# Geomatics Engineering
**Source**: https://grad.ucalgary.ca/future-students/graduate/discover-opportunities/explore-programs/geomatics-engineering-meng-course
**Parent**: https://grad.ucalgary.ca/future-students/graduate/discover-opportunities/explore-programs/biomedical-engineering-msc-thesis
Master of Engineering (MEng)
Course-based program
***This program now offers both Fall and Winter semester intake***
[Start your application](https://grad.ucalgary.ca/future-students/how-apply)
## Program overview
The MEng in geomatics engineering program gives you a competitive advantage in an increasingly global economy that is increasingly reliant on digitized location and positioning data. This program is often completed in one or two years of full-time study, and part-time options are available. This program is one of only four in Canada, and is the largest and most internationally recognized, sparking a strong demand throughout North America for our graduates. With this graduate-level education, you will be well positioned to advance your career into management roles across a wide variety of sectors ranging from unmanned vehicles, robotics, and land and industrial surveying, to aerospace, navigation and location services, energy and natural resources, and agriculture.
We also offer this program as an accelerated, 4+1 program for students in engineering or science who would like to complete their MEng degree within one year of finishing their BSc. In their final year, undergraduate students can take up to three extra-to-degree, senior-level undergraduate or graduate courses that will count towards their master’s. As grad students, they can then complete their MEng with just seven additional courses in as little as one year.
### **MEng Internship**
This program offers an 8-to-16 month full-time paid internship with companies across Canada to help students gain engineering work experience in a diverse economy. Limited spots are available.
Learn more about this exciting internship opportunity by visiting the [MEng Internship Page.](https://schulich.ucalgary.ca/meng-internship)
### Completing this program
- **Core courses:**10 courses can be selected from topics including: Advanced Topics in Sensor Web and Internet of Things, Digital Image Processing and GNSS Theory and Applications; Spatial Databases and Data Mining, Optical Imaging Metrology, Earth Observation for the Environment, Atmospheric Effects on Satellite Navigation Systems, Geocomputation and more.
- **Accelerated MEng (4+1 program):** Students entering their final year of a BSc in engineering or science can take up to three extra-to-degree, pre-approved, senior undergraduate or graduate courses. These course credits will transfer towards the MEng in geomatics engineering, leaving students with only seven courses remaining in their master’s degree. Interested students – who have completed their third year of undergraduate studies – can email [meng@ucalgary.ca](mailto:meng@ucalgary.ca) to receive more information on pursuing this option.
### Outcomes
Industry, government agencies, space agencies, research institutions and academia related to the following sectors: land and industrial surveying, mapping, land tenure, navigation, location services, aerospace, internet of things, environment and hazards, energy and natural resources, agriculture, biomedical, civil, mining, transportation, robotics, automotive, electronics, computer software.
**A course-based master’s degree in geomatics engineering is usually considered a final degree.**
### Course-based program
10 courses
[Learn more about program requirements in the Academic Calendar](https://calendar.ucalgary.ca/programs/ENGOMENGC)
### Classroom delivery
### Time commitment
1-2 years full-time; 6 years maximum; part-time available
### Supervisor
Advisor assigned at the time of registration.
### Fees and funding
MEng degrees are self-funded.
See the Graduate Calendar for information on [fees and fee regulations,](https://calendar.ucalgary.ca/uofcregs/tuitionandfeesoverview/grad) and for information on [awards and financial assistance](https://calendar.ucalgary.ca/uofcregs/studfinsupport/awardsgrad).
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## Admission Requirements
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#### GPA
A minimum of 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 point system, over the past two years of full-time study (a minimum of 10 full-course equivalents or 60 units) of the undergraduate degree.
#### Minimum education
A four-year baccalaureate degree in geomatics, civil or electrical and computer engineering, or in physics, computer science, geography, or an equivalent degree, from a recognized institution.
#### Work samples
None
#### Documents
One official copy of your final transcript (and degree certificate if degree is not clearly stated on transcript) in signed, sealed envelope from institution attended. **Unofficial transcripts can be uploaded to the online application for initial evaluation purposes. Admission offers, however, are conditional upon receipt of official transcripts.**
- Official transcripts can be mailed to us directly from the institution, or they can be mailed to you directly and you can send them to us yourself
- We will not accept unsealed official transcripts as official
#### References
None
#### Test scores
None
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#### **English language proficiency (ELP)**
An applicant whose primary language is not English may fulfill the English language proficiency requirement in different ways. For accepted criteria, please refer to the program “Admissions” tab in the [Academic Calendar](https://calendar.ucalgary.ca/programs/ENGOMENGC).
*\*Please contact your program of interest if you have any questions about ELP requirements.*
#### Deadlines
We encourage you to apply early as this program receives a high volume of applications and reaches capacity quickly. We send offers to qualified applicants on a rolling basis. For international applicants, applications will be reviewed taking country-specific study permit processing times into consideration. Please refer to the [IRCC processing times website](https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/check-processing-times.html) to ensure that you are applying for a term that would allow for sufficient time for review and study permit application. Your application may be moved to a future term if additional time is required.
**For admission on September 1:**
Deadline for International applicants: April 1
Deadline for Domestic applicants: April 1
**For admission on January 1:**
Deadline for International applicants: August 20
Deadline for Domestic applicants: August 20
To accommodate **extended study permit processing times for students from Iran**, we will be accepting applications from **Iranian applicants** for the **Fall intake until December 1**, and for the **Winter intake until April 1**. This deadline is intended to allow sufficient time for review and study permit application.
If you're not a Canadian or permanent resident, or if you have international credentials, make sure to learn about
[international requirements](https://grad.ucalgary.ca/future-students/international-students)
## Are you ready to apply?
[Application process](https://grad.ucalgary.ca/future-students/how-apply)
## Learn more about this program
### Geomatics Engineering - MEng Office
Schulich School of Engineering\
ENC 205, Canadian Natural Resources Limited Engineering Complex\
2500 University Drive NW\
Calgary, AB T2N 1N4\
403.220.2001
[Contact the Graduate Program Administrator](mailto:meng@ucalgary.ca)
[Visit the departmental website](https://schulich.ucalgary.ca/geomatics)
### Schulich School of Engineering
University of Calgary\
2500 University Drive NW\
Calgary, AB T2N 1N4
[Visit the Schulich School of Engineering website](http://schulich.ucalgary.ca/)
Learn more about UCalgary by taking a
[virtual tour](https://virtualtour.grad.ucalgary.ca/)
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## Highlights of the Geomatics program
These stories from those involved in the program show what it's like to be involved yourself.
#### Tech startup with roots in UCalgary Geomatics Department
Trusted Positioning Inc., born out of the geomatics department, sold for $36 million
[Read More](https://ucalgary.ca/news/tech-startup-born-department-geomatics-sold-36-million)
#### Making the internet of things a universal force
Steve Liang, an Avenue Magazine's Top 40 under 40, is standardizing connectivity
[Read more](https://www.avenuecalgary.com/City-Life/Top-40-Under-40/Steve-Liang/)
#### Using NASA satellites to predict forest fires
Quazi Hassan puts geomatics engineering to work making remote parts of Alberta safer
[Read more](https://ucalgary.ca/news/engineering-professor-using-nasa-satellite-data-forecast-forest-fires)
## Curious about the University of Calgary?
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