Urban Transport

University of Glasgow
Postgraduate MSc Full-time 12 Months Architecture and planningBuilding and construction

About this course

The Masters in Urban Transport offers a comprehensive academic approach to a career in one of the most salient and pressing issues in contemporary urban areas; how to provide safe, inclusive, environmentally friendly and efficient transport systems. The degree is designed to ensure that you become familiar with multiple approaches to planning and managing urban transport systems. It will provide you with the theory and methods as well as practical knowledge to be employed in governmental organisations and private sector consultancies.

WHY THIS PROGRAMME

  • The programme will help you understand the broad range of stakeholders in city planning and urban transport systems and the connections to other vital sectors in cities such as energy, environment, housing, land use, economic development, and labour markets.

  • By the end of the programme you will have a comprehensive understanding of the policies and planning processes to reduce congestion, air pollution, road fatalities and lack of access.

  • The focus will be on multiple modes of urban transport – roads, public transport, active transport, emerging shared and intermodal transport - and the use of information technology in transport, enabling you to design highly innovative urban transport solutions in both developed and emerging country contexts.

  • The programme will provide you with the theory and methods, as well as practical knowledge to be employed in governmental organisations and private sector consultancies.

  • You will gain skills increasingly required by transport professionals, and acquire specialist knowledge and methods to analyse cities and transport using Geographic Information Systems (GIS), statistical and visualisation approaches and other planning software and tools.

  • These skills will allow you to develop city and transport plans and policies, conduct environmental and other impact evaluation, and to undertake a wide variety of geographical and market analysis.

  • You will benefit from the programme’s strong connection with the Urban Big Data Centre (UBDC), which was funded recently by UK’s Economic and Social Research Council, and with which all academic staff in the MSc are involved. The centre undertakes world-leading research on a variety of topics which are integral to cities, including transport, housing and employment.

  • An optional field trip to London will provide you with an insight into the complex socio-economic dynamics of city building and design through visits to high profile real estate, planning and regeneration projects.

    PROGRAMME STRUCTURE You will take five core courses and two or three optional courses.

    Key courses on transport will be followed by lab sessions where practical lessons on the use of highly specialised software will be given in the form of either independent or group projects. This approach will help you to not only acquire theoretical knowledge but also to apply their knowledge to real world problems with actual data. Optional courses will provide you with the opportunity to pursue personal interests, enhancing particular skills or domain-specific knowledge such as urban analytics or spatial planning.

    A cross-disciplinary course approach will ensure you learn industry-specific skills in both transport planning and engineering and allows you to focus more heavily on either of the two strands of the programme.

    You will be expected submit essays and lab reports as part of the their course assessment and a dissertation at the end of the programme.

    Core courses Principles and Applications of GIS Transport Planning Methods Transport Studies Quantitative Data Analysis (Semester 1) Transport Planning Lab

    Optional courses Big Data and Urban Analytics Programming Tools for Urban Analytics Spatial Planning Strategies Sustainable Urban Futures (10) Urban Analytics Group Project

    • Study Options

    This course is available in 2 study options:

    Part-time

    Duration: 24 Months

    Qualification: MSc

    Location: Glasgow

    Full-time Shown above

    Duration: 12 Months

    Qualification: MSc

    Location: Glasgow

    Career Prospects

    Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

    3544 Data analysts
    3543 Project support officers
    2452 Chartered architectural technologists, planning officers and consultants
    2435 Professional/Chartered company secretaries
    3114 Building and civil engineering technicians
    1122 Production managers and directors in construction

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    Course Details

    Qualification
    MSc
    Study Mode
    Full-time
    Duration
    12 Months
    Start Date
    2025
    Academic Year
    2025
    Campus / Location
    Glasgow
    Scheme
    Postgraduate
    Subjects
    Architecture and planning, Building and construction

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    University of Glasgow

    Glasgow

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