IIT Delhi To start BDes course from 2022-23

The four-year programme will have 20 seats to start with and will be open to students of all specialisations (science, arts, commerce). Students will be admitted based on UCEED (Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design) ranks.  

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi is starting Bachelor of Design (BDes) course from the 2022-23 session. The BDes programme will be offered by the institute’s Department of Design that came into existence in 2017. The four-year programme will have 20 seats to start with and will be open to students of all specialisations (science, arts, commerce etc.). 

Register for UCEED exam now

Students for the BDes programme will be admitted based on UCEED (Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design) ranks. As the registration for UCEED 2022 has begun, interested candidates can register themselves on http://www.uceed.iitb.ac.in/2022/. Applicants can fill the UCEED application form 2022 in online mode only till October 10, 2021 (regular fee). The application fee for general and reserved category candidates are Rs 3, 500 and Rs 1,750, respectively. The UCEED application fee is neither transferable nor refundable. UCEED 2022 exam will be held on January 23.

Will bridge huge demand supply gap of quality design professionals: Director

Prof V Ramgopal Rao, Director, IIT Delhi, said, “We are delighted about starting of this new bachelor’s programme in design as this is the first time IIT Delhi will be admitting undergraduate students (BDes) from other than physics, chemistry and mathematics. We expect that the students who graduate with a BDes degree from IIT Delhi will take up leadership positions in industry, academia, government, consulting, and entrepreneurship over a period of time.” 
Prof Rao said, “BDes and other programmes in design, which are in pipeline at IIT Delhi, will bridge the huge demand supply gap of quality design professionals, which our country needs to excel as a creative economy.”  

Throwing light on the new academic programme, Prof PV Madhusudhan Rao, Head, Department of Design, IIT Delhi, said, “The programme is designed for imparting high quality education to produce industry-ready and socially conscious design professionals for addressing some of the grand challenges facing our society/country.” 
IIT Delhi has been running a Master of Design (MDes) programme since 1994. The Department of Design at IIT Delhi also has a PhD programme in place with more than 35 research scholars currently enrolled in the programme. 

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