Master in Sustainable Urban Mobility Transitions (MSc)

Why study Sustainable Urban Mobility Transitions at the EIT Urban Mobility Master School?

The world’s cities are changing. New technologies, business models, and global sustainability goals are transforming our cities and how we move. Today’s urban planners and transport engineers face an array of challenges and are needed to take advantage of such transformations to help create urban environments that consume fewer resources, contribute less to climate change, and support more liveable and healthy neighborhoods. Addressing such challenges requires embracing complexity and competence beyond the traditional urban planning and civil engineering disciplines, including entrepreneurial skills to steer innovations into practice. The Sustainable Urban Mobility Transitions program provides such experience, preparing students to become the next urban innovators and leaders in urban mobility.

How is the program structured?

All programs at the EIT Urban Mobility Master School follow the same scheme:

• Students study one year each at two different universities–the “entry” university and the “exit” university. All options are located at a leading university in Europe in the field of urban mobility.
• Graduating students will be awarded two officially recognized Master of Science degrees, from each of the two universities. Moreover, the program is designed so that students may attain the qualifications for a certificate awarded by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology.*
• During the first-year studies, students will be introduced to Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and participate in an extended Challenge Project. During the same year, students will acquire essential technical skills for working with urban mobility challenges.
• Between the first and second year, students will participate in a Summer School applying new skills to two different cities within Europe.
• In the second year, students will choose from several more specialized courses in both technical content as well as innovation and entrepreneurship. Students will also participate in a shorter challenge project that includes an internship at a company or organization working to meet urban mobility challenges. To complete their degree, in the second year, students will carry out an independent master thesis, combining and demonstrating their full set of technical and entrepreneurial skills.

You will have a wide range of career opportunities, within the public and private sector, as well as have the know-how to start your own business or conduct rigorous research.

Where can I study Sustainable Urban Mobility Transitions?

The available universities for the Sustainable Urban Mobility Transitions program are:

• Aalto University, Espoo, Finland
• The Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
• KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
• UPC Barcelona Tech, Spain

(please note, not all combinations may be possible)

EIT Urban Mobility Partner Universities

Applications Dates and Deadlines

Our application portal is now closed. Applications for a start of studies in 2024 will open in November 2023.
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Study with us and start your journey of changing the world by creating better and more liveable sustainable cities.

To see the course list of each university, please visit our programme website here.

The Sustainable Urban Mobility Transitions programme is aimed to educate, inspire, and unite future leaders in the Urban Mobility Sector. The skills learned in this programme are in high demand in cities, transport authorities, research institutes and industries across Europe and worldwide. As a graduate, you will be an adaptable team player with a diverse set of analytical skills and theoretical knowledge in the field of urban mobility.

The Sustainable Urban Mobility Transitions programme welcomes students with an array of backgrounds and experiences. The programme is ideal for students with a bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Geoinformation Technology, Urban Planning, Geography, and/or Economics. Additional disciplines are welcome provided that students have a solid foundation in quantitative approaches to solving problems and verifiable experience in programming, calculus, linear algebra, and mathematical statistics.

The Sustainable Urban Mobility Transitions programme is aimed to educate, inspire, and unite future leaders in the Urban Mobility Sector. The skills learned in this programme are in high demand in cities, transport authorities, research institutes, and industries across Europe and worldwide. As a graduate, you will be an adaptable team player with a diverse set of analytical skills and theoretical knowledge in the field of urban mobility.

Hear it from our Graduates

- Meet 10 students who graduated in 2023 and dive into their personal narratives as they share their unique experiences with the programme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSmybpWSf3E

- Meet Ivo & Pawan, two 2023 graduates who connected during the Summer School and co-funded a start-up, Urban Vind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4uozSrfhMc

- Meet Axel, a 2023 graduate who dedicates his energy and time to making the roads safer and created a road safety NGO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_lQ0qOh5HQ

The Master School Office organizes master’s programmes webinars where prospective applicants can talk to the Programme Leads and university representatives; chat with the current students, and get answers to all their questions!