Transport and Mobility Systems UCL

Overview

• The Transport and Mobility Systems at University College London programme adopts innovative approaches to tackling the transport challenges we face at multiple scales ranging from micro street-level issues to macro-level, global issues such as climate change. It combines both technical and social aspects of transport systems, enabling you to apply your learning to the future wellbeing of society.
• This programme is most likely to appeal to students who have an academic background in a subject such as engineering, architecture, environmental studies, geography, mathematics, earth sciences, physical or computational sciences and wish to expand their knowledge of theory, tools and techniques about transport and mobility systems. Together with essential academic requirements, the personal statement is your opportunity to illustrate whether your reasons for applying to this programme match what the programme will deliver.

 What this course will give you

• UCL Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering is an energetic and exciting department with well-established research projects and networks in environmental engineering, transportation, urban resilience, wastewater provision, human settlements and renewable energy.
• Students benefit from UCL's strong links with industry partners in the heart of London, participating in collaborative projects with businesses, charities and utility companies. 

Careers 

• The Transport and Mobility Systems at University College London programme enables you to be adaptable and reflective in your career as a transport professional. It teaches you how to deal with complex socio-technical systems and behaviours and equips you with the skills necessary to manage the rapidly changing and disruptive landscapes of new transport technologies and business models.
• The programme will enable you to make appropriate decisions in the transport and mobility systems field with a 10-20 year time horizon, dealing with future unknowns, uncertainty under varying conditions (including catastrophe), and taking into account the future needs of people and the planet. The programme also acts as a strong foundation should you wish to pursue doctoral research in the area of transport and mobility.

• Practical application of systems-thinking to solve-problems about transport and mobility
• Communication
• Leadership skills
• Adaptable Reflective
• Critical thinking
• Creativity
• Multifactorial evidence-based decision-making
• Manage complexity
• Team-working skills
• Self-management
• Practical application of future technologies for sustainable accessible equitable safe and secure transport and mobility systems Future-casting and decision-making under uncertainty