Courses and Academic Organization

Table of contents

    1. Academic Documents
    2. Class Schedules
      1. Winter Semester 2026/27
      2. Explanations
      3. Contact Person​ Course Schedule
    3. ​Module Overview
      1. Required Modules
      2. Required-Elective Modules in the Geoinformation Technologies Track
      3. Required-Elective Modules in the Computer Science and Environmental Sciences Track
    4. Important Applications and Forms

Academic Documents

Academic documents form the legal basis for your studies. For each degree program, they essentially consist of two parts:

Study regulations

The study regulations govern admission requirements, objectives, content and structure of the degree program. They determine the total amount of time required for the courses of the degree program. They describe the subject matter and type of courses and coursework required for the successful completion of the degree, determine their proportion of the total time required and assign them to individual study sections.

Examination regulations

The examination regulations of a degree program determine the standard period of study, the deadlines for registering for examinations, the requirements for admission to examinations, the processing time for the preparation of written examination papers, the examination requirements as well as the examination procedure and the examination subjects.

When answering questions about the requirements and regulations of your degree program, you can and must always refer to these two documents. The complete, officially published versions of the current examination and study regulations, the consolidated text of the study documents including all amendments, and the currently applicable aptitude assessment regulations can be found on the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering website.

Class Schedules

Winter Semester 2026/27

Tentative!

Some exercises and seminars are offered multiple times, as they involve group work. Registration for seminar groups takes place via OPAL. Lectures can be attended without registration.

Please note that registration for exams is done via SELMA.

1st Year of Study (Imma Class of 2026) Published
 

Explanations

Key to the Abbreviations Used
Abbreviation Type of course
VO Lecture (required)
ÜO Seminar (required)
VW Lecture for the advanced course (elective-compulsory)
ÜW Seminar for the advanced course (elective-required)
PW Project for the Advanced Course (required elective)
ES Advanced Seminar
EX Field Trip

Contact Person​ Course Schedule

Mitarbeiterin © IG
Name

Dipl.-Ing. Angela Wollmann

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Organization Name

Chair of Engineering Geodesy

Chair of Engineering Geodesy

Address work

Visiting address:

Hülsse-Bau, Westflügel, HÜL/W231 Helmholtzstraße 10

01069 Dresden

Im Zeitraum Juli 2020 bis April 2021 befindet sich die Professur Ingenieurgeodäsie im Falkenbrunnen, Chemnitzer Straße 50.

Address postal

Postal address:

TUD Dresden University of Technology Fakultät Umweltwissenschaften
Geodätisches Institut
Professur Ingenieurgeodäsie

01062 Dresden

work Tel.

Foto von Anette Eltner © M. Kretzschmar

Professor apl.

Name

Ms Prof. Dr. Anette Eltner

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Contact Information
work Tel.

Hülße-Bau (HÜL), Room W540

​Module Overview

Study Plan: Overview of the type and scope of all courses and required coursework for the degree program

Required Modules

Geodata Infrastructure (UW-M-GI-01)

Module Description

Lecturers Prof. Lars Bernard
Teaching Formats 2 SWS lecture, 1 SWS seminar
Credits 5
Offered in the Winter Semester
OPAL course https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/712278035
Note Required module

Information on the structure of the course assessment (Comprehensive assessment, 40 hours)

Individual assignment

Time Frame / Date

Weighting for the Evaluation of the Course Work

Assignment 1:
Collection of Documents

Workload distributed evenly throughout the lecture period (two submission deadlines: at the end of the year and at the end of the lecture period)

Ungraded,

all individual documents must be approved (otherwise grade 5 with weighting of 1)

Assignment 2:
Written examination

Examination Period

Weight 2
Recent Developments in Photogrammetric Geodata Acquisition (UW-M-GI-02)

Module Description

Lecturers JProf. Anette Eltner
Teaching Formats 1.5 SWS lecture, 1 SWS seminar
Credits 5
Offered in the Winter semester
OPAL course TBA
Note Required module
Information on the structure of the

exam (Comprehensive exam, 40 hours)

Individual assignment

Time Frame / Date

Weighting for the Evaluation of the Exam

Assignment 1:
written Assignment 1

  

Total: 40 points

Assignment 2:
written Assignment 2

  

Assignment 3:
Exam 1 (45 min)

  

Total: 60 points

Assignment 4:
Exam 2 (45 min)

  

