Which Automotive Design schools are the best in Europe I know coventry and ied are very good but how do they all rank and which other ones are there

rca - uk
fh pforzheim - germany
strate college - france
designhogskolan umea - sweden

in my eyes the best schools in europe...
hard to rank them though - i guess it depends what you´re looking for. each on got its specific strength...

for other schools see:

http://www.cardesignnews.com/site/careers/design_schools/


maybe also interesting:

fh joanneum graz (austria)
fh munich (germany)
braunschweig (germany)


hope that helps!

Could you specify which is the specific strength of each school you mentioned? Thanks.

here you go:

rca:
big name - good connections - very creative environment - quite chaotic - london (!) - astronomous living costs - lots of inspiration and distraction - tuition fees - equipment could be better - post experience program guys and research students bring additional input - hyde park - art bar - very international - english - lots of freedom - rather conceptional

pforzheim:
i believe pforzheim to be rather structured - clay, alias, tape, everythings there - especially the diploma course has always very impressive work on display during their degree show - master course doesn't seem to be there yet - pforzheim has good industry connections - especially to the german automotive industry - think the diploma course is tought in german - master in english - no tuition fees - a highly competitive environment - has the tendency to be more on the "style-side" of cardesign


strate college:
don't know too much about this school - good connections to renault - very impressive degree shows. final year student gets a first year student to help with the execution of the project - maybe "french" and "poetic"...?


umea:
very good workshops - young course - good connections to swedish industry (saab, volvo, volvo trucks, scania) - no tuition fees - expensive living costs (esp. alcohol) - highly competitive - good alias skills - very far up in the north - hardly any sun in winter which means u can concentrate on your projects - well structured - high pressure level - very scandinavian and everything is perfectly organised


hm - obviously thats only my impression and i guess i can only really talk about rca.

so if anyone thinks that i wrote complete bull**** here, feel free to correct me!

Thanks a lot Florian!

yeah, nice describtion. in pforzhein you have to pay tuition fees...
have you been at one of these schools?

quote:

Originally posted by Eddy:
in pforzhein you have to pay tuition fees...

how much?

In terms of a people environment (classmates) Coventry deserves a mention..... I think.

you have to pay 500€ per semester (1/2 year). It´s because you have to pay now in germany tution fees if you want to study... not just in pforzheim.

and one more question... does anybody study in pforzheim in here? or studied?

Eddy: Do you have MSN? PM me then...
do you think its possible that it will be much higher in 3 years? (the fee..) coz I would really love to study at pforzheim (its like a dream) but if it would cost like really alot (10K for a year.....or more) then I dont think this dream to come true.

Dont forget send me a PM about yor MSN/Yahoo messenger