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Automotive and Transport Design BA (Hons)

Undergraduate

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Develop skills and knowledge that will enable you to create innovative and visionary concept designs for all forms of transport.

Year of entry

2025-26

Location

Coventry University (Coventry)

Study mode

Full-time
Sandwich

Duration

3 years full-time
4 years sandwich

Course code

WHG3

Start date

September 2025

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Course overview

High-tech cars, yachts or flying machines, unleash your vision and learn to create innovative design solutions in a range of styles and media. Explore purpose, usability, materials, ecology, desirability, technological feasibility, and professional constraints with input from experienced staff and industry collaborations.

Design realisation is supported by generous making spaces and technology so that you can create physical, or digital models of your designs.
The transport design industry is evolving rapidly, and therefore employability assumes a pivotal role in defining our course content and practices.
Our mission is to connect your passions and skillsets with your career aspirations, empowering you with the essential attributes to exceed your own expectations. The collaborative nature of our teaching and learning is deeply influenced by both industry practices and the latest research.

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Rated Gold Overall

Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) 2023

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5 QS Stars for Teaching and Facilities

QS Stars University Ratings

Top 5 Student City in England (Coventry)

QS Best Student Cities Index 2025

Why you should study this course

This course aims to develop your understanding of the latest developments, drivers, and practices of the automotive, transport and mobility designer beyond merely illustration and styling.
Shaped by students, staff and industry collaborators - this course is closely aligned with the automotive and transport industry. Constant updates keep the course at the forefront of industry developments, preparing graduates to be future-focused and equipped with the skills needed to make meaningful contributions in their chosen field.
The learning environment is international with students typically coming from many parts of the world working together on global design solutions. We offer exciting international opportunities and project work collaborations².
You may choose to take the opportunity to extend your degree with our study abroad scheme². Previous students have had the opportunity to experience and learn in China, India, the USA, and Colombia.
We have a very large alumni network who take a great interest in active students and who may offer opportunities in the form of teaching, collaborative industry projects, internships, and graduate employment².

Collaborations

We have an active collaboration with Nanjing University of Science of Technology, (NJUST), China. You may have the opportunity to work with students on their courses online on special projects, helping to improve your world view of design.

Coventry University works together with a range of companies to provide you with experiences to enhance your study. This may include projects to placements². In the past, our collaborators have offered competitions, portfolio surgeries, speaker events and workshops. The scope of involvement may change from year to year and varies from provider to provider. Our collaborators may include:

Aston Martin
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR)
Contechs
Autodesk
Gravity Sketch
Tevva
Avant
Vital Auto

The course helped me learn a variety of skills, from manual to digital, as well as soft skills (such as working with and organising a team). Over the two years that I have been enrolled, I have developed both as a person and a professional and feel like I am being well prepared to work in the industry upon my graduation. Being a student ambassador for the School of Art and Design, I also get the opportunity to interact with a greater variety of lecturers from different backgrounds and experiences, which is always beneficial for getting various perspectives.
Jelena Labudovic, Automotive and Transport Design student, 2022

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What you'll study

This course has a common first year.

The common first year enables you to work alongside students doing similar courses to you, to widen your knowledge and exposure to other subject areas and professions. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with other students, so you can share your insights and experience which will help you to develop and learn.

If you discover an interest in a specific subject you have studied, upon successful completion of your first year, you could swap degrees with another course in your common first year (subject to meeting progression requirements).

Common first year courses

Automotive and Transport Design BA (Hons)
Graphic Design (BA Hons)
Product Design (BA Hons)

In your first year, the curriculum is shared across related courses allowing you to gain a broad grounding in the discipline before going on, in your second and final years, to specialist modules in your chosen field.

Modules

Design Exploration - 20 credits

This module introduces you to a series of fundamental analogue processes, tools and techniques used in the development and communication of design ideas. Through experimentation with hands-on tools, techniques and methods for exploration and idea generation, you should gain an appreciation for these foundational skills, and where and how to effectively apply them within current and future design work. You will evidence your learning via a curated portfolio of work demonstrating both the final proposed outcomes and the process of your development.

