Index

• US on-campus masters programs
• US on-campus certificate programs
• Canadian on-campus certificate and masters programs
• Other country on-campus certificate and masters programs
• Distance learning programs
• Related certificates
• GIS education needs surveys
   
• IMPORTANT - April 2003 summary of Diploma, Certificate and Degree programs taught around the world prepared by Brian Berdusco. Full report from 2003 MSc thesis (zip file of a MS Word document) and html of the table (large document, loads slowly).
   
• See also lists of links maintained by:
  • GISOnline Graduate Courses
  • GeoCommunity
  • gradschools.com

US on-campus masters programs

Arizona State University - Masters of Advanced Study in Geographic Information Systems (MAS-GIS)
-  http://geography.asu.edu/mas-gis

Ball State - Master of Science in Geography, GI Processing Emphasis
- http://www.bsu.edu/geography/article/0,1384,27311-4327-8945,00.html

Boston University - Master of Arts in Environmental Remote Sensing & GIS
- http://www.bu.edu/cees/academics/grad/index.html#maersgis

California State University Northridge
- MS with Specialization in GIScience - http://www.csun.edu/geography/grad.html

Chicago State University  - MA in Geography
- http://www.csu.edu/graduateschool/index.htm

Clark University - MA in Geographic Information Sciences for Development and Environment
- http://www.clarku.edu/departments/idce/gis/

College of the North Atlantic, Corner Brook, NL - Certificate in GIS
- http://www.cna.nl.ca/programscourses/current_programs/CNA%20GIS%20Applications%20Specialist%20Post%20Diploma.pdf

University of Arizona, School of Geography and Development (starts Jan 2011)
-http://geog.arizona.edu/graduate/MS_GIST.php

University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand- Masters (MGIS) and
Postgraduate Diploma (PGDipGIS) in Geographic Information Science
- http://www.mgis.ac.nz

University of Denver - MS in GIScience
- http://www.geography.du.edu/Programs/ProgMS_GISc.html

University of Florida - M.S. Concentration in Applications of Geographic Technologies
- http://www.geog.ufl.edu/MS_geogtech.html

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis - MS in GIS
 - http://www.iupui.edu/~geotech/msgis.html

University of Minnesota - Professional Masters in GIS
- http://www.geog.umn.edu/Graduate/MGIS/index.html

University of Maine - MS Spatial Information Science and Engineering
- http://www.spatial.maine.edu/

University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Rockville, MD) - M.P.S. in GIS
- http://www.umbc.edu/shadygrove/gis/gis.html

University of Maryland at College Park, MD - Master of Professional Studies in Geospatial Information Sciences (MPSGIS) program
 - http://www.geog.umd.edu/gis

University of Pennsylvania - Master of Urban Spatial Analytics
- http://www.sas.upenn.edu/CGS/graduate/musa/

University of Pittsburg - MS in GIS/RS
 - http://pro-ms.geology.pitt.edu/program.html

University of Redlands - MS in GIS
-www.msgis.redlands.edu

St. Cloud State University - MS in Geographic Information Science
- http://bulletin.stcloudstate.edu/gb/programs/geog.asp 

St. Mary's University of Minnesota - MS in Resource Analysis
- http://www.gis.smumn.edu/

Salem State College,  Massachusetts - MS in Geo-Information Science
- http://www.dgl.salemstate.edu/ms/ 

University of Texas, Dallas
Master of Science in Geographic Information Sciences
- http://www.utdallas.edu/dept/socsci/MS-GIS.htm

US on-campus certificate programs

American River College, Sacramento CA - Graduate Certificate in GIS
- http://wserver.arc.losrios.edu/~earthscience/

University of Arizona - Certificate in GIS
- http://www.ucgis.org/priorities/education/GIS_Cert+Masters_Prog/certificates.htm#USooncampuscerts

Boston University - Professional Certificate in GIS
- http://butrain.bu.edu/IT-information-technology-training-boston/gis-geographic-information-systems-training.asp

California State University Chico - Certificate in GIS Technology
- http://wizard.csuchico.edu:8090/academics/certificates.aspx

California State University Long Beach - Certificate in GIS
- http://www.uces.csulb.edu/scitech/gis.html

California State University Northridge
- Certificate in GIS- http://www.csun.edu/geography/giscertificate.html

University of California Riverside - Certificate in GIS
- http://www.unex.ucr.edu/gis/gis.html

Central Washington University - Certificate in GIS
- http://www.cwu.edu/~gis/certificate.html

Chicago State University in Chicago, Illinois
-http://www.csu.edu/graduateschool/index.htm

