Overview
If you are a numerate graduate who wants a smart track to employment in a rapidly expanding sector addressing the environmental impacts of transport, or a practitioner who wants insight into best-practice research to accelerate your career, this Masters degree is for you.
You’ll be taught by researchers who are shaping the national and international environmental transport agenda – members of our team advise European and national governments on emissions control. You’ll also learn the skills behind cutting-edge data collection and analysis to help improve the air quality of our cities and the wellbeing of your fellow citizens.
In particular, you’ll gain:
- Inside knowledge of how diverse data sources can be used to improve government policy making
- Fluency in the design of sophisticated models to design traffic systems and pollution controls to reduce harm to people and the environment
Hands on experience, using state-of-the-art monitoring tools:
- Measuring vehicle emissions and evaluating the data
- Analysing and shaping policies to reduce air traffic pollution.
You’ll also learn environmental research techniques to help you develop transport networks that are founded on robust evidence, sustainable and equitable principles, state-of-the-art modelling, accurate data analysis, and a profound understanding of human psychology.
Additionally, through working with a multi-disciplinary project team, you’ll gain insights into how environmental science, modelling, planning, economics and engineering can work together to design sustainable solutions to global challenges. This industry-inspired approach will enable you to apply your knowledge to real-world issues in the field.
This Masters degree has been designed in collaboration with industry, and covers transport and urban pollution; transport and public health; road safety management; green logistics; traffic network modelling; system dynamics: modelling policy; and global transferability in policy-making.
Our Masters degrees have been designed following close consultation with industry and academia to help prepare you for employment in your chosen field. They also address the multi-disciplinary nature of transport – enabling you to make effective decisions for clients, employers and society.
Learning and teaching
Postgraduate 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.
Modules are arranged so that part-time students can attend one day per week, but this may limit the optional modules available to you. Some modules are taught intensively over 3-5 consecutive days.
On this course you’ll be taught by our expert academics, from lecturers through to professors. You may also be taught by industry professionals with years of experience, as well as trained postgraduate researchers, connecting you to some of the brightest minds on campus.
Assessment
Assessment is equally varied and can include coursework essays, case-study reports, group assignments, posters, presentations and exams.
Careers support
You’ll be provided with a wide range of support geared towards helping you secure the right employment after graduation.
