Еducational - professional program

8D07302 – Cartography

Branch of knowledge

8D07 Engineering, manufacturing and construction industries 

Direction of training

8D073 Architecture and construction 

Group of educational programs

D123 Geodesy

The purpose of EPP doctoral studies

Programme educational objectives:

– training of specialists of high professional level, having a civic stand, capable to formulate and solve modern scientific and practical problems, to teach at universities, to successfully research and administrative activities;

– obtaining in-depth knowledge and competence in the chosen professional field;

– acquisition of research skills, participation in scientific events of different levels, the continuation of research training in doctoral studies;

– obtaining the necessary minimum knowledge in the field of University pedagogy and psychology and teaching experience at the University;

– creation of conditions for academic mobility of students;

– providing recognition of documents of the Republic of Kazakhstan on awarding the academic degree "master" in the international educational space and the international labour market.

Language of instruction

Kazakh, Russian, English

Number of credits

180 academic credits 

Academic degree awarded

Doctor of Philosophy PhD on specialty «8D07302 - Cartography»

Learning outcomes

Expected learning outcomes:

1. - build a systematic understanding of the methods of study, information support of research in the field of cartography, geoinformatics and mapping technology for integration into the inter-branch scientific space;

- develop scientific cartographic ideas and projects, regulate their implementation and implementation of research results for solving scientific and industrial needs of science and society;

- to produce plans for the integrated mapping of the natural resource and social potential of the regions to determine the directions and trends of their economic development;

- demonstrate knowledge of information sources and understanding of the modern scientific paradigm in the field of cartography and mapping, the dynamics of their development, to determine and build a system of methodological principles and methods of cartographic research.

2. - to create a project on the basis of a technical task in the field of cartography in accordance with the new domestic regulatory and technical documentation for the development of competitive cartographic production;

- to conduct scientific and technical expertise of new methods of cartographic works and technical documentation for the formation of domestic documentation of cartographic production;

- to adapt topographic-geodetic and cartographic 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. - analyze and systematize the global features of thematic maps design using navigation systems for the development of domestic cartographic science and productio);

- to formulate the principles of designing and compiling a series of thematic maps based on the features of the structure of the mapping areas for regional planning and management;

- develop analytical approaches to the main world and domestic problems, methodology and technology of modern mapping to improve the performance of national cartography.

4. - solve cartographic methods of scientific and applied production problems for the purposes of regional management and the implementation of economic problems;

- explain the development of domestic cartography in connection with the globalization of scientific research and geographic information systems to enhance the role and importance of national cartographic projects and programs;
- use methods and techniques related to modern mapping of scientific disciplines to enhance the effectiveness and relevance of cartographic research in solving problems of regional and national levels.

5. - to structure and compile a common database of information sources on any problems and areas of cartographic modeling in order to enhance the professionalism of highly qualified cartographers;

- evaluate the preferential properties of innovative sources of information for designing and producing cartographic models of the dynamics and forecast of geosystems;

- analyze research cartographic information for use in scientific and industrial processes.

6. - 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 current level of automated systems for collecting and processing remote sensing data to enhance the systems approach in research and production.

7. - present an analysis strategy, argue a system of cartographic results and indicators to ensure the competitiveness of cartographic production;

- demonstrate a systematic understanding in the field of studying and solving the problems of project innovative mapping to enhance the role of remote sensing in modern cartography;

- implement a comprehensive program of cartographic monitoring 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 cartography, including new areas of social and public spheres;

- to lead cartographic projects for the development and implementation of programs to address the environmental and economic problems of resource conservation at the local, regional and national levels;

- develop a comprehensive research program for creating cartographic works in a historically changing socio-cultural context.

