The technological innovations which have taken place over recent decades have brought parallel developments in its wake for surveying (geodesy), meaning that a discipline which is able to look back on a long tradition has now undergone further development to become a modern engineering science encompassing an extremely broad spectrum of tasks. Surveying Engineering deals with the recording, updating and processing of spatial data (basic geodata). The working fields of a surveying engineer cover the following areas.

• Basic surveying
• Property surveying
• Topographical land surveys
• Processing aerial images and other remote sensing data
• Production of national sets of maps
• Engineering surveying
• Quality assurance of industrial products
• Planning, land division and property valuing
• Work with geoinformation systems
• Activities in software companies

Although spatially related technical surveying tasks continue to constitute the main focus of a surveyor’s activities, the use of state-of-the-art data recording systems, satellite-aided measurement processes, scanning procedures and digital picture processing have brought about a strong shift towards electronically based applications. The aim of the course is to prepare graduates for high level and senior management jobs in public administration bodies and private companies or for work on a freelance basis at surveying and engineering firms. At the end of the fourth semester, students need to decide which of two areas of specialisation they wish to pursue. This provides an opportunity to focus either on engineering surveying and measurement technology or to concentrate on land registry, rural land division and land management. The course is accredited.

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