Experiences of a Brazilian-Hungarian Erasmus Collaboration on Cartography and GIS

Abstract. Current work intends to offer an abbreviated view of the partnership in the areas of Cartography and GIS between Eötvös Loránd University (Budapest, Hungary) and Federal Fluminense University (Niteroi, Brazil) within the Erasmus+ ICM Program. The first contacts between both institutions are briefly reviewed, which started in the Commission on Cartography and Children of the International Cartographic Association at the end of the 20th century and expanded and strengthened over the years with different joint activities before the first Erasmus project in 2019. The Erasmus projects gave us the opportunity to organize a more systematic teaching exchange, which was preceded by contacts to determine the subjects to be taught to the students of our degrees. In this paper we describe in more detail the structure and content of two of the courses offered during our exchange and give an insight into the experiences gained by our students, how the courses have contributed to broaden and diversify the knowledge they can make use of during the completion of their theses and in general in their future professional work.