IED – Istituto Europeo di Design Torino
Master's Program in Transportation Design
Turin, Italy
Master degree
DURATION
2 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Nov 2026
TUITION FEES
EUR 20,300 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* First Year EU Students: €20.300 Non EU and EFTA+ Students: €22.300 Second Year EU Students: €17.300 Non EU and EFTA+ Students: €19.300
Key Summary
The Master Course in Transportation Design takes an in-depth look at the combination of form and function in the world of car design and gives you a specialised education in Car Interior Design and User Interface, User Experience and Car Exterior Design within a real working context in Turin, the world capital of style centres in the sector.
Individually and as part of a team, you will develop an innovative, experimental and highly technological mindset. This unique Master Course will help you to cultivate an open-minded approach, allowing you to anticipate and revolutionise industry scenarios and to imagine, create and produce the interior and exterior of a full-scale car model in collaboration with a partner company.
The Master Course in Transportation Design is dedicated to anyone who intends to establish a future in the automotive industry with roles as designer, chief designer or modeller within style centres or studios operating in the sector.
Characterised by a strong international identity and an incredible variety of different backgrounds and experiences, the Master's course is aimed at international students with degrees in various design fields including engineering and industrial design as well as DAPL/DASL graduates, who want to acquire specific vertical training on the world of transport in all its forms and declinations, as well as to learn the technical tools used in the sector (e.g. Alias, Clay, Maya).
The Master Course is the ideal path for anyone who wants to discover and expand their professional range with an open-minded approach that includes transversal skills in areas such as interiors, exteriors, visualisers, colours and trims, UX, UI, intelligent mobility but respects and enhances your area of interest and inclinations.
To support participants in the coverage of the participation fee, IED has activated an articulated system of facilities: partial or total Scholarships on tuition fees and early Bird facilitations for students finalizing enrolment by given deadlines.; Financings with the possibility to pay the tuition fee in installments thanks to agreements with mortgage companies.
The Master Course in Transportation Design integrates theoretical knowledge and work experience by means of critical thinking in which research and projects are strongly focused on innovation and the development of revolutionary design applied to the automotive sector.
Over the two years you will come into contact with aspects of production, user interface, advanced manual and digital representation techniques, ergonomics and vehicle architecture, together with modelling techniques involving dedicated software. You will also explore all the stages of the design process with advanced activities integrated with UI, UX, Service Design, which are essential for exploring and experimenting with new mobility scenarios and sectors.
The increasing level of complexity will lead to a project brief with the objective of creating a 1:1 scale model with a Design Centre approach: from the concept to the interior and exterior design, to the use of materials, colours and finishes, feasibility studies and the most up-to-date rendering techniques. The Master Course concludes with an individual final project, an opportunity to express all the creativity and techniques acquired, a concrete tool for a professional presentation as well as an effective starting point for individual entrepreneurial initiatives.
IED strives to build a supportive environment and collaborative relationship with partners. That’s why IED delivers the necessary tools to support prospective students in exploring opportunities, making informed decisions, and designing their futures. Thanks to the innovative methodology and the professional success of IED students, the Ministries of Education and Research of the countries where IED operates directly – Italy, Spain, and Brazil – have officially accredited the majority of IED Undergraduate and Master courses.
The Master Course in Transportation Design is based in Turin, the cradle of Italy's leading car manufacturers and the world capital of car design. Prestigious names such as Pininfarina, Bertone and Giugiaro's Italdesign have made history here and the style centres of Jeep, Lamborghini and Suzuki are still based here.
The course gives you a unique experience unlike any other course of its kind in the world. You will visit company headquarters and production plants to learn about the technologies and processes involved in current projects, but above all you will get to work closely with the style centre of a partner company to participate in and observe all the creation and development phases of a 1:1 scale model, from the creation of the concept sketch to the design in its executive phase. The final thesis with an internationally renowned external client is the high point of a course of study that prepares you for your professional future.
The course's reputation and world-class international environment are backed up by the exceptional network of car designers who gather at IED and in the city of Turin for lessons, conferences, workshops and recruiting, as well as by the ongoing relationships with companies and design centres for the creation of your professional portfolio. The course will transform you into a professional figure in demand in multiple contexts: automotive companies, car design studios or interactive interface development companies.
Graduates from the Car Interior Design major can work as Experts in multimedia products for automotive companies, design centers, and firms active in the development of user interaction interfaces. At the end of the Car Exterior Design major, students can hold positions as Car Exterior Design Experts able to face design projects from the concept to its prototype creation.