它是一门以计算机为核心，结合地理学与地图学的综合性学科，已经广泛的应用在不同的领域，是用于输入、存储、查询、分析和显示地理数据的计算机系统。
在申请要求方面，gpa一般要求有3.0+，申请名校最好是有3.5+；托福一般不低于90+；gre成绩是在310以上。对申请者背景要求方面一般建议是具有计算机、数学、地理、地质、城市规划等专业背景，也有部分学校也接受经济学、公共政策和公共卫生等专业背景的申请者，对于地理有兴趣的申请者可以参考学校官网的要求。如果有相关的实习或者工作经历对于申请也会有很大的帮助。
下文将以伊利诺伊大学厄本那-香槟分校的项目为例，参考gis专业的申请要求：（截取部分，详情请登录学校官网进行查看）
the m.s. egree in geographic information science requires the completion of 42 semester hours as prescribe in the following four curricular components:
- science
- business
- internship
- inustry seminar
the program is offere by the university of illinois school of earth, society, an environment.
the program can be complete in 16 months of full-time stuy on the urbana-champaign campus, incluing require summer enrollment to complete the internship. a thesis is not require.
geographic information science amission requirements
- bachelor＇s egree from a regionally accreite u.s. institution or a comparable egree from a recognize institution abroa
- grae point average of 3.0 or higher ﹙4.0 scale﹚ for the last 60 hours of unergrauate work an for any grauate work
- grauate recor examination ﹙gre﹚ score
- test of english as a foreign language ﹙toefl﹚ score of 79 or higher ﹙internet-base test﹚, 550 or higher ﹙paper-base test﹚, or 213 or higher ﹙computer base test﹚ for applicants whose native language is not english
- three ﹙3﹚ letters of recommenation.
the priority application ate is january 15, 2018.
applications will be accepte until june 15th for international stuents an july 1st for omestic stuents.
如果您想了解更多留学资讯，欢迎咨询!
