Master 2 “Transport and urban mobility in Africa”
Type of diploma
Master's degree (60 ECTS)
Target audience
- Master 1 students
- Technicians in charge of transport and urban mobility projects
- Managers and decision-makers
Partners
- CODATU
- EAMAU
- Senghor University
Key figures
- 4 classes trained (2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2019-20),
- 62 auditors have followed this training
Periodicity
Promotion every 18 months (training on break since 2020)
Teaching device and method
Face-to-face teaching alternates between lectures given by teachers and experts at the Ecole Africaine des Métiers de l’Architecture et de l’Urbanisme in Lomé, and exercises and simulations. Field trips may be planned, and a professional internship must be carried out during the course, leading to the writing of a thesis.
Model
The course is divided into 11 teaching units and an internship, spread over 2 semesters (average duration of the courses: 300 hours). As an indication, the course of study can be organised as follows:
- UE 1Urban dynamics and mobility issues in Africa
- UE 2Mobility demand
- UE 3Urban and regional mobility planning
- UE 4Governance and planning of urban mobility
- UE 5Integrated transport supply
- UE 6Road, traffic and safety management
- UE 7Operation and management of multimodal transport networks
- UE 8Environment, transport and innovation
- UE 9Methodology for writing and defending the thesis
- UE 10Writing the dissertation
- UE 11Defence of the dissertation
Expected skills
- Analyse, understand and respond to the demand for mobility in African cities;
- Develop, optimise and operate multimodal transport networks;
- Develop and implement urban mobility policies and urban travel plans in African cities;
- Adapt to the specific situations of the African context
