Geography and Transport Studies

Ever wondered how to plan transport to beat traffic jams, make buses and trains work, and deliver all those online orders? how do we make cities sustainable and healthy at the same time as providing access to jobs? this course explores transport’s essential contribution to quality of life, and how to resolve problems it causes for society. our geography with transport studies ba course explores how transport contributes to quality of life, but also causes problems for society – an issue that has taken it to the top of the political agenda.

ELP programs are offered by universities or pathway institutions to assist students in achieving the language proficiency required for academic studies. You can get admitted to your course with a lower language requirement if you do an ELP program.

An industrial placement year is a great way to help you decide what kind of career you might like when you graduate. as well as giving you the opportunity to develop your skills, you’ll gain a real insight into working life in a particular company or sector. with the help and support of our dedicated employability team, you can choose to undertake a salaried industrial placement year at one of the 100+ companies that we work with. if you decide to undertake a placement year this will extend your period of study by 12 months and, on successful completion, you will be awarded the ‘industrial’ variant in your degree title to demonstrate your added experience to future employers. below are examples of placements our students have recently completed: aecom, transport planning and development team crosscountry, train planning student crosscountry, performance placement student network rail, revenue management northern train operator, operations improvements placement stagecoach, rail analyst wsp, undergraduate transport planner tui, online merchandising placement during your industrial placement you will have an industrial supervisor from within the company, plus an academic supervisor who will keep in touch throughout your placement.

• Type: Optional

• Duration: 12 Months

• Fees: Contact us for up-to-date information

A degree from leeds and the experience you'll gain here will give you the edge to find the career you want. your course will give you the experience and knowledge that employers are looking for to help you secure a graduate job. university of leeds students are among the top 5 most targeted by top employers according to the graduate market 2021, high fliers research. if you choose to study geography with transport studies at leeds, you can be confident that you’re not only joining a university whose graduates are targeted by top employers, but that as geography with transport studies graduates, your employment opportunities couldn’t be more exciting and wide-ranging. examples of recent graduate destinations include: british airways deloitte environment agency ibm mott macdonald royal geographical society thames water transport for greater manchester world health organisation

Work while you study

You can also work on a UK student visa, from 10 to 20 hours per week during the academic year, 40 hours per week or full-time during vacations.

Partnerships

Most universities in England have partnerships with different companies and organisations to ensure their students get enough professional training as students. In addition to increasing their students' chances to get hired by one of the universities. University of Leeds has partnerships with the following companies: