The information on this page is accurate for students entering the programme from September 2024. For students who entered the programme before September 2024, you can find the details of your programme: MSc Transport Economics
This Masters degree will equip you with the analytical skills for a rewarding career supporting transport delivery and policymaking at national, regional and local levels.
You'll develop a range of economic skills to help promote economic growth within a regulatory framework aimed at incentivising the best use of resources to improve transport systems whilst minimising any damage to health and the environment. You’ll also gain insights into how economics, planning, environmental science, modelling and engineering can work together to design sustainable solutions to global challenges.
The course has been designed following close consultation with industry practices and is shaped by our impactful and topical research, delivered by leading researchers with an international reputation – so you’ll be learning the most up-to-date and relevant information throughout the course.
This means you’ll be fully equipped to pursue your next steps in industry, with the topical knowledge, specialist skill set and practical experience to excel in this field.
Why study at Leeds:
• Our Institute for Transport Studies’ globally-renowned research conducted right here on campus feeds directly into the course, shaping your learning with the latest thinking in transport economics – and beyond.
• Advance your knowledge and understanding of the complex interface between transport and the wider economy (economic appraisal), learning pricing techniques, the importance of economic regulation and the valuation of third-party costs and benefits (micro-economics).
• Develop a professional and specialist skill set that will enable you to create quantitative models using real-world data and test economic theories (econometrics).
• Tailor the course to suit your career aspirations with a selection of optional modules that’ll hone your knowledge in the topics that interest you the most.
• Build industry experience collaborating on a multi-disciplinary team project with students from other degree specialisms that focuses on a real-world transport problem posed by Leeds City Council and/or choosing our optional four-month industrial placement scheme.
• Experience expert theoretical and practical teaching delivered by a programme team made up of researchers and academics from the Institute for Transport Studies who have extensive expertise across a variety of transport disciplines.
(Part-time 24month) (For students entering from September 2024 onwards)
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
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The recommended period for part-time study is 3 years. Students attending part-time need to have flexibility in their attendance pattern. For further information please email: courses@its.leeds.ac.uk.
PLEASE NOTE: All modules are offered subject to a minimum level of demand and thus not all modules (particularly optional modules) may run in any given year. Please contact ITS for further details.
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules Please note that TRAN5925M is a 24-month module that is taught over Years 1 and 2 of the programme.
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRAN5050M | Principles of Transport Economics | 15 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | PFP |
| TRAN5060M | Welfare Economics and Cost-Benefit Analysis | 15 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| TRAN5271M | Economics of Regulation | 15 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| TRAN5631M | Economic Appraisal and Economic Performance | 15 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| TRAN5925M | Transport Dissertation Part Time | 60 | 1 Sep to 31 Aug (24mth) |
(Part-time 24month) (For students entering from September 2024 onwards)
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
View Timetable
The recommended period for part-time study is 3 years. Students attending part-time need to have flexibility in their attendance pattern. For further information please email: courses@its.leeds.ac.uk.
PLEASE NOTE: All modules are offered subject to a minimum level of demand and thus not all modules (particularly optional modules) may run in any given year. Please contact ITS for further details.
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules Please note that TRAN5925M is a 24 month module that is taught over Years 1 and 2 of the programme.
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRAN5015M | Shaping Future Transport Systems | 15 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| TRAN5113M | Transport Econometrics | 15 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| TRAN5912M | Transport Integrated Project | 15 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| TRAN5925M | Transport Dissertation Part Time | 60 | 1 Sep to 31 Aug (24mth) |
Candidates will be required to study 15 credits from the following optional modules:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRAN5162M | Green Logistics | 15 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| TRAN5181M | Public Transport Planning and Management | 15 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| TRAN5191M | System Dynamics: Modelling Policy | 15 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| TRAN5282M | Choice Modelling and Stated Preference Survey Design | 15 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| TRAN5750M | Transport in Development | 15 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Candidates may (exceptionally) study 15 credits of discovery modules in place of one optional module, subject to a number of criteria including the prior approval of the Programme Leader/Manager.
(Part-time 24month) (For students entering from September 2024 onwards)
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
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Last updated: 19/08/2024 15:30:42
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