Program Overview

Transport Planning PG Diploma

Overview

The Transport Planning Postgraduate Diploma is a highly practical course that equips practitioners with the technical and critical thinking skills to help shape healthier, safer, more sustainable transport systems and policies.

Course Details

• Attendance: Part-time day - January 2026, Full-time - September 2025, Part-time day release - September 2025, Full-time - January 2026, Full-time - September 2026, Part-time day release - September 2026
• UK Fees: £1,125 (Price per 20-credit module)
• International Fees: £1,785 (Price per 20-credit module)
• Alumni Discount: See details
• Duration: 2 years
• Campus: Marylebone, Central London

Course Summary

The course can be taken full or part-time, and is designed both for people already working in transport planning and those who are looking to enter the sector. Those who obtain the Diploma have the option of pursuing the MSc in Transport Planning by undertaking a dissertation project.

Course Structure

• Core Modules:
  • Transport Policy and Politics (20 credits)
  • Transport Economics (20 credits)
  • Analysing Transport Data (20 credits)
• Option Modules:
  • Airline and Airport Management (20 credits)
  • Land Use, Planning and Transport (20 credits)
  • Streets, Places and Active Transport (20 credits)
  • Freight Transport and Logistics Services (20 credits)
  • Environmental Policy, Assessment and Climate Change (20 credits)
  • Modifying Transport Behaviour: Theory, Practice and Politics (20 credits)

Entry Requirements

• UK:
  • A minimum of a lower second class honours degree (2:2) in a relevant subject area
  • Any relevant transport experience would further enhance your application
  • Part-time students should normally be employed within a relevant sector of transport for the duration of the course
  • If your first language is not English, you should have an IELTS 6.5 with at least 6.5 in writing and no element below 6.0
• International:
  • A minimum of a lower second class honours degree (2:2) in a relevant subject area
  • Any relevant transport experience would further enhance your application
  • Part-time students should normally be employed within a relevant sector of transport for the duration of the course
  • If your first language is not English, you should have an IELTS 6.5 with at least 6.5 in writing and no element below 6.0

Teaching and Assessment

• Teaching Methods:
  • Lectures
  • Seminars
  • Workshops
  • Problem-based and blended learning
  • Practical application
• Assessment:
  • Practical: examples include presentations, podcasts, blogs
  • Coursework: examples include essays, in-class tests, portfolios, dissertation

Research Groups

• Active Travel Academy
• Mobilities and Transport Research Group

Supporting You

• Study Support: workshops, 1-2-1 support and online resources to help improve your academic and research skills
• Personal Tutors: support you in fulfilling your academic and personal potential
• Student Advice Team: provide specialist advice on a range of issues including funding, benefits and visas
• Extra-Curricular Activities: volunteering opportunities, sports and fitness activities, student events and more

Course Location

• Marylebone Campus: home to the Westminster Business School and our Architecture, Planning and Tourism courses
• Location: opposite Baker Street tube station and within easy walking distance of Regent's Park and Marylebone High Street

Other Transport Planning Courses

• Transport Planning Postgraduate Certificate: requires you to complete the modules on Transport Policy and Politics, Transport Economics, and one additional 20-credit module from the Transport Planning MSc course
• Transport Planning MSc: requires you to complete six modules (totalling 120 credits) from the available options as well as the Dissertation (60 credits)