3 out of 4 individual assessments must be passed
Geovisualisation (UW-M-GI-03)

Module Description

Lecturers Prof. Dirk Burghardt
Teaching Formats 2 SWS lecture, 2 SWS seminar
Credits 5
Offered in the Winter Semester
OPAL course https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/2527166472
Note Required module

Information on the structure of the course assessment (Comprehensive assessment, 50 hours)

Individual assignment

Time Frame / Date

Weighting for the evaluation of the course assignment

Assignment 1:
Term paper

submission by end of January, presentation in early February

1/3

Assignment 2:
Written exam

Core examination period

2/3
Environmental and Climate Remote Sensing (UW-M-GI-04)

Module Description

Lecturers Prof. Matthias Forkel
Teaching Formats 2 SWS lecture, 1 SWS seminar
Credits 5
Offered in the Winter semester
OPAL course https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/26206339072
Note Required module
Soft skills for the professional field of Geoinformatics (UW-M-GI-05)

Module Description

Lecturers Dean of Studies, Earth Sciences
Teaching Methods as listed in the catalog
Credits 5
Offered in every semester
Note Required module
Notes

Please note that only course credits earned in accordance with the course catalog will be accepted.

If you choose to take exams from the studium generale program, which changes each semester, you must register for the exam using our registration form.
Current catalog https://de.487888.xyz/bu/umwelt/geo/studium/beratung-und-service/studiengaenge/geodaesie/uebersicht-der-angebote-allgemeine-schluesselqualifikationen-geodaesie

Required-Elective Modules in the Geoinformation Technologies Track

In this required-elective area, you will select modules totaling 50 credit points.

Geoinformation Services (UW-M-GI-106)

Module Description

Lecturers Dr. Stephan Mäs
Teaching Formats 1 SWS seminar, 3 SWS project
Credits 10
Offered as a two semesters, beginning in the summer semester
OPAL course https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/23165501442
Note Elective module in the Geoinformation Technologies concentration

Information on the structure of the examination (comprehensive assessment, 100 hours)

Individual assignment

Time Frame / Date

Weighting for the evaluation of the course work

Assignment 1:
Presentation

First half of the summer semester

Ungraded

Assignment 2:
Project

Group project; submission of the project report at the end of the lecture period in the winter semester

Ungraded; the report is a prerequisite for the oral exam
Assignment 3:
Oral exam

Core examination period

 100%
Laser Scanning and 3D Point Cloud Processing (UW-M-GI-107)

Module Description

Lecturers JProf. Anette Eltner
Teaching Formats 2 SWS lecture, 2 SWS exercise, 1 SWS seminar
Credits 10
Offered in the Summer Semester
OPAL course https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/10716676106
Note Elective module in the Geoinformation Technologies specialization
Information on the structure of the

exam (Comprehensive exam, 80 hours)

Individual assignment

Time Frame / Date

Weighting for the Evaluation of the Coursework

Assignment 1:
written Assignment 1

  

Total: 30 points

Assignment 2:
written Assignment 2

  

Assignment 3:
written Assignment 3

  

Assignment 4:
written Assignment 4

  

Assignment 5:
Exam (45 min)

  

Total: 50 points

Assignment 6:
Exam (45 min)

  

Assignment 7:
Oral group presentation (presentation on the project)

End of exam period

20 points
Optical 3D-Metrology (UW-M-GI-108)

Module Description

Lecturers Prof. Hans-Gerd Maas
Teaching Formats 1.5 SWS lecture, 2 SWS seminar
Credits 5
Offered in the Winter semester
OPAL course https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/12488310787
Note Elective module in the Geoinformation Technologies track
Image Analysis and Machine Learning in Environmental Remote Sensing (UW-M-GI-109)

Module Description

Lecturers Prof. Matthias Forkel
Teaching Formats 2 SWS lecture, 1 SWS seminar
Credits 5
Offered in the Summer Semester
OPAL course TBA
Note Elective module in the Geoinformation Technologies concentration
Retrieval of Land Surface Properties from Optical and Microwave Remote Sensing (UW-M-GI-110)

Module Description

Lecturers Prof. Matthias Forkel
Teaching Formats 2 SWS seminar
Credits 5
Offered in the Summer Semester
OPAL Course TBA
Note Elective module in the Geoinformation Technologies concentration

Information on the structure of the course assessment (Comprehensive assessment, 80 hours)

