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The ageing of the European population is driving a profound transformation in urban mobility systems. More than 20% of Europe’s population is over 65 years old, and this proportion is expected to continue growing in the coming decades. This demographic shift highlights structural limitations in accessibility, autonomy, and inclusion within current transport systems, particularly in relation to digitalisation and service design.
In this context, Mobility for the Elderly (M4E) is an advanced training programme aimed at professionals who wish to design more accessible, inclusive, and age-responsive mobility solutions. The programme combines a flexible online phase with intensive on-site sessions based on real-world challenges, co-creation, and collaborative work with sector stakeholders.
Participants will develop skills in inclusive design, mobility innovation, social needs analysis, and public policy development, with a practical and applied approach.
The programme stands out for its challenge-based methodology, the participation of leading European partners (CARNET, Universidade de Lisboa, UTUM, JA Bulgaria), and the direct integration of real case studies with industry stakeholders. This ensures a learning experience closely connected to professional reality and with a direct impact on the European mobility ecosystem.
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Aims
Upon completion of the programme, participants will be able to:
Design accessible mobility solutions for older adults in urban environments.
Identify and analyse physical, digital and social barriers in mobility systems.
Apply universal and inclusive design principles to services and infrastructure.
Develop policy and service proposals adapted to population ageing.
Integrate user participation in co-creation and innovation processes.
Assess the social impact of mobility solutions from an ethical and inclusive perspective.
Who is it for?
Public policymakers and public administration professionals
Engineers and consultants
Health and social care professionals
Social innovation and NGO professionals
Researchers and postgraduate students
Professionals interested in active ageing and urban inclusion
Training Content
Ageing and urban mobility trends
Accessibility and inclusion in mobility systems
Ethical and societal dimensions of mobility
Stakeholder engagement and co-creation
Leadership and entrepreneurship in mobility innovation
Inclusive and sustainable mobility solutions
Degree
Certificate of Achievement issued by the Fundació Politècnica de Catalunya. Issued in accordance with the provisions of Article 8 of the Amendment to the Regulations of Lifelong Learning Studies, approved by Agreement CG/2025/02/35, of 25 March, by the Governing Council of the UPC.
Learning methodology
The teaching methodology of the programme facilitates the student's learning and the achievement of the necessary competences.
Learning tools
Solving exercises
Solutions are worked on by practising routines, applying formulas and algorithms, and procedures are followed for transforming the available information and interpreting the results.
Case studies
Real or hypothetical situations are presented in which the students, in a completely participatory and practical way, examine the situation, consider the various hypotheses and share their own conclusions.
Flipped classroom
The contents are prepared prior to the face-to-face lessons. Practical sessions take place in the classroom, which enable understanding and application of concepts to real cases and the expansion of knowledge with more technical and specialised details.
Advanced asynchronous communication
Systems that enable smooth and clear communication in any situation (video chats, forums, recorded lectures, etc.).
Assessment criteria
Attendance
At least 80% attendance of teaching hours is required.
Level of participation
The student's active contribution to the various activities offered by the teaching team is assessed.
Solving exercises, questionnaires or exams
Individual tests aimed at assessing the degree of learning and the acquisition of competences.
Work out projects
Studies on a specific topic, by individuals or groups, in which the quality and depth of the work is assessed, among other factors.
Work placements & employment service
Students can access job offers in their field of specialisation on the My_Tech_Space virtual campus. Applications made from this site will be treated confidentially. Hundreds of offers of the UPC School of Professional & Executive Development employment service appear annually. The offers range from formal contracts to work placement agreements.
Virtual campus
The students on this course will have access to the My_ Tech_Space virtual campus - an effective platform for work and communication between the programme's students, lecturers, directors and coordinators. My_Tech_Space provides the documentation for each training session before it starts, and enables students to work as a team, consult lecturers, check notes, etc.
Civil Engineer from the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA) in Toulouse, holds a Master’s degree from the University of California, Irvine, and a PhD in Transportation Engineering from the same institution. She is Executive and Research Manager at CARNET, the Future Mobility Research Hub affiliated with the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). Her doctoral research (2006) focused on the Mass Transport Vehicle Routing Problem, anticipating demand-responsive transport (DRT), with applications in emergency systems in New York. She has worked at the Catalan Traffic Service (SCT) and in transport consultancies in Stuttgart, and since 2019 has coordinated mobility innovation projects at CARNET.
PhD candidate in Engineering and Management at Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, where he also obtained a Master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering. He is a researcher at the Centre for Management Studies of Instituto Superior Técnico (CEGIST) and at INFARMED – National Authority of Medicines and Health Products, I. P., with a research focus on health technology assessment (HTA) of medical devices. He has actively collaborated with UPC on the Urban Mobility and Healthy Ageing: Innovations for a Sustainable Future (UMAIS) Summer School and the Mobility4All educational programme.
Associates entities
Strategic partners
CARNET
Participates in the design of the contents of the programme, and ensures they are appropriate to the needs of the professional sphere.
Provides teachers and lecturers.
Universidade de Lisboa (ULisboa)
Participates in the design of the contents of the programme, and ensures they are appropriate to the needs of the professional sphere.
