ISPRS Student Consortium

The ISPRS Student Consortium (SC) represents the organisation’s main student and research body. Participants share the same interest in photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences. SC provides a platform for exchange of information, organises student-specific events and other initiatives that integrate students and youngsters more effectively into ISPRS activities.

Since its foundation in 2004, the Student Consortium has been acting within ISPRS WG VI/5, which is responsible for the link between SC and the rest of ISPRS. During its first year, the SC started from the ground up to create an organisation which is stable yet flexible. The organisational structure of the SC consists of six board members responsible for the continuity of SC activities, national coordinators and SC members. The SC welcomes members from around the globe, and has built up a strong network of more than 800 members from 87 countries.

The two most visible activities of the SC are the regular organisation of Summer Schools and the publication of its own newsletter. Summer Schools are held at least once per year in different locations to support regional and national activities. Lecturers attend from all over the world to discuss various topics related to remote sensing, photogrammetry and GIS. Most recently, the 8th ISPRS SC Summer School took place in late 2012 in Thailand.

The SC Newsletter is already a well-established bulletin. It is published four times per year and aimed at informing SC members about the profession’s varied and interesting topics. Its content includes valuable research findings from students, interviews with prominent people involved with the society, insights into various international projects, and short reports from the events visited by SC members. It also provides useful information about international study programmes and exchange possibilities, scholarships, web tutorials, etc. Both the most recent issues of the SC Newsletter and previous Summer School material and tutorials are freely accessible on the website www.isprs-sc.org.

SC also aims at enabling stronger participation of youngsters in ISPRS events by offering low registration fees, scholarships, etc., and is working to improve co-operation with similar international student organisations.

For details of how to join, visit www.isprs-sc.org.