About the School of Surveying
& Spatial Information Systems
In 1957, a Department
was established in the School of Civil Engineering of the then
New South Wales University of Technology (later to be named the
University of New South
Wales), for a new Bachelor
of Surveying degree course. By 1970, the Department became an
autonomous School, and was one of the six schools in the Faculty
of Engineering.
2007 will be the
School's
Golden Jubilee ... join in the 50th anniversary celebrations!
Throughout it's development the School has enjoyed a close relationship
with the Institution of Surveyors, andthe spatial information
industry in general. Institution members sit on the School's
Advisory Board, and the Institution offers advice on matters
such as course content and student training.
Our undergraduate and postgraduate programs attract local (city)
and country students, as well as a significant number of overseas
students. Our programs provide a strong foundation in Surveying
& Spatial Information Systems, which is suitably reinforced
by practical experience. There is sufficient breadth and depth
in our programs to ensure our graduates have a wide career choice
in Surveying, Spatial Information and related disciplines.
In addition to teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students,
the School has an active research program. Excellence in research
output, in terms of graduate students and publications, has been
an important part of the School's ethos from the very start. Our
strong research profile have given the School a strong reputation,
both nationally and internationally. Although in the past the
School's research projects have covered all the major disciplines
of Surveying, and in particular Geodesy, the School now has Australia's
largest concentration of academic R&D in wireless, ground-based
and satellite-based positioning technology and applications within
the Satellite Navigation
and Positioning (SNAP) Laboratory. Although the primary focus
is Global Navigation Satellite Systems such as GPS, the School
also has active research projects in inertial navigation systems,
pseudolites, mobilephone positioning, and integrated navigation
and imaging systems, and plays a significant role in the Co-operative
Research Centre for Spatial Information. Research activity
in the School is carried out by School staff and postgraduate
students. Undergraduate students also play a significant role
in research in their final year thesis.
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