Master - Transportation Design
- 2 years
- Duration
- 37,200 EUR
- Price
- Nov 2025
- Start
- June 2025
- Deadline
- Master
- Degree
- Campus
- Format
- Turin / Italy
- Location
Program description
Students with a deep interest in automobiles can put their knowledge to good use in the Transportation Design Master's program.
It immerses them in the design world, teaching them the ins and outs of the industry while they work on the outside and interior of an automobile.
Turin is the ideal location for this program because it is the origin of many of Italy's most prestigious design studios and automakers as well as the global capital of automotive design.
The city provides an excellent opportunity for IS to host a wide variety of Car Design professionals who can teach, speak, host seminars, and even recruit students.
Program structure
1st year
The first year gathers students coming from different backgrounds, providing shared theoretical and design basis starting from an introduction to the world of the car: history and culture of transport and technological innovations, ergonomics, materials and aerodynamics.
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Design subjects
- Interior Car Design
- Exterior Car Design
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Theoretical subjects
- History of Design
- Vehicle Engineering
- Interaction Design
- Color & Trim
- Lectures and Visits
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Drawing and Technical Tools
- Technical Drawing
- Illustration
- Photoshop
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3D Modelling
- Alias
- Maya
- Clay
2nd year
The second part of the year focuses on the design of a 1:1 scale style model, allowing students to experience the creation of a showcar and the life of a real style center.
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Design subjects
- Interior Car Design
- Exterior Car Design
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Theoretical subjects
- Design Management e Project Communication
- Product Positioning
- Portfolio
- Advanced Design and Intelligent Mobility
- Lectures and Visits
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3D Modelling & Technical Tools
- Alias
- Maya
- Photoshop
Price
Fee for the 1st year is 20100.00 EUR and for the 2nd year is 17100.00 EUR for international students.
Requirements for applicants
Entry requirements
The application can be sent by anyone who holds a First Level Academic Diploma, a BA Degree or other equivalent qualification (graduates of private schools at University level) or with an equivalent professional experience in the disciplinary area of the course.
Grad students may also participate, provided that they get their degree by the date of discussion of the Master’s Final Project.
Language requirements
To ensure course contents are fully understood, IED demands applicants a B2 level - Vantage or upper intermediate - Common European Framework of Reference for Languages - of the language in which the course is taught.
In order to demonstrate the required language proficiency, non-native speakers have to submit a language certificate or undergo a language test run by IED.
Admission and enrolment procedure
After you meet your Admission Advisor for an informative interview and check the entry and language requirements, you will be able to access your reserved area on the admission platform by using the credentials provided by your Advisor, and upload the following documents:
- updated CV;
- portfolio if requested;
- a letter of motivation in the language of the course;
- pre-enrollment form, available in the personal area;
- a copy of the Bachelor’s degree if available;
- transcripts of university exams;
- ID or passport;
- self-certification of residence;
- tax code.
Once you complete the upload of all the documents, you will be invited to a motivational interview aimed at deepening and evaluating the skills acquired during previous studies, the qualifications and marks obtained, any professional experience made, individual aptitudes and motivation to attend the course
About the university
Since 1966, we have been the largest Higher Education Network in the creative area to keep both a worldwide perspective and a strongly Italian cultural matrix.
Our educational strategy has evolved over time, but at its core remains the same: we mix theoretical study with hands-on experience and the expertise of working experts. One of the things we emphasize in our classes is always thinking ahead, in the here and now. We are a diverse, multidisciplinary institution that views design as a tool for social transformation.
Among the many international academic networks in which we participate are Cumulus, Elia, and WDO, just to name a few.
Campuses
In the 1970s and 1980s, we expanded to Rome (1973), Cagliari (1984), and Turin (1989) in Italy.
Beginning in 1994 with the Madrid campus and continuing on to Barcelona in 2002, Spain's modern era began in the 1990s.
The Group also spread internationally, establishing a presence in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 2005, and then in Venice, Italy, in 2007, Florence, Italy, in 2009, and Como, Italy, in 2009, with the acquisition of the Aldo Galli Academy of Fine Arts. The Group expanded its footprint in Brazil in 2014 by renovating the Cassino da Urca and opening a campus in Rio de Janeiro; in 2020, the Group will expand its presence in Spain by purchasing the Centro Superior de Diseo Kunsthal in Bilbao.
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