January 15 (summer semester)
July 15 (winter semester)
3 semesters or 5 semesters (part time)
Master of Engineering (M.Eng.)
The Master of Engineering Surveying is a geodesy course of study that prepares students for a career in industrial and engineering surveying as well as for a career in higher administrative surveying. For this purpose, you will acquire in-depth knowledge in earth physics, statistics, industrial surveying, land management and geoinformatics.
The language of instruction is German.
The target group are bachelor's graduates with a deeper interest in surveying and graduates of a university course with a focus on geodesy. The contents of the three-semester course of study have been agreed upon with representatives from the field of practice and the Ministry of Economics of Baden-Württemberg in such a way that the qualification for the legal clerkship for theHigher Surveying Administration Service is achieved. In addition, the course of study is kept flexible through additional options such as traffic planning or 3D city models and not only meets the future requirements of industry and administration, but also takes into account current problems such as the development of Smart Cities and modern sustainable mobility concepts
Graduates can expect a job market with a high demand for qualified engineers. Career entries succeed with comprehensive knowledge in industrial surveying (e.g. automotive industry or precision mechanical/optical field), at university as well as in research or teaching. Geodesists are also required in accident and crime scene surveying, which is part of forensics.
The Master's degree qualifies for a career in higher administrative service as well as for a doctorate.
The completely modularized course of study can be completed full-time (3 semesters) or part-time (5 semesters). By grouping the main subjects Engineering Surveying and Landmanagement, the course can be started in the winter semester as well as in the summer semester. In all modules, rhetoric, presentation techniques, scientific and interdisciplinary work and teamwork are encouraged. Competences in marketing, leadership and management can be acquired in interdisciplinary elective courses.
Geodesy, measurement data analysis, engineering geodesy, project work engineering surveying and elective courses.
Landmanagement, real estate cadastre, spatial and urban land use planning, land readjustment, geodata management, project organisation and project control, project work landmanagement and elective courses.
In both specialisations, compulsory modules of 20 credits must be completed. A further 10 credit points per specialisation are to be acquired in elective subjects. These can be chosen in consultation with the Dean of Studies, the courses offered in all master's degree programmes at the HFT Stuttgart or other universities. This strengthens interdisciplinarity.
In the final semester, the focus is on research work and the Master's thesis. With the final Master's thesis, students show that they can independently work on a chosen project in a scientifically sound manner within a given time and complete it successfully. Tasks result from research work of the professors or from cooperation with practice. Suggestions from students are gladly taken up. The Master's thesis can of course also be completed at partner universities or companies abroad. The master thesis must be presented and defended in a seminar.
Examples of Master's thesis topics from previous years.
Our professors encourage us to carry out experiments independently and also to take paths that are not considered to be common practice. In this way we can learn from our tasks and grow from them. Even if one or the other measuring process does not run as expected, we are always driven to keep trying and learn from our mistakes, I appreciate that very much.
| Federal University of Paraná | Curitiba | Brasilien |
| University of El Salvador | San Salvador | El Salvador |
| Cundinamarca University | Barrancabermeja | Kolumbien |
| Technologico de Monterrey | Monterrey | Mexico |
| Autonomous University of Yucatan (UADY) | Yucatan | Mexico |
| Anna University | Chennai (Madras) | Indien |
| CEPT University | Ahmedabad | Indien |
| Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management | Trivandrum | Indien |
| University of Kerala | Thiruvananthapuran | Indien |
| Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) | Jahor | Malaysia |
| Istanbul Technical University | Istanbul | Türkei |
| University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy | Sofia | Bulgarien |
| Ecole Supérieure des Géomètres et Topographes (ESGT) | Le Mans | Frankreich |
| Università degli Studi di Parma | Parma | Italien |
| Technical University Riga | Riga | Lettland |
| Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography | Moskau | Russland |
| Strydom & Associates Land Surveyors | Windhoek | Namibia |
| Hughes Surveys & Consultant Inc. | New Brunswick | Kanada |
| Cyra Technologies | Oakland | USA |
| Flatirons Surveying Inc. | Boulder | USA |
| Meridian Surveying Engineering Inc. | San Francisco | USA |
| Woods Land Surveying | San Diego | USA |
| Ed. Züblin AG Singapore | Singapore | Singapore |
| United Surveyors Pte. Ltd. | Singapore | Singapore |
| Wang & EF Tan Associates | Singapore | Singapore |
| Qasco Surveys Pty. Ltd. - seit 2013 übernommen von der AAM Group | South Brisbane, Queensland | Australien |
| School of Geography Planning and Environmental Management | St. Lucia, Queensland | Australien |
| ERSIS Australia | South Brisbane, Queensland | Australien |
| Survey 21 Pty. Ltd. | Camberwell, Victoria | Australien |
