Automotive and Transport Design
Automotive and transport design is the discipline concerned with creating the vehicles and mobility systems that carry people and goods through the world. It is one of the most technically demanding and culturally influential areas of industrial design, requiring designers to balance aesthetic vision, aerodynamic performance, engineering constraints, manufacturing feasibility, safety standards and the shifting needs and desires of users. The automotive sector is in a period of profound transformation, with electric vehicles, autonomous systems and new models of urban mobility creating both new design challenges and new creative opportunities.
At Coventry University you will study automotive and transport design over three years of full-time study, on a programme that asks you to design the future of transport through user-centred, creative and technically informed practice. You will tackle real design challenges, developing solutions that make travel smarter and life better, working with the full design process from user research and concept development through to detailed design and presentation. A sandwich year and the opportunity for a year abroad significantly extend your professional and international experience, and work placement is integrated throughout the programme.
Coventry's strong connection to the UK and international automotive industry provides a rich context for the programme. The typical tariff of 120 reflects a programme that values creative ambition and design intelligence alongside academic preparation.
Graduates work in automotive design studios, transportation consultancies, mobility companies, product design firms, and across the broader field of industrial and product design. The skills developed through this programme are applicable to automotive exterior and interior design, vehicle concept development, mobility systems design, and the emerging design challenges of electric and autonomous vehicles. Many graduates find roles with major manufacturers and design consultancies in the UK, Europe and globally.
Postgraduate study in automotive design, industrial design or human-centred design provides routes to specialist expertise or senior creative roles.