Graduate Study Opportunity in Transportation at Texas Southern University

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Graduate StudyOpportunity in Transportation at Texas Southern University

http://transportation.tsu.edu/

The Department of Transportation Studies (DTS) at Texas Southern University(TSU), Houston, Texas, is recruiting graduate students who are interested inpursuing a graduate degree in Transportation.  Full sponsorship inthe form of Research Assistant (RA) will be provided to qualified applicants.

TSU is a state-supported higher educational institution providing comprehensiveacademic and research programs.    The graduate program in the DTSprovides study areas in transportation technologies, traffic operations, transportationplanning, transportation systems analysis, transportation management, IntelligentTransportation Systems (ITS), and transportation logistics.   TSU isa member of the Southwest Region University Transportation Center (SWUTC), afederal funded national university transportation centers program through U.S.Department of Transportation (DOT).  TSUis also a National Transportation Security Center of Excellence designated bythe U.S. Congress through Department of Homeland Security (DHS).   The transportation research programs at TSUare provided through two specialized research units, Innovative TransportationResearch Institute (ITRI) and Center for Transportation Training and Research(CTTR), which are also supported by the top of the line lab facilities,including full-motion driving simulator, mobile traffic van, real-time trafficmonitoring system, portable emission measurement system, and full-motion flightsimulator.  Students in pursuing thegraduate program have the opportunity to associate with the first classresearchers and scholars, and be involved in the most advanced transportation researchactivities and technologies.

Students who are interested in the graduate study in transportation at TexasSouthern University are preferred to have a strong background and/or greatinterest in computers and statistics, and demonstrate a high level ofproficiency in technical writing and communication skills.  Abackground in Transportation is not required.  The past and currentstudents in the DTS have come to the program with backgrounds in civilengineering, transportation engineering, computer science, electricalengineering, mathematics, physics, business, etc. Applicants are required totake a GRE examination. A high TOEFL score for international students may notbe required, but a passing score of 80 is a mandatory. The essential oral andwriting English skills may be tested by interviews.

Those who are interested should send an e-mail to Dr. Yi Qi at qiy@tsu.edu (Tel: 713-313-6809). Information onthe programs in the Department of Transportation Studies is provided at [url]http://transportation.tsu.edu/.[/url]Information on Texas Southern University can be accessed at
http://cost.tsu.edu/.

For Application Steps, visitswebsite at
http://transportation.tsu.edu/Graduate_Admission_Checklist.htm