Master of Transport Studies at University of Cape Town

Programme overview

Professional master's focused on planning and management of urban passenger transport systems, producing graduates from a range of postgraduate disciplines able to build sustainable, safe and equitable urban transport.

Faculty: Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment | Department: Department of Civil Engineering | Duration: Minimum 1 academic year | Study mode: full-time | Location: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

What you will study

Core: two research projects, Management of Transport Supply and Demand, Integrated Land Use-Transport Planning, Transport Demand Analysis and Project Assessment, plus 80 credits of electives such as Transport Modelling, Non-motorised Transportation, Public Transport System Design and Big Data Analytics and Transport.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Professional Masters (Civil Engineering) admission: proficient in English and a UCT four-year bachelor's or honours degree; or an approved three-year degree with five years' relevant experience (or 144 credits of additional coursework); or equivalent. For Transport Studies, numeracy is required: a first-year university Mathematics or Statistics course, or NSC Mathematics at level 4 or better, or a numeracy test. Selection on academic record and experience.

Requirements published at program group level.

Tuition is charged per module, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

The application fee is R100 for undergraduate and postgraduate applications from South Africa and the SADC region, and R300 for applications from outside the SADC region; it is non-refundable and payable by direct deposit, EFT or credit card (online). UCT students and graduates are exempt except for GSB programmes.

Apply through the official page: https://applyonline.uct.ac.za

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