Coventry is the only institution to offer an entire MA course which focusses on Automotive Journalism. Coventry alumni have gone on to work for Autocar, Autocar China, What Car?, Auto Express, Motorsport News, Sky Motoring, iMOTOR, cardesignnews.com, MSN Cars and contribute to a variety of titles as freelances.

The idea for the course came from Autocar editor in chief Steve Cropley, who thought there ought to be a way of training to become a motoring journalist. Steve remains closely involved with the course as a visiting professor.

The course also has strong links with the Guild of Motoring Writers, the Midland Group of Motoring Writers and local car producers such as Peugeot and Jaguar Land Rover.

Automotive journalism students share some lectures with students on Coventry University's renowned automotive design courses. The journalism and design departments both regularly invite guest speakers from the media and the automotive industry to talk to students, recent guests including:

• motorsport broadcasting legend Murray Walker
• CAR columnist Gavin Green
• Adam Hatton and Mark Phillips (lead interior and exterior designers on the new Jaguar XJ, and both Coventry graduates)
• car photographer Mike Valente
• Prodrive and Aston Martin chairman David Richards
• Newspress editorial director Chris Thorp

The Automotive Journalism courses can be studied full-time (one year) or part-time (two years), and can lead to three levels of award:

• Postgraduate Certificate (PgCert)
• Postgraduate Diploma (PgDip)
• Master of Arts (MA)