DaXx
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I am thinking of doing either a Motorsport Engineering or a Transport design course (at Coventry Uni), both look and sound good but has anyone on here gone down that route or career?
Advice etc most appreciated! 
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Hamish
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Im in my first year of doin MotorSport engineering at Brunel. Coventry was my second choice. Its great fun if u like that sort of thing, however there is a lot of theroy work (jus like any other engineering course) and it is very work intensive
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bradfincham
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im in my 2nd year at herts uni, doing motorsport engineering!
Its not easy thats for sure, 1st and 2nd year is all maths, physics, cad, business studies and statistics
get envolved with the formula student team if you can as well that helps
but remember with motorsport its one of the hardest jobs out there, working all week and every weekend, long hours and stressful.
Also get some experience with teams, i worked with formula ford, catherham supercup and radicals so know a fair bit, thats good on a cv.
But with this business its WHO you know, not what you know 
so make as many contacts as possible, be seen as many places and introduce yourself to as many people as you can.
Its hard work but can be rewarding and good fun, just remember that lot and you should be fine, and f1 is a dream, it wont happen for 99% of people and its harder work than all the others as theres 500 people applying for job advertised
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antscorsa
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i did transport design at cov for a year then changed as i disliked the course, i know ashcorsa on here does it and prob has a diff view of it than me but i didnt like the way they taught it, 140 people in one class is shocking and i remeber drawing only one car in my first year.
depends on the person tho really, i like gettin feedback for my work and knowing the tutors well but coudlnt really do that at cov.
but im more of a design person and the enginering side put me off.
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Butler
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Im considering doing auto design, what skills does it require? Currently doing a btec national diploma in art.
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Tom N
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I do automotive tech at sheffield hallam.
The first year was crap to be honest didnt really get into it until now (2nd year)
Just remember a course like this is mostly theoretical and maths etc like brad said.
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Gav S
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Registered: 16th Apr 02
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I started transport and product design at Cov this year, it's goin pretty well so far, as antscorsa said, theres way too many people on the course and it'll be tough getting a job at the end of it, but you need a lot of skill and determination! Yeh corsash is in his 4th year 
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ed
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quote:
Originally posted by Butler
Im considering doing auto design, what skills does it require? Currently doing a btec national diploma in art.
I needed two B's and a C minimum to do Automotive Product Design. You also need to be able to do engineering maths (though most people have only done GCSE maths and we're being taught to basics at the moment)....
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Butler
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Ive got maths gcse, what did you need 2 b's and a c in??
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ed
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Oh shit, should have said that was A levels.....
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Butler
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I got 2 c's at as, but im now doin the national diploma which accounts for the equivelant of 4 a levels apparently, going to do a degree when ive finished but not sure what in. Im not too good at maths though so it doesnt look promising.
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ed
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Neither was I, but the teaching is a lot better to what happens at school... Go look at some courses and see what you think. Can't hurt trying
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Butler
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What sort of stuff does the course cover, is there much IT work or art based work or is it mostly on the technical side?
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ed
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It's more of an engineering course so there is maths, computer aided design/machining bench work, busniness management and a few other things. There are quite a few Ba design courses about if you are into Art more than Engineering...
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bradfincham
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Registered: 20th Sep 02
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read through ucas,
i looked at
lancashire, coventry, herts, oxford brookes, swansea for motorsport eng,
chose herts as we get hands on, our facilities engine dyno lab, etc are better, swansea and UCLAN both have race teams which we dont, but then i work with the caterhams and formula ford at weekends when im free, as being with uni team etc looks like u cant go into a workplace etc, formula student is a waste of time for me, year 1 was just designing, year 2 we make last years 3rd year car better which is better, but 40 people on one car, with the caterhams i get to make my changes and its me and the driver thats it, which i prefer as i have learnt sooo mcuh more from this.
But all depends what you want to do, but you have to realise you REALLY need to want it, to suceed in motorsport, its a lot of extra work and weekends!
Today i was at walter hayes trophy with my mate/driver that i spanner for, wasnt driving but always good to keep relations up
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CorsAsh
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Originally posted by saxo_corsa
I started transport and product design at Cov this year, it's goin pretty well so far, as antscorsa said, theres way too many people on the course and it'll be tough getting a job at the end of it, but you need a lot of skill and determination! Yeh corsash is in his 4th year
It seems like a lot of people, but it has a high rate of attrition, by the 2nd year we were down to about 90 people I reckon, and then it reduces again as the transport and product sides go their separate ways.
It is hard work, and you do have to do a lot of planning yourself, but it's what you make of it in the end. Going well for me (touching some wood now), had a lot of fun to be honest, and working with Prodrive has been awesome.
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