Professional course Transport Infrastructure Design
Page last updated 25 April 2025
Introduction
This course can count towards the MSc Transport Engineering and Planning
In this module, you will learn how to design comfortable and safe geometric alignments for cycleways, busways and highways, applying contemporary best practice guidance and standards. You will consider how different types of vehicles behave as they move along an alignment and how this relates to the need for constraints on aspects of geometry such as the sharpness of curves, the steepness of gradients (a particular challenge for cycleways!) and the site distances required to stop safely at different design speeds. You will also examine how transport infrastructure is constructed.
Entry requirements
There are no formal entry requirements for participants wishing to undertake this course as a stand-alone CPD course without the optional module assessment.
If you wish to complete the course assessment you are expected to have a first degree at 2.2 level or above (or equivalent) or alternatively have industrial experience.
We strongly recommend that you speak to the course tutor prior to the course if you are unsure about your suitability to complete the assessment.
If you are a non-UK student you will need to show your passport on entry to the UK. Please check your eligibility to visit and study in the UK here. If you are a non-Irish EU national currently resident in Ireland please contact us directly for further advice.
If English is not your country's first language, you will be required to provide evidence to show you meet the UK Border Agency and the University's minimum English Language requirements. Further details are available on our English Language Requirements webpage
Careers / Further study
This module can be taken as a stand-alone CPD course, or used to build up credits towards the PG Diploma or Masters in Transport Engineering and Planning postgraduate qualification by completing the module assessment.
Structure
Content
On completion of this module, students are able to:
- Apply design principles and standards to transport infrastructure geometric design problems
- Apply design principles and standards to transport infrastructure construction problems
- Generate a number of design options to solve an open ended problem
- Synthesise specifications, standards and site conditions to develop final detailed solutions.
Learning and Teaching
The course will be delivered through a series of classes to introduce transport infrastructure design principles. These classes will be mixed with site visits and design workshops where students apply principles to real-world transport infrastructure design projects.
Study time
This module will generally involve 6 hours direct contact time, every other week, for one semester.
Each 15 credit course (module) is expected to take 150 hours to complete.
- 36 hrs directed contact learning
- 36 hrs independent study
- 78 hrs assessment, including preparation
Assessment
The assessment for this course includes a group presentation and a design portfolio.
Features
Professional accreditation
View our Centre for Transport and Society (CTS) pages for further information on activity including upcoming events and opportunities in transport.
Study facilities
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Prices and dates
Supplementary fee information
Course dates
| Cohort - January 2025 | Time | Location |
| Session 1: Thursday 30 January 2025 | 10:00-17:00 | Frenchay Campus |
| Session 2: Thursday 13 February 2025 | 10:00-17:00 | Frenchay Campus |
| Session 3: Thursday 27 February 2025 | 10:00-17:00 | Frenchay Campus |
| Session 4: Thursday 13 March 2025 | 10:00-17:00 | Frenchay Campus |
| Session 5: Thursday 27 March 2025 | 10:00-17:00 | Frenchay Campus |
| Session 6: Thursday 1 May 2025 | 10:00-17:00 | Frenchay Campus |
Course fees
All prices are VAT exempt.
| Cohort | January 2025 |
| UK participants | £854 |
| International participants | £1,438 |
For information on fees, managing your money and determining your fee status, please go to our fees and funding pages.
Course location
UWE Bristol, Frenchay Campus, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol BS16 1QY.
How to apply
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As this module carries university accreditation, please note that once you have submitted your booking form, you will be required to provide the following supporting information to the administration team for the module tutor to be able to review and formally accept your application as required by the university:
- An up-to-date copy of your Curriculum Vitae (including contact details of a work or academic reference)
- A brief personal statement to support your application
- A copy of your highest qualification certificate and transcript of modules studied
- A copy of photographic proof of ID (i.e. driver's licence/passport). For non UK students, this must be a copy of your passport
For further information
- Email: For all queries regarding administration aspects of registration, i.e. dates, fees, etc. please contact us using the online enquiry form link or telephone number below.
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