

Institute for Geoinformatics at the University of Münster
Geoinformatics is the science of modelling spatio-temporal processes computationally. The Institute of Geoinformatics in Münster provides bachelor, master and phd degrees in geoinformatics. Our research areas are modelling spatio-temporal processes, semantic interoperability, spatial assistance systems, cognitive engineering and sensor networks.
Overview of the courses of SS2020
Due to the current situation the Institute for Geoinformatics has decided to create a Learnweb course, which will serve as an information channel for the upcoming courses.
https://sso.uni-muenster.de/LearnWeb/learnweb2/course/view.php?id=44099
There is no enrollment key needed for this course.Information on the summer term 2020 in view of the COVID-19 pandemic
Given the current situation, the institute for geoinformatics has decided to deliver all courses of the summer term 2020 - as much as possible - in a digital form. All lecturers are hard at work to find suitable solutions and adapt the course materials. Please keep checking your WWU e-mail inbox frequently in order to remain informed, also on specific consequences on individual courses. Please also note that the delay of the beginning of the semester, which has been decided by WWU, only applies to courses which require physical presence. Any online courses can start on April 6. Participation will be independent from your location, it is thus not necessary to come to Münster.
Student of the year

Five new PhDs in three days: congratulations to Ana, Champika, Guiying, Mehrnaz and Shivam!
On Thursday, Friday and Monday, five candidates from ifgi successfully defended their theses and became the most recent PhD graduates at ifgi. Ana Maria Bustamante defended her work on “Participation & (Re)Settlement: Envisioning Mobile Services with Young Forced Migrants”. Champika Ranasinghe did the same for her topic “Adapting Navigation Support to Positional Information of Varying Quality”. Guiying Du’s defence centred on her topic of “Supporting Public Participation through Interactive Immersive Public Displays”. Mehrnaz Ataei publicly defended her thesis on “Location Data Privacy: Principles to Practice” and Shivam Gupta did the same for his thesis on “Spatial Modelling of Air Pollution for Open Smart Cities”. Ana, Guiying, Mehrnaz and Shivam were the first four out of thirteen early stage researchers on the ITN GEO-C to defend their thesis - the remaining nine candidates will defend their work in the coming two weeks.
Congratulations to the five new PhDs!
EDC Forum 2017 - “Big Data Analytics & GIS“ in Münster, September 21-22

openSea Hackday 2017

Call for Applications: PhD scholarship 'Improving movement simulation of large masses of people'

IFGI students receive the 2016 Esri Development Center International Student of the Year Award


Aleksandr Shirokov and Dominik Schlarmann receive the 2016 Esri Development Center (EDC) International Student of the Year Award.
Aleksandr has been awarded the prize for his project “Gesture-Based Interactions with Esri Story Maps in Context of Public Places“, and Dominik for his Project “Geofenced Location-Based Services for eParticipation“.
Two scholarships for international students MSc in Geoinformatics at ifgi


The Institute for Geoinformatics provides two scholarships for the MSc in Geoinformatics for international students (October 1, 2016 - September 30, 2018). Application deadline for EU- and non-EU applicants: May 31, 2016. For further details, see this website.