Studying Geoinformatics - Application for the WS 26/27

The "BSc Geoinformatics" program has open admission. Enrollment is possible from early June until October 9 (online enrollment portal). This program is taught in German. 
Applications for the "Geoinformatics and Spatial Data Science" Master's program are now open. The application deadline is May 31 for applicants from non-EU countries, and July 15, 2026, for EU applicants.
In the winter semester 26/27 the new interdisciplinary "MSc Data Science" program starts, which includes courses offered by the Institute for Geoinformatics. Applications for this program are possible until July 15. The program is entirely taught in English.

Defying climate change with the knowledge of the many - Citizen Science Preis for Selani Thomas

The Münster University Foundation and the department Knowledge and Technology Transfer are awarding Selani Thomas, recent master graduate at the Institute of Geoinformatics, one of the prizes at the Citizen Science Competition. Thomas' research project, supervised by Prof. Angela Schwering and in cooperation with Lugao Kasberg from the organisation “Mangyans for Peace and Sustainable Development”, focussed on the connection between climate change, food insecurity and the scope for action in the Hanunoo-Mangyan community on the island of Mindoro on the Philippines. The award ceremony took place on 21 April. 

GI Forum in the summer semester 2026

The next event at the GI Forum this summer semester will take place on Tuesday, 2 June at 12 am. Dr. Milad Malekzadeh from the University of Helsinki will give a talk on the topic ‘AI, Mobility, and Geoprivacy: Understanding Urban Life Through Spatial Data’. The GI Forum talks are held in room 242, GEO 1. Everyone is welcome to attend!

Funding received for a new German-Korean collaboration

The SPARC lab, led by Prof. Dr. Jakub Krukar and the Human-Centered Interior Environment Lab led by Prof. Ji Young Cho at Kyung Hee University in Seoul have received joint funding from the German Research Foundation and the National Research Foundation of Korea. The project is titled "Measuring mental representations of complex 3D structures for wayfinding: bringing together geoinformatics Virtual Reality tools and domain-specific psychometric spatial ability tests". The collaboration will involve mutual research visits of 3-4 weeks (Jakub in Seoul, Ji Young in Münster) over the upcoming years.

New Research Project: SPACE-EYE

The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved a new research project to analyze the link between walking trajectories and eye-movement trajectories. The project, entitled "SPACE-EYE: Spatial and Architectural Evidence from Movement-Aware Eye-Tracking," is led by Prof. Dr. Jakub Krukar. The research will combine mobile eye-tracking and motion data to build a computational framework that models gaze and locomotion together in realistic architectural environments. This has implications for areas interested in modelling how people move through and view space, e.g. in signage planning, or emergency evacuation scenarios.