Design Programme, IIT Kanpur

Design Programme offers a well-structured course-template for students to synthesize technology and aesthetics in the service of human needs. The programme encourages creativity, innovation, craftsmanship, and personal expression leading to evolution of products and services in the field of engineering design and visual communication. A number of project interspersed between the courses provide adequate opportunities for brain-storming yielding products and services to meet social, environmental and business needs. The state-of-the-art technology learning laboratories prepare the students for careers in industries and also, higher studies through hands-on-experience. Being an interdisciplinary programme, students take courses outside the design as well, from a broad-spectrum of courses that IITK provides.  

The family of students at Design programme is from varied backgrounds having unique talents. The diversity is threaded together by mutual understanding and cooperation. Creative minds come together with enthusiasm to find innovative ways of problem solving. Design programme is well equipped to support its students in their academic pursuits. With dedicated model making, materials exploration, fine art studios and classrooms, students are given unobstructed access to advanced equipment and computer facilities. Workshops are conducted by experts from the industry, academia and other disciplines from within the institute to nurture the budding students. These workshops help student understand various design processes and their execution within a time frame.

USID Gurukul, being organized in partnership with design programme, is an inspiration from “Gurukul”, a school concept from ancient times in India. USID Gurukul brings together Shishyas (students) selected from India as well as other countries from the disciplines of Design, Technology, Management and Social Sciences. These shishyas attend Gurukul to learn under the mentorship of eminent academicians, researchers and experienced practitioners from 15+ institutions.

Students in research are encouraged to participate in a lot of user testing and field surveys. Importance is given to cognition, ergonomics, culture and sustainability.

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