Natural disasters, poverty, food shortage, epidemics, climate change. The challenges society is facing today are characterised by enormous complexity. These so-called wicked problems are impossible to solve in a way that is simple or final. The world needs socially committed engineers who won’t shy away from complex challenges but feel the urge to contribute to solutions that will make societies worldwide more sustainable and resilient. In this Master's, you will learn to address large-scale and complex societal challenges by combining both technical and socio-economic knowledge with a strong basis of spatial data analysis and modelling.

With the increasing availability of spatial data and technological innovations, the demand for spatial engineers continues to grow. After graduation, you could work for a broad range of organisations in all kinds of fields, including water management, infrastructure, renewable energy, environmental remote sensing, or agriculture and nature conservation.