Master of Transport Planning Welcome to MORE 2026

Rachel Aldred, Paulo Anciaes, Tom Cohen, Enrica Papa

The suite of Transport Planning courses (MSc, Post-graduate Diploma, Post-graduate Certificate) is designed to prepare its students to perform at the highest standard in a wide range of transport roles.

The courses teach students the essential, practical skills of transport planning, where they learn the fundamentals of transport, acquiring the techniques and knowledge required to practice in the transport sector. Alongside this, the course teaches students to think critically so that, in addition to knowing how to ‘do’ transport, they complete the course with a zeal to find better ways of doing things, a confidence to question orthodoxy and the rigour necessary to follow through on the challenges they pose.

The courses are embedded in industry, with senior practitioners from all parts of the transport world contributing their expertise as guest lecturers, mentors and advisers. We’ve been teaching transport at Westminster for over fifty years and this is reflected in the impressive number of alumnae/i who have reached highly influential positions in their fields.

The diverse cohort is a mixture of UK-based and international students, with a large proportion studying part-time alongside their existing work in transport. 

This enriches the experience for all concerned as those already working in the field share their experience whilst those who are newer to transport bring fresh thinking to bear.

The MSc course has for many years been accredited by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT); graduates are not required to take the Institute’s exams. It also forms part of the pathway to the Transport Planning Professional (TPP) qualification, managed by the Chartered Institute of Highways and Transportation and the Transport Planning Society.

There are strong links between the courses in Transport Planning and their ‘siblings’ in transport and spatial planning: Air Transport Planning and Management; International Planning and Sustainable Development; Urban and Regional Planning; and Urban Design.

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