TRAIL courses: ECTS – TUD GS credits 2023

Decision awarding TUD GS credits to TRAIL courses – Oct 2015

Below is an overview of the ‘TRAIL Basic Course Program’.
Some ad-hoc courses are not mentioned. Please send an e-mail to info@rstrail.nl if you need to know the GS credits for these courses.

Please note:

  • ECTS: first number = participating only  –  second number = participating + passing the assignment/exam.
  • TUD GS credits: the Graduate School decides on acceptance of GS credits.
  • Course category: where is mentioned discipline/research/transferable, the PhD student can choose either category, since TRAIL ‘methodology’ and ‘skills’ courses are strongly linked  to the TRAIL ‘discipline’.
    The category ‘transferable’ applies to some courses because TU Delft labels these courses as ‘transferable’.
  • Course category: always check your local GS rules, since their labels may vary from the TRAIL label!
ByPart [2]ECTS TUD GS credits TUD GS category
Introduction to TRAIL and the PhD student process (0.5d)TRAILS0.250.5discipline/research
I TRAIL Basic Courses [1]ByPart [2]ECTSTUD GS creditsTUD GS category
TRAIL Fundamental Domain Knowledge (4d) OML [3]D1 - 44 - 5discipline
TRAIL Theories and Methods (3d)TRAILT, M1 - 33 - 5discipline/research
II General TRAIL Courses [1]ByPart  [2]ECTSTUD GS creditsTUD GS category
TRAIL Data-analysis and Statistics (3d)TRAILS1 - 33 - 5discipline/research
Machine Learning (4d)OMLM2 - 44 - 5discipline/research
TRAIL Writing a Literature Review in the TIL Domain (2d)TRAILS1 - 42 - 5discipline/research/ transferable
Societal Relevance of your PhD Research (1d)TRAILS0.25 - 10.5 - 2discipline/research
Writing and Publishing a TRAIL Research Article (1d)TRAILS0.5 - 11 - 2discipline/research/ transferable
Discrete Choice Analysis: micro-econometrics and machine learning approaches (4d)TRAILT23discipline/research
Stated Choice Data Collection (2d)TRAILM12discipline/research
From Horse to Porsche: innovations in transport and logistics (1d)TRAILD0.5 - 11 - 2 *,**discipline
Capita selecta: How to Write a Review ReportOMLS11research
III TRAIL Specialisation Courses [1]ByPart [4]ECTSTUD GS credits TUD GS category
Traffic Flow Operations and AI (3d)TRAILI1 - 22 - 3discipline
Behavioural Aspects in Transport (1d)TRAILI0.5 – 11 - 2discipline
Transport Logistics Modelling (4d)OMLL1 - 44 - 5discipline/research
Facility Logistics Management (4d)OMLL1 - 44 - 5discipline
Quantitative Modelling and Analysis of Supply Chains (4d)OMLL1 - 44 - 5discipline/research
Advanced Inventory Theory (4d)OMLL1 - 44 - 5discipline
Freight Transport Management (4d)OMLL1 - 44 - 5discipline
Passenger Transport Systems (4d)OMLL1 - 44 - 5discipline
Logistics Planning - from strategic to real-time (4d)OMLL1 - 44 - 5
Capita selecta: Logistics Planning - from strategic to real-time (2d)OMLL0.5 - 22 - 3discipline
Capita selecta: Emergency Logistics (2d)OMLL0.5 - 22 - 3discipline
Capita selecta: Sustainable OM (2d)OMLL0.5 - 22 - 3discipline
Capita selecta: Behavioral OM (2d)OMLL0.5 - 22 - 3discipline
Capita selecta: Empirical Research in SCM (2d)OMLL0.5 - 22 - 3discipline/research
Capita selecta: Reinforcement Learning for Operations Management (2d) OMLL0.5 - 22 - 3discipline/research
Capita selecta Data Driven Decisions Models (2d)OMLL0.5 - 22 - 3discipline/research
Capita selecta: Periodic Review Inventory Management (2d)OMLL0.5 - 22 - 3discipline/research
Capita selecta: Reinforcement Learning for Operations ManagementOMLL44discipline
IV TRAIL Summer School [1]ByPart  [2]ECTSTUD GS credits TUD GS category
2018 – Automated Driving (5d)TRAILD1 - 25discipline
2019 – Cycling in Cities (5d)TRAILD1 - 25discipline
2020 – Automated Driving (3d)TRAILD13discipline
2021 – Cycling in Cities (3d)TRAILD12discipline
2022 – Automated Driving (3d)TRAILD12discipline

*  Up till 2019: ECTS 1 -2 / GS 1 – 3
** 2021: ECTS 1 – 1.5 / GS 1 -2

[1] Between brackets number of course days

[2] D= Domain Knowledge
T = Theory
M = Methodology
S = Skills

[3] Courses given by TRAIL and Research School Beta within the Graduate Program Operations Management and Logistics (GP-OML).

[4] T: Transport, I: Infrastructure, L: Logistics

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