The MSc Transport Planning course offers students a comprehensive understanding of transport provision, planning, placemaking, environmental climate change mitigation, and transport systems for sustainable economic development. The course offers three pathways: MSc Transport Planning with Placement, MSc Transport Planning with Advanced Research, and MSc Transport Planning with Advanced Research. The course covers topics such as decarbonisation, place-making, operational transport planning, transport and behavioral change, travel planning, and transport data modelling. Students will develop skills in transport policy, administrative frameworks, laws, regulations, and operational management. The course is offered full-time, with a September or January intake, and includes field trips and an extended research project. The course is ranked 4th overall for tourism, transport, and travel in the Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey.
University of Hertfordshire
MSc Transport Planning
Entry Requirements
- An Honours degree in a cognate discipline, for instance geography, normally with a minimum classification of second-class (2.2) or higher
- Graduates with an Honours degree in any discipline who have otherwise demonstrated potential to succeed at postgraduate level will be considered for admission.
- All international students are required to demonstrate English Language capability of IELTs 6.5 or equivalent English language qualification.
Career Prospects
The course, created with assistance from local governments and industry experts, addresses current transportation planning issues such as climate change and decarbonization. It covers a wide range of topics, providing students with the skills and knowledge they need to succeed in a variety of positions, including transport planning consultant, transport manager, central and local governments, spatial and data analyst, and travel planner.
Course Details
The postgraduate diploma is offered full-time only as a semester A September intake for one year or semester B January intake for 15 months.
The majority of teaching is delivered through lectures, workshops, field trips and masterclasses. You’ll be assessed through a variety of methods, including:
- oral presentations
- reflective journals
- written reports and essays.
You’ll explore a range of exciting and current topics within the field. Core modules on the course, include:
- European Planning and Transport Practice
- Understanding and Managing Change
- Sustainable Energy
- Transport Policy, Strategy and Law
- Community Engagement and the Planning Process.
The course content aims to equip you with highly desirable skills and knowledge, including:
- a detailed knowledge of transport policy and the administrative frameworks within which transport schemes are developed, assessed, financed, monitored and reviewed
- an understanding of the framework of laws, regulations and guidance in which transport planners work
- skills for collecting, collating, analysing and interpreting the types of data used in the development and assessment of transport policies, plans, projects and services
- knowledge and understanding relating to the principles of community involvement, stakeholder engagement and public consultation in the identification of transport needs and the development of transport policies, plans, projects and services (including alternative approaches and their relative effectiveness)
- an understanding of the operational management of commercial and public transport systems and services using real world examples.
You’ll also have the opportunity to explore an area of transport planning which is of personal interest by undertaking a research project. You’ll be supported by an experienced dissertation supervisor based within the geography, environment and planning subject group. The research project is an individual in-depth research project that will critically explore a relevant transport related topic in a research and/or professional setting. The aim of the project is for you to develop detailed knowledge and greater understanding of how planning issues are researched, monitored, and evaluated.
Modules
Research Methods - 15 Credits
Operational Transport Planning - 15 Credits
Transport Policy, Strategy and Law - 15 Credits
Transport, Development and Viability - 15 Credits
Research Project Transport Planning - 15 Credits
Transport Data Collection and Analysis - 15 Credits
Community Engagement and the Planning Process - 15 Credits
Comparative Planning and Transport Practice - 15 Credits
Sustainable Energy - 15 Credits
Understanding & Managing Change - 15 Credits
Study Skills - 15 Credits
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