOINT (Geospatial Intelligence) accreditation by the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) and was the 1^st program outside the US to be accredited by this organization.

This Program is taught in Portuguese and aims at everyone from Portuguese-speaking African countries but also Portugal, Brazil, Timor, and Portuguese communities all over the world, who is interested in continuing their studies by getting a Master's Degree in a Portuguese university.

This program provides the knowledge and skills needed to:

- Understand and contribute to the great technical and social challenges created by computing environments rich in geospatial data including its architecture, integrity and management;

- Understand how geospatial data can be acquired and used to support various analysis, modeling, and geovisualization processes in large data environments;

- Understand how artificial intelligence, programming and data mining can be used to intelligently enhance the typical concepts and flows of geographic information science and thus provide institution-centric solutions to a wide variety of challenges and societal problems across public and private sectors.

Applications - 1^st 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. The selection process is based on the analysis of the applicant's academic and professional curriculum. The members of the Admissions’ Jury Panel may decide to hold an interview with all or some applicants - face-to-face or videoconference.

The applications for this program, for the 2025/2026 academic year, are open from January 1^st to February 3^rd, 2025. To apply, click here.