Degree in Geography and Territorial Planning
León, Spain
Bachelor's degree
DURATION
4 years
LANGUAGES
Spanish
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: This degree trains professionals to analyze natural, social, and economic spatial data and to work in territorial planning using GIS and cartography. You'll learn multi-scale interpretation, integrated diagnostics linking physical and human systems, spatial data organization, mapping, and landscape analysis. Teaching includes fieldwork, internships, a physical geography lab, licensed GIS classrooms, experienced staff, professional endorsement, and international mobility.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can work in territorial planning, GIS analysis, cartography, land use planning, environmental management, urban planning, local government, consultancy, or pursue research, NGO roles, private sector positions, and consultancy supporting spatial policy, landscape assessment, and territorial management practice professionally.
About
We train professionals trained to work in the territory analyzing geographical facts (natural, social and economic resources) from the use of specific tools (GIS, cartography), in order to intervene in territorial planning at different scales, as well as to transmit geographical knowledge
If you are interested in learning to
- Interpret the territory at different scales.
- Use geographic information as an instrument of interpretation of the territory and express it by mapping with Geographic Information Systems.
- Perform integrated diagnostics, interrelating the physical environment with the social and human sphere.
- Organize and analyze geographic information in order to propose territorial management and management strategies.
- Analyze and interpret landscapes, generating sensitivity and interest in territorial and environmental issues.
What we offer you
- Practical teaching supported by field trips.
- Practices by agreement in companies and institutions (Town Halls, Local Action Groups, Biosphere Reserves and others).
- Physical Geography Laboratory.
- Specific classrooms of Geographic Information Systems, licensed for each student.
- Teaching staff with extensive experience in professional practice.
- Training in a professional activity endorsed by the College of Geographers and the Association of Spanish Geographers.
- National and international mobility programs (Germany, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Slovakia, United States, France, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Czech Republic, Romania, Russia , Taiwan and Vietnam).
TalentUnileon Scholarships
TalentUnileon scholarships are scholarships of excellence aimed at international students who wish to pursue their undergraduate, master's or doctoral studies at the University of León.
International students who have obtained an average grade of at least 8 points out of 10 in their studies prior to their bachelor's, master's or doctoral degree, respectively, will be eligible to benefit from this programme.
Within this call and within the framework of the Collaboration Agreement between the University of León and Santander Universities Spain of Banco Santander SA, this program includes scholarships in each modality that will have additional funding provided by Santander Universities and will be considered TalentUnileon-Santander Universities scholarships.
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