The University of Birmingham is a public research university located in Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Queen's College, Birmingham, and Mason Science College, making it the first English civic or 'red brick' university to receive its own royal charter. The University have a long and proud history of firsts, at the University of Birmingham; they were the first – and are now one of the largest - civic universities in the UK.

At Birmingham, the institution teach and research across the full breadth of academic disciplines, creating a vibrant community with multi-disciplinary opportunities for research and education. The University is a truly international community consisting of more than thousands of staff, students, and alumni. The student community is not only one of the largest of any UK university, it is highly diverse, with 82 per cent of home undergraduate students from state schools, 32 per cent from a BAME background, and 35 per cent in the first generation of their family to attend university.

This modular programme allows you to study each topic in depth and apply your knowledge across the programme content. You will be encouraged to enrich your classroom learning by taking part in extra-curricular seminars and activities, and to take part in the BCRRE community of staff and students.

The programme consists of a series of taught modules which cover the topics of safety and risk management, safety systems, railway control systems, railway technologies, railway systems and operation, ergonomics and business management for the railway industry. Each module offered within this programme is also available as a one-off Continuing Professional Development (CPD) option, allowing you to study according to your specific needs. If you take a CPD module and successfully complete the assessment, you will be awarded with academic credit which will allow you to be exempt from taking the same module again within a formal programme of study (subject to the programme requirements and current university regulations).

These are supported by learning about research skills and then followed by an individual research project, supervised by academic experts in the specific field of the project. Part-time and distance-learning students follow the same syllabus as full-time students but complete the taught modules in a sequence that suits their work-commitments.

- Completion of 120 credits (all of taught modules) is required for the PG Diploma.
- 180 credits for the MSc.
- Two PG Certificates are available: PG Cert Railway Safety and Control Systems.

Introductory modules
Terminology and Communication for Railways - non credit bearing, taught at Birmingham;
Induction Weekend - non credit bearing, taught at Birmingham;
Core modules
Advanced Project - 60 credits
Foundations of System Safety Thinking - 10 credits
Hazard and Risk Assessment - 10 credits
Railway Strategy, Safety and Control Systems - 20 credits
Rolling Stock and Infrastructure Interactions - 10 credits
Systems Engineering and Ergonomics - 20 credits
Pathways
50 credits in total for each pathway

P1 - Risk and Safety Systems Pathway core modules:
System Safety Assessment - 10 credits
Systems Engineering for Safety - 10 credits
Computers and Safety - 10 credits
P1- Risk and Safety Systems Pathway optional modules:
Electrification and Traction Systems - 20 credits
Principles of Railway Control Systems - 20 credits
P2 - Risk and Safety Operations and Organisation core modules:
System Safety Assessment - 10 credits
Safety Management Systems - 10 credits
Through Life Safety - 10 credits
P2 - Risk and Safety Operations and Organisation optional modules:
Principles of Railway Control Systems - 20 credits
Electrification and Traction Systems - 20 credits
P3 - Communications and Control Pathway core modules:
Applications of Railway Control Systems - 20 credits
Principles of Railway Control Systems - 20 credits
Safety Management Systems - 10 credits
Please note: The modules listed on the website for this programme are regularly reviewed to ensure they are up-to-date and informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

You will need to book the accommodation after you have been accepted.

You can choose to live on campus or off campus in private accommodation.

• Make a booking online after you have been accepted (in this case please let us know your choice when you apply).
• Register when you arrive - its not possible to reserve a room before arriving. You can arrive a few days before and book it