Annex 1 - Belgium, France and Spain

(Information provided by Jean Jacques Henry)

a) Belgium

DEA : Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondies:

• DEA européen en transport : European Master of Science in Transportation. University of Liège - ANAST (Analyse des systèmes de transport / J. Marchal).
  This Masters degree is organised as part of the EU Programme SANTANDER with the Universities of Le Havre, Gant, Dresden and Santander. Students are required to complete two modules in two different universities. 60 hours are devoted to the analysis and modelling of transport systems.

DES : Diplôme d'Etudes Spécialisées (Bac+4)

• DES in transport management (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Université Libre de Liège, Catholic University of Louvain, Polytechnic Faculty of Mons).
  In this one year course, two modules are typically devoted to ITS.

Workshops :

• Workshops on transportation (FUND - transportation research group / P. Toint) : many workshops are organised by Transportation Research Group mainly on mobility. A few of them concern technical and modelling aspects.

Remarks :
In Belgium, ITS education and training is almost non existent, even though some universities like Namur have strong research teams in this field.

b) France

France has a complicated educational system which it is intended to simplify in coming years in order to align it with other European systems. Outside the professional educational and/or training system there are two paths after the A level / High School Diploma or Baccalauréat (called the "Bac") at 18 years old: University and 'Grandes Ecôles':

University system

After the "Bac", there are the following alternatives:

Bac + 2 years :

• DEUG : general education, a first step in the cursus.
• DUT : technical education delivered in IUT (Instituts Universitaires de Technologie)

Bac + 3 years :

• Licence (Degree)

Bac + 4 years :

• Maîtrise Sciences et Techniques (MST)

Bac + 5 years :

• DEA : diploma preparing to PhD
• DESS : diploma corresponding to a specialized field
• DUP : delivered in IUP (Instituts Universitaires Professionnels) like a DESS but more technical
• Mastère, which is like the UK/US Master's degree, and is usually delivered by Grandes Ecôles (see below)

Bac + 8 years :

• PhD

'Grandes Ecôles' System

There are about 200 'Grandes Ecôles' in France which offer national engineering diplomas. Entrance is usually possible at Bac+2 or Bac+3. The duration of the course is about 3 years. These Schools offer three to five or six specialised courses (called "filières"). Bridges of course exist between the University system and the Grandes Ecôles system, as well as within each system.

Transport education in France

Academic degrees related to transport :

DUT : Diplôme Universitaire de Technologie (Bac+2) :

• Logistics and transportation : IUT Alençon
• Logistics and transportation : IUT Metz
• Logistics management and transportation : IUT Montluçon
• Logistics management and transportation : IUT Le Creusot

MST : Maîtrise Sciences et Techniques (Bac+4) : some training courses exist in logistics and management.

DEA : Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondies (Bac+5) :

• DEA Economics in Transportation (University Toulouse 1 - Sciences Sociales / Marc Ivaldi)
• DEA Economics in Transportation (ENTPE / University Lyon 2 / Y. Crozet)
• DEA Transport (Paris XII)
• DEA Transport (ENPC/Paris XIII Urbanism)

DESS : Diplôme d'Etudes Supérieures Spécialisées (Bac+5) :

• DESS Urban and regional transport of people (ENTPE / University Lyon 2/ J.L. Girard)
• DESS Industrial and commercial transport and logistics (University Lyon 2)
• DESS Logistic management and transport engineering (University Lille 1)
• DESS Transport Safety (University of Versailles)
• DESS Transport, Territories, Environment (University Cergy Pontoise)
• Etc.
• DESS On-board systems and communication in transport (University Picardie/ A. Lebrun)

DUP : Diplôme Universitaire Professionnel (Bac+5) :

• Two IUPs offer training in logistics.

MASTERE (Bac+5) :

• Mastère ITS (ENPC : Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées Paris/SUPELEC/INRETS/Georges Philippe) : (ITS actors, technical tools and applications, new functions and new services etc.)
• Mastère Management Logistics (ENPC / Ecole Polytechnique de Lausanne)
• Mastère Airport Management (ENAC Ecole Nationale de l'Aviation Civile - Toulouse)
• Mastère Air transport Management (ENAC Toulouse)
• Mastère Management in information systems and technology (Ecole des Mines/HEC/ A. Berdugo)
• Mastère Engineering and Mobility management (ENTP Lyon / JB Lesort)

Engineering Schools (Bac+5)

Usually during the last year, some courses are dedicated to ITS, or ITS-related subjects and represent about 20-40 hours.

ENPC - Paris :
Courses:

• Design and operations of transport system (FC Perret)
• Mobility and users of transport devices (G. Dupuy)
• Transport Economy (E. Quinet)
• Traffic Engineering (S. Cohen)
• Public transport Management (JP Coindet)
• Goods transport (M. Savy)
• Tunnels (B. Cazenave)

ENPC - Lyon :
Course:

• Intelligent transport (Jacques Nouvier)
  (safety, control aspects, information, architecture of ITS systems)

ISEL - Institut Supérieur des Etudes Logistiques - University Le Havre

Some other schools are delivering at a lower level cursus in transport like :

• ISPP Institut Supérieur de Préparation Professionnelle
• EET Ecole Européenne des Transports (Paris / Lyon)
• ESILOG Ecole Internationale de Logistique
• University Paris 12 Management of transport and logistics

Remarks on ITS Transport Education

Most transport training concerns logistics, management, socio-economic aspects or the economics of transport. Only the DESS of University Picardie, the Masters of ENPC and ENTPE are devoted completely to ITS (although the latter is currently cancelled). Only ENPC and ENTPE have ITS topics included in the curriculum.

ITS training in France

Professional training in transport and logistics is organised by AFT-IFTIM in co-operation with the French educational system. This body organises training over the whole of France for those working in transport domain with the help of about 2000 lecturers. The courses are mainly on logistics management and freight operations.

Training for technicians of the public authorities (cities, DDE, departments, etc) is carried out through the CNFPT (Centre National de la Formation Publique Territoriale). IST training is very limited.

Decision-makers can follow the training courses at ENPC. Short courses or day release courses exist on topics such as: intermodality, traffic management, goods delivery, traffic safety, telematics for end users, urban network and freeway management, public/private partnerships, fare collection and management.

These short courses are very didactical, presenting experiences and case studies not in-depth formation. Mostly only French experiences is described. In conclusion ITS training is almost non existent in France. The ATRACC initiative (described in Chapter 3 of the Main Report) was an attempt to cover this lack of specific training.

c) Spain

The situation in Spain can be summarised as follows :

There are no regular undergraduate courses in ITS, nor any degree offered in traffic or transport engineering in Spain. At most, these subjects are offered as optional courses in the Civil Engineering Schools and Industrial Engineering (for control specialists).

The only regular postgraduate course seems to be the one organised by the "Fundacio Politecnica", an educational institution oriented towards continuous education part of the Politecnic University of Calalonia. They offer a 6 month course with 15 hours a week on Mobility Analysis. The course is shared between the Polytechnic University of Catalonia and the Pompeu Fabra University in collaboration with the "Institut Catala d'estudis Territorials", the Municipality of Barcelona and Department of Transportation of the Catalan Government.

As well as the classical subjects of transport planning, traffic control, etc. one third of the course is devoted to ITS-related aspects, including all those concerning Advanced Traffic Management Systems and Traffic Information Systems (VMS panels, navigation systems).