MIT Institute of Design

MIT Institute of Design

Motto	Sadhan. Sadhana. Sadhya
Type	Autonomous Institution
Established	2006
Academic staff	55
Undergraduates	501
Postgraduates	250
Location	Pune, Maharashtra, India
Campus	Urban, 125 acres
Type	Design School
Website	http://www.mitid.edu.in/

MIT Institute of Design is a design school situated in Pune, Maharashtra, India. MIT ID is established by MAEER's (Maharashtra Academy of Engineering & Education Research) Group.

MIT ID is part of the Design habitat which is near the banks of Mula-Mutha river and situated in the famous Rajbaug farms spread over a vast area of 125 acres (0.51 km²). This farm belonged to Raj Kapoor and was handed over to MAEER's Group by the Kapoor Family.

Academics

The institute offers:

• Graduate Diploma Programme (GDP)^[1]
• Postgraduate Diploma Programme (PGDP)^[2]
• Fashion Courses ^[3]

Industrial Design

• Product Design
• Transportation Design
• Interior Space & Equipment Design
• Retail Design
• User Experience Design (only at PG level)

Communication Design

• Graphic Design
• Animation Film Design
• Film & Video Design

Collaborative Programs

Undergraduate Programmes (2+2 years)

• BA (Hons) Graphic Design (In collaboration with University of Gloucestershire UK)
• BA (Hons) Digital Film Production (In collaboration with University of Gloucestershire UK)
• BA (Hons) Product Design (In collaboration with Middlesex University UK)
• BSc (Hons) Product Design (In collaboration with Manchester Metropolitan University UK)
• BA (Hons) Graphic Design (In collaboration with Manchester Metropolitan University UK)
• BA (Hons) Design for Industry (In collaboration with Northumbria University UK)
• BA (Hons) Transportation Design (In collaboration with Northumbria University UK)
• BA (Hons) 3D Design (In collaboration with Northumbria University UK)
• BA (Hons) Graphic Design (In collaboration with Northumbria University UK)
• BA (Hons) Motion Graphics & Animation (In collaboration with Northumbria University UK)
• BA (Hons) Computers Arts (In collaboration with Abertay University UK)
• Advance Diploma in Game Development (In collaboration with George Brown College Canada)

Post Graduate Programme (1+1 years)

• MSc Design Ethnography (In Collaboration with University of Dundee)
• MSc Product Design (In Collaboration with University of Dundee)
• Mprof. Games Development (In Collaboration with University of Abertay

Fashion Courses

• BA (Hons) Fashion Design?
• BA (Hons) Fashion Promotion & Imaging
• M.Des Fashion Design
• MBA Fashion Management & Marketing

Culture

• Quasar - ANNUAL DESIGN FESTIVAL^[4]

A massive fest spanning a week filled with a delightful mélange of International Workshops and Seminars, Design and fun - filled Events, Cultural Evening, Installations, Merchandising and Exhibitions. QUASAR aims at bringing together our family of over 1,100 members, facilitating interactions between various design schools and firms across the country.

• iDid - Design Store

iDid is MIT ID's very own design store and a student initiative, founded in 2009. It is an avenue for learners to showcase their ideas and concepts and take it to the next level. iDid aims at establishing itself by having a retail store, multiple outlets in future and having its own incubation centre.

• H!VE - Official Newsletter^[5]

H!VE is MIT-ID's newsletter that has been running since 2009. An initiative that started as a 2-page newsletter has now grown to become a 16-page booklet and has also spanned into the digital media with an archive blog dedicated to prose and news in MIT-ID.

• 24fps

24 fps, a perennial student initiative, showcases great films spanning various genres and regions from across the globe, thus engaging learners with new cultures and ideologies; contributing to the evolution of a unique design culture at MIT ID.

International tie-ups

The International Affairs office is responsible for the stepping up of internationalization of MIT ID.

MIT Institute of Design and Coventry University have signed an MOU on 21 June 2010. The aim of the MOU is to further make arrangements for attaining both the organization/Institution educational aim, to promote joint working culture for students as well as the academic staff, & to promote exchanges and study options for students at various levels.

MIT Institute of Design and Northumbria University, UK have signed MoU in the month of May 2010. The aim is to encourage and develop collaborative activities in various ways and to establish a relationship to co-operate in a broad range of areas and work together.

The Maharashtra Academy of Engineering and Educational Research’s (MAEER’S) MIT Groups of Institutes, Pune, INDIA & University of Dundee have signed an MoU on 12 February 2010 to promote the areas where staff and students of both the universities can work together through joint teaching and research projects, visits,faculty exchange & student exchange. The aim is to promote international excellence and in research and teaching in higher education. We are further working to sign a separate MoU for design program.

MIT Institute of Design, Pune and The University of Abertay, Dundee have signed a MoU on 19 February 2010 to promote international friendship through the development of academic corporation and to enhance opportunities for faculty members and students of both Institutions to learn from each other in the fields of academic development, research and pedagogy. Also to promote student exchange programs, faculty exchange and research collaboration.

MIT Institute of Design, Pune and The School of Design, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University has signed a MoU on 2 December 2009 to promote academic collaborations, to facilitate exchange of faculty, students and researchers and to undertake joint research activities.

References

External links

• MIT Institute of Design
• Design Admissions