International Training Center
The International Training Center ( ITC for short ) in Enschede , the Netherlands, is a globally active, publicly funded institute for the training of technicians , managers and geoscientists in modern techniques of remote sensing , land development, GIS , surveying technology and environmental observation .
It was created in 1950 in Delft ( NL ) as the International Training Center for Aerial Survey ( aerial photo - photogrammetry ). Its founder and also its first rector was the civil engineer and university professor there Willem Schermerhorn , who was the first Prime Minister of Holland after 1945. The ITC is now one of the world's largest facilities for technical research , training and project support.
In the 1970s the headquarters were moved to Enschede, where - as before - it cooperates intensively with the Technical University and the University of Twente . Administratively, it is, however, the ministers of education and science and for development cooperation allocated (Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, and Minister for Development Cooperation). of the Netherlands.
In addition to training and technology transfer , the ITC is also active in the field of cartography , the publication of maps and geo-based data sets ; its largest department is the International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation , which is particularly active in development aid .
On January 1, 2010, the ITC was integrated into the University of Twente as the sixth faculty .