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 36month) (For students entering from September 2024 onwards)
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(Part-time 36month) (For students entering from September 2024 onwards)
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(Part-time 36month) (For students entering from September 2024 onwards)
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Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules Please note that TRAN5925M is a 24 month module that is taught over Years 2 and 3 of the programme.
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRAN5925M | Transport Dissertation Part Time | 60 | 1 Sep to 31 Aug (24mth) |
Please note that TRAN5912M is a compulsory module for this programme of study that students have the option to study in either Year Two or Three.
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRAN5912M | Transport Integrated Project | 15 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
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