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Italy

Engineering

Automotive Engineering

BA Transportation Design: Major in Car Design

3 years

€15000 pa

Programme profile


After a first foundation year in Transportation Design, the course offers two different courses designed to prepare two specific kinds of professionally trained experts.The Car Designer is a professional who handles the design aspects of a vehicle and defines the lines and the components. It"s a very complex and many-sided professional role and his or her competences include a profound understanding of aspects such as the psychological and emotional mechanisms of consumers in relation to the concept of transport or the social contexts and the culture of different target groups of reference.

The first year is dedicated to propaedeutic activities, which constitute the foundations of basic training, cultural references, tools and rules thatdistinguish and characterise aptitudes and attitudes towards projects.

The second year concentrates on methodology and guided projects.The student acquires awareness and competencies in specific professional fields through guided practice, the study of technical disciplines, lessons onculture, with particular attention given to the evolution of contexts, marketsand languages.

The third year is dedicated to advanced project design and to professional role-play simulation, tackling the design project competencies and skills of professionals in various sectors The key element is the dissertation project which is complex and highly structured. These projects are carried out in teams in collaboration with Public Bodies or Companies that collaborate with the Istituto Europeo di Design with the aim of finding original and innovative solutionsnote.

Programme content


Year 1: Design; Design Methods; Graphic Design; History of Contemporary Art; History of Design; Illustration; Materials; Modelling; Perception Theory & Psychology of Form; Technical Drawing;

Year 2: 3D Computer Modelling; Competitions; Design; Design Management; Drawing Techniques; History of Design; Materials; Sociology of Culture; Electives;

Year 3: 3D Rendering Techniques; Competitions; Design; Modelling Techniques; Phenomenology of Contemporary Arts; Foreign Language; Electives; Internships

Progression


The institution doesn't currently offer a related Masters programme, taught through English

Entry Requirements


3 A-levels and 3 GCSEs

Six subjects at Leaving Certificate including at least two 2 at H5

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Yes

Yes: Letter of Motivation

01 November

30 August