MSc Transport Engineering and Planning

Program Overview

UWE Bristol's MSc Transport Engineering and Planning equips graduates to address sustainability issues in the transport sector. The program covers key areas such as transport policy, planning, infrastructure design, and behavior change. Graduates are highly sought after by consultancies, government agencies, and higher education institutions. The program is accredited by the Transport Planning Professional Standards Committee, the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT), and the Joint Board of Moderators (JBM).

Program Outline

MSc Transport Engineering and Planning

The course responds to current global challenges such as tackling climate change, addressing congestion, improving public health and wellbeing, and creating resilient and healthy places for everyone. It also explores harnessing new technologies like electric and autonomous vehicles to achieve positive outcomes in the transport sector.

Key Objectives:

• Develop a critical understanding of the key issues and challenges in contemporary transport planning and engineering.
• Gain a comprehensive knowledge of the principles and practices of transport planning and engineering.
• Develop the skills to apply this knowledge to real-world problems.
• Enhance your ability to think critically and solve problems in a creative and innovative way.

Program Description:

This program is designed for students with a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds, including geography, planning, civil engineering, natural sciences, economics, and business studies. The course is structured around four themes:

• Policies and Plan Making
• Methods to Support Decision Making
• Sustainable Transport: Technology and Behaviour Change
• Designing Inclusive Infrastructure

Accreditations and Partnerships:

• Transport Planning Professional (TPP) qualification
• Chartered member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT)
• Engineering Council accredited for registration as a Chartered Engineer (CEng)

Outline:

Content:

The program consists of eight taught modules and a Master's Project (Dissertation). The taught modules are paired under four themes:

• Theme 1: Policies and Plan Making
• Transport Planning and Placemaking
• Transport Policy and Finance
• Theme 2: Methods to Support Decision Making
• Transport Modelling and Scenario Planning
• Transport Economics and Appraisal
• Theme 3: Sustainable Transport: Technology and Behaviour Change
• Sustainable Transport Management and Operations
• Changing Travel Behaviour
• Theme 4: Designing Inclusive Infrastructure
• Transport Infrastructure Design
• Street Network Planning and Design

Structure:

Full-time students complete the course over one year and attend classes two days per week during teaching terms. Part-time students complete the taught modules over two years and attend classes one day per week during teaching terms.

Individual Modules:

• Each module is also available as a short-course for Continuous Professional Development (CPD) routes.
• Each module provides a link to its corresponding short course.

Delivery:

• Taught by an internationally recognized team of academics based in the Centre for Transport and Society.
• Input from leading industry practitioners.
• Mix of lectures, tutorials, discussions, workshops, field visits, and computer laboratories.
• Variety of perspectives and experiences from staff and student community.

Assessment:

• Assessed through a mix of written projects, presentations, and exams.
• Many assessments take the form of practice-oriented projects, based on real-world problems.
• Previous example projects have included:
• Developing a sustainable transport strategy
• Designing multi-modal streets and junctions
• Producing a behaviour change program
• Preparing a business plan for a sustainable transport system
• Evaluating the economic case for a public transport system
• Developing and evaluating a transport model.

Teaching:

• Taught by an internationally recognised team of academics based in the Centre for Transport and Society.
• Input from leading industry practitioners.
• Mix of lectures, tutorials, discussions, workshops, field visits, and computer laboratories.
• Variety of perspectives and experiences from staff and student community.

Careers:

• UWE Bristol's transport graduates have an excellent reputation in the industry and are successful in securing positions in major consultancies, local and national government, and higher education institutions, both in the UK and abroad.
• Award-winning Careers Service helps you develop your employment potential through career coaching, a vacancy service for internships, placements, jobs, global opportunities, volunteering, community activity, support for entrepreneurial activity, and access to employer events.

Other:

• Professional accreditation:
• Approved by the Transport Planning Professional Standards Committee
• Accredited for becoming a chartered member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT)
• Accredited by the Joint Board of Moderators (JBM) for registration as a Chartered Engineer (CEng)
• Study facilities:
• Frenchay Campus
• Access to excellent social and learning spaces and resources
• Online learning resources and software
• Industry-standard software packages used in coursework projects
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• The course is open for applications.
• The course starts in September.
• The course code is K46D1.
• The course leader is Ben Clark.
• The program is offered full-time, part-time, and as individual modules for CPD.
• The program is accredited by the Transport Planning Professional Standards Committee, the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT), and the Joint Board of Moderators (JBM).
• The program is offered in English.
• The program brochure is available at https://www1.uwe.ac.uk/media/uwe/content/department-of-architecture-and-the-built-environment/courses/2024-25/k46d1-msc-transport-engineering-and-planning-postgraduate-brochure.pdf

Full time course

Fees Amount (£) Home Award Fee 10250 Home Module Fee (15 Credit) 854 International Award Fee 17250 International Module Fee (15 Credit) 1438 Offshore Award Fee 17250 Offshore Module Fee (15 Credit) 1438

Part time course

Fees Amount (£) Home Module Fee (15 Credit) 854 Offshore Module Fee (15 Credit) 1438