Cleveland State University - Certificate in Urban GIS
- http://urban.csuohio.edu/~ustweb/gis.htm

University of Connecticut - Certificate in GIS
- http://www.ucc.uconn.edu/~wwwgeog/giscert.html

College of the North Atlantic, Corner Brook, NL - Certificate in GIS
- http://www.cna.nl.ca/programscourses/current_programs/CNA%20GIS%20Applications%20Specialist%20Post%20Diploma.pdf

Georgia State University - Professional Certificate in Geographic Information Science
- http://monarch.gsu.edu/GIS_certificate.htm

George Mason University - Certificate in GIS with concentrations in Crime Mapping, Public Health and Defense & Intelligence
- http://gis.ocpe.gmu.edu/certificate_programs/gis.html

Hunter College of The City University of New York (Department of Geography)
- http://www.geo.hunter.cuny.edu/programs/gis_cert.html

Idaho State University - Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in GeoTechnologies
- http://giscenter.isu.edu/geotech/

University of Maine - Graduate Certificate in GIS
- http://www.spatial.maine.edu/

University of Massachusetts at Boston - Certificate in GITechnologies
- http://www.geog.umb.edu/GITWebsite.htm 

University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Rockville, MD) - Graduate Certificate in Professional GIS
- http://www.umbc.edu/shadygrove/gis/gis.html

University of Maryland at College Park, MD - Master of Professional Studies in Geospatial Information Sciences (MPSGIS) program
 - http://www.geog.umd.edu/gis

University of New Haven - Certificate in GISystems
-http://qrwgis.newhaven.edu/QRWweb/GRADUATE.HTM

University of North Alabama - Certificate in GIS
- http://www2.una.edu/geography/Certific/certific.htm

University of North Carolina - Certificate in GIS
- http://www.continuinged.uncc.edu/certificate/GIS/gis_fy04.htm

University of North Dakota - Graduate Certificate in GIScience
- http://www.und.edu/dept/Geog/gradcert.html 

Oklahoma State University - Certificate in GIS
- http://www.geog.okstate.edu/gis/gis.htm

Oregon State University - Professional Certificate in GIScience
- http://www.geo.oregonstate.edu/gcert

Portland State University - Graduate Certificate in GIS
- http://www.geog.pdx.edu/GIS/grad_certificate.html

Rutgers University - Professional Certificate Program in Geomatics
- http://www.crssa.rutgers.edu/courses/profcert/

St. Cloud State University - Certificate in Geographic Information Science
- http://www.stcloudstate.edu/~bulletin/geog/gprograms.html

St. Mary's University of Minnesota - Certificate in Resource Analysis
- http://www2.smumn.edu/ra/gis/index.html

San Diego State University - Certificate in GIS
- http://typhoon.sdsu.edu/dept_info/giscert.html

San Francisco State University - Certificate in GIS
- http://gis.sfsu.edu/cert/

San Jose State University - Certificate in GIS
- http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/geography/degrees/giscert.htm

Southwest Texas University - Certificate in GIS
- http://www.geo.swt.edu/programs/certificate/gis/index.html

University of Texas, Dallas
Certificate in GIS for government and private sector application
- http://www.utdallas.edu/dept/socsci/gis_cert.htm

University of Utah - Certificate Program in GIS
- http://www.geog.utah.edu/GIS_certificate/index.htm

Ventura College - Certificate ("Proficiency Award") Program in Basic GIS
- http://academic.venturacollege.edu/spalladino/geosci/GIS.html

University of Washington Extension - Certificate in GIS
- http://www.extension.washington.edu/ext/certificates/gis/gis_gen.asp

University of West Florida- Undergraduate and Graduate level GIS Certificate
- http://uwf.edu/gis/

University of Wisconsin-Madison - Graduate Certificate in GIS
- http://www.geography.wisc.edu/GISCertificate/

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee - Certificate in Urban Geographic Information Systems
- http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/GIS/edu_degrees.html 

Graduate School, USDA (Wash DC) - Professional Certificate in GIS
- http://www.grad.usda.gov/GIS

Canadian on-campus certificate and masters programs

University of Calgary - Masters in GIS Program
- http://www.ucalgary.ca/GEOG/index.html

Centre of Geographic Sciences, Nova Scotia Community College
Advanced Diplomas in Business Geographics, Geographic Information Systems, Integrated studies in GIS/RS
- http://www.cogs.ns.ca/department/departments.html

Malaspina University-College, Nanaimo BC
Advanced Diploma in GIS Applications
- http://www.mala.ca/ccs/certificates/gis.htm

