MA Automotive and Transport Design

You should have a degree in industrial, product, automotive or transport design.

Entry Qualifications equivalent to 2:1 in an automotive, transport, industrial or product design related degree or relevant professional experience. A 500 word personal statement suggesting area of potential MA research. And an excellent portfolio which should:

• Evidence vehicle exterior and interior design knowledge at a professional level (ideally through placement and/or professional experience) in critical evaluation, creative problem solving, and presentation. Freehand sketching (sketchbooks, etc.) skills and exploration of a wide range of ideas must be extensively demonstrated through project work.
• Illustrate proficiency in developing automotive surfaces and volumes from 2D to 3D through automotive clay modelling or appropriate analogue materials and in CAD.

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Funding opportunities including scholarships available

International companies are keen to employ our graduates to acquire their skills and knowledge of the automotive design process. Past graduates have gone on to become design directors and chief designers at Jaguar Land Rover, Bentley, Ford, Aston Martin, Lotus, Tata, SAIC, PSA (Peugeot-Citroen), Johnson Controls, Faurecia, and Volvo.

Career opportunities are considered vast and varied within automotive design, research, teaching and design management. You could start your own business, become a design consultant, modeller, illustrator, CAD professional, design manager or marketing professional.

Year one

• Collaboration in Practice – 30 credits
• Automotive and Transport Design Specialism 1 – 30 credits
• Final Project Plan – 10 credits
• Professional Context – 20 credits
• Automotive and Transport Design Specialism 2 – 30 credits
• Automotive and Transport Design Specialist Investigation – 20 credits
• Automotive and Transport Design Final Project – 30 credits
• Global Professional Development – Entrepreneurship – 10 credits

Placement year

• Professional Experience (Part One)
• Professional Experience (Part Two)
• Professional Experience (Part Three)