COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Surveying Engineering Technology

WHY STUDY SURVEYING ENGINEERING many graduates obtain their professional land TECHNOLOGY AT UMAINE? surveying license and supervise surveying Surveying engineering technology is a services or departments. Many own and practice-focused program that provides operate their own firms after 10 years of students with the foundation to embark practice. UMaine’s ADVANTAGE on a rewarding career as a professional • The only SVT program in land surveyor. Obtaining a surveying OPPORTUNITIES TO EXCEL a New England public engineering technology degree at the Students can obtain experience during the university accredited by the University of Maine provides numerous summer working for private land surveyors Engineering Technology benefits, including a first-class surveying and government agencies, such as the Accreditation Commission education where 98 percent of the graduates of ABET, www.abet.org Bureau of Land Management. Summer pass their fundamentals of land surveying experience has been available in all New • Small classes/high exam before graduating. e average UMaine England states, Alaska, California, interaction class size in surveying engineering technology Wyoming, Montana, California, Florida and is 15 students. • Students learn the latest Nevada. Experience encompasses deed field technologies and UMaine’s surveying engineering technology research, computer-aided design, project production software (SVT) program boasts outstanding faculty management, project planning, boundary • Close to 100 percent job licensed in multiple states. Two are also surveying, photogrammetry, global placement within six licensed as professional engineers and one is positioning systems (GPS) and geographic months of graduation an attorney at law. Two faculty members have information systems (GIS). been awarded the top surveying teaching • 95 percent success rate on award in the nation. Two have received the Fundamentals of Surveying SCHOLARSHIPS prestigious Surveyor of the Year Award from exam irteen scholarships are available in the state surveying societies, and one was voted program. In addition, there are numerous • 80 percent of current by his peers to be one of the top 25 most national and state scholarships. Students students receive influential surveyors in the nation. scholarships enjoy a 90 percent success rate in obtaining state society scholarships. WHAT CAN I DO WITH A SURVEYING ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY DEGREE? NEBHE PROGRAM Surveying was practiced by presidents George School of Engineering Technology Washington, omas Jefferson and Abraham Applicants to this program who reside in Surveying Engineering Technology Lincoln. Graduates are employed across the Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, 5711 Boardman Hall United States — from remote rural areas to Rhode Island or Vermont are eligible for University of Maine large cities; from government agencies, such reduced tuition (in-state plus 50 percent) Orono, ME 04469-5711 as the Bureau of Land Management, to under the New England Regional Student 207.581.2340 private practice; from one-person firms to Program, administered through the New large multidiscipline companies. Starting England Board of Higher Education umaine.edu/set salaries range from $28,000 to $70,000 a (nebhe.org). To apply: go.umaine.edu year, depending on the location. THE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY Alumni are usually employed as technicians Engineering technology provides the and quickly progress to project management knowledge required to apply state-of-the-art roles (party chiefs). Within two to four years ABOUT UMAINE The University of Maine, founded in Orono in 1865, is the state’s premier public university. It is among the most comprehensive higher education institutions in the Northeast and attracts students from across the U.S. and more than 73 countries. It currently enrolls 11,286 total undergraduate and graduate students who can directly participate in groundbreaking research working with world-class scholars. The University of Maine offers doctoral degrees in 35 fields, representing the humanities, sciences, engineering and education; master’s degrees in roughly 70 disciplines; 90 undergraduate majors and academic programs; and one of the oldest and most prestigious honors programs in the U.S. The university promotes environmental stewardship on its campus, with substantial efforts Surveyors work in a variety of unique outdoor locations. This surveyor is using a data collector and survey grade global positioning system aimed at conserving energy, receiver to communicate with satellites for extremely accurate land measurements. recycling and adhering to green building standards in new construction. For more information techniques and designs to meet the needs of technical courses and hands-on laboratories, about UMaine, visit umaine.edu. society. UMaine’s School of Engineering and benefit from UMaine’s close working Technology focuses on the construction relationship with industry. management, surveying, electrical and mechanical disciplines. Engineering HOW DO I APPLY? explore technology is project-oriented and practical Visit go.umaine.edu for an application, with a curriculum that focuses on as well as information about academics Bachelor of Science in fundamental, technical and management and life at UMaine. Surveying Engineering Technology aspects. Students learn through applied

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Five-Year Master in Business Administration The success of the SVT program is discussed regularly at the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS) meetings. I beam with pride. The students are recognized nationally because of the effects of the faculty that created one of the most successful surveying programs in the country.”

— Stephen W. Gould, P.L.S., Class of 1993, President, Sacket & Break Survey, Inc., former NSPS Board of Governors member representing “the Maine Society of Land Surveyors, currently Area 1 Director for NSPS

The Surveying Engineering Technology Program is accredited by the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET, https://www.abet.org.

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