Mobility and Transport Systems (Bachelor)

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Mobility and transportation are of great importance today and in the future. Everyone expects affordable mobility and perfectly functioning transportation systems. Mobility and transportation are fundamental components of society, indispensable for trade and the economy, inconvenient for some, interesting for others and systemically relevant for all.

Digitalization, automation and climate protection pose major challenges for the transport sector. In order to be able to plan, measure and design complex, networked and innovative transport systems against this background, the degree program teaches overarching transport science skills, content and methods from the natural and engineering sciences, environmental sciences, Business Administration and Economics, psychology and social sciences, each with reference to transport and mobility topics.

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Luftfahrt Simulator — © Benjamin Jenak, TUD

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Degree	Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)
Standard period of study	6 semesters
Part-time study	possible (50 %)
Numerus clausus	no NC
Start of studies	Winter semester (October 1)
Application deadline	June 1 - September 15* *April 1 - July 15 for international applicants

Occupational Fields

Studying Traffic and Transportation Science means job security! 70 percent of our students have their first permanent job while still studying or directly at the end of their studies. Almost all of our graduates enter attractive career paths after three months of job search at the latest. Career planning and orientation is a top priority for us even during our studies - with an annual in-house carreer fair, job portal, alumni association, and much more.

Infografik: Unsere Absolventen kommen gemäß einer Umfrage aus 2022 zu 14 % in Forschungseinrichtungen, zu 13 % in Behörden und öffentlichen Verwaltungen und zu 65 % in Unternehmen der Verkehrsbranche, darunter Bahn- und Schienenverkehr, ÖPNV, Logistik und Transport, Verkehrsinfrastruktur, Luft- und Raumfahrt oder Fahrzeugindustrie und Straßenverkehr, unter.

Inforgrafik: Unsere Absolventen kommen gemäß einer Umfrage zu 49 % über Kontakte aus dem Studium, zu 41 % über eine Bewerbung bei einem Unternehmen und zu 10 % auf einem anderen Weg zu einem Job.

Infografik: Unsere Absolventen haben gemäß einer Umfrage zu 56 % noch während des Studiums einen Job, zu 14 % direkt zu Ende des Studiums, zu 19 % bis 3 Monate nach Ende des Studiums und zu 11 % nach mehr als 3 Monaten.

Infografik: Unsere Absolventen sind gemäß einer Umfrage zu 47 % sehr zufrieden mit ihrem Job, zu 41 % zufrieden, zu 9 % nur teilweise zufrieden und zu 3 % unzufrieden.

Infografik: Unsere Absolventen würden gemäß einer Umfrage zu 69 % nocheinmal Verkehr an der TU Dresden studieren.

Possible occupational fields:

Transportation departments at government authorities on municipal, state, and federal level
Institutions with assignments in planning and operating road, rail, and water transportation facilities
Public transportation companies
Railroad industry and companies
Air transportation companies
Conveyance and trading companies, freight distribution centers
Planning, consulting, and design companies working in the fields of transportation, communications, and logistics
Research institutes in the fields of transportation, urban and regional planning, and environmental protection
University research and teaching

Content

The course begins with general engineering fundamentals such as mathematics, physics and computer science. At the same time, you learn about road, rail and air transportation systems in introductory courses. Transport Economics, Logistics, Transport Psychology and Transport Ecology round off the first semester.

Once you have acquired a broad knowledge of transport and mobility, you can choose a field of study, which you can deepen from the fourth semester onwards:

🗺️ Mobility Planning
💻 Intelligent transportation systems
⚡ Electromobility
🚆 Rail systems and public transport
✈️ Air traffic

In addition to the relevant content, soft skills and management skills are also taught throughout the course. Internships, excursions and academic work round off the course.

What do graduates say?

»In engineering offices, you work on a variety of transportation projects, so the tasks are diversified and stay interesting.«

»My work at the courthouse allows me to improve the local transportation systems and do good for my local community.«

»What I find exciting about my work is that we are able to design and shape the transportation systems of the next decade. In addition, we work on improving rail stations and their accessibility.«

»While working at the transportation company, I have a good overview and am able to influence the entire system. There are often many ways to solve a problem quickly and efficiently.«

»In my research, I have benefitted a lot from the professional training of the degree program. TU Dresden’s range of courses and degrees are internationally renowned in the field of transportation and traffic science.«

Admission requirements

To be admitted to the degree program, applicants must have completed a general university entrance qualification (Abitur) or a comparable university entrance qualification.

International applicants and German applicants with a foreign university entrance qualification are kindly advised to read the requirements for German-language courses.

Applicants with foreign higher education entrance qualifications that do not allow immediate admission to a university in Germany, can attend a Studienkolleg (preparatory college) to acquire the subject-specific university entrance qualification. Please find further information on the Studienkolleg pages.
This degree program relates to the following specialized course at the Studienkolleg: T-course.

Apply now!

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Application period:
June 1^st - September 15^th
April 1^st - July 15^th for international applications

Bachelor's degree program Mobility and Transport Systems in the TU Dresden study information system

Multimedia insights into studying

In the "Sitzgelegenheit" format, students from our faculty are asked interesting and sometimes piquant questions from the TUD community. Why is Deutsche Bahn always late? What is your favorite means of transport and what do you think transport will look like in the future?

Excitement in the railroad laboratory: Victor is in his 3rd semester of Transport Engineering at TU Dresden. He has been interested in railroads since he was a child, which is why he decided to study. alpha Uni accompanied him on a simulation in the railroad laboratory.

Interview with a MINT scholarship holder (2nd semester)
Malvine Barchfeld has been studying Transport Engineering in Dresden since the winter semester 2022/23. The 20-year-old from near Mannheim is a STEM scholarship holder at TU Dresden. In an interview for "Verkehrslage", she tells us what brought her to Dresden and what small hurdles and surprises her start to her studies entailed. Continue to the interview

How can cycling be made safer and more attractive? Cycling is climate-friendly and keeps you healthy. What's more, cycling infrastructure requires less space than other forms of mobility. However, for more people to get on their bikes, cycling must become safe, fast and comfortable. In the "Good Question" , scientists from TU Dresden talk about their research on bicycles.

Transportation plays a central role in our lives. Julia Maria Engelbrecht is a transportation researcher at the Faculty of Transportation Sciences at TU Dresden. Among other things, she deals with the question of how cars can communicate with each other so that fewer accidents happen on our roads.

Good questions about autonomous driving: In this episode of "Good Question", experts from TU Dresden talk about the current status of autonomous driving in Germany, what technical requirements the cars need and what infrastructure is needed on the roads. And what about the ethics surrounding autonomous driving?