Learning GIS

Get started on your journey to learn geospatial technologies by signing up for our courses, enrolling in a GIS certificate program, by engaging with our faculty, and/or exploring learning resources:

Dr. Marcia Moreno-Báez celebrates the end of classes with her GIS students

GIS Courses

Tufts offers over 28 geospatial courses a year ranging from novice to advanced, in different modalities, and across the academic year, including the summer.

Come explore the world of GIS at Tufts University

Tufts Geospatial Certificates

Tufts offers over 28 geospatial courses a year ranging from novice to advanced, in different modalities, and across the academic year, including the summer.

Kyle Monahan, Data Science Specialist, works with Emma Resor, A19. (Alonso Nichols/Tufts University)

Educators & Support Staff

Our diverse team of educators bridge many applications of geospatial analysis. There are many people committed to the success of GIS learners at Tufts!

Search for a resource by keywords (including tool names, GIS methods, software programs, and more!).

Geospatial Tutorial Explorer (beta)

In this Experience Builder, we’ve collected hundreds of resources, many of which were produced right here at Tufts, on all things ESRI ArcGIS, Open Source GIS, Drones & Remote Sensing, GPS/GNSS, Web Mapping, Design, and accessing GIS Data Sources!

Built by Esri, ArcGIS integrates and connects data through the context of geography.

ESRI ArcGIS at Tufts

The Esri ArcGIS Platform has many popular software packages and web-based applications available to Tufts University students, faculty, and staff through our Tufts Organizational Account for your mapping, spatial analysis, database management, field data survey collection, and storytelling needs.