This degree will prepare you to play an important role in collecting, managing, analysing and interpreting data to meet the needs of agricultural, environmental, emergency and transportation industries.

Career Outcomes

As more and more organisations rely on spatial data as a key information source, the industry demand for graduates grows. It’s typical that more than 90% of RMIT graduates are employed within three months of completing their studies, demonstrating that demand for geospatial science professionals is growing across Australia and the globe. Graduates work in diverse roles that:

• manage and plan land use systems in local government
• map and analyse crime patterns with the police
• build systems for monitoring the spread of infectious disease
• provide maps and other data for mobile phones.

Geospatial scientists develop and manage geographic information systems in a diverse range of exciting areas, including:

• land administration and reform
• urban planning
• subdivision planning
• infrastructure management
• natural resource monitoring and development
• coastal zone management and mapping
• disaster informatics for disaster risk reduction and response
• weather forecasting.

Professional recognition and accreditation

Graduates from this degree are eligible for admission to the Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute. They also meet the requirements to be members of the Mapping Sciences Institute of Australia.