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The Institute for Transport Studies (ITS) is a school within the Environment Faculty of the University of Leeds in the UK. The institute is one of the leading centres for teaching and research in transport in the United Kingdom, and attracts a number of students from outside the UK for its Masters and PhD programmes.
The University of Leeds first offered a Transport Planning & Engineering Masters programme in 1965, and this evolved by 1972 into a fully fledged Institute within the university. [1]
The institute is based on University Road, within the main University of Leeds campus, housing approximately 70 academic staff. ITS received royal recognition in 2009 by winning a prestigious Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education - the prize was awarded for "sustained excellence - 40 years' impact in transport research and teaching." [2]
Teaching at ITS focuses on three levels, with perhaps the best known of these being the Masters programmes, which attract students from around the world.
Undergraduate programmes are offered in conjunction with other departments of the University of Leeds, such as Geography and the Business School. A range of ITS elective modules are available for students from any discipline and staff of the Institute regularly teach on undergraduate modules hosted in other Faculties. www.its.leeds.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate
ITS offers six Masters programmes, available as 1 year of full-time study, or 2–3 years part-time study:
These are considered amongst the best available in the world, and attract students from around the world including from a number of European, Asian, America, and African countries.
After graduating, many full-time students obtain jobs in transport consultancy, whereas part-time students are often already working in transport planning for a consultancy or a local authority. www.its.leeds.ac.uk/courses/employability
PhD research at ITS attracts students from around the world, and ITS supervised students can now be attached to a Doctoral Research Centre (DTC). Research students are highly valued within ITS and despite often being at the early stages of their careers, are expected to make important contributions. Each student is encouraged to play an active role in the range of activities undertaken both within and across Research Groups. www.its.leeds.ac.uk/courses/phd
(www.its.leeds.ac.uk/research)
ITS is one of the world's leading international centres for transport research. Research accounts for around two-thirds of all ITS activity and ranges from blue-skies exploration of new concepts through to applied research and work commissioned by specific clients.
ITS research is particularly notable for its breadth and depth, the international quality of which has been verified by the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) stretching back over a period of 20 years. This is a function both of the size and nature of ITS; the inter- and multi-disciplinary approach brings together researchers of various backgrounds and means that ITS has the capability to research any given topic from a combination of differing perspectives.
ITS research is sponsored by a wide variety of organisations, including the UK Department for Transport, the European Commission, and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.
The University of Leeds Driving Simulator (UoLDS) is one of the most advanced worldwide in a research environment and allows research into driver behaviour to be performed in accurately controlled and repeatable laboratory conditions. UoLDS is a major research facility and was established in 2006 at a cost of over £1m. It provides the scope to undertake a wide variety of research, including much that would not be safe, ethical or cost effective to do on real roads. It is supported and operated by an expert team, who can tailor virtual scenarios and experimental data collection to the exact requirements of a particular investigation. Research projects include:
The institute has around 60 staff members, consisting primarily of academic staff (teaching/research) and support staff. The precise number fluctuates, as ITS welcomes visiting academics on a regular basis, whom typically stay for periods of 1–12 months.
Academic staff are organised into 5 research groups:
The Director of the Institute for Transport Studies is Professor Richard Batley. As the 9th Director of ITS, Professor Batley succeeded Professor Greg Marsden, taking up the directorship in September 2016 for a five-year term of office. Previous postholders include Professors Mark Wardman, Oliver Carsten, Tony May, Peter Mackie, Chris Nash, Ken Gwilliam, Coleman O’Flaherty. www.its.leeds.ac.uk/people
The vast majority of ITS graduates go on to take up employment in the transport sector, commonly but not limited to, roles in academia, consultancy, government and operators. Prominent UK-based alumni include:
Internationally:
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