Program Overview

AAU Modules

The Land Inspectorate Act and the property registers

2025/2026

Recommended professional prerequisites for participating in the module

The module builds on the knowledge gained in the 1st-4th of the education. semester

The module's content, course and pedagogy

Students who complete the module acquire the following:

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• have knowledge of key concepts in the property formation process
• have knowledge of the function and role of the practicing surveyor
• have knowledge of the rules for land surveying activities as well as the land surveyor's professional advisory responsibility and good land surveyor etiquette
• have knowledge of how land surveyors gain access to and use property information, including historical property information
• have knowledge of property development, including financial and technical prerequisites for property formation
• have knowledge of the methods and procedures that form the basis for maintaining the Danish cadastre
• have knowledge of the development of the Danish real estate data collections, including knowledge of the historical development of the cadastre
• have knowledge of insurance matters when operating a land surveyor business in relation to advice, and especially in relation to land surveyor responsibilities

Skills

• be able to access and use the property data collections in the property formation process, including historical property data
• able to take on land surveyor responsibilities and observe good land surveyor etiquette
• be able to provide advice to landowners on the development and use of real estate

Skills

• have an overview of the individual competencies and scope of the land surveyor, the cadastral service and the Land Surveyor Board, including the parties' legal remedies in connection with the land surveyors' work
• able to obtain, analyze and use relevant information about properties for use in cadastral cases
• have a good understanding of practicing surveyors' business operations, tasks, role and responsibilities
• able to reflect on the concept of good land surveyor practice

Form of teaching

Lectures and problem solving

Exam

Trying

• Name of the test: The Land Inspectorate Act and the property registers
• Test form: Written or oral
• ECTS: 5
• Form of assessment: Pass/fail
• Censorship: Internal test
• Assessment criteria: The assessment criteria are specified in the University's examination system

Facts about the module

• English title: Real Property Data and Legislation on Licensed Surveyors
• Module code: PLLANB20504
• Module type: Course
• Duration: 1 semester
• Semester: Autumn
• ECTS: 5
• Teaching language: Danish
• Vacancy: Yes
• Teaching location: Campus Aalborg, Campus Copenhagen
• Module manager: Michael Tophøj Sørensen
• Included in:
  • Curriculum for the bachelor's degree in land surveyor science, 2022, Aalborg
  • Curriculum for the bachelor's degree in land surveyor science, 2022, Copenhagen

Organization

• Board of Studies: Board of Studies for Planning and Land Inspectorate training
• Institute: Institute for Sustainability and Planning
• Faculty: The Technical Faculty of IT and Design