Compulsory

Design Visualisation - 20 credits

This module introduces you to essential discipline-specific software and skills used in the digital development and communication of design outputs. With an emphasis on the exploration of 2D and 3D digital skills and processes, you should gain an appreciation for where and how to effectively apply digital composition, drawing, modelling and visualization tools, alongside recognized workflow, and formatting conventions. You will evidence their learning via a curated portfolio of work demonstrating both the final proposed outcomes and the process of their development.

Compulsory

Design Enquiry - 20 credits

This module focuses on research and its value as part of a critique of contemporary and historical design. In considering the wider contexts of your discipline and how these impact your project development, you will begin to understand your work as part of ongoing and emerging practice. You will aim to develop project solutions that draw upon research and theory as a means of grounding them in a design continuum, culminating in a finished, contextualised design solution.

Compulsory

Design Reflection - 20 credits

This module encourages you to critically reflect on your work, your learning journey, and your future academic and professional aspirations. In helping you to adopt a reflective approach, the module allows for continuous learning in context and as part of a learning community and provides opportunities for peer discussion around themes of self-development and reflection in aid of developing self-awareness. This personal and sometimes introspective analysis leads you to consider your academic and professional aspirations, your strengths, weaknesses, and targets. You will seek to develop a personal design manifesto supported by a record of your reflective practice and personal development plan.

Compulsory

Design Context - 20 credits

This module challenges you to develop innovative responses to a given design opportunity within strictly defined parameters. You should consider the wider context for your design activity and how your decisions will impact stakeholders, from producers to end users. Supporting sessions will introduce the principles and relationships involved in the development of designs for the real world - how conflicting design factors are balanced to achieve functional, feasible and viable solutions. You will submit design outcomes informed by and grounded in real-world contexts.

Compulsory

Design Experience - 20 credits

This module is the culmination of your first year—a celebration of progress and practice. You will work in teams to develop comprehensive responses to a collective brief. You will consider how design and narrative can be used to enhance the user experience by telling stories and embedding messages.

Supporting sessions will introduce approaches to human-centred design and methodologies for successful collaboration and project management. Group tasks will guide you through a design process that draws on previous learning, now applied in a team context. Respective roles and duties will be identified and pursued. You will use discipline-specific skills, techniques, and media to explore, develop and produce responses.

Compulsory

In your second year, you will continue to develop the skills and knowledge you’ve learnt. We do this by embedding the following four principles into the curriculum and developing your:

Technical skills – digital fluency, backed with the right academic knowledge
Study skills – to be an adaptive, independent and proactive learner
Professional skills – to have the behaviour and abilities to succeed in your career
Global awareness – the beliefs and abilities to be a resilient, confident and motivated global citizen

You will develop more advanced knowledge and skills to do with: design innovations, designing for the future, and investing design work, amongst others.

Modules

Professional Development - 20 credits

The aim of this module is to support you in the development of a personal career focused portfolio which represents a cross-section of personal skills, knowledge, and capabilities. You will also work on developing a CV, identify relevant networks and prepare rationales around your future career aspirations. The intention and timing are to help you look outward towards possible placement opportunities and to begin to refine a personal career focus².

You will continue to add to your reflective blog, investigating developments in and around your industry, and identify opportunities and skill requirements that align with your career aspirations.

Compulsory

Design Innovation - 20 credits

In order to develop innovative ideas that are meaningful to users and a continuously changing world, you must be able to investigate and question what already exists in design terms and be prepared to challenge. You will critically explore and develop dialogue around design scenarios and consider the purpose and possibilities for future transport systems/devices from an innovation perspective.

You will reflect and respond to specific factors such as new and emerging technologies, material possibilities and user scenarios and visualise transport design solutions to an advanced visual level adopting one or more design representation approaches (digital/clay or other media).

Compulsory

Design Futures - 20 credits

This module considers design in its wider setting and highlights future scenarios as a platform to explore creative ideas against future ecological, sustainable, and social, technological contexts. The module should encourage you to question design in its international and cross-cultural setting to bring external perspectives to discussions and design action.

