Courses for Railway Engineering
The two-year master's programme in Railway Engineering consists of three terms of courses and one final term dedicated to the master's degree project. Each term consist of approximately 30 ECTS credits. The courses presented on this page apply to studies starting in autumn 2026.
Year 1
Mandatory courses
- Theory and Methodology of Science (Natural and Technological Science) (AK2030) 4 credits
- Rail Vehicle Technology (SD2307) 7 credits
- Electric Traction (EJ2400) 6 credits
- Rail Vehicle Dynamics (SD2313) 8 credits
- Sustainable development and research methodology in engineering mechanics (SA2002) 3 credits
- Railway Signalling System (AH2029) 7 credits
Conditionally elective courses
- Bridge Design (AF2201) 7 credits
- Public Transport (AH2173) 7 credits
- Transport Policy and Evaluation (AH2301) 7 credits
- Systems Engineering (MF2522) 6 credits
- Applied Vehicle Dynamics Control (SD2231) 7 credits
- Vehicle Aerodynamics (SG2211) 6 credits
- Challenge-based Railway Systems Design (SD2320) 7 credits
- Railway Planning and Operations (AH2036) 7 credits
Optional courses
Year 2
Mandatory courses
Conditionally elective courses
- Road- and Railway Track Engineering (AF2901) 7 credits
- Transport Data collection and Analysis (AH2170) 7 credits
- Traffic Engineering and Management (AH2171) 7 credits
- Public Transport (AH2173) 7 credits
- Traffic Simulation Modelling and Applications (AH2174) 7 credits
- Urban Modeling and Decision Support (AH2307) 7 credits
- Batteries (CK2300) 7 credits
- Hydrogen (CK2320) 7 credits
- Model Predictive Control (EL2700) 7 credits
- Systems Engineering (MF2011) 9 credits
- Mechatronics basic Course (MF2030) 6 credits
- Robust Mechatronics (MF2043) 6 credits
- Energy Technologies for Sustainable Transportation (MJ2506) 6 credits
- Vehicle Acoustics and Vibration (SD2190) 6 credits
- Vehicle Dynamics Project Course Part 2 (SD2230) 7 credits
- Applied Vehicle Dynamics Control (SD2231) 7 credits
- Sustainable Vehicle Design (SD2250) 7 credits
- Lightweight Structures and FEM (SD2411) 8 credits
- Structural Optimisation and Sandwich Design (SD2416) 6 credits
- Fluid Mechanics (SG2214) 7 credits
- Engineering Acoustics (SD2111) 6 credits