MSc

MSc Transport Asset Management

Assets, failures, and a maintenance case

Online or on campus

18 months36 creditsEnglish

Overview

You take one asset class, describe how it fails, and write a maintenance case. Rail is the reference industry; the method transfers to other networks. Crownshire University teaches this award online and, where a cohort is formed, on campus. The 36 credit hours on this page are the sum of the modules listed in the curriculum, so the transcript and the prospectus describe the same load. MSc Transport Asset Management is taught as one award, not a list of unrelated modules. The published length is 18 months, and the credit total is 36. Students move from The Asset through The Asset; Failure; Now or Later; Maintenance Case, and finish on Maintenance Case. Each course has a question, a method, and a submission. In this field, students find where time or cost is lost and recommend one operational change. Reading is a process map, a capacity note, and a disruption case. The artefact a marker expects is a recommendation for one lane, site, or service with the cost and the risk. The award is built so that a graduate can do the following in practice: Name an asset and its failure mode Compare intervene-now with wait Read a simple condition grade Teaching assumes the student can read a source, attempt a problem before the seminar, and revise after feedback. Attendance at live seminars is part of the design. The capstone or final course must use the methods of the earlier courses; a project that ignores them does not pass. The pages for each course name the topics that are examined. Those topics are the syllabus. A brochure line is not a substitute for them.

Assessment is coursework on each taught module plus the final project named in the curriculum. Results are recorded as credit hours against each module. Fees are the figures published by Crownshire University for this award; this page does not add a separate tuition claim.

Who This Program Is For

Practitioners who need a named postgraduate award in this subject
Career-changers with a first degree and relevant work
Specialists moving from delivery into design or management of the work
Applicants who can study alongside a job

Faculty spotlight

School of Engineering and Management at Crownshire University supervises the modules and the final project. Supervision is assigned from that school, not from a visiting name shared with another institution.

How you can study

Study options & delivery

Online pathway· Flexible remote

Complete your MSc Transport Asset Management fully online from anywhere in the world with faculty-led modules and flexible scheduling.

On-campus pathway· £4,100 / $5,200/year

Attend seminars and access facilities in person at Crownshire University. Campus tuition and campus examinations are charged.

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What You Will Learn

Name an asset and its failure mode
Compare intervene-now with wait
Read a simple condition grade
Write a maintenance case

Curriculum

Stage 1 — Subject foundations

Code	Course	Credits · hours
TAM501	The Asset The Asset (TAM501) is a 9-credit course on MSc Transport Asset Management, with 90 notional learning hours. By the end, students can find where time or cost is lost and recommend one operational change, using The Asset as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a process map, a capacity note, and a disruption case. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a recommendation for one lane, site, or service with the cost and the risk. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. TAM501-M1 · Order, nodes, delay, and a flow map — The Asset TAM501-M2 · Demand, capacity, stock, and stock-out — The Asset TAM501-M3 · A break in the chain and the response — The Asset TAM501-M4 · Cost, time, and who pays for the buffer — The Asset TAM501-M5 · One lane, site, or corridor — The Asset TAM501-M6 · A change recommendation with cost and risk — The Asset	9 · 90 h
TAM502	Failure Failure (TAM502) is a 9-credit course on MSc Transport Asset Management, with 90 notional learning hours. By the end, students can find where time or cost is lost and recommend one operational change, using Failure as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a process map, a capacity note, and a disruption case. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a recommendation for one lane, site, or service with the cost and the risk. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. TAM502-M1 · Order, nodes, delay, and a flow map — Failure TAM502-M2 · Demand, capacity, stock, and stock-out — Failure TAM502-M3 · A break in the chain and the response — Failure TAM502-M4 · Cost, time, and who pays for the buffer — Failure TAM502-M5 · One lane, site, or corridor — Failure TAM502-M6 · A change recommendation with cost and risk — Failure	9 · 90 h

Code

Course

Credits · hours

TAM501

The Asset

The Asset (TAM501) is a 9-credit course on MSc Transport Asset Management, with 90 notional learning hours. By the end, students can find where time or cost is lost and recommend one operational change, using The Asset as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a process map, a capacity note, and a disruption case. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a recommendation for one lane, site, or service with the cost and the risk. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.

TAM501-M1 · Order, nodes, delay, and a flow map — The Asset
TAM501-M2 · Demand, capacity, stock, and stock-out — The Asset
TAM501-M3 · A break in the chain and the response — The Asset
TAM501-M4 · Cost, time, and who pays for the buffer — The Asset
TAM501-M5 · One lane, site, or corridor — The Asset
TAM501-M6 · A change recommendation with cost and risk — The Asset

9 · 90 h

TAM502

Failure

Failure (TAM502) is a 9-credit course on MSc Transport Asset Management, with 90 notional learning hours. By the end, students can find where time or cost is lost and recommend one operational change, using Failure as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a process map, a capacity note, and a disruption case. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a recommendation for one lane, site, or service with the cost and the risk. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.

