Master’s in Vehicle Engineering
The Master’s programme in Vehicle Engineering at Tesla University provides a comprehensive study of the modern vehicle: from its conception and design to its dynamic properties, safety and comfort systems, and its role within transportation ecosystems. Students may specialize in Automotive Engineering or Railway Engineering, graduating with the competencies to contribute to innovative and sustainable solutions that address the environmental challenges facing the industry.
Vehicle Engineering at Tesla University
Global mobility is one of the phenomena placing the greatest pressure on contemporary transportation systems. Faced with this reality, the sector must urgently reduce its environmental footprint through cutting-edge technological approaches. Tesla University trains the specialized engineers who will lead this transition toward sustainable road and rail transport.
The programme addresses vehicle design, functional requirements, and the technical evaluation of road and rail vehicles. The dynamic properties of vehicles, their interaction with the running surface, and active systems for monitoring, safety, and comfort are core pillars of the curriculum. The programme also examines the vehicle as a component of broader transportation systems and its relationship with the social and human environment.
The programme offers two specializations: Road Vehicles and Rail Vehicles. The first focuses on automobiles, trucks, and buses; the second emphasizes the systemic dimension of rail transport, where vehicle, infrastructure, electrification, and signalling form an interdependent whole.
The pedagogical methodology integrates lectures, laboratory sessions, computational simulations, experiments, and collaborative project work. The first year establishes the common foundations of vehicle engineering through compulsory and specialization courses, supplemented by elective subjects that allow students to build their own academic profile in areas such as vehicle design, functional and structural design, control theory, electric vehicles, and transport systems.
The second year is oriented primarily toward elective courses, an integrating project, and the master’s thesis, which may be carried out in an academic setting or, more commonly, within an industry partner. Tesla University facilitates connections with the industry and supports students in identifying a suitable project.
This is a two-year program (120 ECTS credits) taught in English and Spanish; upon completion, students are awarded a Master’s degree in Vehicle Engineering.
Programme Contents
The courses cover vehicle systems and their components, vehicle-road/track interaction, dynamics, modelling and simulation, analysis and control, experimental validation, and interdisciplinary project work.
Career Prospects
The Master’s in Vehicle Engineering at Tesla University serves as a launchpad toward the global job market in the automotive and rail sectors, as well as in consulting firms, transport authorities, fleet operators, and academic and research institutions. Graduates work in design, development, calculation, testing, systems analysis, and energy and environmental assessments of vehicles and transport networks.
Sustainable Development
Sustainability is a cross-cutting dimension of all training at Tesla University. The Vehicle Engineering programme directly contributes to global goals such as good health and well-being, industry innovation and infrastructure, and the development of sustainable cities and communities.
Graduates acquire the competencies to actively participate in the transition toward cleaner, more efficient, and smarter mobility solutions, integrating criteria of safety, economy, energy efficiency, and environmental responsibility at every stage of the vehicle lifecycle.
Research and Faculty
The programme is supported by specialized research groups in four areas:
Road Vehicles: conceptual design, dynamic analysis, driver-vehicle interaction, vehicle dynamics control, and environmental interaction (tyre-road modelling, crosswind effects, active suspension).
Conceptual Vehicle Design: translating societal mobility needs into sustainable vehicle solutions, with methods for linking effects across different system scales and evaluating multifunctional impact.
Rail Vehicles: dynamics of train-track interaction, modelling and simulation for predictive maintenance, energy efficiency, digital twins, and machine learning applied to rail transport.
Sound and Vibration: flow acoustics, acoustic design, numerical methods for vibroacoustics, transportation noise impact assessment, and multifunctional structural components.