The Master of Engineering in Sustainable Transportation is a flexible, fully online graduate degree for working professionals and recent graduates to advance their career in the high-demand field of sustainable mobility systems. The degree can be taken part or full time and integrates engineering, policy, environmental science and data analysis to address complex, practical transportation challenges such as:
Build expertise you can put to work
Bring a broader perspective to transportation challenges, from electrification and multimodal mobility to resilient infrastructure.
Who is this Program For?
This program is designed for early- to mid-career professionals with an engineering or related background who want to advance their careers, specialize in sustainable transportation or prepare for leadership roles.
- Transportation engineers: Civil and transportation engineers seeking deeper expertise in sustainable infrastructure, transportation systems and mobility.
- Sustainability-focused engineers: Engineers interested in multimodal transportation, electrification, emissions reduction and energy systems.
- Planners and policy professionals: Urban planners and public-sector professionals with technical backgrounds who want to strengthen their analytical skills and inform transportation decisions.
Whether you work in an engineering firm, government agency, transportation organization or the energy sector, this program can help you build expertise to address complex transportation challenges.
35+
years of educating tomorrow's leaders and informing policy to advance sustainable, equitable transportation
2nd
ranked public university in the nation for graduate financial success
11th
in the nation in Civil Engineering
This UC Davis online master’s program gives you:
- Flexibility – Fully online and offered part or full time - earn your degree without pausing your career
- Practical Experience – Gain in-demand skills in multimodal systems, EV infrastructure and smart infrastructure
- Industry-informed Learning – Incorporates real-world projects, case studies, teaching and guest lectures from industry leaders
- Extensive Faculty Engagement – Learn from UC Davis faculty and researchers in the top-ranked Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and world-leading Institute of Transportation Studies
- Expertise to Advance Your Career – Distinctive, interdisciplinary curriculum provides the foundation for you to lead in the fast-growing transportation field
Degree at a Glance
- Fall 2027 | Deadline: 6/1/2027
- Fully online learning with robust faculty interaction
- 9 Courses
- Capstone project focused on real-world application
- Full- or part-time options
What You'll Learn
Develop the skills to evaluate transportation systems, assess solutions and work across disciplines.
The curriculum combines 24 units of core coursework and 12 units of electives.
- Evaluate transportation systems
- Assess transportation through environmental, economic and social perspectives to understand the tradeoffs behind sustainable mobility decisions.
- Develop engineering solutions
- Apply engineering principles to the design, implementation and management of sustainable transportation systems.
- Use data to inform decisions
- Use quantitative and qualitative methods to analyze transportation challenges and support planning and policy development.
- Connect technology and policy
- Evaluate strategies that account for regulations, emerging technologies and human behavior.
- Communicate across disciplines
- Explain transportation ideas and recommendations to engineers, planners, policymakers and the public.
- Lead collaborative projects
- Develop the skills to guide interdisciplinary teams and manage projects that advance sustainable transportation goals.