Department of Design

The Department of Design at IIT Hyderabad offers a vibrant environment for learning, practising, researching, and exploring several facets of Design. The department envisions to creatively engage in the space between technologies and people. This involves facilitating innovation in the key emergent areas such as Communication & Interaction Design, Product Systems & Services, Design & Education, Environment & Sustainability and Participatory & Collaborative Design. “Design” calls for thinking ‘from-the-scratch’, thinking ‘Out-of-the-box’ and thinking ‘in line with the needs of contemporary society’ to devise creative solutions.  The Department of Design aims to foster a conducive atmosphere that facilitates innovation and creativity for the young minds of the country.

Vision

The vision of the Design Department at IITH is to be recognised for its leadership in the discipline and the profession by advancing design excellence in evolving themes of design that positively impact daily lives and uphold cultural values. Through its interdisciplinary faculty strength, the department is keen to tackle social & global challenges, towards a more sustainable future, developing entrepreneurial mindsets, and aims towards academic and research excellence.

Mission

To prepare the new generation of designers to shape the quality of human experience in products, communications and system-integrated solutions through design excellence. The Department of Design at IITH aims to provide an inspiring, creative, collaborative, excellent research environment and student-centered learning environment while preparing a responsible and thriving new generation of designers who apply their knowledge, skills, and abilities to enrich the profession, the society, and the global community with socially relevant design solutions keeping future perspective and sustainability in mind.

IIT Hyderabad

Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH) is a premier institute of science and technology established in 2008. IITH has been consistently ranked in the top 10 institutes in India for Engineering according to NIRF , making it one of the most coveted schools for science and technology in the country. IITH offers undergraduate programs in all the classical engineering disciplines, applied sciences, design, as well as several modern interdisciplinary areas.

The very foundation of IIT Hyderabad is based on research and innovation. The vibrant research culture is evident from the number of patents and publications that IITH produces consistently every year. IITH offers graduate programs at both a masters, and a doctoral level, in several diverse areas. There are separate programs for technology, design, science, and liberal arts. The MTech/ MDes program is offered in various modes and durations to cater to the ever-growing need of postgraduate-level professionals in the country.

IITH encourages and supports innovation and entrepreneurship at every stage. The minor program in entrepreneurship is open to all students of IITH, and many of the courses are offered by industrialists who are entrepreneurs themselves. Various innovation centres and incubators promote entrepreneurship and help mentor young innovators. IITH has been very successful in building tie-ups with leading academic institutions around the globe.

IITH enjoys a very special relationship with Japanese universities and industries that goes beyond academic and research collaborations. In fact, some of the iconic buildings in IITH campus will carry the signature of Japanese architecture.

IITH creates a unique holistic ecosystem for education that offers interactive learning, a very flexible academic structure, cutting-edge research, strong industry collaboration, and entrepreneurship. This is an environment which enables students and faculty to translate their dreams into realities.

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