StudyQA — Master: Transportation Systems and Management

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This is a multidisciplinary programme designed for professionals who are working in transportation and related industry. The programme involves graduate level modules taught by academic faculty members from the Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, and the Business School. Students come from a variety of backgrounds, including undergraduate degrees in engineering, science, social sciences and business management. The programme accepts both full-time and part-time students.

To qualify for the MSc (Transportation Systems and Management) degree with or without specialisation, a candidate must successfully complete a programme of study consisting of at least 32 Modular Credits (MCs) from modules in Lists A and B below. The remaining two modules (8 MCs) to satisfy the degree requirements may be selected from relevant level 5000 and level 6000 modules offered by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering or other graduate programmes of Faculty of Engineering, subject to the approval of MSc (TSM) Programme Management, which also include the modules in aforementioned Lists A and B. In addition, a student must obtain a minimum CAP of 3.00 (Grade B-) for the best modules equivalent to 40 MCs (inclusive of compulsory modules, where required). A Student may choose to graduate with the following degrees:

MSc (Transportation Systems and Management), or
MSc (Transportation Systems and Management) with specialisation in Logistics and Distribution Management

Specialisation in Logistics and Distribution Management

In addition to the above requirements, to graduate with MSc (TSM) with specialisation in Logistics and Distribution Management, the student must also obtain at least 20 MCs from List A:

List A – Distinct modules: (minimum choose any 5 modules)

CE5203 Traffic Flow & Control
CE5205 Transportation Planning
CE5207 Pavement Network Management Systems
TP5025 Intelligent Transportation Systems
TP5027 Transport & Freight Terminal Management
TP5028 Intermodal Transportation Operations

Another 16 MCs can be obtained from List B:

List B – Electives modules (minimum choose any 4 modules)

BMA5004A Management and Organisation (2MCs)
BMA5101 Industry and Competitive Analysis
CE5204 Pavement Design and Rehabilitation
CE5603 Engineering Economics and Project Evaluation
CE5705 Transportation and Construction Safety Management
CE5804 Global Infrastructure Project Management
CE6001 Operations & Management of Infrastructure Systems
CE6002 Analysis of Civil Engineering Experiments
IE5001 Operations Planning and Control I
IE5107 Material Flow Systems
IE5121 Quality Planning and Management
IE5202 Applied Forecasting Methods
IE5203 Decision Analysis
IE5401 Industrial Logistics
IE5404 Large Scale Systems Engineering
TP5026 Transportation Management and Policy

Modules taken outside the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering are subject to the general guidelines and Department’s approval.

At least a Bachelor's degree in Engineering or its equivalent.
Payment of application fees (S$50)
The page of your passport bearing the passport number
Employment pass / work permit
Documentary proof of change in name (if you had your name changed and your name in NRIC / Passport is not identical to the name printed on your degree scroll / certificate and university transcript)
Polytechnic results and certificate (if applicable), or its equivalent
Original official transcript, or its certified true copies,
Financial statement indicating a balance of at least S$25,000 or its equivalent to show applicants’ ability to support themselves financially (i.e. estimated expenses of S$25,000 a year in Singapore) - only applicable to International applicants applying for full-time courses and who are not residing or not working in Singapore.
TOEFL scoresheet indicating a min. score of 92 (internet-based test) or IELTS (Academic) result of 6.5
Referee reports / recommendation letters