UNIGIS programme
The SPINlab coordinates the UNIGIS distance 
learning postgraduate course and masters programme on spatial information management. Geographical Information Systems (GIS) represents one of the most rapidly expanding areas in Information Technology. GIS is seen increasingly as an essential tool in many areas of government and business. These webpages detail UNIGIS Amsterdam ‘s programme how you can apply.
National GI-minor
The SPINLab, on behalf of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, furthermore coordinates the national GI-minor programme (3rd year bachelor-level). This national programme is offered by five universities together: Delft University, Utrecht University, Twente University, Wageningen University and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. See www.nationalegiminor.nl for more information.
Thesis supervision
Further, we supervise students in various research topics where spatial analysis and geo-information science play an important role. See the overview of supervised bachelor and master theses.
GI-courses at VU-campus and Science park Watergraafsmeer
The SPINlab provides scientific and technical courses as part of undergraduate and graduate education. We are teaching GIS-courses in a whole range of programmes at different faculties and institutes:
Amsterdam University College:
Urban Environment lab
Risk Management
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration:
Geographical Information Systems (MSc Spatial, Transport and Environmental Economics (STREEM))
Geologistics (MSc Transport and Supply Chain Management (TSCM))
Geomarketing (MSc Marketing and Part-time MSc Marketing)
Faculty of Earth Sciences:
Land Use Change (BSc Earth & Economics)
Natural Disasters and Risks (BSc Earth & Economics)
Spring School – field work Salzburg (BSc Earth & Economics)
Geo Data Acquisition (BSc Earth & Economics, national GI-minor)
Imaging and Assessing Landscapes (MSc Earth & Economics)
Updates
UNIGIS Annual Alumni Day 2014
This year’s Alumni Day Theme is: 3D/4D/5D GIS: on the brink of a Revolution? The challenges and opportunities for data management, modelling and geodesign
We invite you to join us at the Annual Alumni Day. We will invite speakers from in- and outisde our university for interesting lectures. We hope...Read More »
UNIGIS MSc thesis: The influence of land use change on hydrology
Changes in land use have influence upon hydrology. This influence can been subdivided into direct and indirect influence of changes in land use upon hydrology. Direct influence comprises the influence of changes in land use upon evapotranspiration and degree of imperviousness and may thus lead to changes in groundwater recharge....Read More »
SPINlab GIS-student in Spatial Economics (VU) and Human Geography (UvA) Joris Tieleman wins NVM Thesis Award 2013
After already having won the prestiguous national ESRI Young Scholar Award 2013, Joris Tieleman, educated in GIS by the SPINlab during his VU-master studies in Spatial, Transport and Environmental Economics has now also won the NVM Thesis Award 2013.
The NVM (Dutch Association of Real Estate Brokers) yearly awards the best thesis...Read More »
VU/MMU student Jeroen Steenbeek runner up UNIGIS Academic Excellence Award 2013
During the UNIGIS International annual network meeting, held this year in Krakow – Poland, the 2013 winner and runners-up in the UNIGIS Academic Excellence Award, dedicated to the network’s top Master’s theses, were announced. Jeroen Steenbeek was elected by the jury as this year’s runner up. Jeroen is a GIS-master...Read More »
Simulating future urban heat islands using the socio-economic scenarios
Climate change is likely to affect living conditions in urban areas, causing, for example, an increase in the urban heat island effect. Understanding why urban areas have a higher temperature than their rural surroundings and finding appropriate adaptation measures are topics in the Climate proof cities research project (KfC theme...Read More »