期刊名称：ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
印刷版ISSN：2194-9042
电子版ISSN：2194-9050
出版年度：2004
卷号：XXXV Part B6
页码：13-16
出版社：Copernicus Publications
摘要：The International Institute for Geo-information Science and earth Observation established in 1950 under the name Inter national Training Centre for Aerial Survey (hence ITC), is an autonomous organisation operating under the aegis of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science and the Minister for Development Cooperation of the Netherlands and linked to the Technical University of Twente. It is the oldest and largest international higher education institute in the Netherlands, and seeks to promote the sound application of geo-information technology through programmes of research, education and project services. ITC's principal mission is aiming at capacity building and institutional development specifically in developing countries. In order to achieve its mission, the ITC has established six educational pr ogrammes with different specialisations, each run by a small group of scientific departments. These educational pr ogrammes offer different specialisation courses at the Professional Master (PM) and Master of Science (MSc) levels. The Master of Science (MSc) degree course in Geoinformatics, of 18 months duration, is thoroughly reported in this paper. Its objectives, str ucture, and curriculum are explained. Furthermore the paper, elaborates on the accreditation and decentralisation of education strategy of ITC particularly on the MSc degree level, and describes some successful implementations of decentralisation of education at the MSc level in Geoinformatics. It also emphasise the point, that the option of full-time study in ITC's headquarters in the Netherlands is fully maintained
