The Center for Geospatial Information Science is proud to announce that our Graduate Certificate in Geospatial Intelligence program is awarded accreditation from the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF). USGIF is the only organization dedicated to promoting the geospatial intelligence tradecraft in the USA, and its accreditation of collegiate Geospatial Intelligence Certificate Programs awards us the ability to offer students GEOINT certificates accompanying a UMD graduate certificate. The University of Maryland is one of the 15 accredited schools in the USA. 

The accredited program benefits our students, college, university, industry, government, and the GEOINT Community at large, by ensuring current hiring needs are reflected in cross-disciplinary classroom coursework. A USGIF GEOINT Certificate proves to hiring organizations that the holder is ready to work in the GEOINT Community. Students know that the GEOINT certificate ensures they have the skills to start working in the ever-expanding, global GEOINT Community.

To learn more about our Master's and Graduate Certificate programs in Geospatial Intelligence program, please visit geoint.umd.edu.