About Industrial Design Centre in , Mumbai

Industrial Design Centre is one of the oldest design schools in India, established in 1969 by the Government of India at the campus of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. It offers the following academic programs: an integrated Bachelor of Design degree program; an interdisciplinary Master of Design program in Industrial Design, Communication Design, Animation, Interaction Design and Mobility & Vehicle Design; and a Ph.D program in Design.Master's course structureFor the M Des program, the first two semesters in the first year consist of theory courses and projects. The general structure of a course at IDC is a set of lectures designed to provide a theoretical introduction to the subject, followed by design exercises that encourage students to apply theoretical knowledge to practical problems of their choice. At the master's level, faculty members design the exercises in consultation with students, taking into account their interests, learning objectives and the constantly evolving landscape of technology, design issues and opportunities.In the second year, students may continue to take courses while most of their time ise dedicated to design projects. Design projects of the second year are organised as Project-1 (1–2 months), Project-2 (3 months) and Project-3 (4–6 months). Faculty members publish a list of projects that they may be interested in guiding, which are often subsets of their long term ongoing projects. Students have the choice to take up one of these faculty projects, or propose new project topics of their own interest, or propose to work in partnership with industry. In the latter cases, students need to present their proposal in detail for approval by the faculty team before they can commence work.

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