An accreditation has been awarded 1999 (re-awarded 2008) to the international master‘s program "Photogrammetry and Geoinformatics", introduced in 1999 by the department of Surveying and Geoinformatics at the Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences.

The initial external accreditation committee consisting of

• Professors from Universities and Universities of Applied Sciences
• Business Representative
• Student Representative
• Representative of the Ministry of Economics of Baden-Württemberg

Criteria for the accreditation included

• the content of teaching and research methods
• relevance to the job market
• success of the graduates on the academic labour market
• qualification of the instructors
• supervision of the students
• support given to the program by the university’s administration

The accreditation was carried out by ASIIN, a prominant accreditation agency responsible for quality ensurance of study programs in the fields of engineering science, information technology, natural science and mathematics.

The accreditation committee gave special commendation to the innovative and success-promissing approach of the english-speeking study program. The committee praised the commitment of the program's instructors even before the examination had been fully completed. The master's program obtained the certificate of accreditation. The University is therewith approved to offer its graduates the academic title "Master of Science" (MSc).

For further information please contact: Prof. Dr. Dietrich Schröder