About us

The Transport Engineering Division is an integral part of the Department of Civil Engineering. It is comprised of five academic staff who has obtained post-graduate qualifications in transport engineering including traffic, highways and public transport. It is a well leading academics group of Transport & Highway Engineering in Sri Lanka The Division is responsible for conducting lectures for civil engineering students. The Division also conducting two postgraduate courses - PG Diploma/MEng in Highway & Traffic Engineering and PG Diploma/MSc in Transportation. In addition every staff member present in the division undertakes the supervision of at least one undergraduate project for each batch of Final Year students, and several postgraduate projects. Furthermore, the academic staff undertakes the supervision of full-time PhD/M.Phil students also.

An increased Transportation Engineering component was introduced to the BSc Civil Engineering curricular in 1992. Under the new syllabus, specialized transport courses are taught at third year and fourth year levels. The third year subject covers highway setting out, construction, design and maintenance and an introduction to transport and traffic engineering theory. The optional fourth year subject imparts theoretical knowledge of traffic signal design, traffic engineering, highway design and transport planning and operations. Field work including advanced computer packages such as TRIPS, TransPlan are introduced and practical are designed to gather experience in conducting basic traffic and transport surveys and studies.
In addition to conducting the undergraduate and postgraduate course of studies, the Division of Transportation Engineering has been carrying out a fully fledged research and consultancy programs. Emphasis has been on applied research and the determination of applications for Sri Lanka. Research is also carried out at different levels of the academic program in order to inculcate the principles and practice of research among the students. The TED also undertakes transport studies and surveys particularly for state sector organizations. An emphasis is made on collaborative studies such that the capability of such organizations and its officers in carrying out such studies is also developed.