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The Department of Geoinformatics has an accredited four-year doctoral programme in Geoinformatics. Applications should usually be submitted by mid-May of the given year. The entrance examinations take the form of an interview in June of the given year. The course and conditions of doctoral studies at HGF are specified in the Study and Examination Regulations.

Those interested in doctoral studies can choose the topic of their doctoral thesis. Applicants should choose from the topics listed below and then contact a supervisor. Current topics are always available on the HGF website by March of the given year. If any of the topics are not satisfactory for the applicants, an option to suggest their own is available. In such a case, it is advisable to contact one of the supervisors well in advance of the entrance interview, and discuss the proposed topic so that it is clear whether the topic is feasible in our workplace and whether there is a suitable supervisor who could oversee the topic and would agree to the leadership. You can pre-select a suitable supervisor based on the supervisor's professional profile. See the links to the supervisor bios below.

Approved supervisors

Study programme Geoinformatics

About study programme

The doctoral study programme Geoinformatics offers a modern interdisciplinary study based on a combination of technical and natural-science foundations. The programme develops knowledge in the field of theoretical concepts of geoinformatics (GIscience) as well as in areas such as remote sensing of the Earth's surface by satellites and unmanned systems, building of spatial databases, use of spatial analysis, spatial modelling and simulations, artificial intelligence or advanced GNSS measurement processing and geovisualisation. Students can focus on applying their own geoinformation solutions, e.g. in transport, agriculture, forestry, geomorphology, hydrology, environment, social geography, criminology or studying social networks. The study programme addresses current trends within the framework of strategic requirements of the state administration expressed in GeoInfoStrategie+, 4.0 industry requirements and 4.0 society, development of remote sensing methods, big geodata, cloud solutions, geoweb services, as well as geocomputation. The Geoinformatics study programme provides highly-erudite creative experts with career prospects in the area of scientific research and development, state administration, or the industrial sphere.

Study curriculum

Faculty Faculty of Mining and Geology
Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction English
Code of the programme P0532D330038
Title of the programme Geoinformatics
Regular period of the study 4 years
Coordinating department Department of Geoinformatics
Coordinator prof. Ing. Jiří Horák, Dr.
Key words geovisualization
geoinformatics
remote sensing
geocomputation
GIScience