The University of West Hungary is one of the largest universities in Hungary, with ten faculties covering a wide range of sciences from Forestry and Economics to Pedagogy and Agriculture. The Faculty of Geoinformatics is concerned with land surveying, mapping, aerial surveying, satellite image processing, geographic information systems, land management, spatial planning and development, and land administration.

This Faculty is the only one in Hungary which trains experts in surveying and mapping with the highest level of practical knowledge.

The history of the Faculty is closely connected with the history of surveying in Hungary. Higher education of surveyors started in Székesfehérvár in 1962, and the Faculty has been the residence of courses in land surveying since 1972 and land management since 1975. A degree in property and land registration management was offered from 2001, specialising in all legal, technical and IT subjects related to land and property.

The academic year 2005/2006 saw the introduction of the Bologna process, with our BSc degree in geoinformatics, land management and land registry. Engineers with this type of degree are able consciously to use in the workplace their up-to-date knowledge in surveying, geoinformatics, regional development, land consolidation and law. In the year 2006/2007 the degree in property and land registration management was superseded by the Public Administration Management BA specialising in real estate management.

The infrastructure and lecturers of the Faculty, along with its national and international reputation, all guarantee a marketable diploma and the right of entry to MSc level. In 2009 the Faculty introduced the MSc level education in land management.