Master of Arts in

Transportation
and Car Design

Discover your path.
Become Car Designer.

Educational Partner

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Course Length

2 Academic Years

Start

January 2025

Language

English

Where

Milan

The Master in Transportation and Car Design requires creative and technical skills, in order to combine engineering, ergonomics and marketing to develop innovative ideas for transportation.

The program covers the entire design process, with study projects in collaboration with leading automotive companies, involving professional designers from brands such as Audi and Lamborghini.

Multidisciplinary Approach

A lot of practice, laboratories, outdoor visits and workshops are the core of the SPD method. The program provides students with the opportunity to collaborate with industry professionals and companies, fostering teamwork and skill development.

SPD Experience

Studying at SPD means immersing yourself in a fresh, dynamic and international environment, where foreign students account for 70% of the total student population. Each student is followed individually by a faculty composed of professionals coming from different fields.

Internship/Advanced Practice

This module provides the opportunity for the student to experience either a vocational internship with external institutions and companies, an internal research internship, or a period of study abroad.

Major Project

The Major Project module aims at enabling students to develop and direct their own design project, taking into account learnings from previous modules. It aims also at encouraging students to demonstrate a high level of professional competence and to have a deep understanding of the social and philosophical context, in which they are practising. Students are expected to demonstrate the enterprise potential in their ideas and to understand the future possibilities and contexts, in which ideas will exist. Students critically reflect upon their own learning and become prepared for continuous professional development.

Discover the topics, download the brochure

Discover your path.
Become Car Designer.

The Master in Transportation and Car Design requires creative and technical skills, in order to combine engineering, ergonomics and marketing to develop innovative ideas for transportation.

Educational Partner

TU_FINAL Black logo

Course Length

2 Academic Years

Start

January 2025

Language

English

Where

Milan

Discover the topics,
download the brochure

Master of Arts in

Transportation and Car Design

The program covers the entire design process, with study projects in collaboration with leading automotive companies, involving professional designers from brands such as Audi and Lamborghini.

Multidisciplinary Approach

A lot of practice, laboratories, outdoor visits and workshops are the core of the SPD method. The program provides students with the opportunity to collaborate with industry professionals and companies, fostering teamwork and skill development.

SPD Experience

Studying at SPD means immersing yourself in a fresh, dynamic and international environment, where foreign students account for 70% of the total student population. Each student is followed individually by a faculty composed of professionals coming from different fields.

Internship/Advanced Practice

This module provides the opportunity for the student to experience either a vocational internship with external institutions and companies, an internal research internship, or a period of study abroad.

Major Project

The Major Project module aims at enabling students to develop and direct their own design project, taking into account learnings from previous modules. It aims also at encouraging students to demonstrate a high level of professional competence and to have a deep understanding of the social and philosophical context, in which they are practising. Students are expected to demonstrate the enterprise potential in their ideas and to understand the future possibilities and contexts, in which ideas will exist. Students critically reflect upon their own learning and become prepared for continuous professional development.

Course Leader

Claudio Fassini

Claudio Fassini is an experienced Italian designer and educator.

He holds a Master of Arts in Design from the Royal College of Arts in London and has a diverse international background, having lived, studied, and worked in Italy, the UK, the US, and Germany. With over three decades in the business, Claudio has worked with renowned companies such as Philips, Fiat, McLaren, Studio Sowden, Whirlpool, Hyundai, Rolex, Agv Helmets, Porsche, Bosch and others.

His experience ranges from project management in various areas of design, overseeing the project lifecycle from market analysis and concept generation to proposal development and production, often leading international teams. He has been collaborating with SPD Scuola Politecnica di Design for over 15 years, working on 2D representation, sketching, digital rendering, 3D modeling, and tutoring projects for the transportation and car design courses. Claudio is responsible for SPD’s transportation and car design department.

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Career Opportunities

Those who complete the Master in Transportation and Car Design at SPD Scuola Politecnica di Design are ready to pursue careers in: 

+  Car design centres

+  Automotive consultancy firms

+  Vehicle manufacturers

+  Mobility design consultancy firms

Employability

  • 82% of our students find work after a year from their master’s degree.

  • About 10% of our students after the Master’s Degree decide to pursue their career by pursuing a higher education level.

  • Students of the Masters are mainly employed in communication agencies or design studios.

Students' Employability
Training Programm

Training Programm

SPD’s goal is to prepare every student to be a complete professional. The courses are divided into a theoretical part, consisting of lectures and external visits, and a project part for each teaching area with workshops held in collaboration with important studios and design agencies.

Faculty

Faculty

In SPD each student is followed individually by a teaching staff composed by designers, professionals from various sectors and tutors. Many of the most important international names in Design, such as Patricia Urquiola, Denis Santachiara, Ross Lovegrove and Chris Bangle gave lectures in SPD.

A chi è rivolto

Aimed to

SPD’s Masters are aimed at graduates in subjects similar to the master; the students who want to undertake, in the Italian capital of design, a specialization path that allows them to improve their manual and creative skills; the places are limited and the selections happen in a previous cognitive call.

Milano

Milan

Milan, world capital of Design and Fashion, ideal for young international talents, thanks to museums, architecture, hotels, showrooms that give an incredible source of inspiration. The city offers great business opportunities, a bustling social life and exclusive events.