Program Overview

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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

• Duration: 1 year
• Attendance: Full-time - September 2025, Part-time day release - September 2025, Part-time day - January 2026, Full-time - January 2026, Full-time - September 2026, Part-time day release - September 2026
• UK Fees: £6,750 *
• International Fees: £10,750 *
• Alumni Discount: See details
• 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

You will study three core modules and three option modules. You will learn through a lively mix of tutorials, seminars, workshops, group projects and independent research – with a focus on interactive discussion. You will develop statistics and data analysis skills in our well-equipped computer labs.

Core Modules

Transport Policy and Politics

This module introduces you to debates within transport policy and politics past, present and future. It draws on material from different disciplines in placing a range of relevant controversies, ideas and issues within their theoretical, policy and political contexts.

• Credits: 20

Transport Economics

Through this module you will examine the application of relevant economic principles to the transport sector, including fundamental topics of transport economics and new frontiers in the field.

• Credits: 20

Analysing Transport Data

This module introduces you to the use of secondary quantitative data in the transport context. You will analyse real-life transport datasets, such as police injury data, travel surveys, and Census travel-to-work data, using advanced Excel techniques and specialist statistical software.

• Credits: 20

Option Modules

Airline and Airport Management

The module explores the nature of demand for air travel and prospects for the future. It considers the role of economic regulation and impact of deregulation.

• Credits: 20

Land Use, Planning and Transport

The module focuses on the interaction between transport and land-use, including the effect of land-use on travel patterns and the contribution of transport to development.

• Credits: 20

Streets, Places and Active Transport

This module focuses on traffic and streets, where traffic refers to a range of urban transport modes. It covers movement and place functions in urban contexts, including tensions within and between each.

• Credits: 20

Freight Transport and Logistics Services

In this module you will examine the changing market for freight transport and logistics services in a European and increasingly global context.

• Credits: 20

Environmental Policy, Assessment and Climate Change

This module provides background on environmental policy and climate change. It sets out the theoretical framework to start with, and then the international context for sustainable development, energy efficiency and climate change.

• Credits: 20

Modifying Transport Behaviour: Theory, Practice and Politics

This module will provide a compelling insight into the state of the art of modifying behaviour in transport, from well-established interventions (such as speed limits) to relatively new ones (such as personal travel planning).

• Credits: 20

Programme Specification

For more details on course structure, modules, teaching and assessment, download the programme specification (PDF).

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.
• 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.

Recognition of Prior Learning and Experience

If you have previously studied at university level, or have equivalent work experience, academic credit may be awarded towards your course at Westminster.

Application Process

Visit our How to apply page for more information on the application process, what you need to apply, and deadlines for applications.

Fees and Funding

• UK Tuition Fee: £6,750 (Price per academic year)
• International Tuition Fee: £10,750 (Price per academic year)

Teaching and Assessment

Teaching methods across all our postgraduate courses focus on active student learning through lectures, seminars, workshops, problem-based and blended learning, and where appropriate practical application.

Research Groups

Our research achieves real-world impact and we are proud to claim a rich and diverse profile of high-quality research and knowledge exchange in a wide range of disciplines.

Supporting You

Our Student Hub is where you’ll find out about the services and support we offer, helping you get the best out of your time with us.

Course Location

In the heart of London, our Marylebone Campus is home to the Westminster Business School and our Architecture, Planning and Tourism courses. Specialist workshops, dedicated digital and architecture studios, and our extensive Marylebone Library offer students everything they need for academic success.

Other Transport Planning Courses

The 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.

If you take the Transport Planning Postgraduate Diploma (detailed on this page), you will need to complete six modules (totalling at least 120 credits) from the Transport Planning MSc.

If you take the Transport Planning MSc, you will need to complete six modules (totalling 120 credits) from the available options as well as the Dissertation (60 credits).