Transport Planning and Engineering University of Leeds

Overview

This Transport Planning and Engineering MSc programme from University of Leeds has been designed following close consultation with industry to help prepare you for a rewarding career. It also addresses the multi-disciplinary nature of transport – enabling you to make effective decisions for clients, employers and society.

Studying in the Institute of Transport Studies at Leeds will also give you a unique head start in your career in transport. Not only does our world-leading research shape the course, but our close links with large corporations means you’ll have chance to interact with potential employers and possibly interview for graduate schemes and other vacancies. We also offer opportunities to build your industry work experience before you graduate with work placements and project work throughout your course.

Career opportunities:

A degree from the Institute for Transport Studies at Leeds opens up a range of opportunities to pursue a rewarding career in this industry. This course will equip you with an extensive specialist skill set, alongside industry experience and the chance to interact directly with industry organisations which could give you the edge with employers.

Transport consultancies are the largest employers of our graduates, but other common careers include those in government, academia, regulatory bodies, transport operators, logistics companies, not-for-profit and international agencies.

Our graduates work across the private and public sectors. Many work abroad, whether for UK companies with overseas offices, for international organisations or for national governments.

Here’s an insight into some of the job roles and organisations previous graduates on this course or similar have secured:

• Transport Planner, Jacobs Foundation
• Transport Officer, Ministry of Works and Transport, Uganda
• Civil Engineer, Ministry of Roads and Highways
• Senior Transport Modeller, Shanghai Urban Transport Design Institute
• Transport Engineer/Planner, FAO Consulting International (Nigeria) Ltd
• Transport Planning Consultant, Steer Davies Gleave
• Traffic & Transport Engineer, Duffy Chartered Engineers
• Transportation Planner Engineer, Pell Frischmann
• Transportation Consultant - Traffic Engineer, AECOM

Accreditation

This course is professionally accredited by the Joint Board of Moderators (JBM) on behalf of the Engineering Council.