BA (Hons) Automotive and Transport Design with a Placement Year

You’ll design everything from cars, yachts and trains, right through to futuristic concepts for games and film. With access to sector-leading facilities you can visualise your designs using Unreal Engine, Alias, Blender and VRED in our VR labs, Virtual Production Suites and SmartZone.
You’ll work with industry giants in the automotive and transportation sector, including Bentley, Jaguar Land Rover and JCB. You’ll apply your skills to collaborative projects with world-renowned brands, building a portfolio of innovative and exciting work that explores the future of the way we travel, designing vehicles for land, sea and air.On the course, you’ll get the opportunity to collaborate with other creative students, including those studying subjects like Games Design, Architecture and Product Design, replicating life in industry where multi-disciplinary teams are common place.
Our course is taught by academics with real-world experience, who will be at your side throughout your journey to provide you with the knowledge, skills and support you need to take the first step to a successful career in Transport Design. You’ll have plenty of opportunities to make connections in industry, including at competitions like the Superyacht UK Young Designer Competition, which our students have won three years running.

Careers
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
Some graduates are also running their own businesses, teaching, and studying at postgraduate level.
Staff work 1-1 with students and graduates to identify job, placement and internship opportunities. The professional network of our teaching team is invaluable in placing our talented graduates in industry

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

IELTS Academic - 6.0 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in each component
TOEFL IBT (we do not currently accept Home Edition - Listening: 17, Speaking: 20, Reading: 18, Writing: 17
International Baccalaureate - Pass in IB English Language or LiteratureHL grade 4 or SL grade 5