MSc Transport Systems

The evolving transport sector presents exciting career opportunities for future engineers. Our MSc will allow you to learn more about how technology is shaping the way we move people and goods in society and apply principles of engineering, design, sustainability and human factors to transport systems.

You will be taught across different disciplines that underpin modern transport systems thinking and will have the opportunity to apply knowledge to real-world problems and hear directly from industry via talks and visits.

The course will be seeking accreditation from the CILT or CIHT.

What you’ll study

You will be working in groups during lab exercises for some of the modules and also work on individual projects, especially during the individual industrial or engineering research project. You will have the possibility to work on (live) projects during all modules as part of training and formative assessment. Below is an overview of the areas you will cover.

• Existing concepts and emerging technologies and proposals across the transport infrastructure, analysing barriers to uptake across different factors including cost, human factors, regulatory and policy.
• The importance of the user within transport, their interaction and experience across different transport systems.
• Transport modelling simulations and analysis.
• Control systems and their effectiveness on transport systems.
• Design to Market: ethical concerns, regulatory factors, lifecycle management, end of life destinations.
• Energy Solutions and Management: electricity generation, distribution, use, storage and consumption
• Capstone Individual project conducted with an industry or research partner.