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Transportation engineering is concerned with the specifications, design, construction, and maintaince of transportation infrastructure in order to facilitate the moving of people and goods efficiently and safely. This course allows for specialisation in the field of transportation engineering. An introduction into the broader civil engineering subjects will be followed by a choice of specialised optional modules on your chosen theme. The course will concentrate on the technical knowledge and skills that are most relevant to the field of transportation for the award of MSc in Civil Engineering: Transportation. Students will develop: the technical knowledge and skills to develop the analytical, decision-making and critical powers required to solve Civil Engineering problems the ability to communicate ideas effectively in written reports, verbally and by means of presentations to groups the ability to exercise original thought the ability to plan and undertake an individual project interpersonal, communication and professional skills Previous research projects have included: Evaluating the impact of average speed cameras A critical study of the development of traffic calming Comparing the impact on vehicles? speed of spot and average speed cameras Relating sustainable and healthy living to travel behavior Scholarship information can be found at http:www.nottingham.ac.ukEngineeringFundingPostgraduateFunding.aspx

2.1 (Upper 2nd class hons degree or international equivalent) Applicants need to have studies multiple courses in Structures, Geotechnics and Fluids