Educational program

8D07301 GEODESY

Field of education

8D07 Engineering, manufacturing and construction industries

Direction of personnel training

8D073 Architecture and Construction

Group of educational programs

8D07 Engineering, manufacturing and construction industries

EP purpose

Purpose of the educational program - high-quality training of personnel of the highest qualification of scientific-pedagogical and profile orientation with a high level of professional culture, having practically solve modern scientific and practical problems, teaching in higher educational institutions, successfully conducting research and management activities

The implementation of the educational program is aimed at shaping the personality specialist capable of:

- independently obtain and interpret the knowledge, methods and competencies of modern geodesy in the chosen professional field, including teaching;

- to improve the skills of research work, taking part in scientific discussions, conferences and other events, national and international project studies.

–Interpret paradigms and problems of the theory and methodology of modern geodesy in the development of curricula and disciplines in teaching;

- to confirm the quality level of training and the basic documents of the Republic of Kazakhstan on awarding the academic degree of “PhD” in the international educational space and in the international labor market

- To build a personal educational trajectory.

Language of education

Kazakh, Russian, English

Volume of the credits

180 academic credits 

The awarded academic degree

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Educational outcome

Upon completion of this educational program, students are expected to be able to:

1. Apply telecommunication and global satellite positioning systems in geographic information systems, aerospace and geodetic works, monitoring. demonstrate knowledge of information sources and understanding of the modern scientific paradigm in the field of geodesy, the dynamics of their development, to determine and build a system of methodological principles and methods of geodetic research.

2. Develop and implement research and development trends in the production of scientific knowledge in the field of geodesy, geodynamics; create a project based on the terms of reference in the field of geodesy in accordance with the new domestic regulatory and technical documentation for the development of competitive geodetic production; develop technical conditions in studies on the manufacture of geodetic instruments and systems for geodesy and remote sensing; to adapt topographic and geodetic materials using GIS technologies for the study of the natural-resource potential of the country, regions and areas for the purposes of environmental management and environmental planning.

3. To organize the research process of working with measuring spatial information about the Earth’s surface, its subsoil, objects and bodies of outer space and to apply this knowledge in a comprehensive analysis; analyze and systematize the global features of thematic maps design using navigation systems for the development of domestic geodesic science and production.

4. To analyze the measuring spatial information about the surface of the Earth, its subsoil, objects and bodies of outer space for geodesic design; to solve geodetic methods of scientific and applied production problems for the purposes of regional management and the implementation of economic problems; explain the development of domestic geodesy in connection with the globalization of scientific research and geographic information systems to enhance the role and importance of national geodetic projects and programs.

5. Analyze and conduct research, design activities in the performance of geodetic works; to structure and compile a common database of information sources on any problems and areas of geodetic modeling in order to enhance the professionalism of highly qualified surveyors; analyze research geodetic information for use in scientific and industrial processes.

6. Assess the validity of the techniques and adapt the application software to solve complex geodesic tasks; develop a monitoring program for environmental monitoring based on topographic, geodetic, cartographic materials, remote sensing and GIS technologies to improve the effectiveness of environmental programs; to integrate holistic knowledge reflecting the modern level of automated systems for the acquisition and processing of remote sensing data to enhance the systems approach in research and production.

7. Integrate interdisciplinary knowledge and create projects based on the terms of reference in the field of geodesy in accordance with the regulatory and technical documentation; present the analysis strategy, argue the system of geodesic results and indicators to ensure the competitiveness of cartographic and geodesic production; implement a comprehensive geodetic monitoring program for environmental monitoring based on topographic-geodetic, cartographic materials, remote sensing and GIS technologies.

8. Systematize the knowledge and methods of information technology to solve scientific and applied problems of geodesy, including new areas of social and public spheres; to lead geodetic projects on the development and implementation of programs to solve environmental and economic problems of resource conservation at the local, regional and national levels; develop a comprehensive research program for creating geodesic works in a historically changing sociocultural context.

9. Prepare, organize and manage engineering and geodetic works in field and office conditions; to study and develop new methods and directions of geodetic research to increase the effectiveness of research and production research profile of professional activity; evaluate the development of domestic geodesy in the light of the globalization of scientific research and geographic information systems for the development of productive areas of its development; to create, on the basis of geodetic information, scientific reviews on the problems of the state and development of the theory and methodology of domestic and world geodesy for the development of scientific and curricula of core activities in higher education.

