As a graduate of the Master’s in Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation with a specialisation in Disaster Resilience, you can look forward to an exciting career as a disaster manager leading risk reduction efforts in a municipality, a machine learning specialist identifying hazard and risk trends in geospatial data, or an expert modeler working in a private company or research center, to name but a few. Another option is to continue with a PhD. Or what about starting up your own business?
Type of degree
Upon completing the Master's with a specialisation in Disaster Resilience, you will receive a Master’s in Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation. Also, you can title yourself Master of Science (MSc). Your specialisation will be mentioned on your diploma supplement, highlighting your specialised knowledge and skills in disaster resilience.
Job opportunities
As a graduate of this specialisation, you have in-depth knowledge and skills related to risk assessment and management, modelling and image analysis and their application in the disaster domain. You know how to handle multisource datasets using various digital techniques and tools for geospatial data acquisition and processing. With this expertise, you will be well-prepared to work at research institutes that focus on remote sensing technologies, aerospace engineering organisations, geospatial companies, and consulting firms, among others.
Whichever career path you choose, you will be sure to find exciting career opportunities at various private and public organisations worldwide. You can work at international research centers such as the European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories (EARSeL).
Start a business
Do you have a great business idea? At the University of Twente, you can turn it into reality! At UT, we highly encourage entrepreneurship. In fact, with over 1,000 start-ups to its name, UT is recognised as one of the most entrepreneurial universities in the Netherlands. Did you know that big international companies like Booking.com and Just Eat Takeaway were once founded by students of UT? We are keen to put your scientific knowledge to practical use in solutions that people and society need. Your innovative ideas, creativity and the courage to put in the extra mile will be rewarded. As a catalyst for meaningful entrepreneurship, we offer you the Novel-T foundation and their start-up hub Incubase on campus.
You can use your master’s research - or prototypes from the research you have done - to start your own business just like Rodrigo Lopez who launched IDA&RM! Will you be next?
Post-master opportunities
Instead of pursuing a professional career right after obtaining your Master’s degree, you can opt for an academic career by completing a PhD or a PDEng. A PDEng programme is more practically oriented and aligned with direct problem solving and addressing design needs of a particular industry whereas a PhD programme is more focused on research. You can follow both types of programmes at the Twente Graduate School (TGS).
Continue as a researcher: obtain a PhD
A PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) entails studying and carrying out research in a particular area for four years. You can do this within one of our research groups or our structured PhD programmes. An integral part of a PhD is writing your PhD thesis and presenting and defending your research publicly. Obtaining a PhD gives you the title Doctor (Dr).