Initiative for international master's program in photogrammetry at the Helsinki University of Technology
Junnilainen, Hanne ... [et al.]
Beginning in fall 2005, the surveying curriculum at the Helsinki University of Technology (TKK) was arranged according to the new European academic two-phase structure, so called Bologna agreement. The aim of the agreement is to construct a European Higher Education Areaa with a system of comparable degrees and to increase student mobility, particularly after the undergraduate level. International Masterrs programs and cooperation among European universities strongly belongs to the strategy of the Bologna. The Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing takes initiative to establish international Master program in photogrammetry. Two types of models are initiated: 1) international Masterrs program offered by the TKK and 2) collaborative international Masterrs program among assembled universities in Europe. Since academic chairs of photogrammetry tends to disappear, besides the Bologna agreement, initiative also arises from need of the educational continuity in photogrammetry. In this paper, the current photogrammetric curriculum at the TKK and its possibilities for international Masterrs program are described. Bologna Process in Europe and at the TKK is briefly examined, and compatibility of the Bachelorrs degrees in Europe is discussed. Also issues of cooperation, student intake, funding, language issues, flexibilty and aims of the purposed program are reviewed.
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