奥塔哥大学独特的应用科学学位将科学的兴奋和技术的力量与商业挑战联系在一起。应用科学课程帮助毕业生以企业家精神成为具有创新精神的思想家，成功的新西兰人的特质就是众所周知。作为毕业生，您将更好地控制自己的职业生涯，能够为任何组织的成功做出贡献。如果创新吸引了您，那么如果您决定创办自己的企业，则应用科学学位与工作经验相结合将提供合适的背景。地理信息系统研究如何捕获，整合，建模和可视化空间信息（详细说明对象的地形位置的数据）。这包括诸如卫星遥感，摄影技术和全球定位系统（GPS）以及信息科学等领域。
GIS are fundamental to urban and regional planning, wildlife management, using business intelligence in commerce, tourism, public health, traffic management, and a host of other applications. It is a multi-billion dollar worldwide industry, with opportunities almost anywhere in the global economy. It is an area of study that is truly cross-disciplinary. GIS combines academic rigour with practical application. Accurate, complete and up-to-date spatial information is an immensely valuable resource for businesses and governments. You will gain a thorough understanding of spatial data, analysis, and visualisation, and be able to apply GIS techniques. You'll also learn about mobile GIS and web mapping as well as remote sensing (including from drones) and GNSS (GPS positioning.