What are the career prospects after completing the education in geomatics, remote sensing and GIS courses?
The number of students who enroll into our programmes are in-line with the requirements of the job market. Graduates in Geomatics have no problems in getting jobs since this course is an established professional course and has been offered for the past 35 years. However, Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics courses are fairly new and the market has only started to grow over the last 15 years. As far as the trend goes, most of the graduates do not face much difficulty in getting jobs in various government agencies, local authorities and private sectors since these sectors have started to implement projects that utilize remote sensing and GIS related technologies. Q. Is it not premature to start remote sensing and GIS courses when the market is yet to take shape? No. Remote sensing and GIS courses were offered after taking into account the man power requirements in these fields. I believe education in these areas shapes the industry. Introducing education in new technologies gives a push in
