To train Transportation Engineers specialized in the diagnosis, design, implementation, management, operation, and evaluation of transportation systems from the systems approach, taking into account the social, environmental, political, economic, and technological environments in different areas, local, national, regional and international, with ethical, responsible and gender perspective, to contribute to the development of the country.

The applicant to enter this academic program should preferably be characterized by showing an interest in the phenomenon of transportation and the different relationships that are established between the transportation, social, environmental, economic, and technological systems, as well as the elements that integrate them.

The applicant should know the scientific, administrative, and humanistic fields, with communication skills, analytical thinking, personal relationships, teamwork, as well as entrepreneurial, proactive, and collaborative attitudes, in addition to entrepreneurial, proactive and collaborative attitudes, highlighting values such as honesty, equity, gender perspective, and social responsibility.

The transportation engineer is a professional with comprehensive training and interdisciplinary skills that allow him/her to design, implement, evaluate, manage or improve that allows him/her to design, implement, evaluate, manage or improve Transportation Systems in any of its different modes through the application of technology and scientific and methodological principles, for the benefit of society according to standards and normative regulations, analyzing data, identifying needs and problems in different contexts for their attention, with innovative solutions, from public sector innovative solutions, from institutions in the public or private sector, also being able to create his own company or collaborating as an independent or collaborating as an independent consultant in projects related to any field of transport and its complementary activities.

The requirements to become a student at the Institute are:

1. To comply with the academic background and other requirements indicated in the respective call for applications.
2. To take the admission exam for the higher level.
3. To be selected for admission.

The labor scope of the transportation engineer includes several areas where he/she can perform functions related to his/her profession, in:

• Government agencies in the transportation sector at the federal, state, and municipal levels.
• International regulatory and normative organizations of the different modes of transportation.
• Institutions and research centers for technological innovation and improvement of transportation.
• Non-governmental organizations, focused on the study and analysis of transportation and its impact on its different phenomenal social, environmental, economic, and technological phenomena.
• Health and safety institutions in activities focused on the prevention of risks and accidents related to the activities of the Transportation Systems in their different modes.
• Certification and consulting organizations for alignment to these practices in the transportation sector, including clients and suppliers of the same.
• Public and private financial institutions for the financing of infrastructure works for transportation, equipment, and operation services, as well as for the acquisition of goods, facilities, equipment, machinery, and vehicles, among other requirements of the sector.
• Technology companies that develop or distribute products for simulation, planning, and control of transportation activities.
• Manufacturers and distributors of vehicles and equipment for the various transportation activities and complementary operations in all their modalities.
• Vehicle and equipment leasing companies for transportation activities.
• Insurers of vehicles, people, goods, and services related to transportation and its complementary activities.

Check the list of subjects, credits and total hours of the program in:

• UPIIT Campus Tlaxcala
• UPIICSA