URISA University

We are working on creating a workshop-only educational program, called URISA University, to provide an integrated set of workshops leading to a certificate. The intent is to give practitioners the knowledge they need to utilize GIS in their work and to fill voids in a GIS professional’s education. URISA University will not, on its own, be of such rigor and scope of content as to be able to form a complete educational foundation for a GIS professional. Such an educational undertaking will remain the province of academic institutions.

Structured like a college catalog, beginning with basic subjects and leading to more advanced topics, URISA University would leverage and expand URISA’s existing suite of workshops, provide basic education to new entrants to the GIS profession, and generate additional revenues without imposing significant development costs. Consisting of face-to-face and online offerings, URISA University could be frequently taught at multiple locations using contract course developers and instructors.