Rail and Urban Transport (Singapore)

Given the contemporary demographic developments, technological innovations, and ecological necessities, sustainable traffic and transportation systems are of outstanding importance for designing liveable cities and resilient infrastructures. Students of the Rail and Urban Transport (M.Sc.) Master’s degree program at TUM Asia learn to develop and implement transport and rail systems that meet the diverse requirements of sustainable mobility.

The program deepens students’ engineering knowledge from an interdisciplinary perspective and develops it further with a view to transport and rail traffic planning. Students acquire specific skills that enable them to develop and implement advanced solutions for the effective and efficient management of various transportation and rail systems. Building on a set of core modules in areas such as statistics, process analysis and management, or modelling and simulation, students can specialize in the areas of “Rail” or “Transport” according to their interests and professional aspirations. A compulsory internship enables students to apply their knowledge in business practice.

Graduates of the degree program are experts in developing sustainable transport infrastructures. They are able to recognize the complex and possibly conflicting demands on (urban) transport systems and to develop technically adept and socially responsible approaches to solving them in order to implement socially, ecologically, and economically sustainable structures. Thus, they are just as well qualified to continue their academic work within the framework of a dissertation as they are for taking on responsible positions in transport and infrastructure companies, in consulting, or in public administration.