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. Students participating in this program will earn a Master of Science in Civil Engineering with a focus on 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 track 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:

• A core of tenure track faculty in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering that have strong interest in the transportation engineering field.
• 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.
• Development of a cohesive curriculum from the core civil engineering fields and related areas, such as construction management, public policy and management, geographic information systems, and statistics.
• Experience delivering course-only Master of Science degrees tailored for professional engineers, such as Construction Management and Sustainability program, which is highly regarded by industry.

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.