NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MONGOLIA

Research activities• Center for Development Research• Tourism Research and Training Center• Research Center for Mineral Resources• Laboratory of Geographic Information Systems and Remote SensingCenter for Development ResearchThe Center for Development Research was established in April 2002 by the initiation of Prof.Dr.Joerg Janzen from Free University of Berlin. The center carries out many research projectson socio-economic geography especially migration, pasture management, artisanal goldmining and spatial structure of respective regions with cooperation of professors, lecturers,students and young scientists from School of Geography and Geology and Free Universityof Berlin. The Center for Development Research had published several research papers andresearch series on their researches which had been carried out. The center carried out manyresearches financed by Swiss Development Agency as well as Regional Economic Programof GIZ since 2002. Such as: Research project “Household based tourism in Khovd Aimag” in2004, “Socio-economic studies of artisanal miners from Bornuur sum of Tuw aimag, SharynGol sum of Selenge aimag” in 2004, ”Economic space of Uliastai, Erdenet and Darkhan cities”in 2007-2010. The respective reports and research papers were published. In the future,the center aims to do more detailed research studies on rural development and extend theforeign cooperation.Laboratory of Geographic InformationSystems and Remote SensingThis laboratory was established next to School of Geography and Geology by developmentfoundation of National University of Mongolia in 2004. In 2008, the laboratory updated wholetechniques and facilities through the investment of the foundation. In 2011, this laboratoryexpanded and separated 2 laboratories. We cooperate with the Institute of Informatics,Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Laboratory of GIS of Administration of Land Affairs,Construction, Geodesy and Cartography, Centre of Geo-information at Mongolian Universityof Science and Technology, the Institute of Geoecology, the Institute of Geology and Minerals,the Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology and organize seminars and conferencesconstantly. We have own professional books on Geo-information and cooperate with Facultyof Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation of the University of Twente (ITC) and theResearch Centre of GIS of Inner Mongolia in China.Contact:Building № 7, Sukhbaatar district,Enkhtaivan Avenue 14/3,P.O.Box-46/120,Ulaanbaatar-14540, MongoliaTel/Fax: 976-11-322822Email: geo@num.edu.mn http://geo.num.edu.mnNational University of Mongolia 31