| Yasco Northern Surveys Pty. Ltd. | Stuart Park | Australien |
| Trimble New Zealand | Riccarton, Christchurch | Neuseeland |
| Aalborg University, Dept. of Development & Planning | Aalborg | Denmark |
| GEODE | Chambery | France |
| Jaques Boch - Geometre Expert D.P.L.G. | Chambery | France |
| APR Services Ltd. | London | Great Britain |
| Initial Land Surveys, Central Depot | Sheffield | Great Britain |
| European Academy Bolzano | Bolzano | Italy |
| Surveyor Josef Raffeiner | Eppan | Italy |
| SISCAM S.r.l. | Florence | Italy |
| Societa Generale Di Topografia S.r.l. | Reggio Emilia | Italy |
| Vorarlberger Illwerke AG | Bregenz | Austria |
| Engineering Consortium Surveying AVT ZT | Imst | Austria |
| GIS Market Support Association | Moscow | Russia |
| NAVGEOKOM | Moscow | Russia |
| Trimble Nordic | Danderyd | Sweden |
| Leica Geosystems AG | Heerbrugg | Switzerland |
| Terra Surveys AG | Zurich | Switzerland |
| University of Zurich-Irchel, Institute of Geography | Zurich | Switzerland |
| STRAT geodetske storitve d.o.o. | Velenje | Slovenia |
| Institut Carografic de Catalunya | Barcelona | Spain |
In addition to BAföG, scholarships can also contribute to the financing of studies. The HFT Stuttgart supervises two scholarships:
Further information can be found under "Financing".
Our graduates have a wide range of career opportunities, both as independent engineers and in management positions in business and public administration. The main focus on landmanagement and engineering surveying qualifies them for various fields of geodesy. Both in the classical fields of geodesy as well as in new fields of work resulting from digitalisation, the energy revolution or the development of smart cities, young professionals are urgently sought. So an interesting and diverse field of work is waiting for you.
Since my master's degree, I have been constantly working as a student trainee in various companies. Thus I immediately found a job or was taken on.
Around 100 users of Esri's GIS software met at the Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences. Decision-makers from district offices, cities & municipalities and regional associations, employees from the Ministry of Transport and the State Office for Geo-Information and Rural Development, as well as from engineering firms, took the opportunity to attend specialist presentations and exchange ideas with colleagues.
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The Conference of Geodesy Students (KonGeoS) is a meeting of students on geodesy degree programmes at German-speaking universities. The student councils there organise a meeting at a different university location approximately every semester to network students with each other and to network with important companies and associations in the field of geodesy. KonGeoS took place in Stuttgart at the beginning of June 2024.
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The uncontrolled spread of mistletoe in fruit trees jeopardises the orchards typical of Germany. With the help of photogrammetric analyses of multispectral images, an early, automatic detection and assessment of mistletoe infestation in orchards is to be made possible. This should enable actions against to be taken for the sustainable preservation of the tree population and the microclimates prevailing in orchards.
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As part of her Master's thesis and in cooperation with BARAL Geohaus-Consulting AG, Ms Zucker carried out a "Feasibility analysis of LiDAR technology in the energy sector for house connections" and was awarded the prize of the Bundes für deutsche Baumeister for her planning talent. The prize supports talented students in the fields of buildings, construction, engineering structures and urban planning.
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Marcel Grießhaber, Hannes Plott and Adrian Schäffler have been working together on a complete solution for digitizing object shapes. With a new measurement process, they are helping CAD users in companies to digitize physical components quickly and cost-effectively. To do this, the team has developed its own measurement system, including software. "We want to revolutionize the world of measurement processes with this," the three founders confidently declare.
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With a LiDAR sensor integrated in the camera module, the latest models of the iPhone Pro and iPad Pro can be used as 3D laser scanners. Are these the surveying devices of the future? Are the results suitable for professional applications in surveying and geoinformatics? Answers to this question are to be found in a final thesis in the Master's degree programme in Surveying, in which the laser scanning function of an iPad Pro is being intensively tested.
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In a master's thesis in the surveying course of studies, a photogrammetric measurement method was developed to measure deformations and vibrations of railway tracks during train passage. The aim is to draw conclusions about the stability of the track bed.
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In mid-December, about 40 students of the 3rd and 4th semester in the Surveying and Geoinformatics course of study took a one-week break from normal lecture activities. During this time, mostly groups of five students in the practice-oriented Geoinformation Module (IGP) dedicated themselves to project work in the department of web-based geoinformation models.
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