Smart transport and logistics for cities
3.275.03.04 Smart transport and logistics for cities
Qualification awarded: master in transport technology (by types)
Entry year: 2021
Mode of study: full
Program duration: 1 year 9 month
Institute: Institute of Mechanical Engineering and Transport
Number of credits: 120 ECTS credits
Level of qualification according to the National Qualification Framework and the European Qualifications Framework: NQF Level 7 (Second cycle of QF-EHEA / EQF Level 7)
Field(s) of study: Transport services
Specific admission requirements: Define in Admission Regulations in every current year of admission
Specific arrangements for recognition of prior learning: Provided that the previous level
was obtained in another country,
the nostrification that is
conducted by Lviv Polytechnic
National University is necessary
Qualification requirements and regulations, including graduation requirements: Carrying out of curriculum
Characteristics of the educational program: Educational-research program is based on results of modern knowledge in smart transport and logistics in cities, urban passenger transport, traffic flows simulation, road traffic management, freight transportation, management of traffic flows in city centers, impact of persons and environment on safety and stability of city logistics and also the effectiveness of city transport systems that deepens professional outlook and provides the framework for further professional and scientific career.
Gained competence: - improvement of approaches and methods for research and management of functioning of the integrated transport systems;
- justification of reasonability of measures for transport technologies improvement with the use of transport processes simulation. Conduct an assessment of effectiveness of chosen measures;
- justify the reasonability of implementation of modern technologies of freight forwarding service;
- improve approaches and methods for conducting the commercial, technical, social, ecological, institutional, financial and economic analysis during development innovative and investment projects;
- analyze and justify the implementation of the modern methods, have an ability to conduct an analysis and calculation of economic operating rates of supply chains and logistic centers. Use informational resources for performance the modeling of supply chains;
- elaborate measures for management of freight transportation using simulation of processes of freight transportation by means of transport;
- elaborate measures for management of passenger transportation using simulation of processes of freight transportation by means of transport;
- analyze and justify expediency of scientific recommendations appliance and modern methods of vehicle movement management;
- have skills of investigation the theoretical and experimental models of management of reliability and effectiveness of transport technologies by means of transport;
- justify the expediency of application of modern methods of navigation in transport technologies by means of transport.
- analyze and develop methods of transport processes research;
- simulate material and transport flows;
- find optimal solutions of application of smart transport and logistics in cities;
- estimate the effectiveness of city transport systems;
- analyze and simulate traffic flows in city centers;
- estimate and forecast the parameters of material and human flows;
- estimate existing and develop progressive methods of traffic flow management;
- forecast and design systems of smart transport in cities;
- forecast the development of transport services market;
- estimate the influence of people and environment on the safety and stability of city logistics.
- ability to communicate including oral and written communication in Ukrainian language and at least one of the common foreign languages;
- ability to carry out explanatory and awareness-building work among different groups and segments of population with the aim of using the smart transport and logistics in cities;
- ability to describe the results of scientific research on smart transport and logistics in publications in national and foreign specialized publications.
Academic mobility: Between Lviv Polytechnic National University and other universities
Work placement(s): Practical training on the theme of master's qualifying thesis
Programme director: PhD in Technical Sciences, Associate Professor at Transport Technologies department Vologymyr Kovalyshyn
Occupational profiles of graduates: The graduate is able to perform professional work in the following groups of occupations (according to DK 003: 2010):
- heads of enterprises, institutions and organizations;
- heads of small enterprises without top management;
- teachers/lecturers;
- other professionals;
- other experts.
Access to further studies: Obtaining third (educational and scientific / educational and creative) level
Other program features: The program is implemented in Ukrainian and partly in English. University-partners (ERP): 1. Universita degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata 2. Universita degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza” 3. Hochschule Wismar, University of Applied Science: Technology, Business and Design 4. Silesian University of Technology 5. Georgian Technical University 6. LEPL Teaching University-Batumi State Maritime Academy 7. O.M.Beketov National University of Urban Economy in Kharkiv 8. National Transport University 9. Zhytomyr State Technological University 10. Institute Of Market Problems And Economical And Ecological Research