Studienbereich Vermessung

Digitalisation / Geodesy / Geoinformatics / Information Management / Surveying

The field of study Surveying combines the study programmes that deal with location-based data (geodata), navigation and positioning, as well as technical systems (sensors, measuring devices, actuators, ...). Tasks include acquisition, exchange, management, analysis, (3D) modelling and visualisation of data.

Our study programmes

While the Bachelor's degree in Surveying and Geoinformatics deals with any objects in our living space, such as streets, houses, land, etc., the Bachelor's degree in Digitalisation and Information Management deals with topics such as the Internet of Things, Smart Logistics, Industry 4.0 and Smart Building/City.

In the field of study Surveying, two Master's degree programmes are offered for specialisation.
The Master's programme in surveying deepens the topics from the Bachelor's programme in Surveying and Geoinformatics on concrete objects, especially in the area of land management and engineering surveying.
The international Master's degree programme Photogrammetry and Geoinformatics focuses on the evaluation and interpretation of measurement data, especially through remote sensing and image recognition methods, as well as the management of (geo)data.

The Master's programme in Urban Planning can be chosen as an interface programme to architecture. BA graduates from surveying and geoinformatics benefit here from their existing knowledge of geoinformatics and land management..

Graduates of the Bachelor's degree programme in Digitisation and Information Management can choose from the Master's degree programmes in Computer Science (Master's degree programme in Digital Processes and Technologies, Master's degree programme in Software Technology), Business (Master's degree programme in Environmental Logistics) or Surveying (Master's degree programme in Photogrammetry and Geoinformatics) at HFT Stuttgart.

Luftaufnahme HFT Gebäude mit Bau2 im Vordergrund

Geomatics

Bachelor

Master

Master Photogrammetry and Geoinformatics
Master Urban Planning (Fields of study Architecture and Design)
Master Green Logistics (Fields of study Business Management)
Master Surveying

12: Professors teach with competence and experience, manage laboratories and drive research

12: Employees support teaching and exercises with their specialist knowledge, supervise laboratories, measuring equipment, hardware and software

>40: Assistant lecturers for even more practical relevance in teaching

26: Research and project staff

9: 9 laboratories with extensive and modern equipment

>15: University cooperations abroad

Our professors encourage us to carry out experiments independently and also to take paths that are not considered to be common practice. In this way we can learn from our tasks and grow from them. Even if one or the other measuring process does not run as expected, we are always driven to keep trying and learn from our mistakes, I appreciate that very much.

Anna-Maria Kunzi Students in the Master of Surveying

If that's not dual! - Surveying and Geoinformatics Study and work, indoors and outdoors!

A student talks about his surveying and geoinformatics studies with a study-accompanying education contract

Until recently, Jörg Sommer-König was working on his Bachelor's thesis in the Surveying and Geoinformatics degree programme, testing various GNSS measurement methods for his employer, with whom he has concluded a study-accompanying education contract. His studies were made easier thanks to the study-accompanying education contract - the financial support was particularly helpful, but also the additional practical experience in the workplace.

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Virtual visit to the university soon possible?

Digitization in the field of surveying

The rapidly advancing digitalization is also becoming increasingly important at the university. As part of a bachelor's thesis in the surveying and geoinformatics course, a virtual tour is being created that makes it possible to visit areas of the university at the click of a mouse and call up important information about the course of study.

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Tablets - the surveying devices of the future?

Tablets scanning function in the expert test

With a LiDAR sensor integrated in the camera module, the latest models of the iPhone Pro and iPad Pro can be used as 3D laser scanners. Are these the surveying devices of the future? Are the results suitable for professional applications in surveying and geoinformatics? Answers to this question are to be found in a final thesis in the Master's degree programme in Surveying, in which the laser scanning function of an iPad Pro is being intensively tested.

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Hybrid conference with Kathmandu University in Nepal was a great success

AGSE 2021 - Geospatial Technology in Times of Global Challenges

With more than 200 registered participants, AGSE 2021 (Applied Geoinformatics for Society and Environment) took place from November 24-26 as a hybrid conference - with a broadcast studio at HFT Stuttgart as well as streaming from the rooms of the partner university in Nepal. The continuous participation of 40 to 70 participants from (almost) all parts of the world over three days was a huge success.

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13th Surveyors' Day - 6th Geodetic Day of the HFT Stuttgart

Land management - Climate change challenges us!

Climate change is a challenge for land management! The resources of soil and water are limited, pest infestations have to be managed and the weather does what it wants? What are the possibilities of using surveying drones and other current trends and developments in the field of land management to meet these challenges?

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Kameras und Vermessungsinstrumente überwachen einen Weichenbereich bei der Überfahrt eines ICE. Die Messung der Deformationen und Schwingungen ermöglichen Rückschlüsse auf die Stabilität des Gleisbetts.

Test of measurement methods for the safety of railway tracks

Development of a measuring method for deformation measurement / vibration measurement of railway tracks during train crossing

In a master's thesis in the surveying course of studies, a photogrammetric measurement method was developed to measure deformations and vibrations of railway tracks during train passage. The aim is to draw conclusions about the stability of the track bed.

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Facilities & Laboratories

3D Fabber-LabDetails
Laboratory for Geodetic Measurement TechniquesDetails
Laboratory for Building Information Modeling in Surveying and Geoinformatics (BIM-VG)Details
Laboratory for Geodetic Data ProcessingDetails
Laboratory for Engineering Measurement TechniquesDetails
Laboratory for interoperable, and open-source Geospatial Software, Data and Standards (HFT ICA-OSGeo-Lab)Details
Laboratory for Image Understanding and Earth Observation Sensors (LIMES)Details
Laboratory for Sensor and Identification SystemsDetails
Industry 4.0 LaboratoryDetails