入学要求 Requirement：
学术要求：A good honours degree in civil engineering or equivalent. Alternatively, at least five years’ relevant transport experience or a professional qualification.
英语要求：Non-native speakers of English without a first degree in English will normally be required have 6.5 IELTS or above, with 6.5 or more in both reading and writing (or equivalent).
Please note that the University of Surrey offers English language programmes and is also an IELTS Test Centre.
学费 Tuition Fee：2011/2012 12500pounds
课程特征 Course Features
This industry-focused programme started in September 2006. It provides specialist learning for graduates from a wide range of disciplines who have an ambition to develop a career in transport leading to a professional qualification. Lectures and workshops are presented by leaders in the transport industry.
Students whose employers are our partners can base over 40 per cent of their programme on workplace activities. We work closely with the main professional bodies in transport planning and civil engineering to ensure that our programme is recognised as an appropriate professional qualification. You may also select from Surrey’s wide range of civil engineering and environmental modules.
Transport planning modules are available through distance learning; consequently you may not need to attend the University-based teaching programme. UK-based students usually take their exams at the University. Overseas students can make other arrangements within our guidelines at their cost.
Distance learning is fully supported by our webbased ULearn facility, enabling students to benefit from interaction with lecturers and fellow students. In addition to the comprehensive notes, prepared with distance learners in mind, students receive all lecture materials.
课程内容 Course Content ：
Programme Structure
Our programme ensures that your skills are effectively honed to meet the specialist needs of UK industry. We balance academic and practical understanding with business acumen. It consists of three parts:
Four compulsory modules in transport planning and practice:
Transport Policy
Transport Strategies and Interventions
Developing Transport Solutions
Transport Appraisal Methods
Four optional modules chosen from a wide range of options including the specific transport options:
Asset Management and Maintenance (Transport Infrastructure)
Transport Modelling
Design and Analysis of Transport Schemes
A Transport Project
The project will develop skills and learning relevant to transport planning and practice. It will be equivalent to four taught modules. This project could benefit from being workplace-based and this option is available if your employer wishes to support the scheme and has been approved by the programme organisers.
Compulsory Modules
These modules, available as lecture-based courses, are presented by transport planning professionals from the following organisations: Atkins, Hyder, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Jacobs, Mouchel Parkman, JMP Consulting, Surrey County Council, the Transport Research Laboratory and WSP.
Each module consists of five sessions containing two three-hour lecture/workshops plus individual tutorial time. The lectures are complemented by a tutorial and a revision session in preparation for a two-hour examination; coursework is also a key part. Modules are delivered on Thursday afternoons and evenings, allowing local students a morning’s work. Two modules are available each semester running on alternate weeks. These compulsory modules are available in distance-learning format.
Optional Modules
The choice of optional modules will depend on background and interests. Specialist optional modules cover more detailed learning within transport planning and practice; others cover broad areas such as management, research, business, civil engineering, energy, environment and sustainability.
The second group of modules is currently in place as part of other teaching programmes and will be available at set times. Increasingly, modules are available in distance-learning format, avoiding the need for fixed lecture dates and thereby improving access to the programme and flexibility of study.
Broadening modules are available from the following programmes, open to engineering students:
Bridges (including Bridge Management)
Construction Management
Environmental Technology and Sustainability
Research Methodology
Structures
The programme may also offer credit transfers from other appropriate MSc programmes (please seek guidance from the programme coordinators). The workplace-based learning module can be started in October, February or June and a four-month period will be allowed for completion of the module. Subject areas, learning objectives and submission requirements need to be agreed with academic and company supervisors. The module can be based around your work in employment, but submission will require greater emphasis on reflective learning and understanding, application of learning and a broadening of perspective. This option requires a link to a partnering company approved by the University to run and supervise the module.
其它信息 Other Information：
Sponsorship and Industry Links
The MSc addresses specific needs in transport planning businesses. Many companies are working in partnership with the University by sponsoring their employees to benefit from workplace-based activities. Companies must meet the requirements for internal supervision of workplace-based projects and modules.
The University will work with you to enable company involvement. There is no cost or extra requirement. Many companies develop this partnership and become involved in the management and delivery of modules. Our strong industry links can benefit all students from the UK and overseas and in particular those seeking the advantage of a practical element in their training.
Distance learning for students in partnering companies will enable you to study when based in remote areas, and allows for flexibility if you change location during the programme.
Our partners include:
Surrey County Council
Atkins
Balfour Beatty
Hyder
Islington Borough Council
Jacobs
JMP Consulting
Mouchel Parkman
Parsons Brinckerhoff
Ringway
Transport Research Laboratory
WSP
Hampshire County Council
Transport Planning and Practice
Our programme equips graduates with the knowledge and skills required to work in transport planning and the wider transport sector on policy development, planning, design, appraisal or delivery of transport schemes and management of transport assets. It is strengthened by key partnerships with leading businesses so that we connect academic learning and practical knowledge for industry benefit. We enable those working with consultants, in local authorities or regional government, or in the wider transport industry to study part-time and to have their achievements in the workplace recognised as a contribution towards their qualification.
Other Qualifications
Postgraduate Certificate
Available to those who have successfully completed the four compulsory modules.
Postgraduate Diploma
Available to those who have successfully completed the four compulsory modules and four optional modules.
Transport Project
The workplace-based project is available if your employer has joined our partnership. Academic and company-based supervisors are appointed and plan the project with you, based on core learning material and company interests. You are mentored by the industrial supervisor. The academic supervisor advises on learning requirements. An independent project examiner, appointed by the partnership, has a watching brief on project content and quality.
The project can be carried out at your own pace. The timescale will depend on how closely it links to your active workload. Typically a project will run for a year for part-time students only, allowing for concurrent work on other modules. Up to 75 per cent of the project work can be done in company time. The project may be started early in the programme but normally students will have completed at least two compulsory modules.
Projects are examined through a number of submissions, culminating in a technical paper suitable for publication and a presentation at an annual conference showcasing the work achieved through the MSc programme. Confidential material can be encompassed within the project. General issues are reported and company-sensitive material is submitted only to the company supervisor, whose assessment of the work is included in the examination process. Students without a company-based project may submit a similar project linked only to an academic supervisor. Industrial support is encouraged and may be available through our partners. Full-time students are encouraged to consider an area of interest whilst taking the first semester modules, then apply more time to the project during their second semester to enable them to complete within the academic year.
Eligibility
The guideline for entry is an ambition to develop a career in transport together with a good honours degree in a subject recognised for entry into this industry. Those already working in the industry and wanting to gain wider experience and a professional qualification are particularly encouraged to apply.
Alternatively, applicants without an honours degree should have at least five years’ relevant transport industry experience and should be able to demonstrate an aptitude for the technical and communication skills involved. Part-time students may start the programme in October or February. Full-time students will normally start the programme in October and will not be eligible for workplace-based learning. A February start may be accommodated.