International Traffic Management (Engineering)

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NHTV offers three English-taught international programmes in the field of mobility and logistics. You start with a joint first year. When you opt for International Traffic Management, you will be trained for roles like mobility manager, mobility consultant, traffic researcher and transport planner.

Traffic is an internationally developing specialism. It concerns pedestrians, bikes, cars, busses as well as trucks, trains and plains. The traffic situation in the Netherlands is (one of) the safest in the world. Combined with the fact that the number of bikes is larger than the number of inhabitants, it makes the Dutch infrastructure an interesting subject for cases/assignments.

Study lay out

In the first and second year, you complete projects, courses, training courses and coaching sessions. In the third year you carry out two work placements, both for three months at for example an advisory agency. In the second trimester of that year you deepen your theoretical knowledge. In the fourth year you take a number of specialist classes and work on your graduation assignment for an international company in the Netherlands or abroad, where the business language is English.

In the first two academic years you can earn two credits by completing a course or practical component which you can choose yourself. Consider, for example, participating in an international study trip. At the moment, study trips to Dubai, Cape Town and Arizona are available. Other destinations are Berlin, Scotland, Barcelona and Ireland.

Fast tracks

The regular track of this programme takes four years, but a fast track is available for Dutch students with a vwo diploma or relevant mbo diploma (level 4). German students might be considered for the fast track if they have Hochschulereifezeugnis. Do you already have a (propaedeutic) certificate from another higher education institution or university in the Netherlands? If so, you may be allowed to follow the fast track programme.

Course planning

Together with your fellow students from the logistic programmes, you become acquainted with the professional fields of mobility and logistics. In groups, you deal with real-life assignments. For example you will research the options for sustainable modes of transport or design infrastructure for public spaces and residential areas.

Year 1 and 2

In the first and second year you deal with courses and projects, specific to traffic and transport. For example you will have a project where you will learn how to advise about improvements on the traffic systems, its surroundings, and everything that influences the good operation of systems. Or a project where you will learn how to research the motives of people, the use of facilities, and the effect of changes in traffic and/or environment.

Courses and topics during these years are among others:

• Road Design
• Urban Planning
• Cycle Planning
• Public Transportation
• Traffic Regulation
• Traffic Safety
• Parking
• Research Methodology
• Land Exploitation
• Environment
• Project Management

In the first two academic years you can earn two credits by completing a course or practical component which you can choose yourself. Consider, for example, participating in an international study trip. At the moment, study trips to Dubai, Cape Town and Arizona are available. Other destinations are Berlin, Scotland, Barcelona and Ireland.

Year 3

The third year is a combination of working practice and studying at NHTV. You’ll have two times an internship with a period of three months, for example a governmental organization. These placements provide you with on-the-job experience and allow you to learn as you work at a company that matches your interests and ambitions. Between the training period you get courses which give you more thorough knowledge of mobility.

Examples of the courses are:

• Simulation of Traffic
• Predicting Future Traffic Volumes
• Public Transport
• Traffic Safety
• Project Management

Year 4

In the first half of the final year you gain in-depth knowledge of the different subjects and the topics wille be more integrated.

Examples of the subjects are:

• Project Management
• Research Methodology
• Simulation of Traffic
• Infulence People's Traffic Behaviour

In the second half of the fourth year you carry out a 20-week graduation project.

Academic degree in one year

In the fourth year, all NHTV students are offered the chance to study a pre-master's programme in Strategic Business Management and Marketing. This degree enables you to continue with a Master of Science programme at several universities and earn a Master of Science (MSc) degree in one year's time.

Exchange programmes

Studying abroad for a while gives you the opportunity of broadening your horizons. You live in an international environment, meet people with different cultural backgrounds and learn a lot. In addition, you can considerably enhance your command of modern foreign languages. The long and the short of it is that studying abroad is a wonderful opportunity... Why not seize it?

In the fourth year you can follow part of your studies abroad in, for instance Hong Kong.

NHTV has built partnerships with a large number of universities all over the world who will be happy to accommodate your exchange.

Work Placement

All students perform two placements, both lasting for three months. These placements provide you with on-the-job- experience and allow you to learn as you work at a company that matches your interests and ambitions.
Your placement can be at an international company in the Netherlands or abroad, where the business language is English. Multinationals, consultancy firms or government services are examples of suitable companies.

Your placement assignment may be, for example:

• A bicycle routes user satisfaction survey
• Designing a traffic monitoring system
• A study of how traffic signs are used on motorways

Graduation

In the second semester of the fourth year you carry out a 20-week graduation project. As with your placement, the graduation assignment will be at an international company in the Netherlands or abroad, where the business language is English.

Examples of possible graduation assignments are:

• Researching travel time estimations in traffic jams with the help of GSM signals
• Traffic education via the digital highway
• Research into leisure-related traffic in a given area

Accreditation

Accredited by: NVAO in: Netherlands

Funding details

Scholarships / Grants:

China Scholarship Counsil:
The scholarship programme is designed for good quality Chinese students who want to study or do research in the Netherlands for an academic year either during or after their studies in China. The main purpose of the China Programme is the exchange of talented Chinese and Dutch students.
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NHTV Breda:
Per year there is a limited number of scholarships available for non-EU/EEA-students to contribute in the costs of the tuition fee.
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