Transport MSc
Postgraduate
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Description
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Type
Postgraduate
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Location
London
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Duration
1 Year
The intercollegiate Transport MSc, offered in conjunction with Imperial College London, brings together the transport research and training capabilities of the civil engineering departments of the two universities. Students benefit from the multidisciplinary transport expertise of both departments and their 50 years' experience as leaders in this field.
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Transport graduates find employment with transport operators, consultancies, and local and central governments in various countries and supranational organisations. Many graduates are employed by companies involved in the manufacture of instrumentation and in companies specialising in software and other services for the engineering industry.
A minimum of an upper second-class UK Bachelor's degree or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard. A level Mathematics is normally required.
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Subjects
- Engineering
- Transport MSc
- Conjunction
- Systematic
- Commercial
- Transport and its Context
- Quantitative Methods
- Transport Engineering and Operations
- Economics
- Highway Engineering
Course programme
Students gain a systematic understanding of the causes, motivations and means of personal travel and goods movement; techniques for analysing and resolving transport problems; and methods of evaluating transport projects, plans and policies, recognising the need for public consultation and the political, social, commercial and financial issues involved.
Students undertake modules to the value of 90 ECTS Credits.
Core modules- Transport and its Context
- Quantitative Methods
- Transport Engineering and Operations
- Transport Economics
- Transport Demand and its Modelling
- Transport Policy
Students undertake modules to the value of 90 ECTS Credits.
Core modules- Transport and its Context
- Quantitative Methods
- Transport Engineering and Operations
- Transport Economics
- Transport Demand and its Modelling
- Transport Policy
Options may include the following:
- Highway Engineering
- Road Traffic Theory and its Application
- Public Transport
- Transport Safety and Risk Management
- Quantitative Techniques for Transport Engineering and Planning
- Advanced Transport Modelling
- Intelligent Transport Systems
- Design of Accessible Transport Systems
- Freight Transport
- Air Traffic Management
- Ports and Maritime Transport
- Roads and Underground Infrastructure: Design, Construction and Maintenance
- Railway Management, Operation and Engineering
- Transport, Environmental Impacts and Safety
All students undertake an independent research project which culminates in a Special Project of 12,000 words.
Teaching and learningThe programme is delivered through a combination of lectures, seminars, computer-based work and coursework. Assessment is through unseen written examinations, coursework, an individual literature review, presentations and the dissertation focussing on the final
Transport MSc
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Staff Training Solutions
Course Online£ 69 £ 395 -
Scott's College London
Postgraduate Distance LearningPrice on request -
Brentwood Open Learning College
Course Online£ 89
See all