Grand Experiment

摘要

Since 2000, many institutes for geomatics education have struggled to survive because of a low influx of new students (see the series on 'Developments in Geomatics Education' in GIM International between March and August 2007). One of the effects of this global trend was the demise of the BSc in Geomatics in The Netherlands by 2005, after which only an MSc programme remained. As a general rule of thumb, a minimum annual influx of 20 students is required to ensure a sustainable MSc programme. However, such a stable number has never been reached. Why not?