International issues around the future of mobility, autonomous vehicles and future transport in cities will be explored as well as consumer models that may influence future design parameters. A Design Team approach will be adopted into this module to help you generate more extensive results and propose a wide range of design briefs.

Compulsory

Developmental Actions - 20 credits

As part of your Professional Development, you will reflect on the specifics of your year two project work. This includes reflecting on the benefits, and the challenges, of working in design teams. You will also organise and evaluate your thoughts about your action plans as defined in semester one. With a strong focus on employability, you should check actions taken so far, as well as your readiness for any potential upcoming work placement, or study abroad opportunities². You will have the opportunity to interact with, and produce ideas and designs, for industry collaborators.

Compulsory

Design Investigations - 20 credits

This module is the companion to the Industrial Design module. Relating to the brief set by the industry collaborator you will work initially in groups to investigate, research, and synthesize material that will have a direct bearing on, and will help to define, the design process.

You should develop an understanding of the market and users, technology, materials, functions, and use, as well as socio-economic, ecological and sustainability drivers that could potentially influence their solutions. You will also focus on innovations that can bring success to the proposed conceptual designs, these can be in form and function, and technology, or systems.

Compulsory

Industrial Design - 20 credits

This module has a strong outward facing focus and it is where you can consider industry expectations, communication and develop design professionalism. You will manage an investigation and respond to industry-aligned or client-inspired design briefs and follow the design process through to design solutions that are considered in terms of its functional feasibility, potential brand alignment and user sensibility. The outcomes may include sketch modelling of prototypes (digital and/or physical) and other techniques for presentation to professional audiences.

Compulsory

There’s no better way to find out what you love doing than trying it out for yourself, which is why a work placement² can often be beneficial. Work placements usually occur between your second and final year of study. They’re a great way to help you explore your potential career path and gain valuable work experience, whilst developing transferable skills for the future.

If you choose to do a work placement year, you will pay a reduced tuition fee³ of £1,250. For more information, please go to the fees and funding section. During this time you will receive guidance from your employer or participating institution, along with your assigned academic mentor who will ensure you have the support you need to complete your placement.

Modules

UK Work Placement – 0 credits

This module provides you with an opportunity to reflect upon and gain experience for an approved placement² undertaken during your programme. A placement should usually be at least 26 weeks or equivalent; however, each placement will be considered on its own merits, having regard to the ability to achieve the learning outcomes.

Optional

International Study/Work Placement – 0 credits

This module provides you with an opportunity to reflect upon and gain experience for an approved international study/work placement² undertaken during your programme. A work/study placement should usually be at least 26 weeks or equivalent; however, each placement will be considered on its own merits, having regard to the ability to achieve the learning outcomes.

Optional

Your final year aims to bring you to the level to enter the world of work by consolidating your knowledge and skills from your first and second years.

Modules

Concept Creation - 20 credits

You will identify a range of potential themes for design innovation which respond to current global challenges or anticipated future trends/contexts. The module will involve you conducting an in-depth investigation that explores the identified themes, agreeing a brief derived from the investigations, and then go on to produce initial conceptual designs, one of which may lead to an individual and tutor-negotiated major project.

The activities in this module will represent the alignment with your chosen specialism and build upon the foundation of your career-focused portfolio. There is a requirement to produce a written research report and info-graphical representation, research, and analysis, presented to good academic standards. You will also be required to produce an initial occupant and technology package as well as a 2D initial speed form of surface design.

Compulsory

Design Project – Select - 20 credits

In this module you will produce designs that align with your career aspirations and specialist interest. During this module you will complete two short projects.

Personal project (A): This project focuses on exploring and developing initial ideas around a theme of personal interest to springboard your final major project in semester 2. Outputs from this project will be 2D sketch-work and a short brief. Project work should consider users, technology, materials, manufacturing, culture, context.

