The international master's program CLEWS focuses on quantitative environmental research, physics, climate and hydroscience. In addition, it covers important aspects of risk analysis, environmental economics, communication, and energy policy. Methodologically, the focus is on methods of data analysis, numerical modeling, and data acquisition using remote sensing.
It is led by the Institute of Environmental Science and Geography and the Institute of Physics and Astronomy. It cooperates with Institute of Geosciences at UP, the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ).
Remote Sensing, geoInformation, and Visualization | International Master
The Remote Sensing, geoInformation and Visualization (RSIV) program at the Universität Potsdam is a four-semester Master of Science degree with the goal of building the next generation of geo-data scientists. Students in our program are trained to use a wide range of remote sensing tools and techniques to answer pressing geo-scientific and environmental questions across the globe. We maintain a strong focus on data-driven tools and techniques – particularly programming and statistical analysis – applied to the management and exploitation of large airborne- and satellite-data archives. The program emphasizes developing quantitative understanding of Earth-System Science processes through geoscientific- and methodologic-based research questions in the form of student projects, internships, and MSc theses.
The program relies on support from research institutions in the Potsdam and Berlin area where several instructors hold joint appointments with the Institute of Geosciences. These are the Alfred-Wegener-Institut (AWI) Potsdam, the Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) Potsdam, the DLR Institute of Planetary Research, and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK).