Geomatics engineering education at NTUA, Greece and ITU, Turkey : a compare and contrast
Celik, Rahmi ... [et al.]
As it is the case in other aspects of everyday life, globalization defines and demands standards in professional education. Geomatics Engineering profession, with fundamental but not exclusive specialties being Land & Public Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Cartography, is the one that serves globalization much more than any other engineering profession. This is due to the nature of the profession itself, as it is the one that defines the spatial structure of the globe and relates spatially all other information within the globe. Moreover, it is the fundamental engineering profession, the products and services of which are essential for almost all other engineering disciplines and professions. Consequently, because of the multilateral character of the profession, Geomatics Engineers should share common terminology and experience, common knowledge and background. In this line, the educational systems and the curricula practiced in various countries play a substantial role. In this paper, Geomatics Engineering education is examined and compared in two neighbouring European countries, Greece and Turkey that both share a great potential of a young generation with a continuously increasing interest for the profession. More specifically, the educational system is examined for the corresponding departments of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) in Greece and the Istanbul Technical University (ITU) in Turkey. Readers can obtain detailed information, identify the similarities and the differences of the practices exercised in both universities and benefit from the comparison and contrast of their educational systems in the face of potential for future collaboration.
Event: XXIII International FIG Congress : Shaping the change
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