Competition/Industrial Project (B): This short project focuses on either an industrial collaboration, or an outward facing competition entry (depending on availability). In this project you will be given externally supplied project topics which may be from national and international design competition briefs or industrial collaborators. you will operate within the constraints of non-negotiable, fixed design briefs, followed by a formative ‘professional gateway.’ Outputs from this contribute to Design Portfolio module.

Compulsory

Design Portfolio - 20 credits

This module allows you to critically reflect on your work and on how this impacts your future academic/professional path.

This module specifically allows you to reflect on the outputs of semester 1 project work in Design Project - Select and Concept Creation modules to build on prior learning, to reinforce your specialism, and aid planning of your final major project and future career.

The module should help you develop a methodology of work that is reflective, allowing for continuous learning in context, and as part of a learning community, and will provide opportunities for peer discussions about themes of self-development and reflection that aid the development of self-awareness.

Compulsory

Design Presence - 20 credits

This module aims to develop a professional level of presence necessary for real world employment. The module will help you develop a methodology of self-presentation that is reflective, allowing for continuous learning in context, and will provide opportunities for peer discussions about themes of self-development and reflection that aid the development of self-awareness in the process of applying for jobs.

This personal and sometimes introspective analysis should lead you to consider your academic and professional aspirations and your strengths and weaknesses. You will be encouraged to engage in discourse with professionals and graduates to better inform your choices.

Compulsory

Design Delivery - 40 credits

During this project you will deliver an agreed transportation design project which strongly represents your personal creativity, interests, and design ability. In order to do this, you will research, develop, and present around a single detailed design theme (established in the Concept Creation module and evidenced through concept packages and preliminary research) that integrates the skills and learning acquired throughout the course.

The detail design development undertaken in this module will be supported by relevant research and knowledge into areas of aesthetics, user-factors, operational sense, and functional appreciation that responds to identified aspects of cultural political, environmental, technological, social and/or legislative contexts.

The project design direction will be inspired by conceptual development and investigation undertaken in the Concept Creation module. The final brief will be negotiated and agreed with tutors.

Compulsory

We regularly review our course content, to make it relevant and current for the benefit of our students. For these reasons, course modules may be updated.

How you'll learn

The School of Art and Design’s teaching and learning mirrors the needs of the creative industries with the aim of ensuring that our graduates are equipped with the skills and attributes to become Industry specialists, leaders, and innovators to drive social responsibility and design global change.

The Creative Industries’ ability to be entrepreneurial, innovative and embrace change underpins our Art and Design courses. Our studio and workshop culture ensures you are socially responsible in our creative community and develop critical thinking in research and ‘make’ processes. Our global initiatives will give you skills to become collaborative communicators and make you culturally competent in the ever-changing world of art or design.

As the creative arena is an ever-evolving space, being curious and adaptable learners is key to our school’s graduate. You will learn how to recognise your strengths and learning needs, how to self-reflect and grow, and you will identify your personal development and drive your projects for ambitious career aspirations.

Methods of study include:

workshops, demonstrations, seminars, and lectures
seminar, critiques and tutorials, feedback, and peer to peer sessions
studio practice and bookable workshop access

Teaching contact hours

As a full-time undergraduate student, you will study modules totalling 120 credits each academic year. A typical 20 credit module requires a total of 200 hours study. This is made up of teaching contact hours, guided and independent study.

Teaching hours:

Teaching hours vary each semester, year of study and due to module selection. During your first year you can expect 15-18 teaching hours each week. You will also have the option to attend optional sessions including time with a progress coach or to meet with staff for advice and feedback. As you progress through your studies, teaching hours may reduce.

Guided and independent study:

Throughout your studies, you will be expected to spend time in guided and independent study to make up the required study hours per module. You’ll be digging deeper into topics, review what you’ve learned and complete assignments. This can be completed around your personal commitments. As you progress through your studies, you’ll spend more time in independent study.

Online learning:

As an innovative university, we use different teaching methods including online tools and emerging technologies. So, some of your teaching hours and assessments may be delivered online.

Assessment

Your learning journey will be wide-ranging, developing your work to have integrity, resilience and be authentic in its production and delivery. The learning that you will undertake includes sessions that are led by staff, group projects, guided learning and directed skill sessions.