TAM502-M1 · Order, nodes, delay, and a flow map — Failure
TAM502-M2 · Demand, capacity, stock, and stock-out — Failure
TAM502-M3 · A break in the chain and the response — Failure
TAM502-M4 · Cost, time, and who pays for the buffer — Failure
TAM502-M5 · One lane, site, or corridor — Failure
TAM502-M6 · A change recommendation with cost and risk — Failure

9 · 90 h

Stage 2 — Applied practice and project

Code	Course	Credits · hours
TAM503	Now or Later Now or Later (TAM503) is a 9-credit course on MSc Transport Asset Management, with 90 notional learning hours. By the end, students can find where time or cost is lost and recommend one operational change, using Now or Later as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a process map, a capacity note, and a disruption case. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a recommendation for one lane, site, or service with the cost and the risk. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. TAM503-M1 · Order, nodes, delay, and a flow map — Now or Later TAM503-M2 · Demand, capacity, stock, and stock-out — Now or Later TAM503-M3 · A break in the chain and the response — Now or Later TAM503-M4 · Cost, time, and who pays for the buffer — Now or Later TAM503-M5 · One lane, site, or corridor — Now or Later TAM503-M6 · A change recommendation with cost and risk — Now or Later	9 · 90 h
TAM504	Maintenance Case Maintenance Case (TAM504) is a 9-credit course on MSc Transport Asset Management, with 90 notional learning hours. By the end, students can find where time or cost is lost and recommend one operational change, using Maintenance Case as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a process map, a capacity note, and a disruption case. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a recommendation for one lane, site, or service with the cost and the risk. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. TAM504-M1 · Order, nodes, delay, and a flow map — Maintenance Case TAM504-M2 · Demand, capacity, stock, and stock-out — Maintenance Case TAM504-M3 · A break in the chain and the response — Maintenance Case TAM504-M4 · Cost, time, and who pays for the buffer — Maintenance Case TAM504-M5 · One lane, site, or corridor — Maintenance Case TAM504-M6 · A change recommendation with cost and risk — Maintenance Case	9 · 90 h

Code

Course

Credits · hours

TAM503

Now or Later

Now or Later (TAM503) is a 9-credit course on MSc Transport Asset Management, with 90 notional learning hours. By the end, students can find where time or cost is lost and recommend one operational change, using Now or Later as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a process map, a capacity note, and a disruption case. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a recommendation for one lane, site, or service with the cost and the risk. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.

TAM503-M1 · Order, nodes, delay, and a flow map — Now or Later
TAM503-M2 · Demand, capacity, stock, and stock-out — Now or Later
TAM503-M3 · A break in the chain and the response — Now or Later
TAM503-M4 · Cost, time, and who pays for the buffer — Now or Later
TAM503-M5 · One lane, site, or corridor — Now or Later
TAM503-M6 · A change recommendation with cost and risk — Now or Later

9 · 90 h

TAM504

Maintenance Case

Maintenance Case (TAM504) is a 9-credit course on MSc Transport Asset Management, with 90 notional learning hours. By the end, students can find where time or cost is lost and recommend one operational change, using Maintenance Case as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a process map, a capacity note, and a disruption case. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a recommendation for one lane, site, or service with the cost and the risk. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.

TAM504-M1 · Order, nodes, delay, and a flow map — Maintenance Case
TAM504-M2 · Demand, capacity, stock, and stock-out — Maintenance Case
TAM504-M3 · A break in the chain and the response — Maintenance Case
TAM504-M4 · Cost, time, and who pays for the buffer — Maintenance Case
TAM504-M5 · One lane, site, or corridor — Maintenance Case
TAM504-M6 · A change recommendation with cost and risk — Maintenance Case

9 · 90 h

Career Paths

Asset analyst
Maintenance planner
Infrastructure project coordinator
Operations analyst

Program Highlights

4 assessed modules whose credits sum to the award total
A final project marked against a published brief
Live seminars with recordings for students in other time zones
A transcript that lists every module credit

Assessment

Modules are assessed through a published mix of coursework, applied projects, and examinations. Exam windows are announced in advance so students in other time zones are not forced into overnight sittings. Alternative arrangements are available where documented.

Admission requirements

Academic entry

A bachelor's degree from a recognised institution, or equivalent professional standing considered by admissions

English language

English sufficient for postgraduate study, or evidence of prior English-medium study

Documents

A statement of about 500 words on why this award fits your work
Two references, academic or professional
A CV showing study and relevant work

Programme questions

How long is the MSc Transport Asset Management?

The published duration is 18 months. Teaching language: English. Actual time-to-complete depends on mode and any recognised prior learning.

Can I study this from my country?

You may study this award fully online from your country, or — where published — on campus at Crownshire. Online study does not require a student visa. Campus study may.

What does it cost?

Degree tuition for this award is published as £0 / tuition-free on the online pathway. Examination or administrative fees may apply at checkout — never an annual tuition invoice. Check the Fees page for any extras.

What are the entry requirements?

Requirements are grouped on this page (academic, English, documents). Equivalent qualifications are considered. English may be waived after prior English-medium study.

How is the programme assessed?

Assessment is typically a mix of coursework, projects, and examinations. Doctoral awards include a thesis or dissertation and an oral examination. Details sit in the programme specification and module outlines.

Will this award be recognised where I live?

Recognition of the award for local employment, professional licence, or ministry attestation is decided by your employer or regulator. Crownshire University publishes verification pages for certificates. We do not claim automatic equivalence in every country.

How do I apply?

Start an application on this website. Progress is saved from the first step. Admissions: admissions@crownuni.com.

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