Career
Graduates are well-equipped to take on advanced roles within the spatial sciences in an industry, government or research context.
These skills are in high demand both nationally and internationally across a wide range of industries and the government sector including:
environment and natural resources, such as environmental impact assessments, environmental monitoring, and agriculture and forestry
land development, such as land use planning, geodesign, spatial data infrastructures and sustainable development
mining and exploration, including mineral exploration and environmental engineering
facilities management and construction, including site selection, insurance and logistics
transportation and utilities, such as water demand modelling, transport planning, mapping and navigation, and intelligent transportation
governance and policy, including urban planning, e-government and community mapping
emergency and disaster management, such as bushfire mapping, flood awareness, biosecurity, evacuation and emergency response
data analytics and ICT, including mobile and wearable computing, web-mapping, cloud computing, and information visualisation.
Geospatial Science graduates can choose from diverse career opportunities in many sectors including tourism, environmental management, surveying and property development, building and construction, land management, software development and marketing and sales.
Geospatial science careers often provide career flexibility, opportunities to work overseas and great earning potential.
Entry requirement
To study this course you will need to complete one of the following English proficiency tests:
IELTS (Academic): minimum overall band of 6.5 (with no individual band below 6.0)
TOEFL (Internet Based Test - IBT): minimum overall score of 79 (with minimum of 13 in Reading, 12 in Listening, 18 in Speaking and 21 in Writing)
Pearson Test of English (Academic) (PTE (A)): minimum score of 58 (with no communication band less than 50)
Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): minimum of 176 with no less than 169 in any component.
