Transport sector plays a significant role in economic development in a society. Transport sector includes the movements of people and goods, both locally and globally. Transport and Infrastructure Engineering covers land transport (highway and railway), water transport, and air transport. A better transport system may mean a more developed country!  However, human resource with transport related skills remains quite limited to support the development in Cambodia towards a more sustainable society. 

• M-TIE is the very first transport study program launched in 2019 at Institute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC) and also the first in Cambodia to respond to the increasing demand for human resources in transport and logistic industries. 

• M-TIE produces high qualified engineers in the fields of transport (transportation and logistics) and infrastructures (design, construction, maintenance, auscultation and reparation of many types of infrastructures). 

• Contribution in the transport & logistics research for the country/humanity

• Scholarship Opportunities (Internship and PhD abroad)

Those who are willing to solve or improve issues related to land-water-air transport and logistics (e.g., traffic congestion, road safety, informal transport services, urban railway services, issues in urban transport planning & transport policy, transport vs. environment, transport & logistics), can discuss more on possible research topics with their prospective advisors at M-TIE. Students may have various educational background related to, but not limited to, engineering (civil, structural, electrical, mechanical, IT, architectural, etc.), management, and economy. Normally, your application form will be evaluated, along with other minimal requirements (e.g., educational background, research proposal, English Proficiency) by a committee before the program admission.

M-TIE program provides training on solutions to relevant issues in land, air, and water transport, including traffic congestion and safety, public transport systems, transport policy, traditional logistics networks and energy consumption, aviation issues, environmental matters, etc. 

M-TIE program has the following visions:

• To develop new skills (or human resource) in Transport Engineering for young Cambodian generation, who will play potential role in both national and regional development. Developing these new skills will partially correspond to the vision of “Cambodia Industrial Development Policy 2015-2025”, which is aimed at transforming and modernizing Cambodia’s industrial structure from a labor-intensive to a skilled-labor industry by 2025.

• To produce skillful and knowledgeable human resources to address the challenges of a sustainable transport development in Cambodia, and to correspond to the market needs in many national/international organizations such as academic institutions, government, and other public & private sectors.

• To promote and enhance interdisciplinary initiatives in terms of academic research, industrial linkage, social enterprises and entrepreneurship for the development of Transport sector in Cambodia.

This program has 2 pathways:

1.  Course-Research Pathway: this pathway is for students who are interested in pursuing career in professional job and academic job as researchers. The students in this pathway will only do the thesis only.

2.  Research-based Pathway: this pathway is for students are interested in pursuing career only in the academic area as researchers. The students in this pathway will be required to produce publication and do the thesis. 

Below are some possible research topics at M-TIE:

• Road transport

- Highway engineering and construction

- Traffic issues (congestion, safety, emission)

- ITS (Intelligent Transport System, IoTs, AI, Technologies)

- Informal transport (LAMAT modes)

- Ride hailing services

- Food/cargo delivery services

- Parking issues

- Urban public transport (modeling, planning, policy)

- Transport and economy (property value vs accessibility)

- Logistics (transport corridor, cross-border transport, delivery, supply chain)

• Rail transport 

- Railway engineering and construction

- Service quality and Planning 

- Transit Oriented Development (TOD)

- Railway vs economy development

• Water transport

- Port engineering and construction

- Port planning

- Shipping

• Aviation

- Airport engineering and construction

- Airport noise

Resources

M-TIE shares resources with Department of Transport and Infrastructure Engineering (D-TIE), under faculty of Civil Engineering at ITC.

Below gives summary of human and equipment resources to support M-TIE program at ITC:

• Several experienced & high educated lecturers from ITC, partner Universities and experts.

• Transport Laboratory for testing soil, rock, cement, concrete, steel, asphalt bitumen, etc.

• Equipment/Tools for conducting transport study and research (e.g., Air Pollutant Measuring Machine, GNSS, LIDAR, GPS, PTV VISSIM, SPSS)

• Many learning and research documents such as Books, Theses, Papers, Reports, etc.

Students graduated from M-TIE at ITC will have sufficient skills related to transport and logistics sector. They will have high chance in getting diverse jobs related to research (PhD degree, researchers), companies (consultant, manager, highway engineer, airport engineer, port engineer, logistics and trading manager, transport planner, traffic engineer) and government officials (works relevant to traffic engineering and safety, transport engineering, planning, environment, and policy).

Application is opened started from May until September.

An applicant must have following qualifications:

• Baccalaureate or Equivalent Diploma

• Engineer’s Degree or bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology or related fields

• Certificate of English Proficiency

• Minimum GPA of 2.5 on 4.0 Scale

According to the Announcement of Graduate School of ITC 2024, the tuition fee is 1200 USD per year or 650 USD per semester.

• Graduate School: 

Office: B-105, ITC, Phnom Penh 

Telegram: https://t.me/itc_graduate_school 

Email: graduate@itc.edu.kh 

Facebook: www.facebook.com/itcgraduate 

• Coordinator of M-TIE Program: 

Dr. SAUM Narith

Email: saum.narith@itc.edu.kh 

Telephone: (+855) 96 98 39 725

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