About Program

In 1992, the program started its educational activities under the title of Map-Cadastre.Since 2006, it carries out its activities within the Vocational School of Hitit University.Since 2009-2010 academic year, its name was changed as Mapping and Cadastre by the decision of the YÖK.

Students eager to register the program should accomplish the exams/completed the processes determined by Student Selection and Placement Center (OSYM) within the framework of academic and legal legislations of the university. Students who have started their education in equivalent programs at home or abroad can apply for lateral transfer. The acceptances of students are evaluated before the term begins after examining each student?s conditions and with taking their degrees into consideration.

Mapping and Cadastre Programme established to satisfy the need for technician in this sector in one of the most important sectors in the country. The programme has great importance in Public Works projects, especially rural and urban planning projects. Geographic Information Systems, Global Positioning Systems, Remote Sensing have become recently as some of the important subjects in this programme. The Department has had always aimed to educate their students into professionals that can use the modern equipments and have expertise in subjects demanded by public and private sector like surveying, positioning, establishing and using information networks, stakeout surveying, real estate ownerships and relevant legal and technical framework. Our curriculum is devised and regularly updated to achieve this purpose.

Full Time

The provisions in "Regulation on Transfer among Associate and Undergraduate Degree Programs, Double Major, and Subspecialty and the Principals of Credit Transfer among Institutions in Higher Education Institutions" are applied.

When the program is successfully accomplished and the proficiencies of the program are provided, an associate degree on the field of Map and Cadastre is gained.

Associate's Degree

Candidates who have successfully completed Associate's degree can apply to undergraduate programs in the related fields provided that they have enough grades in the Open Education Faculty or the Vertical Transfer Exam by the Student Selection and Placement Center.

The provisions in "Regulation on Transfer among Associate and Undergraduate Degree Programs, Double Major, and Subspecialty and the Principals of Credit Transfer among Institutions in Higher Education Institutions" are applied.

In order to graduate from the program, by completing 120 ECTS students must have at least 2,00 GPA (CC) out of 4,00.

Geomatics/Geodesy Engineers work in public and private institutions that create or make use of maps and map information. In private sector, they usually work in private Geodesy Engineer offices. In public sector, they usually work in several institutions under Ministry of Public Department and Settlement, like the General Directorate of Land Registry and Cadastral, Bank of Provinces, General directorate of highways, General Directorate of Disaster Affairs; in General Command of Mapping, Turkish State Railways, Housing Development Administration of Turkey, General Directorate for State Hydraulic Works, Turkish Electricity Authority, General Directorate of Mineral Research & Exploration, Turkish Petroleum Corporation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, General Directorate of Agricultural Reform, General Directorate of Forestry, and Municipalities around Turkey.