McMaster University
Undergraduate and Graduate Diploma in Spatial Analysis and GIS
Certificate in GIS
- http://sciwebserver.science.mcmaster.ca/gislab/postgraduate/postgraduate.html

College of New Caledonia, in Prince George, British Columbia
Advanced Degree Diploma in Geographic Information Systems
-  www.cnc.bc.ca/gis/default.htm

Niagara College - Post-graduate (professional) Certificate in GISystems
-  http://www.niagarac.on.ca/gis/

Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
GIS Technology Certificate
- http://www.nait.ab.ca/calenmci/gis/GISSplash.htm
GIS Certificate for Systems Designers and Builders
GIS Certificate for Supervisors/Managers
- http://www.nait.ab.ca/mci/

Ryerson University
Certificate in Applied Digital Geography and GIS
Certificate in Geotechnology for Teachers
- http://www.geotechnology.ryerson.ca/

Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology - Certificate in GIScience for Resource Management
- http://www.siast.sk.ca/programsites/woodland/irm/gis.html

Selkirk College - Advanced Diploma in GIS
- http://www.selkirk.ca/sgrc/

Sir Sandford Fleming College - Certificates in Geographic Information Systems - Business Applications Specialist (GAB), Geographic Information Systems - Cartographic Specialist (GC), Geographical Information Systems - Applications Specialist (GA)
- http://www.flemingc.on.ca/programs/natres/

University of Waterloo - Certificate of Excellence in GIS (part of a 4 year geography degree)
- http://www.fes.uwaterloo.ca/gis/main.html

On-campus certificate and masters programs in other countries

Charles Sturt University, Australia - Graduate Diploma of GIS and Remote Sensing
- http://clio.mit.csu.edu.au/gis
    - note also Charles Sturt University has a Bachelor of Spatial Information Systems

City University, London UK- Masters in Geographic Information
- http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/mgi

Curtin University, Australia - Graduate Certificate and MS in Geographic Information Science
- http://www.spatial.curtin.edu.au/

University College London - MSc and Postgraduate Diploma Courses in Geographic Information Science
- http://www.gisatucl.info/

University of Edinburgh - MSc and Postgraduate Diploma in Geographical Information Science
- http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/~gisadmin/gisstudy.html

University of Leeds - MSc and Postgraduate Diploma Courses in GIS
- http://www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/masters/

Distance learning/On-line programs

NOTE: For more information on individual graduate courses and graduate programs available entirely by distance technologies, see "GISOnline Graduate Courses"

California State University Bakersfield, USA
- http://academic.csub.edu/~vkohli/giscert.html

Charles Sturt University, Australia
http://clio.mit.csu.edu.au/gis

Curtin University, Australia
http://www.cage.curtin.edu.au/gis/distance.htm

University of Denver
- Certificate of Advances Studies in Geographic Information Systems
- Masters Degree in Geographic Information Science
- http://www.du.edu/gis/

Elmhurst College, Elmhurst IL - Certificate in GIS (hybrid online/classroom format)
- http://www.elmhurst.edu/~geo/GISCertProgram.html

ESRI Virtual Campus
-  http://campus.esri.com/

Johns Hopkins University - post-baccalaureate Certificate in Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- http://advanced.jhu.edu/academic/environmental/gis/

University of Leeds - postgraduate programs in GIS
- http://www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/odl/

University of North Dakota - Graduate Certificate in GIScience
- http://distance.und.edu/degree/?id=geoinfoscience2

Northwest Missouri State University - M.S. and Graduate Certificate in GIScience
- www.nwmissouri.edu/gis

Pennsylvania State World Campus, USA
- http://www.worldcampus.psu.edu/pub/programs/gis/index.shtml

University of Southern Queensland
- http://www.usq.edu.au/handbook/2002/engineer/index.htm

University of Southern California, Los Angeles CA, USA
  - http://www.usc.edu/dept/geography/learngis/

University of West Florida - Undergraduate and Graduate level GIS Certificate
- http://uwf.edu/gis/

UNIGIS - International distance learning consortium
On-line Postgraduate Certificate in GIS

• Central office, UK
    - http://www.unigis.org/
• Malaspina University College, Nanaimo BC, Canada
    - http://www.mala.ca/ccs/certificates/unigis.htm
• Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
    - http://www.egs.mmu.ac.uk/
   

Related Certificates

Carnegie Mellon and Columbia University
- Information Resource Management Certificate Program (by distance education)
- http://www.heinz.cmu.edu/irm/