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Joint degree with Università di Bologna, Università di Ferrara and Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia (Headquarter: Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia)

Second cycle degree course

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course in English

class LM-33

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Why in Parma?

This master's degree course in Advanced Automotive Engineering aims to offer all the skills needed to design and develop high performance cars and motorcycles. It’s promoted by MUNER (Motorvehicle University of Emilia-Romagna), an association founded by the Emilia Romagna Region and through collaboration between the universities in the area, including the University of Parma, and some of the most prestigious Italian companies in the sector such as Lamborghini, Dallara, Ducati, Ferrari, Haas F1 team, HPE Coxa, Marelli, Maserati, Alpha Tauri and Pagani.

This master's degree course in AAE, offered exclusively in English, is made up of 6 different syllabuses with 25 places available for each one: Advanced Powertrain, High Performance Car Design, Advanced Motorcycle Engineering, Advanced Sportscar Manufacturing, Off-Highway Vehicle Engineering, Racing Car Design (first year in Modena and second year at Dallara Academy, Varano de Melegari - PR).

What you will learn

First semester

(Shared programme) - Modena

Materials, manufacturing and sustainability - 12 CFU
Mechanical trasmissions and vibrations - 6 CFU
Vehicle conceptual design - 6 CFU

Tenuto a Modena per adv. powertrain-MO, High perf. car des. e Racing car design.
Tenuto a Bologna per Adv. Powertrain-BO, Adv. Motorcycle Engineering, Adv. Sportscar Manuf., Off-Highway Vehicle Eng.

Electronic systems - 6 CFU

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Second semester

Advanced powertrain - Modena

Internal combustion engines and engine components design and manufacturing - 12 CFU
Electric drives and electric propulsion systems - 12 CFU
Automotive computer aided design - 6 CFU

Advanced powertrain - Bologna

Powertrain design and manufacturing and internal combustion engines - 12 CFU
Automatic controls - 6 CFU
Electric drives and electric propulsion systems - 12 CFU

High performance car design - Modena

Aerodynamics - 9 CFU
FEM Fundamentals and chassis design - 9 CFU
Vehicle dynamics - 12 CFU
Automotive computer aided design - 6 CFU

Racing car design - Modena (from the second year in Parma)

CFD Fundamentals and aerodynamics - 9 CFU
FEM Fundamentals and chassis design - 9 CFU
Vehicle dynamics - 12 CFU
Automotive computer aided design CAD - 6 CFU

Advanced motorcycle engineering - Bologna

Powertrain design and manufacturing and internal combustion engines - 12 CFU
Automatic controls - 6 CFU
Electric drives - 6 CFU

Advanced sportscar manufacturing - Modena

Powertrain design and manufacturing and internal combustion engines - 12 CFU
Automatic controls - 6 CFU
Electric drives - 6 CFU

Off-Highway vehicle engineering - Bologna

Fluid power actuation - 6 CFU
Power transmission and terramechanics for off highway vehicles - 12 CFU
Electric drives and electric propulsion systems - 12 CFU

Advanced powertrain - Modena

Design and modelling of high performance propulsion systems - 12 CFU
Automatic controls - 6 CFU
Electromechanical energy storage and conversion - 6 CFU

Advanced powertrain - Bologna

Modeling and control of internal combustion engines and hybrid propulsion systems and advanced propulsion systems - 12 CFU
Electrochemical energy storage and conversion - 6 CFU
Powertrain testing, calibration and homologation - 6 CFU

High performance car design - Modena

Vehicle NVH testing - 6 CFU
Automatic controls - 6 CFU
Automotive fluid power systems - 6 CFU

Racing car design - Parma
(presso Dallara Academy - Varano de' Melegari)

Chassis and body design - 6 CFU
Design of racing car composite structures - 6 CFU
Dynamic testing of vehicles - 6 CFU

Advanced motorcycle engineering - Bologna

Modeling and control of internal combustion engines and hybrid propulsion systems - 6 CFU
Motorcycle vehicle dynamics - 6 CFU
Chassis and body design and manufacturing and vehicle virtual design - 12 CFU
Powertrain testing and calibration and homologation - 6 CFU

Advanced sportscar manufacturing - Modena

Industrial plants design - 6 CFU
Industrial robotics - 6 CFU
Big data analytics for automotive manufacturing applications - 6 CFU
Operations & supply chain design and management and automotive manufacturing and assembly systems -12 CFU

Off-highway vehicle engineering - Bologna

Off-Highway vehicle dynamics - 6 CFU
Control and testing of off-highway powertrains - 6 CFU
Precision farming machinery - 6 CFU
Computer aided design and product lifecycle management - 6 CFU

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For everyone

Optional units - 12 CFU
Dissertation - 12 CFU
Internship / Lab - 12 CFU

Access type

Restricted access – selection procedure.

For information www.motorvehicleuniversity.com

Attendance

Not mandatory.

After graduation

The Advanced Automotive Engineering graduate is a professional with the know-how for the industrial aspects of the business and, through their global vision of the various systems within the vehicle, can design, develop and produce the main subsystems for road vehicles, both automobiles and motorcycles with particular attention being paid to luxury and competition vehicles, as well as broad vision of modern off-highway vehicles. Depending on the syllabus followed, the professional profile of the Advanced Automotive Engineer is specialized in:

Advanced Powertrain: Focused on the design and engineering of propulsion systems, both innovative and traditional, particular attention being paid to optimization, control and resolving issues regarding the environment and energy.
High Performance car Design: Starting from an in-depth understanding of the fundamentals, the focus is on the development of vehicle systems and the design of all the main “cold” systems and sub-systems for high performance road vehicles.
Racing Car Design: Focused on setting up the vehicle systems and designing all the “cold” systems and subsystems for competition vehicles. It is characterized by the particular emphasis on aerodynamic aspects, the use of light materials (Carbon Fiber Reinforced Materials) and the skills needed to experiment and invent tomorrow’s technologies.
Advanced Motorcycle Engineering: Focused on the design and development of high-tech motorcycles, both for the competition and production markets, managing typical Electronic Engineering and Industrial Design issues in the motorcycle sector.
Advanced Sportscar Manufacturing: Focused on planning, developing, controlling and managing processes and production systems in the automobile sector with particular emphasis on the use of cutting-edge digital technologies.
Off-Highway Vehicle Engineering: is aimed at training professionals capable of designing high technology off-highway vehicles and strong skills in computer aided design, off-highway propulsion machinery and vehicles, ground interaction, electric drives, fluid power actuation, vehicle dynamics, off-highway control and testing, precision farming machinery

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Prof. Alessandro Pirondi
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alessandro.pirondi@unipr.it

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