News Graduate Program In Transportation Engineering

The University of Pittsburgh Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is pleased to introduce a new graduate program in the area of Transportation Engineering.

A number of studies have predicted a significant engineering talent gap in both the public and private sectors of the Transportation Engineering field, as the number of new graduates possessing the requisite skills in this area is not keeping up with the growth in the field and the impending retirement of large numbers of practicing Transportation Engineers. The University is reestablishing its educational efforts through this new Graduate Program to help meet the workforce development needs of the Transportation Engineering industry.

The University of Pittsburgh is particularly well positioned to help meet these workforce development needs through this program. Some of the school's specific strengths include:

• Access to a large pool of senior Transportation Engineers in the Western Pennsylvania public and private sector (many of whom are alumni) that can serve as Adjunct Professors to teach courses in the program.
• A core of tenure track faculty in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department that have strong interest in the Transportation Engineering field.
• Experience delivering course-only Masters Degrees tailored for professional engineers (e.g. Construction Management)
• Development of a cohesive curriculum from the core fields and related fields such as Construction Management, Public Policy and Management, Geographic Information Systems, and Statistics.

The Transportation Engineering program consists of a balanced curriculum with the following three focus areas: Planning, Design and Operations. A sufficient selection of courses will be offered so the Program can be completed within two years. These courses will be offered at times that will help to accommodate the schedules of both the full-time and part-time students.

Learn more about the curriculum and program requirements.