The Center of Excellence in Urban Transport, CEPT University (CoE-UT, CEPT), set up in 2009 is an activity of the Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD), Government of India and is upheld by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. The CoE-UT, CEPT has been imagined as an asset place for managing issues in urban transport arranging and administration. It has an order to cover three parts of limit working in urban transport - specialized help and admonitory, human asset advancement and information administration, and support. The order intends to give all encompassing methodology towards the improvement of a feasible urban transport framework, with its suitable interdisciplinary information in the related field.

Mission

The mission of the Center is to make, spread and apply logical interdisciplinary learning in the related fields of urban transport and accordingly contribute towards improvement of a practical urban transport framework in the nation.

Vision

To end up noticeably a broadly perceived asset place for research, instruction and preparing in the arranging, improvement and administration of urban transport

Objectives

With a specific end goal to understand its vision of turning into a broadly perceived asset focus in urban transport, the Center has following targets:

Human Resource Development

To create and offer instruction programs in the field of urban transportation to upgrade the extent of accessible human asset pool in the nation

To create and offer here and now preparing programs in the field of urban transportation for in-benefit authorities from the legislature and industry.

Learning Management and Advocacy

To arrange information administration exercises through a progression of workshops, classes and other learning exercises.

To embrace examine in the urban transport segment with general enthusiasm for the part and MoUD's particular necessities and distribute look into papers.

Specialized Assistance/Advisory

To give specialized help to the service in its capacities in the field of urban transport

To give counsel to the state and neighborhood government offices in issues identified with urban transport

Programmes

Course Supported by CoE

Masters Degree in Urban Transportation Planning and Management

This course has been intended for understudies intrigued by seeking after vocations in the field of urban transportation arranging and administration. This program furnishes understudies with a working information of the hypothesis, arrangement, law, research, standards and practices required for arranging and administration of urban transportation offices. It offers open doors for specialization in sub-fields like open transport arranging, transport displaying, plan of transport framework, activity designing and so forth. The greater part of the specialization courses in this program are being offered by the CoE-UT colleagues.

Training

Pioneers in Urban Transportation Planning and Management Program

The Center of Excellence in Urban Transport, CEPT University has been putting forth a limit building program for senior and mid level in-benefit experts called the "Pioneers in Urban Transport Planning and Management." This program is sorted out mutually by the Center of Excellence in Urban Transport, CEPT University and The World Bank as a major aspect of the continuous SUTP extend for the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India. The 8 month global program is likewise bolstered by PPIAF, ESMAP, and is focused at senior and mid-level administrators from urban transport (and partnered) organizations including abnormal state strategy and additionally basic leadership authorities at all levels of government — national, state and city.

Contact:

BRTS office, NILPA building
CEPT Research & Development Foundation
Near AES Boys Hostel Campus
University Ground
Navrangpura
Ahmedabad - 380 009
Contact no: 079 29097722
Email: coe.ut@cept.ac.in