Competences imparted: MSc program in Transportation and Logistics

Competence Profile (MSc) A graduate from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) has a research-based education at a high technological level that qualifies the graduate to take on specialized business functions and participate in scientific development. A masters degree in Engineering also gives access to further education within research (e.g. research positions or a PhD). The graduate has: basic understanding and knowledge of the natural sciences and technological principles. The graduate can use this knowledge for innovative purposes such as solving technological problems in business or societal contexts. extensive technological expertise within a specific area and knowledge of current trends and opportunities within this area. a clear professional profile which includes elements of current research at an international level. The graduate has the ability to use this knowledge in developing new ideas and solving new problems. a thorough understanding of how elements of a technological problem interact. The graduate is able to develop relevant models, systems and processes to solve the problem in question using creative analysis and modeling. the ability to assess and delimit complex issues, put them into a broad professional and societal context, and, on this basis, propose relevant courses of action. the ability to combine technological expertise with knowledge of economics, management, organization and project work. The graduate is able to examine technological solutions in a business and societal perspective.

General competences (MSc)

The graduate: is proficient in both oral and written communication, and is able to present professional results in a convincing manner commands technical problem solving at a high level, primarily through project-related approaches. The graduate is able to handle all phases of a project, including the drafting of project timelines, design and solution proposals, and documentation can use and assess technological solutions, while applying principles of ethics and sustainability has experience and is acquainted with the use of IT-based modeling tools within the area of transport and logistics and in connection with design of data collections.

Formal conditions (MSc)

Admission requirements: BSc Eng (180 ECTS points) Program duration: The masters program covers two years of full-time study (equal to 120 ECTS). This framework ensures that all graduates acquire professional core competencies through technological specialization (minimum 30 ECTS) and a masters thesis (minimum 30 ECTS). Program participants also acquire specialized knowledge through elective courses (minimum 30 ECTS). The program also includes 30 elective ECTS credit points. Title: Master of Science in Engineering, cand. polyt. Further education: Research, PhD (3 years) Executive order: The masters program complies with executive order BEK 338 dated May 6, 2004 (and subsequent amendments) issued by the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation.

PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE OBJECTIVES (MSc) The MSc program in Transport and Logistics
Transport and Logistics uses application-oriented mathematical models and computer-based tools to understand, solve, analyze and evaluate complex issues in transport, traffic and logistics. Graduates have also mastered software technology, data analysis and statistics, operations research, geo-informatics, economic disciplines and planning and management.

The graduate can:

present and assess complex traffic, transport and logistics planning problems use a broad range of planning methods to solve transport, traffic-related and logistics planning problems operate and contribute to the development of modern planning software for design, analysis and simulation and explain the underlying planning methods and applications classify a planning problem in the sector as strategic, tactical or operational apply in-depth knowledge of international transportrelated issues anywhere in the world define and carry out research on complex issues in the sector understand and communicate planning-management issues in the sector

Facts about DTU

The Technical University of Denmark (DTU) is one of the largest Northern European research and education institutions in the engineering field. DTU educates more than 750 Masters and 300 Bachelors of Science in Engineering and 150 PhDs a year. On January 2007 DTU merged with 5 sectorial research institutions becoming a broad-based technical university and center of excellence. The university has more than 6,000 students and over 4100 employees. DTU offers a 3-year business-oriented Bachelor of Engineering, a 3-year Bachelor of Science in Engineering and a 2-year Master of Science in Engineering, MSc Eng. DTU also offers a 2-year Master of Science and Technology (MSc Techn) for Bachelors of Engineering and a Bachelor and Master's program in Food Science in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen.

PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE OBJECTIVES (MSc) The MSc program in Transport and Logistics Traffic Planning and Traffic Engineering
Traffic planning underpins decision-making on new infrastructure construction and large-scale investments in public transport. It is also a basic ingredient in operating public and freight transport and road-networks. A graduate of this study-line has a thorough knowledge of traffic engineering (capacity and performance) an important component in overall planning and takes aspects of urban planning into account in traffic-infrastructure projection.

The graduate can:

evaluate the need for and contribute to the preparation of analyses used for decision-making in traffic politics specify concrete decision-models based on costbenefit and multi-criteria analyses specify the requirements of traffic models and apply and economically evaluate model calculations perform analyses based on traffic engineering and relate the results to model calculations prepare socio-economic evaluations of small- and large-scale traffic infrastructure projects carry out traffic-infrastructure projections describe the basis for decision-making about traffic infrastructure projects to specialists and nonspecialists use cost-benefit, multi-criteria and simulation software for complex analyses of traffic infrastructure

Facts about DTU

The Technical University of Denmark (DTU) is one of the largest Northern European research and education institutions in the engineering field. DTU educates more than 750 Masters and 300 Bachelors of Science in Engineering and 150 PhDs a year. On January 2007 DTU merged with 5 sectorial research institutions becoming a broad-based technical university and center of excellence. The university has more than 6,000 students and over 4100 employees. DTU offers a 3-year business-oriented Bachelor of Engineering, a 3-year Bachelor of Science in Engineering and a 2-year Master of Science in Engineering, MSc Eng. DTU also offers a 2-year Master of Science and Technology (MSc Techn) for Bachelors of Engineering and a Bachelor and Master's program in Food Science in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen.

PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE OBJECTIVES (MSc) The MSc program in Transport and Logistics Railway Technology
The nature of the Railway Technology study-line is determined by railways inflexible infrastructure, which puts a premium on planning, analysis and evaluation in design and operation. Graduates of this study-line possess a thorough knowledge of railway capacity, traffic management, and the design and planning of railway operation and can evaluate infrastructure and operation options.

The graduate can:

plan and evaluate small- and large-scale rail projects and explain the results to specialists and nonspecialists design railway infrastructure and evaluate the inherent traffic-related consequences evaluate railway capacity by simulation and other means analyze and solve complex planning problems regarding interaction between railway infrastructure and timetabling

plan the operation and maintenance of railway infrastructure including the interaction between trains and infrastructure calculate and evaluate railway life-cycle costs evaluate RAMS (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety) for railways evaluate the need for and participate in the preparation of analyses and designs for use in railway infrastructure and general transport decisionmaking

Facts about DTU

The Technical University of Denmark (DTU) is one of the largest Northern European research and education institutions in the engineering field. DTU educates more than 750 Masters and 300 Bachelors of Science in Engineering and 150 PhDs a year. On January 2007 DTU merged with 5 sectorial research institutions becoming a broad-based technical university and center of excellence. The university has more than 6,000 students and over 4100 employees. DTU offers a 3-year business-oriented Bachelor of Engineering, a 3-year Bachelor of Science in Engineering and a 2-year Master of Science in Engineering, MSc Eng. DTU also offers a 2-year Master of Science and Technology (MSc Techn) for Bachelors of Engineering and a Bachelor and Master's program in Food Science in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen.

PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE OBJECTIVES (MSc) The MSc program in Transport and Logistics Traffic and Transport Modeling
Traffic and transport models are computer-based mathematical models used to determine the consequences of new infrastructure projects or policies. Such modeling is fundamental when planning and deciding large-scale traffic infrastructure investments and important to the daily work of operators and shipping firms. Graduates of this studyline have mastered the construction of traffic-infrastructure and mathematical models describing present and future traffic. They combine methodological expertise, statistics, operations research, and IT, with specific subjects regarding the modeling of demand for transport and of discrete choices (e.g. between means of transport and route choices). Individual focuses can include modeling issues in road or rail traffic or public transport. Since traffic models are normally case-specific, R&D is integral to traffic modeling. Graduates work as consulting engineers in the private or public sector or as researchers.

The graduate can:

create new traffic and transport complexes, including specification, estimation, calibration, implementation and validation of models analyze and evaluate existing traffic and transport models based on 4-step, logit, probit and assignment models analyze the need for and undertake the management of the maintenance and improvement of existing traffic and transport models analyze a traffic-related problem and design the methods and models that can be used to describe it when preparing requirement specifications for new models use existing models for planning transport systems (public transport, road traffic, air/freight transport, etc.) assess results from traffic and transport models and communicate them to stakeholders/clients

Facts about DTU

The Technical University of Denmark (DTU) is one of the largest Northern European research and education institutions in the engineering field. DTU educates more than 750 Masters and 300 Bachelors of Science in Engineering and 150 PhDs a year. On January 2007 DTU merged with 5 sectorial research institutions becoming a broad-based technical university and center of excellence. The university has more than 6,000 students and over 4100 employees. DTU offers a 3-year business-oriented Bachelor of Engineering, a 3-year Bachelor of Science in Engineering and a 2-year Master of Science in Engineering, MSc Eng. DTU also offers a 2-year Master of Science and Technology (MSc Techn) for Bachelors of Engineering and a Bachelor and Master's program in Food Science in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen.

PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE OBJECTIVES (MSc) The MSc program in Transport and Logistics Transport and Business Logistics
Transport and Business Logistics seeks to optimize transport, flows of goods and storage within companies and between companies and their customers and suppliers. Graduates of this study-line can manage the construction of logistics systems and their ongoing planning and operation in many different types of companies, including large production and service companies. The thesis project is often prepared in collaboration with a company, and normally includes modeling, selection of solution method, implementation, testing and evaluation.

The graduate can:

analyze and solve complex planning problems in a companys supply chains including production, storage and distribution assess the suitability of single- and multi-modal transport with respect to a given task formulate mathematical models for solving production, distribution and inventory planning problems, using mathematical integer programming models analyze the calculation complexity of a mathematical model for solving production, distribution and inventory planning problems

select methods to solve production, distribution and inventory planning problems including exact mathematical optimization methods, (meta)heuristics and simulation models use modeling languages and standard software to solve production, distribution and inventory planning problems analyze coherences in the companies supply chains and production, storage and distribution systems by using advanced simulation tools

Facts about DTU

The Technical University of Denmark (DTU) is one of the largest Northern European research and education institutions in the engineering field. DTU educates more than 750 Masters and 300 Bachelors of Science in Engineering and 150 PhDs a year. On January 2007 DTU merged with 5 sectorial research institutions becoming a broad-based technical university and center of excellence. The university has more than 6,000 students and over 4100 employees. DTU offers a 3-year business-oriented Bachelor of Engineering, a 3-year Bachelor of Science in Engineering and a 2-year Master of Science in Engineering, MSc Eng. DTU also offers a 2-year Master of Science and Technology (MSc Techn) for Bachelors of Engineering and a Bachelor and Master's program in Food Science in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen.