If the school can be evaluated by the standard of hotel star rating, I personally would like to give this school six stars. Wait a minute, don't be too busy dreaming. There are no bikini girls walking by the indoor swimming pool. What about the striking teaching building? Or magnificent European interior decoration? I'm very sorry, but it's actually the opposite. Walking through its teaching building, if you don't pay attention to the simple signs on the roadside, you will think that this is a German middle-class house at best. Compared with the high-rise buildings of top universities in China, it must be too shabby. But it is in this humble two-story building that many "big names" in the field of automobile design have emerged.
The courses studied here are divided into two stages: undergraduate and master, which are 4 years and 1.5 years respectively. Undergraduate students have a six-month internship, but master students generally don't. Students here should graduate on time in principle, but if you want to practice for another year or so, the problem will not be too big. If you ask me, it's best not to exceed one year, unless you like that meager income very much.
The courses studied here are divided into two stages: undergraduate and master, which are 4 years and 1.5 years respectively. Undergraduate students have a six-month internship, but master students generally don't. Students here should graduate on time in principle, but if you want to practice for another year or so, the problem will not be too big. If you ask me, it's best not to exceed one year, unless you like that meager income very much.
Many students asked me how to pass Pforzheim's entrance examination for design major. To tell the truth, except German, other exams are much simpler than those of Tsinghua Academy of Fine Arts and Central Academy of Fine Arts. Don't get me wrong, I mean, of course, you can't get through with your eyes closed. You need to make corresponding preparations before the exam. The advantage of China students is their solid basic skills. As long as they observe more at ordinary times and the competitive environment is not as fierce as that in China, I believe it is not a problem to pass the customs.
Entering the school, the first three semesters of undergraduate study will focus on industrial product design and some basic theories and design history. Since the fourth semester, I have been formally involved in the professional courses of automobile design, which are roughly divided into the direction of automobile appearance and interior decoration. The design process refers to the industry structure. It is particularly worth mentioning that some courses are taught by senior designers from well-known German automobile companies such as Mercedes-Benz and BMW. This teaching structure is very conducive to the cultivation of students. Under this link, students' knowledge structure avoids the disconnection between curriculum and actual combat. Students can get started in the enterprise quickly and smoothly after graduation. This is particularly important in the automotive design industry!
Although the master's course is only three semesters, the content is not less than that of the undergraduate course. Because the master's degree is designed for undergraduate students majoring in automobile, students who take this course will no longer receive basic education. This means that you must have good professional knowledge, excellent sketching ability, rendering skills and experience in making physical models. If there is no undergraduate study, you will feel inferior for a while. The teaching direction of the master's course is the design manager of the enterprise. Therefore, the focus of these three semesters is to master the related application software of 3D model making. In this way, designers and modelers can communicate better and more effectively.