Transport Strategy and Systems  MSc

Overview

This course is for professionals who aspire to manage complex work in transport. It offers both a comprehensive global context and specialised knowledge. You can enhance your career prospects by bringing together a range of professional and academic competencies across the many disciplines which overlap in freight and passenger situations. The focus on integrating technology, sustainability and management approaches reflects the multi-disciplinary challenges which you can expect to meet as a graduate in the workplace, especially in consulting. Programme management for sustainable transport is emphasised. Where possible, the course encourages you to link your study to work-based situations. It is therefore offered for either full time or part time study.

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Course Fees:

  • Full-time EU: £10,000 (2012/13 fees)
  • Part-time EU: £5,000 (2012/13 fees)
  • Full-time Non EU: £13,000 (2012/13 fees)

Start Date:

24/09/2012

How to Apply

Entry Requirements

Applicants should normally hold a good honours degree (at least 2.1 or equivalent), plus relevant business-facing experience in a transport commercial role. Applicants with academic backgrounds and transport-related work experience in management, law, economics and finance are also encouraged to apply.

Other Suitable Qualifications

Consideration will also be given to candidates who can demonstrate, by relevant work experience and professional qualifications in the transport field, the ability to undertake the course.

English Requirements

Students need to have good professional English in order to read and write literature of a complex interdisciplinary nature.

For students whose first language is not English, the following qualifications will meet the English language requirements of City University London:

IELTS: 6.5
TOEFL (internetbased): 100

Visa Requirements

The way that you apply may vary depending on the length of your course at City, there are different rules for:

  • Students on courses of more than 6 months
  • Students on courses of less than 6 months
  • Students on a pre-sessional English Language course

For more information see our main Visa page.

Course Content

The course offers students specific insights into the role of consultants, to build understanding of how transport programmes are developed and implemented in partnerships, often founded on strong supply chain relationships.
It also aims to build analytical understanding of the policy drivers influencing global transport challenges.

Course Structure

The eight core modules in the course are:

  • Principles of sustainable transport
  • Transport strategy and policy
  • Systems and decisions
  • Management & leadership
  • Transport energy and emissions
  • Asset and programme management
  • Resilience and security
  • Contracts and arbitration
In addition to the eight modules, taught over three day periods, each student also submits a written dissertation of up to 10,000 words in length and completes an oral examination related to it.

Completion of modules and examinations will lead to the award of a Post Graduate Diploma. The completion of modules, examination and the dissertation will lead to the award of a Master's degree.

Teaching and Assessment

The modular structure is designed to allow both part and full time students to follow the course. Intensive periods of attendance are supported by distance and, where possible, work-based learning.

Fees

  • Full-time EU: £10,000 (2012/13 fees)
  • Part-time EU: £5,000 (2012/13 fees)
  • Full-time Non EU: £13,000 (2012/13 fees)
Fees may be subject to adjustment. Part Time fees cover study up to two years.

Scholarships

The Fast Track Scholarship provides part time course fees for the Transport Strategy and Systems MSc.

Funding

For up-to-date information about tuition fees, living costs and financial support, visit Undergraduate Fees and Finance or Postgraduate Fees and Finance.

For up-to-date information about tuition fees, living costs and financial support, visit the Student Centre finance pages.

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Career Prospects

The course prepares graduates for a wide range of career progression involving transport policy implementation and programme management.

It is particularly suited to those intending to work in transport consultancies and transport service and infrastructure management and development in the European Union or internationally.

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MSc Transport and Strategy Systems

We encourage online applications. However, we ask that you also send two references and your original transcript by post to The Postgraduate Courses Office, C105, School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, City University London, Northampton Square, London EC1V 0HB as soon as possible after submitting your online application. 

Apply online for an MSc (part-time)

(full time by special arrangement only, please email pgtransport@city.ac.uk for details)

Apply offline for this course (paper application).