You will collaborate with automotive and transportation industry titans such as Bentley, Jaguar Land Rover, and JCB. You'll put your skills to work on collaborative projects with world-famous brands, building a portfolio of innovative and exciting work that explores the future of how we travel, designing vehicles for land, sea, and air.
You will have the opportunity to collaborate with other creative students on the course, including those studying subjects such as Games Design, Architecture, and Product Design, simulating life in industry where multi-disciplinary teams are common.
University of Staffordshire
Automotive & transport Design BA (Hons)
Entry Requirements
112-120 UCAS Tariff points
- GCE A Levels - grades BBC or equivalent
- Pearson BTEC National Extended Diploma - grade DMM
- Access to HE Diploma - Pass Access with a minimum of 80 UCAS tariff points. Applicants to Staffs who are taking the Access to HE Diploma receive a reduced tariff point offer as part of our access and participation plan activity
- UAL Level 3 Extended Diploma - grade of Merit overall
- OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma - grade DMM
- T Levels - Eligible T Level applications will be asked to achieve a minimum overall grade of P (A*-C) or Higher Pass as a condition of offer
Career Prospects
Graduates from our design degrees are highly sought after, securing careers worldwide and working on a wide variety of projects. They work for companies including:
- Ferrari
- Jaguar Land Rover
- BMW
- Maserati
- Porsche
- Triumph
Course Details
The goal of the first year of the course is to lay a strong foundation for you by emphasizing fundamental design abilities like sketching, material investigation, and the use of CAD as a visualisation tool. You have the chance to put these skills into practice and get a taste of working with clients through live projects with Industry.
You will concentrate on developing additional specialized skills necessary to work in the automotive and transportation industries in your second year, including clay modeling and sophisticated CAD visualisation. As you collaborate on real-world projects with business partners, you'll gain independence and learn about topics like UX design, consumer behavior, emotional design, and sustainability.
Year 1
Cad & Visualisation: Modelling 20 credits
Cad & Visualisation: Realising 20 credits
Design For Industry 1 40 credits
Material Investigation 20 credits
Studio Skills 20 credits
Year 2
Concept Vehicle Design For Games & Film 20 credits
Design For Industry 2 40 credits
Future Forms 40 credits
Ux & Interior Design 20 credits
Year 3
Design For Industry 3 (20 credits)
Graduate Futures (20 credits))
Major Project (60 credits)
People, Place And Society (20 credits)
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