The Graduate Program in Analysis and Modeling of Environmental Systems emphasizes the application of geoprocessing, remote sensing, and computational modeling for the study of environmental systems, as these systems have a territorial expression under an integrated view of the interrelationships among their socioeconomic, political, and cultural components within physical and biotic environments.

The program is characterized by the diversity of its faculty and student body and by the synergy among different areas of knowledge.

Under the Environmental Sciences Committee of CAPES, the program opens opportunities for graduates from various fields, such as ecologists, environmental engineers, foresters, agronomists, systems analysts, computational mathematicians, statisticians, geographers, geologists, architects, biologists, etc. Special emphasis is placed on the applications of Remote Sensing, Geoprocessing, Spatial Analysis, and Computational Simulation Models in studies of Landscape Management, Urban Analysis, Environmental Economics, Land Use Planning, Landscape Ecology, Climate-Biosphere Interaction, and Water Resources.

The program integrates the knowledge of faculty/researchers working in the following areas:

• Pedology, Soil Physics, and Sustainability Indicators in Agroecosystems;
• Landscape Ecology, Spatial Simulation Methods, and Systems Modeling;
• Population Geography, Migration, and Urban and Regional Geography;
• Positional and Thematic Quality of Spatial Data;
• Digital Elevation Models, Remote Sensing, and Image Processing;
• Geoprocessing and Characterization and Promotion of Self-Guided Tourism;
• History of Geology and Mining in Minas Gerais;
• Ecology with an emphasis on Land Use Planning, Management, and Utilization;
• Study of the history and practices related to monitoring systems, deforestation control, and the establishment of carbon credits through avoided deforestation;
• Territorial Analysis, Dynamic Systems Modeling, and Economic and Social Development;
• Geographic Intelligence for Transportation Planning;
• Hydrological Studies;
• Digital Cartography, Environmental Education, Environmental Interpretation, Dissemination and Teaching of Sciences, Preservation of Natural Heritage, and Geotourism.