Urbana, IL — The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) has granted accreditation to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for the graduate certificate and master’s degree in CyberGIS and Geospatial Data Science. In total, 23 colleges and universities, including the University of Illinois, offer USGIF-accredited programs and over 1,600 students havereceived a USGIF recognized […]
The spring 2025 term will be upon us soon and the CyberGIS and Geospatial Data Science Program is accepting applications for the master’s degree program through December 1 and potential students may apply for the certificate program through January 10th. We encourage you to apply as early as possible so we may work through onboarding […]
Join the CyberGIS program and build on your military achievements! A master’s degree or graduate certificate in CyberGIS and Geospatial Data Science is a powerful way to transform the valuable knowledge, skills, and experience you gained in your military career into a lucrative and rewarding career in the public or private sector. Jay Smith is […]
Dr. Raechel Portelli joined the GGIS Department at the University of Illinois in the fall of 2022. She received her Ph.D. in 2014 from Pennsylvania State University where she conducted research on human-machine cooperation in land use and land cover change from earth observation imagery. Since then her research has touched on various facets of […]
Aditya Allamraju is a current graduate student at the University of Illinois and recently took GEOG 407. She shared that GEOG 407 was her first choice to take as a course when offered admission to the University of Illinois in Fall 2021.
Geology alumna (2011) Dr. Jenna L. Shelton is Associate Program Coordinator with the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program at the of the U.S. Geological Survey. We asked her a few questions we thought might be of interest to current and prospective students.
