Discipline	Engineering & Technology
Program Level	PhD
Qualification	Ph.D
Total Seats	2
Program Duration(in Months)	60
Classroom Hours	3432
Examination/Course Pattern	semester
Program Description	Spatial Informatics, also referred to as Geospatial sciences and technologies, Geo-Informatics and such deals with the study, research and technology advancement in the fields of Remote Sensing, Geospatial Science and Systems, and its various applications across multiple disciplines including Spatial Modelling and Simulations. The research group at Lab for Spatial Informatics, IIIT Hyderabad works on a range of research areas in these related fields ranging from Spatial, Spatio-temporal data handling and data processing to GeoVisualization; from Spatial Data bases to Spatio-temporal analytics and Spatial BigData; from Satellite/UAV image analysis to GeoAI; from applications in Land use, Environment, Forests, Hydrology, Climate to Urban and traffic simulation models; Web and Mobile GIS to Geospatial standards. A brief glimspe of on-going research topics can be seen in the following figure. The group has also worked and contributed to Open Source software development/FOSS4G activities.
Admission & entry requirements	Admission - Postgraduate Entrance Examination (PGEE) Entry Requirement - Applicants need to appear for a computer-based examination conducted by IIITH. The exam will be held in multiple centres across many cities. For Ph.D programme candidates will be shortlisted for subject interview based on a written General Aptitude Test. The decision on final offer of admission is solely based on the interview performance.