Program Overview

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Master Géographie, Aménagement, Environnement et Développement - Parcours Géomatique et Modélisation Spatiale (GMS)

Objectives

The Master Géomatique et Modélisation Spatiale (GMS) aims to train professional geographers and researchers who can work in the fields of geographic information and geomatics, applied to territorial planning, geospatial service industry, geopolitics, and the environment. The Master GMS is a high-level training that combines research and professional applications, focused on the international, regional, and national economic environment.

Target Audience

The Master's program is intended for students with a degree in Geography, Geomatics, Planning, Mathematics, and Computer Science applied to Human and Social Sciences, and Environmental Sciences.

Admission Requirements

To be admitted to the Master's program, candidates must hold a degree in a relevant field. For more information on admission requirements, please refer to the university's website.

Prerequisites

A solid academic level in the entire license program is required. Results obtained in disciplines closely related to the selective master's program are particularly important. A certification in English and French (C1 level) is also required for Campus France students.

Recommended Prerequisites

• Cartography
• GIS
• Spatial Analysis
• Statistics
• Remote Sensing
• Solid mastery of the analysis of modes of occupation and planning of space by societies in different territorial contexts and scales.

Structure and Organization

The Master's program is organized over four semesters in two years, with GMS and common teachings related to research training and professional integration. The Master's program is open to continuing education, professional training, and alternation (in Master 2).

Training and Research

The Master GMS is a winner of the national TIGER program (Transformation by Research) with several specific research training modules in Master 1 and Master 2. It is led by a pedagogical team composed mainly of teacher-researchers and CNRS and international researchers specializing in theoretical and quantitative approaches in geography.

Regimes of Registration

This course is accessible in:

• Initial training
• Continuing education

Knowledge to be Acquired

The Master GMS is a high-level curriculum that trains students in the most advanced methods and applications of remote sensing, geomatics, and spatial analysis for territorial planning, geography, environment, security, energy, telecommunications, and geospatial data processing.

Skills to be Acquired

• Applied geomatics and cartography
• Spatial and aerial remote sensing
• Geographic Information Systems
• Spatial analysis
• Spatial modeling and geo-simulation
• Geodata visualization and representation
• Artificial intelligence applied to geography
• Programming
• Territorial, environmental, and urban analysis
• Territorial control and geo-information dominance
• Geomatics and spatial analysis for planning

Internships and Supervised Projects

Internships take place in the second semester of Master 2. Each specific UE of the Master GMS is associated with an operational project.

Pedagogical Modalities

• Inverted classes
• Training by operational projects
• Hybrid training (BIP CIVIS and AMIDEX STAP)
• Digital course materials for Master GMS teachings (videos, etc.)

Decentralized Teachings

A Master 2 teaching module (UE of the Spatial Structures and Dynamics Network SDS) is carried out in partnership with the Universities of Avignon and Nice. Summer schools of BIP CIVIS and AMIDEX STAP take place abroad.

Targeted Professions

• K1802 Local development
• M1808 Geographic information
• A1303 Engineering in agriculture and natural environment
• K1404 Implementation and management of public policy

NSF Domains

• 341M Territorial planning, urban planning
• 121G Geography of planning and development
• 121B Geography (tools, methods, and models)

Professional Outcomes

• Environmental study manager
• Biodiversity study manager
• Local/territorial development project manager
• Natural heritage protection manager
• Human sciences study manager
• Local development project manager
• Local development mission manager
• Local development study manager
• Analysis and development manager
• Geographic Information System (GIS) manager
• Environmental engineer
• Geomatics engineer
• Cartographer
• Territorial project coordinator and animator
• Infrastructures socio-ecological project manager
• Territorial observatory project manager, data management, planning project
• Study manager in study offices and local authorities
• Environmental study manager
• Local/territorial development project manager

Further Studies

Possibility of pursuing a doctorate (20% of the promotion generally obtains a doctoral research grant): ministerial grant (notably from ED 355), CIFRE, CNRS, international grants in partnership with a foreign university.

Partnerships

• Universities: University of Nice Côte d'Azur, University of Avignon, Erasmus + (Lund University, Umea University, Klaipeda University, Paris Lodron University, Université Libre de Bruxelles, etc.)
• Territorial authorities and State: Aix-Marseille Métropole, AGAM, etc.
• National and international networks: Uartic, CIVIS Alliance with BIP Intensive Course, AFIGEO, CRIGE SUD

List of Teachings

Please refer to the official university website for the list of teachings.

Assistance for Success

• Two specific teaching modules in Master 2 are proposed: "Professional integration in English" and "Building your professional project".
• Strong availability of teacher-researchers.
• Active Alumni network.

Assistance for Orientation

• Two specific teaching modules in Master 2 are proposed: "Professional integration in English" and "Building your professional project".
• Strong availability of teacher-researchers.
• Active Alumni network.
• Office of Professional and Continuing Education (UFR ALLSH) and CFA.

Assistance for Further Studies and Professional Integration

Network of former graduates and teacher-researchers in the fields of research, services, territorial authorities, and geospatial industry.

Studies Abroad

The Master GMS offers training with partner universities within the CIVIS network and exchange agreements with the Uarctic network (over 150 universities and research institutions worldwide) and Erasmus + agreements.

Miscellaneous Information

The Master GMS is an integral part of the AMU Institutes (Institut méditerranéen pour la transition environnementale and Institut des sciences de l'OCEAN). It is a Master's program of the UMR 7300 ESPACE.