Individual assignment

Timeframe / Date

Weighting for the evaluation of the course work

Assignment 1:
Seminar presentation

During the seminar

25%

Assignment 2:
Submission and short presentation of code as Jupyter notebook

During the seminar

15%

Assignment 3:
Written seminar paper of 3,000–5,000 words

August 31

60%
Mobile Cartography (UW-M-GI-111)

Module Description

Lecturers Dr. Eva Hauthal
Teaching Formats 2 SWS lecture, 2 SWS seminar, 1 SWS project
Credits 10
Offered in the Winter semester
OPAL course https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/3920855040
Note Elective module in the Geoinformation Technologies concentration
Information on the structure of the

exam (Comprehensive exam, 80 hours)

Individual assignment

Time Frame / Date

Weighting for the Evaluation of the Coursework

Assignment 1:
mobile map application incl. a presentation

submission by end of January, presentation in early February

2/3

Assignment 2:
written exam

Core examination period

1/3
Cartographic Fieldwork (UW-M-GI-113)

Module Description

Lecturers Prof. Dirk Burghardt
Teaching Formats 10-day field trip, 1 SWS seminar, 1 SWS project
Credits 10
Offered in the Winter semester
OPAL course --
Note Elective module in the Geoinformation Technologies concentration
Information on the structure of the

examination (Comprehensive assignment, 80 hours)

Individual assignment

Time Frame / Date

Weighting for the evaluation of the course assignment

Assignment 1:
Presentation

October 9 (During the field trip)

25%

Assignment 2:
Test / Written examination

October 9 (During the field trip)

25%

Assignment 3:
Croqui

November 9 (One month after the end of the field trip)

25%

Assignment 4:
Panoramic Map

November 9 (One month after the end of the field trip)

25%
Object Detection and Geodata Fusion (UW-M-GI-114)

Module Description

Lecturers JProf. Anette Eltner
Teaching Formats 1 SWS seminar, 1 SWS exercise, 2 SWS project
Credits 10
Offered as a two semesters, beginning in the summer semester
OPAL course https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/11035312130
Note Elective module in the Geoinformation Technologies track
Information on the structure of the

exam (Comprehensive exam, 100 hours)

Individual assignment

Time Frame / Date

Weighting for the Evaluation of the Coursework

Assignment 1:
Individual oral assignment

  

30 points

Assignment 2:
Oral project presentation

  

30 points

Assignment 3:
Written group assignment

  

40 points
From Data to Action: Spatial Data Science in Urban and Regional Development (UW-M-GI-115)

Module Description

Lecturers Prof. Martin Behnisch
Teaching Formats 1 SWS lecture, 1 SWS seminar
Credits 5
Offered in Winter semester
OPAL course https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/46776713218
Note Elective module in the Geoinformation Technologies track
Topographic Map Production (UW-M-GI-116)

Module Description

Lecturers Prof. Dirk Burghardt
Teaching Formats 2 SWS lecture, 1 SWS seminar, 1 SWS project
Credits 5
Offered in the Winter semester
OPAL course https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/51795853315
Note Elective module in the Geoinformation Technologies concentration

Information on the structure of the course assessment (Comprehensive Exam, 50 hours)

Individual Course

Timeframe / Date

Weighting for the assessment of the course work

Assignment 1:
Submission of Editorial Plan

During the semester, before Christmas

10%

Assignment 2:
Map submission

During the semester, last week of lectures

30 %

Assignment 3:
Written exam

Examination period

60%
Affective and Multi-Perspective Map Communication (UW-M-GI-117)

Module Description

Lecturers Dr. Eva Hauthal
Teaching Formats 1 SWS lecture, 1 SWS seminar, 1 SWS project
Credits 5
Offered in the Winter Semester
OPAL course https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/51150553088
Note Elective module in the Geoinformation Technologies concentration
Information on the structure of the

exam (Comprehensive exam, 50 hours)

Individual assignment

Time Frame / Date

Weighting for the Evaluation of the Exam Assignment

Assignment 1:
two static thematic maps

submission in early February

50%

Assignment 2:
Oral exam

core examination period

50%
Applied Remote Sensing for Environmental Research (UW-M-GI-216)

Module Description

Lecturers Prof. Matthias Forkel
Teaching Formats 1 SWS Seminar
Credits 5
Offered every semester
OPAL course TBA
Note Elective module in the Geoinformation Technologies specialization

Information on the structure of the course assessment (Comprehensive assessment, 95 hours)

