International Geodetic Student Organisation

**International Geodetic Student Organisation** (IGSO)
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Motto	to unite geodesy, cartography, geomatics and geoinformatics students from all over the world
Founded	May 10, 1991; 32 years ago
Type	non-profit association
Location	association registered in Zurich;
Area served	worldwide, mainly Europe
Members	93 universities from 34 countries
Website	igso.info

The International Geodetic Student Organisation (also known as IGSO) is an international, independent, non-political, non-profit organisation run by and for geodesy students and young geodesists.

Aim

The aims of the IGSO are:^[2]

to bring organisations of geodesy students of all countries together
to represent geodetic students in public
to organise connections between the member associations
to establish and to strengthen the co-operation with the authorities

These aims are organised and realised by the International Geodetic Students Meeting (IGSM) and the General Assembly.

Structure

The members of the IGSO are associations of universities representing geodetic students.

The IGSO consists of these institutions:

The General Assembly.
The International Geodetic Students Agency (the General Secretary, the Treasurer, and the Actuary)
The auditors of account.

The structure of the IGSO and the realisation of the IGSM 2004 was presented at the ISPRS meeting 2006.^[3]

Meetings and Activities

Every year the IGSO organises an International Geodetic Students Meeting (IGSM) in a different country. These meetings allow students to exchange experiences from geodesy and to get to know other countries' customs and culture.

History

The first IGSM was organised in the Netherlands by geodesy students from the TU Delft. The IGSO was founded later during the fourth IGSM in Graz, Austria.

Past meetings:^[4]

Year	Title	Country	City	University
1988	1. IGSM	Netherlands	Delft	Delft University of Technology
1989	2. IGSM	Germany	Bonn	University of Bonn
1990	3. IGSM	Hungary	Budapest	Budapest University of Technology and Economics
1991	4. IGSM	Austria	Graz	Graz University of Technology
1992	5. IGSM	United Kingdom	London	University of East London
1993	6. IGSM	Czech Republic	Prague	Czech Technical University in Prague
1994	7. IGSM	Germany	Bochum-Essen	Hochschule Bochum, University of Duisburg-Essen
1995	8. IGSM	Poland	Warsaw	Warsaw University of Technology
1996	9. IGSM	Germany	Hanover	University of Hanover
1997	10. IGSM	Netherlands	Delft	Delft University of Technology
1998	11. IGSM	Spain	Madrid	Technical University of Madrid
1999	12. IGSM	Spain	Valencia	Polytechnic University of Valencia
2000	13. IGSM	France	Le Mans/Paris	École supérieure des géomètres et topographes (ESGT)
2001	14. IGSM	United Kingdom	Newcastle upon Tyne	Newcastle University
2002	15. IGSM	Slovenia	Ljubljana	University of Ljubljana
2003	16. IGSM	Germany	Dresden	Dresden University of Technology^[5]
2004	17. IGSM	Finland	Espoo	Helsinki University of Technology^[6]^[7]
2005	18. IGSM	Turkey	Istanbul	Istanbul Technical University^[8]
2006	19. IGSM	Poland	Kraków	AGH University of Science and Technology^[9]
2007	20. IGSM	Bulgaria	Sofia	University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy (UACEG)^[10]
2008	21. IGSM	Spain	Valencia	Polytechnic University of Valencia^[11]
2009	22. IGSM	Switzerland	Zurich	ETH Zurich^[12]
2010	23. IGSM	Croatia	Zagreb	University of Zagreb^[13]
2011	24. IGSM	United Kingdom	Newcastle upon Tyne	Newcastle University^[14]
2012	25. IGSM	Spain	Jaén	University of Jaén^[15]
2013	26. IGSM	Poland	Wrocław	Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences^[16]
2014	27. IGSM	Turkey	Istanbul	Istanbul Technical University^[17]
2015	28. IGSM	Finland	Espoo	Aalto University^[18]
2016	29. IGSM	Germany	Munich	Technische Universität München^[19]
2017	30. IGSM	Croatia	Zagreb	University of Zagreb