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Transport engineers work to make our everyday travel smarter and faster.

They harness the power of big data analytics to learn more about how people travel around cities, and design new ways to shape their movement to reduce the density and congestion of our transport networks.

The expanding information environment is also being harnessed by transport engineers to drive future mobility innovations such as integration of autonomous and electric vehicles, and use of predictive video analytics to identify and prevent crashes.

Specialisations

To study this major, you'll have to choose an engineering specialisation first. The transport engineering major is available to study within the civil engineering specialisation.

Highlights

1 in Queensland for civil and structural engineering

QS World University Rankings 2023

45 in the world for civil and structural engineering

QS World University Rankings 2023

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Career possibilities

Our programs prepare you for your first job and beyond. Here are some of the careers you could be on your way to:

  • Transport engineer
  • Traffic engineer
  • Project engineer
  • Civil engineer

Early-career salary

Traffic Engineer

$60K–$92K

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Mid-career salary

Transportation Engineer

$63K–$96K

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How you'll learn

Your learning experiences are designed to best suit the learning outcomes of the courses you choose.

  • Lectures
  • Tutorials
  • Work placements
  • Overseas study
  • Laboratory work
  • Fieldwork
  • Workshops

What you'll study

At UQ, subjects are called 'courses'. Here's a sample of the courses you could study:

  • Sustainable Transport Engineering
  • Network Modelling
  • Travel Behavioural Modelling
  • Traffic Analysis and Simulation

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