Sustainability in Transport
Postgraduate
In Leeds
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Postgraduate
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Leeds
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Different dates available
If you are passionate about solving the grand transport challenges of our time – with benefits for climate change, pollution, urban congestion, mobility, economic growth development, liveable cities, social justice and energy scarcity – then our Sustainability in Transport MSc will inspire and equip you to tackle these issues.
97% of our graduates find employment in a professional or managerial role, or continue with further studies.*
Whatever your background, this course will fire your imagination and expand your horizons.
You could be a social or political scientist, a geographer, philosopher, or law graduate, or an engineering or science graduate with an interest in environmental and social issues. What’s most important is that you thrive on critical thinking and have a willingness to move outside disciplinary comfort zones. You will:
Study a range of modules from shaping future transport systems, environmental science, sustainable transport and environmental policy and governance through to investigating the links between transport and climate change, the environment and economic development.
Develop the management skills to lead strategic reviews of transport policy.
Undertake strategic assessments and reviews of transport and environmental policies.
Be taught by internationally renowned academics from the Institute for Transport Studies and the School of Earth and Environment. Their work is developing sustainable solutions in transport and beyond.
Gain industry-specific skills for access to a fast expanding employment market.
Have a choice of modules including gaining leadership skills to effectively chair visioning workshops, stakeholder engagement events, strategy meetings, and make persuasive presentations to policy makers..
And experience what it is like to be part of a project team working across disciplinary boundaries within the transport sector alist software tools including those we’ve developed in-house such as SATURN, PLUTO, DRACULA, MARS...
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Entry requirements
A bachelor degree with a 2:1 (hons) in a relevant subject such as geography, town planning, earth and environment, architecture, sustainability, logistics, business and management, psychology, social policy, history, politics or public administration.
Graduates from other disciplines and those with professional qualifications plus experience in the sector will also be considered.
We accept a range of international equivalent qualifications. For information contact the ITS admissions team.
English language requirements.
IELTS 6.5 overall, with no less than 6 ea. For...
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Subjects
- Governance
- Climate Change
- Project
- Systems
- Industry
- Part Time
- Team Training
- Climate
- Environmental Science
Course programme
Alongside specialist modules, study common modules that will address key issues in sustainable transport. These provide you with a holistic overview of transport problems and approaches to policy formulation.
Our new Transport Integrated Project module enables you to employ project management scenario-based learning. You will cover a range of transport disciplines and be supervised by experts in the field. Join forces with a project team of other students from our other degrees to develop a solution to a ‘real-world’ transport problem, identifying how your own interests need to collaborate with others to achieve an effective solution.
You’ll gain a range of specialist knowledge and advanced research skills throughout the programme. In your dissertation, you’ll apply these to a project chosen from a wide range of topics. Some topics are suggested and supported by industry, giving you the chance to address a real-world problem and gain experience of working with industry. Your supervisor will support you throughout the process of developing your dissertation topic.
If you choose to study part-time, you’ll study over a longer period and take fewer modules in each year. The part-time programme is flexible – the quickest route takes 24 months, but you can take up to 36 months if you choose to spend longer working on your dissertation.
Course structureThese are typical modules/components studied and may change from time to time. Read more in our Terms and conditions.
Modules Year 1Compulsory modules
- Environmental Policy and Governance 15 credits
- Environmental Science and Sustainability for Transport 15 credits
- Shaping Future Transport Systems 15 credits
- Transport Data Collection and Analysis 15 credits
- Transport Dissertation 60 credits
- Transport Integrated Project 15 credits
- Critical Perspectives in Environment and Development 15 credits
- Climate Change: Impacts and Adaptation 15 credits
- Climate Change Mitigation 15 credits
- Tools and Techniques in Ecological Economics 15 credits
- Sustainable Spatial Planning and Analysis 15 credits
- Green Logistics 15 credits
- Analysing Transport and Society 15 credits
- Public Transport Planning and Management 15 credits
- System Dynamics: Modelling Policy 15 credits
- Traffic Management 15 credits
- Global Transferability of Policies, Models and Methods 15 credits
- Transport and Public Health 15 credits
- Transport Investment Appraisal 15 credits
- Transport and Urban Pollution 15 credits
- Transport in Development 15 credits
- Road Safety Management 15 credits
For more information on typical modules, read Sustainability in Transport MSc Full Time in the course catalogue
For more information on typical modules, read Sustainability in Transport MSc Part Time in the course catalogue
Learning and teachingPostgraduate study involves a range of teaching methods, supported by independent learning. In addition to the traditional lecture and seminar formats, you’ll experience a blend of workshops, computer exercises, practical sessions, directed reading, reflective journal, student-led discussions, fieldwork and tutorials.
AssessmentAssessment is equally varied and can include coursework essays, case-study reports, group assignments, posters, presentations and exams.
Sustainability in Transport