9. - to study and develop new methods and directions of cartographic research to increase the effectiveness of research and production research profile of professional activity;

- assess the development of domestic cartography 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 cartographic information, scientific reviews on the problems of the state and development of the theory and methodology of domestic and world cartography for the development of scientific and educational plans for core activities in higher education

10. - to generate new ideas and directions for the introduction and use of modern cartographic research methods in interdisciplinary areas in order to deepen interdisciplinary ties with various scientific and industrial organizations;
- find methodological and technological solutions to a scientific problem in new and unfamiliar contexts for integrating cartography into the interdisciplinary field of scientific production;

- to give an objective assessment of the methodical apparatus used spatial visualization, to increase the level of the results of scientific and applied researches.

11. - determine the analytical approaches to solving scientific and industrial problems to improve the alternativeness and efficiency of cartographic science and production;

- to integrate interdisciplinary knowledge in the research process on the problems of innovative mapping for the implementation of integrated research and production programs and projects for economic development;

- demonstrate a systematic understanding of the tasks, problems and research methods of the cartographic industries to deepen scientific integration.

12. - to create research teams for the planning and implementation of cartographic projects;

- to lead industry republican production organizations to create cartographic works of any complexity at the level of world standards;

- carry out an examination of cartographic projects of any level and evaluate the effectiveness of their scientific and practical results.

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 Academic Service

   Academic activities for the implementation of the educational program:

- within the framework of existing regulatory documents and methodological recommendations in the field of higher education in the field of cartographic and geographical 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 (UMKD) of the discipline of the department for compliance with normative legal acts, working curricula and educational programs;

- 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 service

   To implement the OP «8D07302 - Сartography2 at the Faculty and Department of Cartography and Geoinformatics there is an  

Educational and Laboratory Cartographic Center (ULCC), which includes:

- laboratory of geoinformation mapping;

- Remote sensing laboratory;

- Geodesy and Cartography Laboratory;

- Сenter for Geoinformatics and young scientists;

- Сenter for receiving and archiving operational meteorological information;

-   Geocamera. 

   The uniqueness of the OP "8D07302- Сartography" in the direction of doctoral studies lies in the focus of training highly qualified personnel in the field of cartography, geoinformatics, focused on research, practical activities to integrate the international cartographic sphere to study the problems of natural resource potential and their applied aspects for the purposes of rational nature management of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

 International Service

   The Department of Cartography and Geoinformatics for academic mobility of doctoral students has cooperation agreements with the University of Salzburg, the Center for Geoinformatics of Dortmund Technical University (Dortmund, Germany), the University of Amsterdam (Amsterdam, the Netherlands), Michigan Technological University (USA), Western Hungarian University, MIIGAiK (Moscow, Russia), Czech Research Institute (Geodetic, Topographic and Cartographic), Koszalin Technological University (Koszalin, Republic of Poland), University of Abuda (Hungary).

   International relations are planned to be carried out in the form of participation in conferences, exchange of experience in scientific and pedagogical activities with international colleagues, as well as professional development of staff of the department in those Universities with which international cooperation agreements have been concluded.

Quality assurance (accreditation, rating, work with employers)

   National and international accreditation:

   Potential key employers of graduates of the OP in the specialty «8D05208-Geoinformation cartography» are: RSE "Kazgeodeziya"; JSC "U.M. Sultangazin Institute of Space Research"; «GIS Terra» LLP; RSE «GISHAGI»; «Geo-CAD» LLP; JSC "Institute of Geography"; JSC "GIS Center Kazakhstan"; JSC «Institute of Space Technology and Technology of the Republic of Kazakhstan»; LLP «LEICA GEOSYSTEMS»; JSC «Kazgeokosmos»; RSE «National Cartography -geodetic fund».

    The areas of the labor market that the ЕРP is focused on in the specialty «8D07302 - Сartography» are: specialized topographic and geodetic enterprises, departments of architecture and urban planning, the Departments of "Scientific and Production Center of Land Cadastre"; Committees and Ministries of the Republic of Kazakhstan on ecology, geodesy and cartography, land management, management and land relations departments; with scientific and pedagogical training as a researcher in research institutes, as well as to hold teaching positions in higher educational institutions.