You will be assessed using a variety of methods which could vary depending upon the module. In the School of Art and Design we design our assessment methods to replicate the creative industries’ ways of working. This ensures that you have the chance to learn skills for future career opportunities.

Assessment methods may include:

group work
presentations
reports
projects
practical Coursework
digital Coursework
individual Assignments
live presentations.

The Coventry University Group assessment strategy ensures that our courses are fairly assessed and allows us to monitor student progression towards achieving the intended learning outcomes.

International experience opportunities

There may be opportunities to engage in international collaborative projects with students on similar courses globally.

We run Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) projects with participating institutions, that are very popular with the participating students². They offer great opportunities for gaining insights into international approaches to design and to network.

You may also obtain international professional experience if you decide to undertake an optional placement year².

Please note that all international experience opportunities may be subject to additional costs, competitive application, availability, and meeting applicable visa and travel requirements, and are therefore not guaranteed².

It is great to see new students start the course with tremendous raw passion and watch their journey of discovery as they progress through the course. They work hard at developing their skillsets, their knowledge of design and the automotive and transport design industry. It is then very gratifying to see them graduate and find work in their chosen field of expertise.
The icing on the cake is when they return as professionals offering opportunities to students following in their footsteps.
Alan Barrett, BA Automotive and Transport Design Course Director, April 2022

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Entry requirements

Typical entry requirements:

Requirement	What we're looking for
UCAS points	112
A level	BBC
GCSE	5 GCSEs at grade 4 / C or above to include English and Mathematics.
BTEC	DMM
IB Diploma	27 points
Access to HE	The Access to HE Diploma. Plus GCSE English at grade 4 / C or above.

Portfolio

You may be required to attend a portfolio showcase, activity session or audition or submit a portfolio via email (as is appropriate to your course), either virtually or face to face, as is practical to arrange. Invites for these sessions will be sent directly to your contact email.

Each application will be considered on its merits.

Other qualifications and experience

Our students come from a variety of backgrounds, each with a unique story. We recognise a breadth of qualifications. If your qualifications differ from the above, contact our Admissions Team who will be happy to discuss your qualifications and routes into your chosen course.

Contextual offers and Fair Access Scheme

If you meet the criteria for our Fair Access Scheme, you could automatically receive a contextual offer that may be up to 24 UCAS points lower than our standard entry requirements. View the criteria for our Fair Access Scheme.

Select your region to find detailed information about entry requirements:

South East Asia

Russia and Central Asia

You can view our full list of country specific entry requirements on our Entry requirements page.

Alternatively, visit our International hub for further advice and guidance on finding in-country agents and representatives, joining our in-country events and how to apply.

Portfolio

You may be required to attend a portfolio showcase, activity session or audition or submit a portfolio via email (as is appropriate to your course), either virtually or face to face, as is practical to arrange. Invites for these sessions will be sent directly to your contact email.

Each application will be considered on its merits.

English language requirements

IELTS: 6.0 overall, with no component lower than 5.5.

If you don't meet the English language requirements, you can achieve the level you need by successfully completing a pre-sessional English programme before you start your course.

For more information on our approved English language tests visit our English language requirements page.

Fees and funding

Student	Full-time	Part-time
UK, Ireland*, Channel Islands or Isle of Man	2025/26 fees TBC 2024/25 fees - £9,250 per year	Not available
EU	2025/26 fees TBC 2024/25 fees - £9,250 per year with EU Support Bursary 2025/26 fees TBC 2024/25 fees - £19,850 per year without EU Support Bursary	Not available
International	2025/26 fees TBC 2024/25 fees - £19,850 per year	Not available

If you choose to study this course with a professional placement² or study abroad year, you will need to pay a tuition fee³ of £1,250 to cover your academic support throughout your placement year.

For advice and guidance on tuition fees and student loans visit our Undergraduate Finance page and see the university’s Tuition Fee and Refund Terms and Conditions.

