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MSc in Sustainable Transport and Urban Mobility

Facts about the program

ECTS Credits:
120
Study duration:
2 years
Organisation:
Full-time
Campus:
Molde
Start of studies programme:
Autumn 2024
Teaching language:
English
Study level:
Master's degree (2 years)
Application opens:
1 November 2023
Application deadline:
15 January 2024 for applicants outside EU/EEA - 15 April 2024 for applicants who are citizens of a country within EU/EEA
Tuition fee:
NOK 197.000 per year for students outside EU/EEA & Switzerland
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The international MSc programme in Sustainable Transport and Urban Mobility welcomes both Norwegian and international students with a recognized 180 ECTS bachelor’s degree in a relevant academic field such as economics, civil engineering, urban planning or geography. The programme focuses on analysis, challenges and problem-solving in sustainable urban and long distance transport, as well as developing the principles of key skills in the field, such as modelling, economic and policy analysis.

The entire degree programme is taught and assessed in English.

The MSc programme in Sustainable Transport and Urban Mobility focuses on analysis, challenges and problem-solving in sustainable urban and long-distance transport, as well as developing the principles of key skills in the field, such as modelling, economics and policy analysis.

Job oppurtunities

This degree will qualify you for positions in a broad range of employment areas in Norway as well as abroad, in transport and management consultancy, local and national government and its agencies, and with major transport operators. It will also make you eligible to apply for a PhD in Logistics at HiMolde, or other institutions.

What will you study?

There are two main study options:

  • Urban Transport, including public passenger transport, new micromobility modes such as scooters, and transport economics and policy.
  • Long Distance Transport, including transport of both people and goods.

In the third semester, to develop specialist skills and knowledge, you choose in-depth seminar courses, from a range of thirty, taught by experts from all over the world. The fourth and last semester, students write a 30 ECTS master’s thesis.
 


Tuition Fees for students who are citizens of a country outside EU/EEA and Switzerland

Students who are citizens of one of the countries outside EU/EEA and Switzerland must pay full tuition fees, if they do not fall within one of the exemption categories formally decided by the Norwegian government.

For more information about exemption categories, please see the Tuition Declaration Form under Application Procedures.

The yearly tuition fee for the academic year 2024/2025 is NOK 197 000.  Admitted students must pay this tuition fee within a last deadline mentioned in the letter of admission.

    Contact

    For requests about academic issues/ study plan:

    Programme Director, Professor Tom Rye

    Administrative Contact Person International applicants:

    Adviser: Odd Arne Eidem