Traffic & Transport Information Design MSc course

The International Institute for Information Design (IIID), in cooperation with FH St.
February 28, 2012 Read time: 1 min
The International Institute for Information Design (3276 IIID), in cooperation with FH St. Poelten University of Applied Sciences, Austria, has announced Traffic & Transport Information Design, a five semester MSc course starting in October and which is based on distance teaching with blocked modules at the FH St.Poelten, Austria. Taught by top experts from more than 10 countries, the English-language based MSc Traffic&Transport Information Design course is being operated under the auspices of 1384 UNESCO.

According to 3276 IIID, the course not only embraces subjects like wayshowing, wayfinding and signage design, it also covers sound, haptic and olfactoric information, mobile devices, global navigation satellite and in-car navigation systems, real-time traffic information, danger warning, rescue and escape information, evaluation methods and contract management.

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