Faculty of Geodesy, University of Zagreb

Faculty of Geodesy
Geodetski fakultet

Type	Public
Established	1962
Administrative staff	80
Students	700
Location	Zagreb, Croatia
Website	http://www.geof.hr/

The Faculty of Geodesy at the University of Zagreb (Croatian Geodetski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu) is the only Croatian institution providing high education in Geomatics engineering and the largest faculty in this domain in southeastern Europe.

Education

Since the implementation of the Bologna process in the academic year 2005/06, Faculty of Geodesy offers one undergraduate programme (three years):

Geodesy and Geoinformatics

which finishes with the title Bachelor of Science in Geodesy and Geoinformatics. After receiving the B.Sc. degree, the student can apply for the Master's degree in two programmes (two years):

Geodesy
Geoinformatics

which ends with the title Master of Science in Geodesy or Master of Science in Geoinformatics.

The Faculty offers also two postgraduate programmes:

PhD (three years)
spec. (one year)

Organisation

The Faculty comprises 16 departments:

Chair of State survey
Chair of Geoinformation Science
Chair of Hydrography
Chair of Mathematics and Physics
Chair of Analysis and processing of geodetic measurements
Chair of Satellite geodesy
Chair of Photogrammetry and Remote sensing
Chair for Geoinformation
Chair of Cartography
Chair of Instrumental technology
Chair of Engineering Geodesy
Chair for Theory of Organisation and Management
Chair of Spatial Information Management
Chair of Land Surveying
Laboratory of Measuring and Measuring technology
Hvar Observatory

Students

Students are organised in their student association (Croatian: Studentski zbor) and are participating in few sport activities. Also, they issue the professional magazine Ekscentar.

Noted alumni

Stjepan Horvat, Rector of University of Zagreb (1944.-1945.)
Slavko Macarol, Rector of University of Zagreb (1963.-1966.)

External links

(Croatian) (English) Faculty of Geodesy, University of Zagreb

Zagreb

History	Timeline Golden Bull of 1242 Gradec Kaptol Krvavi most 1880 earthquake 1895 Emperor Franz Joseph visit Zagreb in World War II 1995 rocket attacks 1995–97 Zagreb crisis Mayors

Districts	Brezovica Črnomerec Donja Dubrava Donji grad Gornja Dubrava Gornji Grad–Medveščak Maksimir Novi Zagreb-istok Novi Zagreb-zapad Peščenica-Žitnjak Podsljeme Podsused-Vrapče Sesvete Stenjevec Trešnjevka-jug Trešnjevka-sjever Trnje

Buildings and landmarks	1 Ilica Street Ban Jelačić Square Banski dvori Botanical Garden British Square Cibona Tower Dolac Market General Post Office Ilica Street Jarun Kallina House Lenuci Horseshoe Lotrščak Tower Maksimir Park Marshal Tito Square Medvedgrad Meštrović Pavilion Mirogoj Cemetery Nikola Šubić Zrinski Square Nine Views Old City Hall Rudolf barracks St. Mark's Square Tkalčićeva Street Zagrepčanka Sky Office Tower Adriatic Bridge Homeland Bridge HOTO Tower Eurotower

Places of worship	St. Mark's Church St. Catherine's Church Zagreb Cathedral Orthodox Cathedral Zagreb Mosque Zagreb Synagogue Evangelical Church

Culture	Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb Gavella Drama Theatre Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall National and University Library Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra The Cravat Regiment Zagreb Zoo

Galleries and museums	Archaeological Museum Art Pavilion Croatian History Museum Croatian Museum of Naïve Art Croatian Natural History Museum Croatian Railway Museum Ethnographic Museum Ferdinand Budicki Automobile Museum Glyptotheque Klovićevi Dvori Gallery Lauba Mimara Museum Modern Gallery Museum of Arts and Crafts Museum of Broken Relationships Museum of Contemporary Art Strossmayer Gallery Technical Museum Zagreb City Museum

Local media	Newspapers: Jutarnji list Večernji list Broadcast radio: Radio 101 Radio Student Television stations: Jabuka TV Z1 Film companies: Croatia Film Jadran Film Zagreb Film

Education	High schools in Zagreb Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts University of Zagreb Academies: Dramatic Art Fine Arts Music Faculties: Architecture Chemical Engineering Dental Medicine Economics and Business Electrical Engineering and Computing Geodesy Humanities and Social Sciences Medicine Science Teacher Education

Sports venues	Arena Zagreb Dom Sportova Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall Maksimir Stadium Kranjčevićeva Stadium ŠRC Sesvete Stadium NŠC Stjepan Spajić Stadium

Transport	Zagreb International Airport Zagreb Glavni kolodvor Funicular Trams Commuter Rail Metro (proposed)

Events	Animafest Zagreb INmusic Festival Music Biennale Zagreb Zagreb Film Festival ZagrebDox Zagreb Fair Subversive Festival

Sport events	Golden Spin Hanžeković Memorial Snow Queen Trophy Zagreb Indoors

Coordinates: 45°48′28.6″N 15°57′47.9″E / 45.807944°N 15.963306°E / 45.807944; 15.963306

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 1/6/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.