Individual assignment

Time Frame / Date

Weighting for the assessment of the course

Assignment 1:
Presentation about the state of the project work

 during the seminar, on agreement

20%

Assignment 2:
Presentation about projects results

 towards end of the semester, on agreement

60%

Assignment 3:
Submission of source code of the project in a GIT repository

 towards end of the semester, on agreement

20%
Statistical Learning for Earth System Sciences (UW-M-GI-221)

Module Description

Lecturers Prof. Jakob Zscheischler
Teaching Formats 2 SWS lecture, 1 SWS seminar
Credits 5
Offered in the Summer Semester
OPAL course https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/53787721728
Note Elective module in the Geoinformation Technologies track

Required-Elective Modules in the Computer Science and Environmental Sciences Track

In this required-elective area, you will select modules totaling 15 credit points.

Satellite Time Series and Change Detection (UW-M-GI-217)

Module Description

Lecturers Prof. Matthias Forkel
Teaching Formats 2 SWS Seminar
Credits 5
Offered in the Winter semester
OPAL Course TBA
Note Elective module in the Computer Science and Environmental Sciences track
Lidar Application Project (UW-M-GI-218)

Module Description

Lecturers Dr. Katja Richter
Teaching Methods 3 SWS Internship
Credits 5
Offered in Winter Semester
OPAL course --
Note

Elective module in the Computer Science and Environmental Sciences track

This module will be suspended for the Summer Semester 2027 and will no longer be offered.
Photogrammetric multi-view geometry (UW-M-GI-219)

Module Description

Lecturers Dr. David Mader
Teaching Methods 3 SWS Internship
Credits 5
Offered in the Summer Semester
OPAL course https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/11035312134
Note Elective module in the Computer Science and Environmental Sciences track

Information on the structure of the course assessment (Comprehensive assessment, 50 hours)

Individual assignment

Time Frame / Date

Weighting for the assessment of the course work

Assignment 1:
Interim Presentation

  

5%

Assignment 2:
Final written assignment in the form of a paper

  

70%

Assignment 3:
Final presentation

  

25%
Photogrammetry and Image Analysis (UW-M-GI-220)

Module Description

Lecturers Dr. Katja Richter
Teaching Formats 2 SWS Seminar
Credits 5
Offered every semester
OPAL course https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/9775513600
Note Elective module in the Computer Science and Environmental Sciences track
Climate Change (UW-M-GI-222)

Module Description

Lecturers Prof. Matthias Mauder
Teaching Formats 2 SWS lecture, 2 SWS seminar
Credits 5
Offered in the Summer Semester
OPAL course https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/6588334083
Note Elective module in the Computer Science and Environmental Sciences track
Watershed Management (UW-M-GI-223)

Module Description

Lecturers Dr. Jens Grundmann
Teaching Formats 2 SWS lecture, 1 SWS seminar
Credits 5
Offered in the Summer Semester
OPAL course https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/53722152976
Note Elective module in the Computer Science and Environmental Sciences track
Environmental Development and Risk Management (UW-M-GI-224)

Module Description

Lecturers Prof. Jochen Schanze
Teaching Formats 2 SWS lecture, 2 SWS seminar
Credits 5
Offered in the Summer Semester
OPAL course https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/44195086338
Note Elective module in the Computer Science and Environmental Sciences track
Dendroecology (UW-M-GI-225)

Module Description

Lecturers Prof. Ernst van der Maaten
Teaching Formats 1.5 SWS lecture, 2.5 SWS seminar
Credits 5
Offered in the Summer Semester
OPAL course https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/16312041473
Note Elective module in the Computer Science and Environmental Sciences track
Scalable Data Engineering (UW-M-GI-226)

Module Description

Lecturers Prof. Wolfgang Lehner
Teaching Formats 2 SWS lecture, 2 SWS seminar
Credits 5
Offered in the Winter semester
OPAL course https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/50843942912
Note Elective module in the Computer Science and Environmental Sciences track
Foundations of Virtual Reality (UW-M-GI-227)

Module Description

Lecturers JProf. Matthew McGinity
Teaching Formats 2 SWS lecture, 2 SWS seminar
Credits 6
Offered in the Winter semester
OPAL course TBA
Note Elective module in the Computer Science and Environmental Sciences track

Important Applications and Forms

You can find forms and applications on the TU Dresden Student Affairs Office website: https://de.487888.xyz/bu/studium/im-studium/formulare-antraege.

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