Master of Science in Geodesy and Geoinformatics, Specialisation Hydrography HafenCity University Hamburg

The HafenCity University (HCU) in Hamburg offers one of the few specialisations in Hydrography in the world and the only one in Germany accredited according to the highest FIG/IHO/ICA level (Category A).
Hydrography is one of the three specialisations (together with Geodesy and Geoinformatics) within the MSc Programme Geodesy and Geoinformatics that can be chosen at the HCU.
The focus of the Master's courses of hydrography is on collecting, analysing, modelling, and visualising data of oceans, coasts, and inland waters for the safety of waterways, planning, engineering, georesource management, and research.
One of the highest priorities of hydrography is securing modern marine navigation and the preparation of basic information for all structural engineering measures in the maritime field. Modern technology is employed here to survey the waters. The survey data are administered, analysed, and visualised in digital hydrographic information systems. Modern methods of nautical charting also contribute directly to the protection of marine ecosystems through a reduction in ship groundings and maritime accidents. Furthermore, a hydrographic database provides important components for marine pollution detection, coastal zone management as well as sensitive ecosystem identification and monitoring.
The two-year Master's specialisation combines scientific and technological aspects and covers areas including advanced geodesy, navigation, geoinformation, marine sciences, oceanography, maritime environment, data processing, and software technology. The curriculum includes several supervised field trainings.

The two-year study programme of the specialisation Hydrography is organised in compulsory modules and electives, some of which are also included in the specialisations Geodesy and Geoinformatics. 
Two eligible courses of the Q-Studies are also part of the curriculum. In these courses, educational knowledge from art as well as the social and natural sciences is taught in a transdisciplinary way.
Practice and field exercises are integrated in the programme.

For further details please visit our website:
https://www.hcu-hamburg.de/bachelor/geodaesie-und-geoinformatik/organisation/hydrographie-1

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HafenCity Universität Hamburg (HCU): International prospective students

Bachelor's or Master's degree in hydrography, surveying, geodesy and geoinformatics, or related fields

Specific admission regulations: HafenCity Universität Hamburg (HCU): Legal regulation

Non-German university degrees have to be approved by uni-assist. Information on requesting the preliminary documentation can be found online at https://www.uni-assist.de.

380 EUR

We recommend that single students budget at least 1,000 EUR per month to meet personal expenses (accommodation, living, health insurance, books).

Due to the intense nature of the programme, working while studying is sometimes difficult but still possible. Nevertheless, nearly all of our students have some sort of a part-time job in one of the study periods. The university itself offers students the opportunity to work as assistants for lectures, research or projects under the supervision of a professor. Students can also obtain off-campus part-time jobs in the public sector or private industry in the field of hydrography.
Students from the European Union and the EEA stand practically on equal terms with German students and have free access to the German job market. However, for students who do not come from the EU or EEA countries, work is restricted; they are only allowed to work up to a specific number or hours. German employment regulations have to be considered before taking on a job.

https://www.hcu-hamburg.de/en/international/financial-support

Most of our international students live in Haus Bauhütte (see www.studentenwohnheim-hh.de/wohnen/einzelzimmer for further information) or in rooms provided by Studierendenwerk Hamburg (see www.studierendenwerk-hamburg.de/en/accommodation-for-students-and-trainees for further information).

Important: It is not at all easy to find an adequate and affordable accommodation in Hamburg in time for the beginning of the semester. Therefore, we highly recommend to begin the search even before receiving your letter of acceptance and arriving in Hamburg.

The HCU Hamburg – University of the Built Environment and Metropolitan Development – was founded by the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg in January 2006. With its approx. 2,300 students, HCU is a small university with a focus on addressing current and future issues facing our towns and cities. Our professional excellence is based on the four disciplines that cover the spectrum from house to city: architecture, civil engineering, geodesy and geoinformatics, and urban planning.
Our reality is changing more rapidly than ever. New solutions for metropolitan problems thus demand disciplinary excellence as well as openness to neighbouring disciplines such as social sciences, humanities, and metropolitan culture. Our goal at HCU is to foster lifelong learning and the continual search for new solutions. The "studium fundamentale" and the study projects at HCU encourage students to diverge from the usual ways of thinking, develop their abilities to reflect, and use their powers of judgement in the complex and changing challenges of the future.

The Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany, with its 1.8 million inhabitants, is the second largest city in Germany. Economically and culturally, Hamburg is also the centre of all Northern Germany. Approximately 3.5 million people live in the metropolitan region of Hamburg. For them, Hamburg is a shopping and cultural metropolis. With 755 square kilometres, the city area is seven times larger than Paris and two and a half times larger than London. Up to 14% of the city area is made up of green spaces and recreational areas. Hamburg boasts 31 theatres, six music halls, 10 cabarets and 50 state and private museums. They range from the Kunsthalle Art Museum and the State Opera to music clubs on the Reeperbahn. The Reeperbahn, formerly known as the "Sin Mile", has numerous bars, cafés, and discos as well as many other interesting sites that can not be found anywhere else. The "Kiez", as the natives call it, even gave the Beatles their start in the early 1960s.