Welcome to FIG Surveying Education Database

The Surveying Education Database (SEDB) was established by FIG Commission 2 on Professional Education. The database is the result of merging data from two different surveys conducted by respectively FIG and CASLE. The database has been changed to the FIG web site in February 2000. The update is now taken care by the FIG office in Copenhagen. 

The validity of the data is the responsibility of the individual educational institutions. Any omissions or errors should be reported to the FIG office. All universities and institutions on the current database have received or will receive a user ID and a password from the FIG office. If your institution is included in the database and you have not yet received your password, please contact the FIG office.  With the password institution is able to make changes directly to the database. For further details, please see the pages about authoring or consult the FIG office.

Any academic department offering graduate and post-graduate courses in any surveying discipline can place a standard entry on the SEDB which currently contains information on more than 250 institutes and 450 surveying courses in more than 70 countries. Departments are responsible for up-dating the information which they place on the SEDB. Countries and institutions that are not yet included in the database are encouraged to provide the relevant data. Detailed information can be found under Join SEDB.

The Surveying Education Database is a major benefit for being an  Academic Member of FIG. Academic Members of FIG can add a picture and additional information to their standard entries. In addition they are allowed to other benefits given to FIG members. This extra information might promote

• special courses
• exchange programmes
• distance learning courses
• CPD activities
• research-projects or
• give a brief educational and scientific profile of the institution.

The SEDB provides the home for the FIG Discussion Groups for  for dialogue between FIG's academic members and other academics with the purpose to develop a Virtual Academy. Issues which discussion groups might address include:

• an electronic notice board for general information
• information on current exchange programmes with requests for partners
• research programmes, with requests for partners
• a platform for establishing educational co-operation projects
• discussion groups for students.

This page is maintained by the FIG Office.
Last revised on 2007-04-20.