2024/25 Taught Postgraduate Programme Catalogue

MSc Air Quality Solutions with Data Science

Programme code:	MSC-TRN/AQSF	UCAS code:
Duration:	12 Months	Method of Attendance:	Full Time
Programme manager:	Dr James Tate	Contact address:	j.e.tate@its.leeds.ac.uk

Total credits: 180

Entry requirements:

Entry Requirements are available on the Course Search entry

School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:

Institute for Transport Studies

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

Programme specification:

Up to 7 million people are estimated to die every year due to the harmful effects of air pollution. Degradation in air quality is now the leading environmental cause of premature mortality - exceeding deaths due to unsafe drinking water, malaria and HIV combined. Understanding the factors controlling the emission, processing and fate of air pollutants is vital to effectively mitigate these harmful effects and to assess the effectiveness of policy interventions.

Our solutions-driven Masters programme, underpinned by the latest data science and analytics, covers a broad range of air quality-related topics, including emissions, monitoring, modelling, pollution exposure, indoor air quality, health impacts, policy design and evaluation including economic appraisal. The programme will also explore the relationships between air quality and climate change. You'll be taught by academics who are experts in each of these topics and have contributed to the UK being a world leader in air policy design, delivery and evaluation.

This Masters gives you the chance to be hands-on, applying and designing air quality interventions using state-of-the-art modelling tools and appraising the expected benefits. You’ll use conventional and research-led pollution-monitoring techniques, become a skilled environmental sciences data scientist able to navigate data architectures and apply novel data analytics – all of which will build towards the knowledge and skills to underpin the independent research project you’ll undertake in the final semester. Data science training and skill development will take place within both taught modules and supplementary training sessions.

The course draws on the globally-renowned research from five Schools: the Institute for Transport Studies, the School of Earth and Environment, the School of Civil Engineering, the School of Chemical and Process Engineering and the School of Chemistry. This ensures you’re learning the latest innovations in the field, preparing you for a career in industry.

The valuable knowledge and skills you’ll acquire throughout your Masters could lead you to pursuing a career in consultancy, the public sector and regulatory bodies, non-governmental bodies, industry and further research.

Year1 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

CIVE5995M	Indoor Air Quality	15 credits	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SOEE5009M	Air Pollution Modelling at Regional Scales	15 credits	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SOEE5081M	Air Quality Drivers and Processes	15 credits	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
TRAN5014M	Environmental Science and Sustainability for Transport	15 credits	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
TRAN5692M	Air Quality Policy Design and Evaluation	15 credits	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
TRAN5810M	Principles of Air Quality Modelling: Local Dispersion	15 credits	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)	PFP
TRAN5911M	Transport Dissertation	60 credits	1 Oct to 30 Sep (12mth)
TRAN5912M	Transport Integrated Project	15 credits	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Optional modules:

You will choose 15 credits from the below in Semester 2

FOEV5003M	City Systems: Energy	15 credits	1 Jan to 30 Jun
SOEE5095M	Environmental Economics and Policy	15 credits	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
TRAN5115M	Sustainable Spatial Planning and Analysis	15 credits	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
TRAN5162M	Green Logistics	15 credits	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
TRAN5191M	System Dynamics: Modelling Policy	15 credits	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
TRAN5340M	Transport Data Science	15 credits	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
TRAN5630M	Transport Investment Appraisal	15 credits	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)