Automobile Design

Transportation Designers are commercial and industrial designers who create designs for vehicles and transportation-related products. Many of these individuals specialise further, especially when working for a particular company or organisation and focus on small niche areas.
Required education: A Bachelors in industrial design or, if available, transportation design; a Masters degree in industrial design or an MBA can also be helpful for career advancement.
Colleges offering transportation design courses in India:
Industrial Design Centre, IIT Bombay
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
Department of Design, IIT Guwahati
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
MAEER's MIT Institute of Design, Pune
DSK International School of Design, Pune
DYP-DC Center for Automotive Research and Studies, Pune.

Hello Sanaya,
There are enormous opportunities for transportation designers. In this design field, work can be found in designing private and commercial automobiles, marine vessels, motorcycles, aircraft, rockets or heavy weight transportation vehicles.
A transportation designer can also seek employment in multimedia movie production and ad development team for designing various sports and hi-tech car models used in most of the movies today. All in all, a career in automobile designing is a very promising career option for any aspiring candidate which offers the best prospect in terms of job position and opportunities.
Colleges offering Transportation Design Courses in India:
-Industrial Design Centre, IIT Bombay
-National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
-Department of Design, IIT Guwahati
-Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
-Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
-MAEER's MIT Institute of Design, Pune
-DSK International School of Design, Pune
-DYP-DC Center for Automotive Research and Studies, Pune

The automobile industry has a great scope for all the qualified and trained automotive designers in India. For all those who are interested in undergoing a course or a degree or Diploma programme in automobile designing, here is an article for you which explains all the aspects regarding the course criteria and job opportunities in automotive designing or what is also known as automobile designing.
For Under Graduate candidates seeking admission in automotive designing or automobile designing
Course Name: Graduate Diploma Programme in Automobile Styling(GDPAS)
Duration: Three years.
Eligibility: 10+2 or equivalent
Entrance Test: Conducted
Diploma in Automotive Designing
Duration: 12 months
Eligibility: 10+2 or equivalent
Entrance Test: Not required
For Post Graduate candidates seeking admission in Automotive Designing or Automobile Designing
Course Name: Post Graduate Diploma Programme in Automobile Styling
Duration: Two years
Eligibility: Graduate in any discipline or Diploma with two years of working experience
Entrance Test: Conducted
Course Name: Post-Graduate Diploma Programme in Industrial Design (PGPD) with specialisation in transportation and automobile Design
Duration: 2 and 1/2 years
Eligibility: Graduates in Architecture and Engineering
Entrance Test: Conducted with Interview
Course Name: M.Sc[engineering.] in Automotive Product Design
Eligibility: 4-year degree in Engineering or equivalent / Graduate in Science with 1 or 2 years of Industrial experience
Duration: 18 months
Entrance Test: Depends on the Institute.