BSc Transport Management

3 years full-time / 4 years full-time with integrated placement year

UCAS Code: N921

Typical offer level
A Level: BBB-ABB
BTEC National Diploma: DDD in relevant National Diploma
IB: 32 points

Specific subject requirements
A Level: Business or Economics preferred
General Studies accepted
GCSE: Maths Grade C and English Grade C
A suitable combination of two A Level and two AS Level subjects may be accepted

Tuition fees: £9,000 (£1,000 during placement year) for UK/EU students. (2013).  More on fees

Transport and distribution are of crucial importance to our economy and society, and are being brought sharper into focus with issues such as congestion and public transport in the news virtually every day. 

Our Transport Management programmes examine the economic, operational, societal and environmental issues related to the transport and distribution industries.

Coupled with a detailed knowledge and understanding of the transport and distribution industries, you will gain the professional, academic and management skills necessary to enter any sector of the industry, and to move between sectors during your career. 

Our programme is designed as a general management degree, using examples, illustrations and case studies from the transport and distribution industries. Your studies will incorporate all the relevant management skills: accounting, marketing, human resources and operations management. All are set within the context of the transport related industries, including passenger and freight modes. Your business skills will also be enhanced by courses such as economics, data analysis, operations research, computing and information management.

Year 1

Modules

• LT1301 Introduction to Logistics
• LT1302 Planning & Controlling Logistics
• LT1305 Law
• LT1307 Principles of Economics
• LT1308 Financial Accounting
• EC110A Study Skills
• LT1312 Literature Review Project
• LT1313 Marketing Goods & Services
• SE1500 Introduction to Business Management

Year 2

Modules

• LT2201 Transport Planning Systems
• LT2202 Environmental Economics
• LT2306 Project Management
• LT2307 Operational Research 1
• LT2308 Management Accounting
• LT2310 European Transport
• LT2311 Maritime Transport
• LT2312 Database Management
• LT2314 Multimodal Transport Management
• LT3402 Implementing Transport Policy
• HE208E Environmental Managements & Audit

Year 3 - Optional placement year

See placement year section or find out more about the Aston placement year.

Final Year

Modules

• EC310A Final Year Project
• LT3201 Passenger Service Provision
• LT3204 Traffic and Transport Engineering
• LT3306 Human Resource Management
• LT3307 Operational Research II
• LT3315 International Trade Law
• LT3318 GIS
• LT3319 Air Transport
• LT3320 Contemporary Issues in Supply Chains
• LT3401 Transport Impact Assessment

Career Prospects

The tremendous growth and changes in transport activity have created an increased demand for transport managers. Career prospects for our graduates are good, and the breadth of our degree programmes ensures that job opportunities are available for men and women throughout the whole range of transport activities.

Approximately one third of our graduates seek careers in nontransport areas. Typically these include the retail and financial sectors.

Recent graduate positions include:

• Arriva - Marketing Assistant
• First Group - Management Trainee
• Intel Corporation - Transportation Analyst
• JMP Consulting Ltd - Graduate Transport Planner
• Post Office - Graduate Management Programme
• Intel - Transport Analyst
• National Express Group - Graduate Trainee
• South West Trains - Graduate Trainee
• Stagecoach UK - Graduate Management Trainee
• TNT Logistics - Graduate Trainee
• Oscar Faber Group - Transport Consultants
• Network Rail - Graduate Trainees
• Atkins - Transport Planner

Personal Development

During the course of your studies you will be involved in several individual and group project. These are designed to develop individual skills needed to work within the logistics and transport industry after your graduation.  There is a wide range of skills involved in project work such as communication, written and verbal, organisational and management skills. Team work may teach you how to compromise as well.

You will benefit from a wide range of teaching and learning methods, including:

• lectures, tutorials and project work
• planning exercises, simulations, computer packages
• company and site visits
• assessment by a combination of continuous assessment, such as coursework and tests (25%) and end-of-year exams (around 75%).

Your final degree classification is determined by your performance in the second and final year.

This course is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT). Graduates who become Chartered Members (CMILT) are eligible to request a CPC National and International in Road Haulage. Following professional experience after graduation you will be eligible for Chartered Fellow Membership (FCILT).  Your placement year is fully recognized as professional experience. The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport offers a prize money to our best students.

For further information, see the programme specification (PDF).

At the end of the second year, you can choose to benefit from a paid twelve month professional placement. This Optional Sandwich Year, in relevant employment, will be arranged with the help of our placement tutor. We have excellent links with the transport and distribution industry and can offer a wide range of opportunities spanning all aspects of the sector.  The placement year can be taken in the UK or abroad and some placement allowances are available.  In most cases placement students are offered graduate employment.
Our current and recent placement employers include: Chiltern Railways, Department for Transport, Tube Lines. 

Find out more about placement years at Aston.

National and International in Road Haulage. Following professional experience after graduation you will be eligible for Chartered Fellow Membership (FCILT). Your placement year is fully recognized as professional experience.

Constant Iannacci
I  graduated from University of Lyon in 1992 with a D.E.S.S.(Masters) in International Trade and Management, specialising in Logistics.  Following this I joined a freight forwarding company in Macon and later moved into teaching in the Burgundy area of France.  My main position was as lecturer in International Trade and Logistics  but I also acted as consultant for local businesses moving into and expanding their export operations.  In 2001 I joined Aston University and have designed and delivered modules such as Maritime Transport, Vehicle Fleet Operations, Marketing Research, European Union Institutions and European Union Transport Policies, Supply Chain Management and recently Multimodal Transport Management..  As well as teaching I also currently hold the position of Programme Director for the Undergraduate courses in Logistics and Transport. I am also the Industrial Placement Tutor.

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