Education

Courses in Forest Remote Sensing

We teach in the areas of Geographic Information Technology (GIT) and Remote Sensing, primarily within SLU’s forestry programs, but we also offer standalone courses. The subject area is responsible for activities at the Ljungberg Laboratory.

Within SLU’s forestry programmes, we offer two undergraduate courses: Geographic Information System (GIS) and Forest Remote Sensing, as well as the distance-learning course Applied Remote Sensing in Forestry. At the advanced level, we offer a GIT project course and a course in Remote Sensing combined with Forest Inventory. We also offer two advanced-level distance-learning courses: Forest Remote Sensing and Advanced Geographic Modelling in GIS.

Each year, several students undertake their master’s theses with us. In this subject area, there are opportunities to work with digital remote sensing data from sensors such as distance-measuring lasers, electro-optical sensors (including digital cameras), and radar. Sensor platforms include aircraft, satellites, UAVs, and ground-based systems.

If you wish to carry out your master’s thesis in remote sensing, you should have completed the course Remote Sensing and Forest Inventory, or an equivalent course. You are welcome to bring your ideas and discuss them with a suitable supervisor or with the department’s programme director. We also provide supervision for other students working in GIT.

Courses in the subject area:

• GIS and Forest Remote Sensing
• Applied Remote Sensing in Forestry
• Geographic Information Technology II
• Remote Sensing and Forest Inventory
• Forest Remote Sensing
• Advanced Geographic Modeling in GIS

Ljungberg Laboratory

The department is also responsible for activities at the Ljungberg Laboratory. The lab serves as a teaching resource for students, equipped with the latest technology for collecting and processing remote sensing data, and also functions as a meeting place for students, researchers, and companies. Today, modern remote sensing equipment is available for students interested in forestry and technology, both at the undergraduate level and for thesis projects.

Ljungbergs Laboratory - A meeting place for remote sensing