10. Develop and evaluate the environmental monitoring program based on topographic-geodetic, gravimetric and cartographic materials, remote sensing data and GIS technologies for environmental monitoring; solve the problems of spatial geodesy using satellite methods to create high-precision geodetic networks; generate new ideas and directions for the introduction and use of modern geodetic research methods in interdisciplinary areas to deepen interdisciplinary relations with various scientific and industrial organizations; find methodological and technological solutions to a scientific problem in new and unfamiliar contexts for the integration of geodesy into the interdisciplinary sphere of scientific production; give an objective assessment of the applied methodical apparatus of spatial visualization, to improve the level of results of scientific and applied research

11. Apply methods to monitor the orbits of artificial Earth satellites (AES) from gravity anomalies, which allow to obtain a standard Earth model and an averaged, smoothed field of anomalies; create on the territory of settlements and industrial facilities geodetic networks thickening; determine the analytical approaches to solving scientific and industrial problems to improve the alternativeness and efficiency of geodesic science and production; demonstrate a systematic understanding of the tasks, problems and research methods of the geodesic industries to deepen scientific integration.

12. Develop an analysis strategy, argue a system of indicators for developing and implementing an organization's strategy aimed at ensuring competitiveness; to be ready to participate in the development and implementation of resource-saving programs at enterprises; determine the most effective areas of application of their abilities, have the ability to interact with colleagues, the academic community and society as a whole; contribute to the development of technological, social and cultural progress in scientific and professional fields.

For applicants

https://welcome.kaznu.kz/ru/welcome/doctorate

Academic activity

Academic activity of the EP is carried out:

- within the framework of existing regulatory documents and methodological recommendations in the field of higher education in the field of geodetic sciences;

- as a result of the implementation of regulatory documents regulating the educational and methodological process at the university;

- generalization and dissemination of new normative legal acts concerning methodological work;

- current and long-term planning of the educational and methodological work of the university; coordination of the educational and methodological complex of the discipline (EMCD) of the department for compliance with regulatory legal acts, the working curriculum and the educational program;

- monitoring the provision of the educational process with teaching materials, documenting the results;

- development of teaching materials; development and implementation of the working curriculum.

Scientific activity

For the implementation of the educational program at the faculty there are laboratories:

- Geoinformation mapping»;

- «Geoinformatics and Remote Sensing»;

- «Center for Geoinformatics and Young Scientists»;

- «Geodesy and cartography»;

-« Modern devices and technologies in geodesy»

Scientific directions of the Department of Cartography and Geoinformatics:

- Geoinformatics

- Geodesy

- Cartography

International activity

Doctoral students do not have the opportunity to study at leading universities in the world as part of the academic mobility program. Technical University of Dresden, Technical University of Stuttgard, Republic of Germany, University of Copenhagen, Kingdom of Denmark, University of Arizona, University of California at Berkeley, Virginia Polytechnic and State University, University of Aberdeen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Doctoral students undergo research internships, study GIS, and work in scientific laboratories. More than 15 doctoral students have already completed an internship.

Teachers of the educational program undergo internships, educational courses abroad to exchange experience, gain new competencies, and improve educational skills. 

Quality assurance (Accreditation, rating, work with employers)

International and   national accreditation

For the future employment of graduates of the program, key employers are:

1 1.      RGCP «Kazgeodesiya»;

2.        RGCP «National cartographic and geodetic Fund»;

3.        RGCP «Kazgeokart»;

4.        GPM «GISHAGI»;

5.        LLP «Istitute of geography»;

6.        LLP «НСК МВМ CONSTRUCTION»;

7.        LLP «Geo-Alidada»;

8.        LLP «AquaPromStroi»;

9.        LLP «Leica Geosystems Kazakhstan»;

10.      JSC «Metroconstruction»;

11.      JSC NAC «KazAtomprom»;

12.      JSC «TNC Kazhrom»»

13.      «Karachaganak Petroleum Operating»;

14.      The entrepreneuship development Fund «DAMU»;

15.      Association «KAZENERGY»;

16.      JSC «Tengizchevroil»;

17.      Oil service company «Baker Hughest»;

18.      JSC «Kazakhstan GIS Center»;

19.      LLP «Geostroysearch»;

20.      DLLP «Institute of space technology and technology»;

21.      DLLP " Institute of ionosphere " and etc.

The educational program is relevant for a specific area of employment:

- Production (Architectural and design organizations, land and cadastral departments, specialized research institutes, universities, GIS centers);

- Social (Service Centre, education, ecology, services of various government organizations, service companies, military industry, agriculture)