Geomatics @ FLREC

Geomatics Updater

List of Spring 2010 courses. Click Here for PDF A network of control points with concrete monuments has been installed on UF-FLREC campus with the support of Craven Thompson & Associates, Inc. This network is used for Geomatics classes and field work on the FLREC campus. Click Here for PDF

Are you interested in cutting-edge technology? 

A job that is both in and out-of-doors?

• EXCELLENT careers await students with the proper academic preparation in the broad range of geographic information sciences.
• Students who graduate from the UF Geomatics Program are in extremely high demand.
• Within 5 years, most Geomatics’ graduates own their own business or are a partner in a business.
• Currently there are far more job offers than available graduates.
• Starting salaries for graduates typically approach $50,000.

Students wishing to major in Geomatics can be admitted in two ways

• as a freshman immediately after completing high school
• as a transfer student after earning 60 or more transferable college credits from a community college, junior college, or other 4-year university. An Associate of Arts degree (AA) from a Florida institution is encouraged as it will satisfy all UF general education requirements.
  Download the admission brochure.

If you already work in the industry and want to enroll in selected courses, you can do so without first submitting a formal application to the University of Florida. Please contact one of the Geomatics professors on campus. We provide a variety of options.

• Professional Surveying
• Geographic Information Systems
• Global Positioning Systems (GPS)
• Photogrammetry
• Cartography
• Geodesy
• Mapping
• Geographic Information Sciences (GIS)
• Remote Sensing
• Integrated Land Studies
• Land Development
• Environmental Assessment

UF graduates are in high demand as evidenced by multiple job offers at graduation time. Students are placed in a broad range of private sector and government organizations.

More than 50 percent of the graduates own their own companies and 65 percent manage or supervise a department in surveying and mapping, either in the private or public sector.

Demand for surveying and mapping professionals is increasing due to the growth of Florida and the expansion of Geomatics-based technologies.  Half of Florida’s licensed professionals (1,500) will retire in the next ten years.

Employment Opportunities with:

Federal Agencies
Environmental Agencies
Transportation Industry
Land Development
Homeland Security
Emergency Operations
Software Development Corporations
Manufacturing Industry
Oil Industry
Academic Careers
Run your own business
Consulting