Links


These useful links are highly recommended for NECTAR members.

Academia



Master programs


  • The Department of Spatial Economics of VU University in Amsterdam offers a one-year Master of Science Program in Spatial, Transport and Environmental Economics (STREEM). It is of potential interest to students with a background not only in economics, but also in geography, transport science and related disciplines. For further information, visit www.feweb.vu.nl/streem.
  • The Department of Transport and Regional Economics of the University of Antwerp organizes together with the universities of Rotterdam, Copenhagen, Venice an Barcelona the Postgraduate Master of Science (MSc) course 'Management of the European Metropolitan Region'. This advanced master course starts every year in early September and the duration of the Programme is one year. The language of instruction is English. More information can be found on the website www.memr.eu.
  • The Master Programme in Transport Systems at KTH aims to give the student a qualified specialist’s education in analysis, planning, assessment, design and control of transport systems at different spatial levels, with an emphasis on urban transport systems and their interaction with city and regional planning and development. Applications for the Autumn 2010 entering class will be accepted up until January 15, 2010. For more information, please see http://www.kth.se/abe/utbildning/master/mts?l=en_UK.
  • The Technische Universität München offers a Master of Science in Transportation Systems. A four semester (24 months) program aiming to provide students with the tools to design and operate modern transportation systems and integrated inter-modal transport management systems. For more information visit: www.vt.bv.tum.de/transportation.
  • A PhD program in Transportation Systems is offered in association by Instituto Superior Tecnico da Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa (IST), Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP) and Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra (FCT-UC) along with, an MSc program with the courses running at IST in Lisbon, including participation of MIT faculty. For more information, visit: www.mitportugal.org/trans.

Scientific Interdisciplinary Associations with a Focus on Transport


European Projects



Journals