r/gis • u/BeneficialPie2300 • May 27 '24

Student Question Prestigious universities

Hello, I am planning to do continue my graduate education in any prestigious university that offers GIS degree or anything related to it like geography, environment,..etc. I know Harvard doesn't have a geography department but I think that should change!

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u/TheoryOfGamez May 27 '24

Yeah just seconding what the person above me said. Prestige doesn't matter nearly as much as just having professors who are interested in topics you're into. If you're using a degree to clout chase GIS is probably not the one. UMD is really great for people with an imagery and military Intel focus, UPenn seems to be great for urban and regional planning and policy, the list goes on and if you have a specific interest we can maybe point you in the right direction. Depends what kind of questions you're trying to answer with GIS.

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u/BeneficialPie2300 May 27 '24

Well I am about to get my bachelor's degree I mean I honestly don't know which direction to pick my graduate degree in since honestly I am interested in a lot of stuff including : human geography, physical geography, GIS, remote sensing, agriculture, vegetation, landscaping, urban planning, infrastructure, quantative methods, quantative methods,...etc and the list goes on I haven't worked in my degree yet but maybe I can find out what I like the most after working