Transportation Policy, Operations, & Logistics (TPOL)

Are you a transportation professional looking for advancement? Are you concerned about urban life, the environment, logistics or trade? If so, our Master's degree in Transportation may be for you.

Our program offers the broad training in finance, law, safety and security, the environment, and policy-making that is required to advance in nearly every transportation organization. Our typical student is a middle manager or technical staff aspiring to top management.

If you are just entering the workforce, our program offers you a way to engage the most challenging problems of the day. Our students grapple with the issues of ‘smart growth’, congestion, supply chain management, international trade, and more. Our degree can open up careers where you can make a difference.

Graduates hold important positions throughout the transportation industry, including state departments of transportation, federal agencies, Congressional staff, industry associations and consulting firms such as AASHTO, SAIC, and Booz Allen Hamilton. View a list of companies where some of our graduates are working.

Learn about our Distance Learning Program.  For some master's courses, instruction is available via video teleconferencing to select sites throughout Virginia and Montana for state transportation employees.

Extensive research initiatives are underway at the School's Transportation Policy, Operations and Logistics Center. Learn more about the center and its research programs

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Scholarships
        Transportation Specific:
        Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Graduate Research Award
        Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program
        Eisenhower Freight and Transportation Logistics Scholarship
        Eisenhower Grants for Research and Intern Fellowships
        Women's Transportation Seminar D.C. Chapter
Syllabi

Practicum Reports

TPOL Program Overview and Curriculum Requirements

Quick Facts

SPP has more than 45 internationally renowned, diverse faculty from many disciplines.

Classes for working professionals are provided in the late afternoon and early evening at the conveniently located Arlington campus.

Executive Education offers programs for public and private sector leaders from the U.S. and abroad.

Study abroad opportunities are provided throughout the world, including in Oxford, Mexico, China, South Africa, and Southeast Asia.

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