Facilities

Classrooms

Most of the courses (theory and practicals) within the Geography course are taught in building S8, campus 'De Sterre' (courses taught by members of the department of Geography as well as staff from other departments). The campus is easy to find with train, tram and bus), and is close to the city centre. There is also a lot of parking space on the campus.

Topographic equipment

Practicals Topography are mostly taught in building S8 on the campus 'De Sterre', but at given times also on location 'in the field' (e.g. as part of the course Topometrics, last years always on the 'Kemmelberg'), but also in the calibration laboratory. In all of these practicals, high quality equipment like GPS, total stations,... are intensively used.

Library facilities

Library facilities consist of a thematic library (with books, journals, atlasses, dissertations,... within the domain of 'earth sciences') on the one hand and a map library with a diverse collection of historically unique and valuable maps on the other hand. Students and researchers can also use a multitude of (analogue and digital) libraries within the faculty of Sciences and Ghent University, all linked to the library of the department.

Computer facilities

The department has established a collaboration with central university departments and the faculty of Sciences to ensure the long term availability of recent PC's and software for practicals and individual study. This collaboration consists of PC room Gerardus Mercator (available for all UGent students and staff). A smaller PC room with computers of the same configuration is also at the students' disposal.