Sustainable Mobility
What is it?
The new master´s degree program Sustainable Mobility (M. Eng.) is the first mobility program in Germany that focuses on bicycle traffic. The program pools expertise on cycling mobility and its main actors from various universities, as it is a cooperation between the RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, the Darmstadt University and the Mittelhessen University of Applied Sciences THM. What makes the program unique is that it includes two endowed professorships by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure dedicated to bicycle traffic.
The Sustainable Mobility master´s program conveys all relevant skills for the mobility turnaround with particular emphasis on sustainable means of transport and other aspects of the sustainability discourse. The objective is training future researchers (especially in view of the research center for mobility and logistics) as well as specialists for management positions in the public or private sector. The master´s program follows an interdisciplinary approach. Graduates gain engineering skills in planning, designing and operating integrated traffic systems as well as skills in social sciences (mobility behavior in relation to gender and diversity and traffic policies) and economics (economic preconditions for mobility and traffic). Graduates will be able to develop integrated and implementable strategies to promote sustainable means of transportation, in particular cycling, while considering the rationales of all public and private actors involved in designing mobility.
What can I do with it?
The Sustainable Mobility degree program leads to a Master of Engineering (M. Eng.) that prepares you for the key tasks in designing sustainable mobility. These are: planning, designing and operating traffic systems based on sustainable means of transport and how the processes are interlinked, mobility management, handling innovative business models and dealing with current social and scientific discourses in traffic and mobility.
Graduates are qualified for tasks in planning and managing municipalities, engineering offices, transport companies and associations as well as offices in companies specialized in mobility. They can assume responsibilities in a wide variety of fields in traffic and infrastructure planning as well as mobility management.
For degree-seeking students: detailed information on admission requirements, application deadlines, etc. can be found on the German language variant of this page.
Admission
Admission to the master's degree program
You must apply for and enroll in the cooperative study program at Hochschule RheinMain. You will be admitted with a Bachelor's degree from a relevant transportation and spatial science degree program.
You should have the following skills:
- broad and integrated expertise typical of the profession, including scientific basics
- a broad spectrum of subject-specific methods for the independent development and explanation of complex problems, particularly in the areas of traffic planning, planning and design of traffic facilities as well as influencing factors for traffic generation and mobility behavior.
- As some or all courses are offered in English, you will need sufficient language skills.
You may be able to catch up on any missing knowledge in the first semester of the Master's degree course. If you cannot provide proof of a suitable first degree, you have the option of providing proof of at least three years of professional experience in the fields of transport planning, mobility management or public transport planning as part of your application.
Insights into studies
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Isabel Scherer, alumna, doctoral candidate at Aalto UniversityIsabel Scherer, alumna, doctoral candidate at Aalto UniversityFor me, the studies were a great opportunity to get to know different facets of the mobility world and to work on a socially relevant and current topic. In addition, the studies open many doors for the world of work and are simply fun.
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Head of degree program
For questions regarding the content of the degree program:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martina Lohmeier
Barbara Weil
Phone: +49 611 9495-1496
Email: sekretariat-namob-fab@hs-rm.de
Office: Kurt-Schumacher-Ring Campus, Building D, Room 126
Personal consultation hours:
Wednesday, 10:00 - 12:00
and by prior arrangement by phone or email
Research and teaching
The way we think about tomorrow's transportation today is changing and the bicycle as a means of transport will become increasingly important in the future. In order to support this positive change in the importance of cycling, the BMVI awarded endowed professorships with a specialization in cycling to a total of seven higher education institutions at the beginning of 2020 - including RheinMain University of Applied Sciences.
The professorship focuses on the planning and design of traffic facilities and road safety.
More about the endowed professorship
The inter-university Doctoral Center Mobility and Logistics is a joint scientific institution of Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, Fulda University of Applied Sciences and Hochschule RheinMain.
It is supported by members who teach and research in the fields of transport, mobility and logistics and can draw on a wide range of existing collaborations between the participating universities and cooperation with external partners.
With the interdisciplinary research center Rhein-Main Institute for Transformative Sciences in Mobility and Logistics (RITMO), RheinMain University of Applied Sciences promotes research and transfer services for the development of corresponding approaches. Researchers from all faculties of the higher education institution work holistically and interdisciplinary in the research center.
About RITMO