PLUS in Austria is a national university meeting the highest standards of teaching and research. Geospatial Science started from 1985, soon as a Centre for Geoinformatics (Z_GIS) and promoted to a full Interfaculty Department in 2012. More than 70 faculty and staff in the units GIScience, Integrated Spatial Analysis, Networks & GISociety and Applied Geoinformatics excel in research and successfully address science, business, society and environment.Geoinformatic Programs offered at PLUS/Z_GIS:
| Level | Name / Term |
Courses/Curriculum | ECTS | Entry requirements | Other |
| Bachelor | Geography (Oct 1 -Jan 31/ Mar 1 -Jun 30) |
Curriculum 2013 in German English language program for gSmart scholars! |
180 |
A-level or high school diploma |
Most courses in German language |
| MSc in Geoinformatics | Applied Geoinformatics (Oct 1 -Jan 31/ Mar 1 -Jun 30) |
more information Curriculum 2013 |
120 | Bachelor level graduates from ‘spatially oriented disciplines' | 2 years residential English language program |
| PhD |
Geoinformatics | more information | successful completion of an eligible Master's, Diploma, or Teaching degree |
PhD in English language |
| Post-doc | Thematic specialisation for supervision: SDI, Geoinformatics, Topographic Cartography, Remote Sensing and Image Processing, Spatial Analysis, Modelling and Simulation |
| Staff mobility |
Expertise offered to incoming CA staff: web info services, student records management, outreach and marketing, project proposal development, joint teaching & research |
| Special Offers |
Summer Schools and workshops during the GI_Forum; interdisciplinary conference attracting an international GIScience audience, annualy in the first week in July |