The Cartography course is offered at the PGD level at many well known Indian institutions. This course has good scope within India as it is has close links with geographic information science (GIScience).

The eligibility needed by a person to join this program is a graduate level degree in Mathematics, Economics, Geography or Geology. Those who have done their PG level program in the same fields can apply as well. More details about the cartography entrance exams in India are given below.

List of Entrance Exams in Cartography

• Banaras Hindu University Postgraduate Entrance Test (BHU PET)
• Indian Army Surveyor Auto Cartographer Examination (Civil Service)
• Jawaharlal Nehru technical university digital cartography entrance exam
• Mahatma Jyoti Rao Phoole University Jaipur Postgraduate Diploma in Geographical Cartography
• Osmania university postgraduate diploma in cartography entrance exam
• Osmania University Postgraduate Diploma in Geographical Cartography

List of Institutions That Take Part in This Exam

• Annamalai University
• Burdwan University – Bardhaman (Master of Science- Remote Sensing & Geographic Information System)
• Indian Institute of Technology (Mumbai)
• Jamia Millia Islamia – Diploma in Cartography
• Jawaharlal Nehru Technical University
• MS University of Baroda – Diploma in Cartography
• North Orissa University – Baripada (Master of Science in Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System)
• Osmania University – Diploma in Geographical Cartography
• Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University – Raipur (Post Graduate Diploma in Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System)
• Sam Higginbotom Institute of Agriculture – Allahabad (Post Graduate Diploma in Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System)

List of Foreign Institutions that offer Cartography courses:

• Brigham Young University - United States (Bachelor in Cartography)
• Florida State University - United States (Master in Cartography)
• Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography (MIIGAiK)
• Texas A & M University - United States (Bachelor in Cartography)
• University of Wisconsin- Madison - United States (Bachelor in Cartography and Master in Cartography)

Exam Pattern of the Cartography Course

The written paper shall carry 100 marks. The total time allotted for each applicant to finish answering all questions is 3 hours. The topics that will come in the postgraduate diploma course in cartography are as follows:

• Basics of Digital Cartography
• Fundamentals of Remote Sensing
• Overview of GIS Packages
• Principles of Geographic Information Systems and Current
• Negative marking is not there in the evaluation procedure of this examination.

How to Procure Application for the Cartography Course?

Admission forms for the cartography (advanced) entrance exams can be procured from the exam counters of all participating universities and its allied centres. Another option available for all applicants is to get their admission form by way of mail. To receive their exam form by this means, it will be necessary for all aspirants to dispatch a requisition letter to the concerned address alongside a demand draft of the amount concerned. The cost of the exam form is Rs. 100/- at the Osmania university. The price remains unchanged at the JNTU.