Presenting courses of study and subsequent career prospects is the concept of "ARD alpha Uni". The Youtube channel wants to support pupils in their study orientation so that they can find their dream studies and their dream job. To this end, the channel offers real insights, inspiration and orientation. Honest and direct, from those who know: students and young professionals!

At the end of 2022, the editorial and video team of "ARD alpha Uni" became aware of the topic studying transport and traffic at TU Dresden (TUD) and the career prospects afterwards. The result is two informative videos that are well worth watching:

  1. Studying Transport Engineering with student Victor and his first exercise in the railway operations laboratory at the "Friedrich List" Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences at the TU Dresden.
  2. With a Master's degree in Transportation eEconomics as a trainee at Deutsche Post and into the Christmas business

For the second video, the team accompanied TUD graduate Jessica with the camera for a day in the run-up to Christmas. She works as a trainee at Deutsche Post in the logistics location Ottendorf-Okrilla near Dresden. Her job: she plans regional truck traffic around Bautzen, Cottbus and in parts of the Ore Mountains around Freiberg. Together with her colleagues, she plans around 1,000 truck tours per week.

In the run-up to Christmas, Jessica was faced with special challenges: Due to the Christmas business, twice as many parcels had to be transported as in the rest of the year. This required a lot of (re)planning.

The result is a ten-minute video that makes you want to #studytransportandtraffic at TU Dresden.

Jessica studied Transport Economics at the TU Dresden, Faculty of Transport Sciences "Friedrich List", from 2014 to 2018 in the Bachelor's programme and from 2018 to 2021 in the Master's programme. In January 2023, she will take over as head of transport. She will then be responsible for truck tour planning at the Ottendorf-Okrilla site and the team of planners.

The video has already had more than 43,000 views in the first two weeks after it was published and there is a lively exchange and discussion in the comments section.

Click here to watch the video. Feel free to leave a thumbs-up, comment and share the video on your own channels - so that the "Friedrich List" Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences can welcome many new students to the faculty in the winter semester 2023/24.

As a transport and traffic scientist or expert ...

... you develop new transport and mobility concepts to conserve resources and protect the climate.
... you calculate economic concepts and advise decision-makers so that transport and mobility remain affordable for everyone.
... you redesign places and spaces so that everyone feels comfortable.
... you automate and digitalise transport so that people and goods arrive quickly, safely and in a way that conserves resources.
... YOU HELP TO SHAPE THE TRANSPORT REVOLUTION.

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At the "Friedrich List" Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences at TU Dresden are

1,000 students enrolled in 6 degree programme

including the diploma programme in transport engineering and the bachelor's programme in transport economics