Car Universities

[IVIaster]

Which are the best Universities for car design and everything related. Maybe in Germany or America. Was thinking of leaving this car-hating land to get my education somerwhere else.

 

[BlaRo]

Art Center College of Design, Pasadena
Center for Creative Studies, Detroit
Academy of Art University, San Francisco
Conventry University of Art and Design, London
And a whole bunch of others here

 

[D-Fence]

Technische Universit?t Berlin seems pretty close to the industry.........

 

[JoeBlo1]

While we're on topic, which are the best engineering schools in Europe? All I know is Cambridge and Imperial. Here in Canada it's Waterloo and in the States of course MIT.

 

[CyberMonkey]

The Netherlands have their TU Delft, which has quite a reputation (at least over here). But they speak mainly dutch there, I guess

 

[IVIaster]

If somebody misunderstood, I meand desingn cars like the engine, not the looks

 

[BlitzR]

Do an engineering course, that way you can learn how to design mechanical parts.

 

[un-dee]

TU M?nchen
TU Darmstadt
TH Karlsruhe

Quite a lot of german unis have a good reputation in engineering topics. I am studying economics/engineering myself at the second one.

 

[IVIaster]

Are these any particulary famous for car emgineering, because my problem is that my local University of Technology has everything else except cars.

 

[BlitzR]

Go with a good engineering university, and then try to a find a job in the automotive industry, you might not find a university with an automotive engineering course.

 

[Kebab gud]

I think theres a University in Toyota city

 

[un-dee]

Are this any particulary famous for car emgineering, beacuse my problem is that tmy local University of Technology has everything else but cars.

There is no such thing, as a real engineer you don't specialize so early because you have to learn the basics anyway. But there are lots of jobs in the automotive industry where you can work afterwards designing cars.

 

[hajj]

Conventry University of Art and Design, London

Coventry is far away from London

Just do an engineering course and then specialise later.

 

[IVIaster]

Are this any particulary famous for car emgineering, beacuse my problem is that tmy local University of Technology has everything else but cars.

There is no such thing, as a real engineer you don't specialize so early because you have to learn the basics anyway. But there are lots of jobs in the automotive industry where you can work afterwards designing cars.

Take a wild guess how many of those jobs are here?

 

[chaos386]

Are this any particulary famous for car emgineering, beacuse my problem is that tmy local University of Technology has everything else but cars.

There is no such thing, as a real engineer you don't specialize so early because you have to learn the basics anyway. But there are lots of jobs in the automotive industry where you can work afterwards designing cars.

Also, designing a car involves many different engineering and science disciplines. Mechanical engineering, aerodynamics, thermodynamics, materials science, electrical engineering, software engineering, chemistry, etc. You won't necessarily need a degree in automotive engineering in order to get a job designing cars. Also, if you stay a little more general, your job options are more open.

 

[JoeBlo1]

If you're interested in automotive engineering then you should obviously study automotive engineering but that type of program is rare. Study mechanical engineering and look for jobs in the automotive industry. You'll have to work for the places that actually design the cars from scratch because many car factories are only production. Currently I'm studying mechanical engineering and it would be my dream to work for a car company.

 

[BlaRo]

Conventry University of Art and Design, London

Coventry is far away from London

Just do an engineering course and then specialise later.

Pff, nothing's far from London.

About doing engineering first, actually: I had a nice chat with one of the instructors at the Art Center College of Design, who had done some cars himself (for Ford, I think). He said that doing engineering first isn't the best idea if you're really set on becoming a designer, because engineering and design have two completely different mindsets. One rational, the other emotional. He suggested going straight into Industrial/Automotive Design for 4 years, which is exactly what I'm not doing. :lol:

An engineering background is still helpful, though, in case you get tired of designing cars and don't want to be stuck with such a specialized degree. With engineering, you can choose to do anything after you graduate.