MSc Transport Planning Welcome to MORE 2024

Mengqiu (Matthew) Cao, Tom Cohen, Rachel Aldred, Sabina Cioboata, Enrica Papa, Ersilia Verlinghieri

Mengqiu (Matthew) Cao is Senior Lecturer in Transport, Logistics and Urban Planning, and course leader of the MSc until July 2024.

Tom Cohen is Reader in Transport Policy and a member of the Active Travel Academy. He is course leader of the MSc. 

Rachel Aldred is Professor of Transport and Director of the Active Travel Academy.

Sabina Cioboata is a Research Assoicate in the School of Architecture + Cities.

Enrica Papa is Professor of Transport Planning. Her main research interest is in sustainable accessibility planning.

Ersilia Verlinghieri is a Senior Research Associate in Urban Mobility at Westminster and a member of the Active Travel Academy.

THE MSc TRANSPORT PLANNING is designed to prepare its students to perform at the highest standard in a wide range of transport roles. It teaches the essential practical skills of transport planning – students learn the fundamentals of transport, acquiring the techniques and knowledge required to practise in the transport sector. Alongside this, the course teaches students to think critically so that, in addition to knowing how to ‘do’ transport, they complete the course with a zeal to find better ways of doing things, a confidence to question orthodoxy and the rigour necessary to follow through on the challenges they pose.

The course is embedded in industry, with senior practitioners from all parts of the transport world contributing their expertise as guest lecturers, mentors and advisers. The course has been running for over fifty years and this is reflected in the impressive number of alumnae/i who have reached highly influential positions in their fields.

The cohort is diverse, a mixture of UK-based and international students, with a large proportion studying part-time alongside their existing work in transport. This enriches the course for all concerned as those already working in the field share their experience while those who are newer to the industry bring a fresh approach of thinking to bear.

The course has for many years been accredited by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT); meaning graduates are not required to take the Institute’s exams. It has also formed part of the pathway to the Transport Planning Professional (TPP) qualification, managed by the Chartered Institute of Highways and Transportation and the Transport Planning Society. At the time of writing, re-accreditation is being finalised with these institutions.

Following recent internal revalidation, the course has a new name – MSc Transport Planning – which better reflects the emphasis of the curriculum. here are strong links between it and its sibling courses, Logistics and Supply Chain Management and Air Transport Planning and Management.

MSc Transport Planning Theses 2024