The University will charge the tuition fees that are stated in the above table for the first Academic Year of study. The University will review tuition fees each year. For UK (home) students, if Parliament permits an increase in tuition fees, the university may increase fees for each subsequent year of study in line with any such changes. Note that any increase is expected to be in line with inflation.

For international students, we may increase fees each year, but such increases will be no more than 5% above inflation. If you defer your course start date or have to extend your studies beyond the normal duration of the course (e.g. to repeat a year or resit examinations) the University reserves the right to charge you fees at a higher rate and/or in accordance with any legislative changes during the additional period of study.

We offer a range of International scholarships to students all over the world. For more information, visit our International Scholarships page.

Tuition fees cover the cost of your teaching, assessments, facilities and support services. There may be additional costs not covered by this fee such as accommodation and living costs, recommended reading books, stationery, printing and re-assessments should you need them.

The following are additional costs not included in the tuition fees:

any optional overseas ﬁeld trips or visits: £400+ per trip
any costs associated with securing, attending or completing a placement (whether in the UK or abroad).

Find out what's included in your tuition costs.

*Irish student fees

The rights of Irish residents to study in the UK are preserved under the Common Travel Area arrangement. If you are an Irish student and meet the residency criteria, you can study in England, pay the same level of tuition fees as English students and utilise the Tuition Fee Loan.

**EU Support Bursary

Following the UK's exit from the European Union, we are offering financial support to all eligible EU students who wish to study an undergraduate or a postgraduate degree with us full-time. This bursary will be used to offset the cost of your tuition fees to bring them in line with that of UK students. Students studying a degree with a foundation year with us are not eligible for the bursary.

How do you know if you need to pay UK or international tuition fees?

We carry out an initial fee status assessment based on the information you provide in your application. Your fee status determines your tuition fees, and what financial support and scholarships may be available to you. The rules about who pays UK (home) or international (overseas) fees for higher education courses in England are set by the Department for Education. The regulations identify all the different categories of student who can insist on paying the home rate. The regulations can be difficult to understand, so the UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA) has provided fee status guidance to help you identify whether you are eligible to pay the home or overseas rate.

If you meet all the criteria required by any one category, including any residence requirements, your institution must charge you the home rate. You only need to find one category that you fit into.

Facilities

Our purpose-built Delia Derbyshire creatives building will be your primary learning location. We have generous studio and making spaces⁴. Our studio environment allows you to experience working practices that are typical in industry, and our workshops are equipped so that you can use a large variety of different materials and processes to make physical models.

For digital work we have PC labs equipped with high performance machines that can handle digital modelmaking, visualisation and animation. We make sure we have the latest industry compatible software packages.

Immersive studios provide VR and mixed-reality technologies.
Workshops: state of the art robotic milling, rapid prototyping, desktop CNC milling, 3D printing, digital scanners, large block material workshops, large scale painting facilities, hack spaces and manual workshops.
Specialist design studios: with presentation, VR, pin-up spaces, small group break out areas, Wi-Fi throughout, a dedicated print bureau for 2D outputs up to A0 size, and art supplies shops.
Clay studios: automotive clay is a valuable method to build scale models and evaluate forms. This iterative process is still an effective means to evolve complex automotive surfaces and shapes.

Facilities are subject to availability. Access to some facilities (including some teaching and learning spaces) may vary from those advertised and/or may have reduced availability or restrictions where the university is following public authority guidance, decisions or orders.

Careers and opportunities

Employability is a major strength of the course. The curriculum aims to embed industry interactions (such as short work experience, client projects, industry-aligned/inspired briefs) to offer the best preparation possible to help students to obtain graduate employment and achieve their career aspirations².

Students graduating from this course have traditionally enjoyed good employment in a range of design specific roles and this course allows students to change direction during their studies. This is important to a rapidly changing automotive and transport design environment, and the roles and transferable skills inherent in the professions and associated enterprises (e.g., start-up businesses, consultancy, and research). This further improves student chances of focused graduate employment.

The course has been designed to respond in an agile way to feedback and interaction with our contacts and industrial collaborators.

