Course content
The Geomatics in Practice Elective provides an opportunity to apply knowledge and skills obtained in the first year of the MSc Geomatics for the Built Environment in practice. The Internship must have an academic character.
There is no formal start date or end date, you can start any time provided you have completed at least 30 ECTS of the programme core subjects.
Link to the study guide can be found here
Interested companies
The following expressions of interest were submitted to this call for Geomatics internship opportunities on LinkedIn. The contact persons have been informed that they can be contacted by a student to explore this further.
| Company | Contact |
|---|---|
| OmKeere | Lars de Vries |
| Pointly | Sid Hinrichs |
| Moondoor | Thomas Broos |
| Packhunt | Jeroen Coenders |
| Vellum | Erik Pols |
| GeoNext | Linh Truong-Hong — per e-mail |
| TNO | Patrick Brooijmans — per e-mail, about 3D tiles for subsurface information |
| Vicrea | Roderick Duinker |
| Pliant Offshore | Tim Farrow |
Learning Objectives
- To experience working in practice, in a company, at a (local) governmental institute or a research institute.
- To apply knowledge from the Geomatics Programme in a practical project.
Educational method
Individual work: Internship Report (max 5,000 words) according to the report requirements and professional skills to be assessed by the workplace supervisor.
Workload
The internship should last at least 280 hours, i.e., seven weeks on a full-time basis, or an equivalent period on a part-time basis, e.g., 14 weeks 20 hours/week.
Assessment
The final delivery is an Internship Report. The requirements of this report can be found in the report requirements. The report will be assessed by your Geomatics Supervisor. This is 70% of the mark. The other 30% of the mark is an assessment by your Workplace Supervisor on professional skills. Both marks should be above 5.0. Otherwise a retake is needed.
- The internship assessment form
- The rubric for the workplace supervisor
- The rubric for the Geomatics supervisor
How to start and complete an internship
Find a place to do an internship
Start by contacting one of the interested companies listed above, or find a different organisation yourself.
Find a supervisor of the MSc Geomatics
The Geomatics Supervisor may be any person connected to the Geomatics programme with sufficient knowledge of the activities that you will do during your internship.
Complete an Internship Proposal form
It needs to be submitted (max 800 words) according to the provided template.
The Internship Proposal form can be uploaded here. Please use your student number in the file name. Notify the module coordinator j.e.stoter@tudelft.nl by email after you have uploaded your file
The GEO5016 Coordinator will assess your Internship Proposal for suitability for the Geomatics programme. A GO will be granted when the internship Coordinator is satisfied that the proposed topic and activities are suitable for the Geomatics Programme and at MSc level, i.e., there has to be an academic challenge. This means that you have to work towards tackling a problem, working with complex and heterogeneous geospatial data, or developing a model or something similar, either individually or as part of a team. So, just carrying out activities according to fixed protocols without a personal contribution is not sufficient. Without a GO, you are not allowed to start this internship.
When you receive a go
Submit a UNL Internship Agreement, signed by you and your Workplace Supervisor, to J.vanOs@tudelft.nl with a CC to the GEO5016 Coordinator. The Internship Agreement form, in Dutch and English, can be downloaded from that website.
How to finish
Write your internship report (see the report requirements). The report must be sent to your academic supervisor maximum 2 weeks after the end of the internship. The final report should be uploaded here. Notify the module coordinator j.e.stoter@tudelft.nl by email after you have uploaded your file.