Student feedback from academic year 2025-2026: “I thought the course was well structured, the themes were in a logical order and the topic was covered from an easily approachable angle. The video lectures in the course were also good and especially of a nice length.”
Learning outcomes – After completing the course student will be able to:
- Describe the context and main features of automated transport systems
- Explain the basics of users’ needs to move and access
- Recall the technological basis of sensing, processing, and communicating in automated transport systems
- Recognise tradeoffs and issues in the hardware and software design of automated vehicles
- Define the basic ethical and legal issues of automated transport systems
- Outline emerging mobility and logistics business models of automated transport systems.
Course level: Advanced, Doctoral
Credits: 5 ECTS
Language: English
Implemention: Continuous during academic year. The course is an online course that can be studied individually in one’s own pace.
Assessment methods:
- Assignments
- Learning diary
- A final activity
Study methods:
- Video lectures
- Individual studying
Learning material includes video lecture recordings and research and policy papers.
Organising university: Aalto University (course code SPT-E6010)
Pre-requisites: No pre-requisites
Course enrollment:
- Students at LUT University, Tampere University, University of Lapland, and University of Turku, please use direct cross-institutional registration through your university’s Sisu or Peppi system. You can find information on cross-institutional studies (ristiinopiskelu in Finnish) from your universities own website (e.g., Tampere University’s site).
- Students at Aalto University register directly through Aalto’s Sisu system.
- Students in other ENACT universities (i.e., Metropolia University of Applied Sciences and University of Vaasa), please use this online form: https://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/7E7B67D89B373363.