45 Transportation Engineering Masters Degree Programs

The Laurea Magistrale (equivalent to a Master of Science) trains professionals able to tackle the complexity of mobility systems and the interaction of the critical issues concerning safety, technology, management, ethics and strategical aspects of mobility systems and urban development.

Every day, freight trains, trucks, airplanes, and ships transport enormous quantities of raw materials and manufactured goods around the world, while billions of people travel for work and leisure in the same manner. Studying the Railway Technology profile of this MSc in Mobility Engineering: Railway Technology will give you a solid foundation in railway mechanics, mechanical deterioration, and asset management, helping steer the industry toward a new era.

The MSc in Economics and Business with a Specialisation in Urban, Port & Transport Economics State-of-the-art transport, logistics, and modern cities are essential for a well-functioning economy. The Urban, Port, and Transport Economics program focuses on how to optimize these key elements of modern society. Our lecturers are actively involved in the latest developments in international economic research, consultancy, and advice.

Most of the research conducted in the discipline of transportation engineering falls under the Centre for Transport Development, a collaborative faculty-wide entity coordinating funding and research within this area. The research in the discipline currently focuses on pavement, transportation planning and traffic, as well as railway engineering.

The Master in Transportation and Car Design requires creative and technical skills, in order to combine engineering, ergonomics and marketing to develop innovative ideas for transportation. The program covers the entire design process, with study projects in collaboration with leading automotive companies, involving professional designers from top car brands.

Electric transportation systems are emerging worldwide to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector. The changes in technology concern the whole transportation system – road transportation, off-road machines, marine vessels and aviation. This programme gives an overview of the technology and business in electric transportation systems. It also focuses on key technologies and skills related to electric transportation, such as electro-mechanical drive trains, power electronics, battery technology and related information technology. Also, indirect electrification methods and e-fuel technologies are considered, and the environmental impacts of different technology solutions are analysed.

The master's programme in Vehicle Engineering covers all aspects from vehicle design, functions and dynamic properties, to systems for safety and comfort, and vehicles as part of the transport systems. Students can specialise in Automotive or Railway Engineering. Graduates have global career opportunities and the skills to contribute to innovative and sustainable solutions that minimise the vehicle industry's environmental impact.

The master's programme in Railway Engineering covers all aspects of railways from a systems perspective, integrating elements from both mechanical, civil and electrical engineering. It is given together with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Students learn how to design vehicles, infrastructure and control systems that perform optimally together. The importance of the railway in the transition to sustainable transport drives the demand for skilled railway engineers.

The second cycle of the specialisation in Transport Engineering aims to provide a solid and comprehensive training in the conception, design, and operation of transport infrastructures, namely road, rail, air, and maritime.

For the Intelligent Transportation specialisation. The Red Bird MPhil Program explores a student-centered interdisciplinary education paradigm through guided learning, creating an optimal growth environment for future strategic engineers and scientists to discover themselves, unleash their potential, and continuously improve their abilities.

The programme aims to provide students with comprehensive training in the field of Mechanical Engineering in its broadest sense. Thus, there are subjects designed to teach students the basic research tools most commonly used in these areas, and more specific subjects aimed at giving students knowledge more directly linked to their industrial application.

Students of the Transport Systems Engineering and Management specialization acquire extended knowledge and skills in the areas of road, railway, and municipal transport systems control and management, optimization and planning of transport systems, transport measurements and forecasting, as well as the design of multimodal transport hubs and traffic modeling and planning these transport systems with the use of modern IT tools.

This one-year full-time programme aims to train highly qualified professionals in race engineering, through a variety of teaching activities. The course includes both theoretical and practical teaching, as well as workshops, and a 6-month internship in industry. Thanks to the partnerships with VI-Grade, ASC (Automotive Safety Centre), Skydrive, and MSC Software, among others, students have a wealth of opportunities to develop their knowledge and skill in managing all aspects of racing cars.

Air transport market has increased considerably involving multidisciplinary constraints and objectives to become a complex system of systems – aircraft design, manufacturing, airlines operations, integrated Air Traffic Management, Airport operations, etc.

Our industry accredited MSc will deepen your knowledge and develop advanced skills in planning, management and operation of transport systems.

Engineers keep our society mobile and our supply chains vital. Consider the increase in self-driving cars or e-commerce: we live in a dynamic logistics machine. Our society demands engineers who are ambitious, creative, analytical and open-minded: those who fully understand the many technological possibilities to make mobility and supply chains cleaner, safer, more reliable, and more efficient than ever before.