In order to bring Pakistan at par with developed nations, education and research in emerging fields of science and technologies is of fundamental importance. Geospatial science and technologies including GISc, RS and associated disciplines have emerged as “enabling discipline” having applications in almost every domain. Institute of Space Technology (IST) started MS in RS & GISc in 2010 at National Centre for Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics at Karachi. In view of the growing importance of the discipline and scarcity of universities offering degree programs nationally, IST has taken yet another step forward and started MS in RS & GISc at Space Science (SS) Department at IST Islamabad Campus since 2013. The SS department gathers best foreign qualified faculty and ensures to create top quality RS & GISc human resource.

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PEO 1: Develop and utilize RS & GISc related scientific knowledge amenable towards solving local issues in Pakistan and abroad.

PEO 2: Meet the needs of industry and academia in Pakistan and abroad.

PEO 3: Contribute to, and lead RS & GISc Geospatial Information Sciences based research groups.

PLO-1:
Able to develop and implement systematic frameworks towards practical problems and research questions.

PLO-2:
Able to comprehend a problem related to RS & GISc and to access accuracy of results.

PLO-3:
Able to be an effective member of multi-disciplinary teams.

Elective Courses

GIScience

• Advance programming and customizing GIS
• GIS Theory I
• GIS Theory II
• Mobile GIS
• Spatial Decision Support Systems
• Special topic in GIS
• Web GIS
• Advance spatial databases
• Planning GIS for Emergency Management
• GIS Programming and Automation

Remote Sensing

• Image classification techniques
• Photogrammetry
• Radar Remote sensing
• Atmospheric remote sensing
• Data analysis for earth sciences
• Microwave Remote Sensing

Geospatial Computing

• Geospatial development with python
• Functional Programming I
• Functional Programming II
• Geospatial data structures and algorithms
• Geospatial data mining and warehousing
• Object oriented programming with Java
• Geospatial programming

Interdisciplinary - Applied Courses

• Hydrology and Water Resources
• Coastal Zone Management
• Hydrological modeling using GIS
• Urban and Regional Planning
• Geostatistics
• Mathematical Modeling
• Machine learning
• Programming Languages and Environment for RS/GIS
• Advance Operation Research
• Disease Ecology
• Environmental Sciences
• Agriculture
• Fundamentals of Geology
• Spatial thinking: Monitoring and mapping natural resources
• Land Information System
• Forest Management
• Hazard and disaster management
• Satellite navigation systems
• Space Law
• Special topics in remote sensing
• Fundamentals of GNSS
• GNSS Augmentation Systems
• Space Weather and GNSS
• GNSS Applications
• Principles of Numerical Simulations and Modeling in Geoscience

• BS/ BE/ equivalent (16 Years of education) with a strong background in Remote Sensing & GIS or minimum 16 years of education in the field of Engineering/ Science with minimum CGPA = 2.00 out of 4.00 or = 60% marks (where CGPA not available) from HEC and PEC (where applicable) recognized Institute/University or from Foreign Institute/University of good repute.
• GAT-A or GAT-C (General) conducted by NTS in the relevant field of study with = 50% marks or HAT (General) conducted by HEC in the relevant field of study with = 50% marks or GRE International (General) conducted by ETS, USA, with minimum score as Quantitative: 150, Verbal: 150, Analytical: 3.5

Optional Charges per Semester

Continual Enrollment Fee per semester

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