1 Surveying Degree Programs in China

The Department of Surveying and Mapping Engineering, starting as the Survey Teaching and Research Section in 2001, was established in 2006. At present, there are surveying and mapping engineering specialty and surveying and mapping engineering (intelligent navigation experimental class). Surveying and Mapping Engineering is a national first-class major construction site, a certified specialty, a featured specialty in Beijing, and a brand specialty in Beijing. There are 21 full-time teachers, including 3 professors, 10 associate professors, and eight lecturers. Among the teachers, one is honored with the title of National Young Talents, and one is the Beijing Young and Middle-aged Backbone Teacher. The faculty members have published more than 20 monographs and textbooks. And one course of the department has been rated as one of the best courses in Beijing. Relying on the three research features of urban mapping, navigation and location services, and health monitoring of super-large special-shaped buildings (structures), the department has undertaken more than 20 national and provincial/ministerial scientific research projects, won more than 10 provincial and ministerial academic awards and 5 provincial and ministerial teaching awards in the past five years. Our students have won more than 50 national, provincial and ministerial awards in academic or skills competitions. Till now we have educated more than 4,000 outstanding graduates for the country and the capital, and they have become the backbone of the capital city construction and management.