Career opportunities in automotive and transport design are vast and varied. You could start your own business, become a design consultant, modeller, illustrator, CAD professional, design manager or marketing professional. Graduates have found opportunities in automotive exterior and interior design, lighting systems design, clay and ‘hard’ modelling, digital modelling and surfacing, 3D visualisation and animation, colour and materials design, user interface design, lifestyle products and design research.

Career-focused activities are embedded in the curriculum and delivered in close partnership with the Talent Team. The Talent Team work closely with the course to offer CV and portfolio guidance, professional practice internship support, employability support and graduate support, and a comprehensive range of workshops².  

Where our graduates work

Previous graduates have gone on to work for a number of prestigious companies. These include:

Jaguar Land Rover, Bentley, Rolls Royce
General Motors, GMC
VW, Audi, Porsche
Toyota, Nissan, Honda, Mazda
SAIC/MG
Geely (Lynk&Co, Lotus, Volvo, LEVC)
Sunseeker, Winch Design, RWD,
BSA, Royal Enfield, BMW
Kiska, Ariel, AVANT, Astheimer, Vital
Simba-Dickie Toys

Further study

You may be entitled to an alumni discount on your fees if you decide to extend your time with us by progressing from undergraduate to postgraduate study.

When I got into the ATD course I had a very clear vision of what I’d like to achieve and become. But the course gave me a wider perspective of professional world and it opened doors to many other fields. Due to university connections with industry, in my third year I got a placement in Toyota Lexus at French Riviera and in my final year I was offered an internship as a Colour and Materials Designer at Jaguar Land Rover. Tutors were extremely supportive throughout the four years. I am very grateful to them for guiding me and mentoring.
Grete Jakubauskaite, Automotive and Transport Design student, 2022

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UK students

Full-time students can apply for this course through UCAS. Read our application pages to find out your next steps to apply.

If this course has a part-time option you will need to apply directly to the university.

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International students

International codes:
AHU088

How to apply

For further support for international applicants applying for an undergraduate degree view our International hub.

You can also download our International mini guide for an overview of study options and why you should study with us.

Get in touch with us today for further advice and guidance.

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Disclaimers

Coventry University together with Coventry University London, Coventry University Wrocław, CU Coventry, CU London, CU Scarborough, and Coventry University Online come together to form part of the Coventry University Group (the University) with all degrees awarded by Coventry University.

¹Accreditations

The majority of our courses have been formally recognised by professional bodies, which means the courses have been reviewed and tested to ensure they reach a set standard. In some instances, studying on an accredited course can give you additional benefits such as exemptions from professional exams (subject to availability, fees may apply). Accreditations, partnerships, exemptions and memberships shall be renewed in accordance with the relevant bodies’ standard review process and subject to the university maintaining the same high standards of course delivery.

²UK and international opportunities

Please note that we are unable to guarantee any UK or international opportunities (whether required or optional) such as internships, work experience, field trips, conferences, placements or study abroad opportunities and that all such opportunities may be unpaid and/or subject to additional costs (which could include, but is not limited to, equipment, materials, bench fees, studio or facilities hire, travel, accommodation and visas), competitive application, availability and/or meeting any applicable travel, public authority guidance, decisions or orders and visa requirements. To ensure that you fully understand any visa requirements, please contact the International Office.

³Tuition fees

The University will charge the tuition fees that are stated in the above table for the first Academic Year of study. The University will review tuition fees each year. For UK (home) students, if Parliament permit an increase in tuition fees, the University may increase fees for each subsequent year of study in line with any such changes. Note that any increase is expected to be in line with inflation.

For international students, we may increase fees each year, but such increases will be no more than 5% above inflation. If you defer your course start date or have to extend your studies beyond the normal duration of the course (e.g. to repeat a year or resit examinations) the University reserves the right to charge you fees at a higher rate and/or in accordance with any legislative changes during the additional period of study.

⁴Facilities

Facilities are subject to availability. Access to some facilities (including some teaching and learning spaces) may vary from those advertised and/or may have reduced availability or restrictions where the university is following public authority guidance, decisions or orders.

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