Traffic and Transportation (Urban Rail Traffic)

(1) Duration of Study

• Standard Length of Schooling: 4 years

• Duration of Study: 3-6 years

(2) Degree Awarded

• Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.)

(3) Program Highlights Urban Rail Transit represents the future direction of transportation in modern metropolises. To meet the needs of sustainable development in this field, our university has established this specialized direction by leveraging the profound heritage of our traditional railway transportation program and strengthening specific theoretical and practical teaching.

Adhering to a talent positioning of "world-class and domestically leading," we implement a curriculum that ensures a broad scope of knowledge and a solid professional foundation. Through a training system integrating "Planning & Design – Operations Organization – Business Management," we highlight the interdisciplinary features and innovative characteristics of "Urban Traffic + Rail Traffic." The program boasts multiple National-Level Excellent Courses and focuses on enhancing engineering practice capabilities, professional qualities, and innovation awareness. It aims to cultivate innovative talents with composite technical and management skills for transportation departments at various levels, research institutes, universities, consulting agencies, and urban rail transit planning, design, and operation units.

(4) Educational Objectives Focusing on the future talent demands of urban rail transit systems, this program cultivates senior management and engineering technical talents required for the planning, design, construction, operation, and management of urban rail transit. In 2010, this program was selected for the Ministry of Education's "Plan for Educating and Training Outstanding Engineers."

(5) Core Courses

• Urban Rail Transit Planning and Design

• Urban Rail Transit System Operation Management

• Rail Transit Asset Management and Operation

• Train Operation Calculation and Control

• Urban Passenger Transport and Suburban Transport

• Comprehensive Experiment in Urban Rail Transit

(6) Career Prospects Graduates can pursue careers in enterprises and public institutions in fields such as urban construction, municipal engineering, planning, design, metro/subway systems, and rail transit. They are well-equipped to engage in work related to urban rail transit planning, design, construction, consulting, and operations management.

(7) Statistics on Further Study and Employment

Traffic and Transportation (Urban Rail Traffic) (Average of the last three years)

 

Category	Statistics
Number of Graduates	43
Postgraduate Enrollment	28
Overseas Study	2
Employment Rate (%)	97

 

Representative Institutions for Postgraduate Studies (Last 3 Years):

• Tsinghua University

• Tongji University

• Southeast University

• Southwest Jiaotong University

• Sun Yat-sen University

• South China University of Technology

Representative Institutions for Overseas Study (Last 3 Years):

• National University of Singapore (NUS)

• TU Dresden (Dresden University of Technology)

• University of Leeds

• Waseda University

Representative Employers (Last 3 Years):

• Metro Operation Companies: Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Wuhan, Nanning, etc.

• Railway Bureaus: China Railway Guangzhou Group, China Railway Chengdu Group, etc.