30+ years of hydrographic education: Category A Programme of Hamburg’s HafenCity University

Harald Sternberg, Tanja Dufek

Abstract

A hydrographic education programme has been offered in Hamburg, Germany, for more than thirty years. The programme was first offered in 1985 as an addition to an existing programme in general surveying, and the course became fully recognised as a Category A programme by the IHO in 1990. The Hydrography programme has been integrated as a specialisation in the two-year MSc in Geodesy and Geoinformatics at HafenCity University since 2009. In March 2017, the current programme was re-recognised as one of the first against the new standard S-5A. With the new recognition in place, the programme has shown that it is not at a standstill, but continually developing with new research projects and a new inshore survey vesse
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)23-25
Number of pages3
JournalHydro International
Volume22
Issue number3
Publication statusPublished - 2018

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