Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds

The institute is one of the leading centres for teaching and research in transport in the United Kingdom, and attracts a number of students from outside the UK for its Masters and PhD programmes.

It is supported and operated by an expert team, who can tailor virtual scenarios and experimental data collection to the exact requirements of a particular investigation.

The precise number fluctuates, as ITS welcomes visiting academics on a regular basis, whom typically stay for periods of 1–12 months.

Academic staff are organised into 5 research groups: The Director of the Institute for Transport Studies is Professor Simon Shepherd (as at 2020).

Previous postholders include Professors Greg Marsden, Mark Wardman, Oliver Carsten, Tony May, Peter Mackie, Chris Nash, Ken Gwilliam, Coleman O’Flaherty.

www.its.leeds.ac.uk/people (www.its.leeds.ac.uk/alumni) The vast majority of ITS graduates go on to take up employment in the transport sector, commonly but not limited to, roles in academia, consultancy, government and operators.