Employability - jobs and careers
ITS has an excellent reputation within the industry and a qualification in transport provides the foundation for excellent career prospects and progression.
ITS has close working relationships with a number of employers and many firms visit ITS each spring to interview our students for graduate schemes and other vacancies. Our students are in particular demand from transport consultants and may receive an offer of a consultancy job before or shortly after graduation. ITS regularly circulates specific job vacancies to students and the organisations recruiting directly from ITS in recent years include:
Work placements
It is never too early to start thinking about your future career and with this in mind the Transport Planning Society runs a summer work placement scheme for undergraduate students.
The placements typically last for 6-10 weeks and provide an excellent opportunity to gain practical experience. The host organisations are committed to ensuring that the experience is truly valuable to students and supports their long term career aspirations. The nature of the placements depends upon the needs of the host organisation, but previous examples include:
- Helping to develop Local transport Plans and transport policies
- Working on a survey of transport users
- Forecasting the transport needs arising from a new local business development
- Working with schools and businesses to encourage alternatives to the car
- Developing or using a computer model of road traffic, buses and railways
The placements are open to undergraduates of any discipline, however first and second year ITS students may be particularly interested. For further information please contact the Transport Planning Society.
