# International Geodetic Student Organisation

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:
* 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.

## 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 and future meetings:
| 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 [de], University of Duisburg-Essen |
| 1995 | 8. IGSM | Poland | Warsaw | Warsaw University of Technology |
| 1996 | 9. IGSM | Germany | Hannover | Leibniz University Hannover |
| 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 [fr] (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 |
| 2004 | 17. IGSM | Finland | Espoo | Helsinki University of Technology |
| 2005 | 18. IGSM | Turkey | Istanbul | Istanbul Technical University |
| 2006 | 19. IGSM | Poland | Kraków | AGH University of Science and Technology |
| 2007 | 20. IGSM | Bulgaria | Sofia | University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy (UACEG) |
| 2008 | 21. IGSM | Spain | Valencia | Polytechnic University of Valencia |
| 2009 | 22. IGSM | Switzerland | Zurich | ETH Zurich |
| 2010 | 23. IGSM | Croatia | Zagreb | University of Zagreb |
| 2011 | 24. IGSM | United Kingdom | Newcastle upon Tyne | Newcastle University |
| 2012 | 25. IGSM | Spain | Jaén | University of Jaén |
| 2013 | 26. IGSM | Poland | Wrocław | Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences |
| 2014 | 27. IGSM | Turkey | Istanbul | Istanbul Technical University |
| 2015 | 28. IGSM | Finland | Espoo | Aalto University |
| 2016 | 29. IGSM | Germany | Munich | Technische Universität München |
| 2017 | 30. IGSM | Croatia | Zagreb | University of Zagreb |
| 2018 | 31. IGSM | Spain | Valencia | Polytechnic University of Valencia |
| 2019 | 32. IGSM | Poland | Warsaw | Warsaw University of Technology |
| 2020 | (cancelled) | Greece | Thessaloniki | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic) |
| 2021 | 33. IGSM | Germany | Hannover (online) | Leibniz University Hannover |
| 2022 | 34. IGSM | Germany | Hannover / Hamburg | Leibniz University Hannover and HafenCity University Hamburg |
| 2023 | 35. IGSM | Spain | Valencia | Polytechnic University of Valencia |
| 2024 | 36. IGSM | Bulgaria | Sofia | University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy (UACEG) |
| 2025 | 37. IGSM | Morocco | Rabat | Institut agronomique et vétérinaire Hassan-II [fr] |
| 2026 | 38. IGSM | Croatia | Zagreb | University of Zagreb |

## Partners

The IGSO is a partner organisation of the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG)