WELCOME TO ITS-IRVINE
We’re an organized research unit, established to foster research, education, and engagement in the field of transportation.
The Institute seeks to stimulate interdisciplinary research on contemporary transportation issues. ITS-Irvine research typically involves dozens of faculty associates and over 50 graduate and undegraduate students from The Henry Samueli School of Engineering, the School of Social Sciences, the School of Social Ecology, the Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health, the Paul Merage School of Business, the School of Law, and the Bren School of Information and Computer Science. The Institute also hosts visiting scholars from the U.S. and abroad to facilitate cooperative research and information exchange, and sponsors seminars, conferences and colloquia to disseminate research results.
Groundbreaking research, student participation, specialty colloquia and more!
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Research at ITS covers a broad spectrum of transportation issues. Current funded research projects at Irvine focus upon these core fields.
DIG DEEPER
PhD and MS in Transportation Systems Engineering
UC Irvine’s Transportation Systems Engineering program combines engineering, analysis, and computing to address urban transportation challenges with the Institute of Transportation Studies.
PhD and MS in Transportation Science
UC Irvine’s Transportation Science program offers M.S. and Ph.D. degrees, blending engineering, economics, and policy for real-world transportation solutions.
PhD in Urban and Environmental Planning and Policy
The UEPP Ph.D. at UCI trains scholars in social problem analysis, focusing on environmental policy, urban development, and community design.
Master in Urban and Regional Planning
UC Irvine’s MURP program trains planning professionals to address social, economic, and environmental challenges for a sustainable future.
And other programs…
ITS-Irvine is fully interdisciplinary and collaborates with faculty from many technical, social, and policy domains across UCI’s varied schools and departments.
