Texas A&M University in College Station offers a graduate program in transportation engineering at its Texas Transportation Institute (TTI). Students attending TTI have a chance to study at the largest university-affiliated transportation research agency in the country. The institute has formed a cooperative partnership with the Texas Department of Transportation that helps students in this program gain real-world experience in their studies.
Transportation engineering students in this graduate program are given the opportunity to work and interact with the staff of the Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS), one of the world's leading centers for transportation research, education and scholarship. Many faculty members affiliated with this program also play leadership roles in their industry and introduce students to related transportation disciplines including civil and industrial engineering, city and regional planning, and operations research. ITS also offers a doctoral program in transportation engineering.
The transportation engineering graduate program at Ohio State, in Columbus, is an extension of the university's department of civil and environmental engineering and geodetic science. Students enrolled in this program are offered a wide variety of courses including intelligent transportation systems, traffic surveillance and control, and the application of advanced technologies to transportation problems. Students enrolled in this graduate program can choose to continue their education by entering the doctoral program in transportation engineering.
Transportation engineering students in the graduate program at the University of Florida, in Gainesville, work in partnership with the Transportation Research Center (TRC) of Florida, giving them the opportunity to get involved in various aspects of research in their field. TRC has been named a Tier 1 University Transportation Center by the federal Department of Transportation. The University of Florida transportation engineering program is also part of the Southeastern Transportation Center consortium, which is dedicated to addressing the transportation needs of the region and nation.
Oregon State University, in Corvallis, offers a graduate program in transportation engineering that can lead to the master of science degree and the Ph.D. This program is dedicated to provide both a broad understanding of transportation concepts and a comprehension of scientific and technical knowledge to address transportation issues. Students are encouraged to develop their own learning programs to meet their needs and interests.
The School of Civil Engineering at Purdue, in West Lafayette, Indiana, offers students of its transportation engineering program a direct tie to Indiana's Geographic Information System. This helps provide students with up-to-date knowledge for modeling and planning applications in its extensive transportation computation laboratory. The transportation computation laboratory is complete with an airport simulator that allows for research on the current designs of airspace, airside and landside facilities as well as hands-on traffic simulation devices.