A Chinese student asking for help

Some universities that may be new to you and out of the mainstream media.

In Europe: Université de Saint-Etienne, France and L’École de design Nantes Atlantique will give you a small city experience with rigorous creative training. Many graduates work in transportation. English language is used in the classroom and foreign students from China are welcome with specific programs for incoming Asian students.

In the US, Academy of Art University has a mature transportation program. Many graduates there go to work for GM and other small custom shop firms. It is located in the San Francisco Bay Area where Tesla, Google and Apple are at the forefront of automotive design futures. The University of Cincinnati has a transportation track program that includes a number of internships you will gain along with your degree. A very good value as it is regularly ranked #1 undergreduate design school in the US. Both programs are good for skill building.

In Korea: Hong Ik University has many graduates working in transportation all around the world. Seoul National University of Science and Technology has the CLOTHO car club for its undergraduates and places many graduates in local Korea car companies (KIA, Hyundai, Samsung/Renault, SangYong, GM/Dawoo)

India has a lot of upcoming schools that will be maturing by the time your get to school. Dsk in Pune is one of them. http://dskic.in/

In China: Hong Kong Poly has vastly improved their undergraduate program. This is the program I would suggest highly for you as you will get exposure to international faculty and culture at an affordable tuition price. If you wish to work in the Asian market after your study, you need to have a foreign degree as Asian markets tend to devalue degrees from native Asia schools.

Use your undergraduate years learning about other people, cultures and how technology is impacting them. Build your understanding of how people and transportation markets interact and behave. Then, when you get to Pforzheim, you can apply that experience to your graduate design skill training and portfolio building.

Good luck…