IIT Delhi News: Candidates will be able to take admission to the new programme on the basis of JEE (Advanced) rankings. But candidates also will have to qualify in the design aptitude test, UCEED (UG Common Entrance Examination for Design).
This unique programme crafted especially for empathetic and creative minds intent on understanding socio-technical systems around them and design solutions for the wicked problems in these systems, a statement from the institution said.
Through this course the students will be able to learn about prevalent technologies, systematic design thinking processes, research methods for analyzing socio-technical systems, communication and presentation skills, the statement further read.
This is a transdisciplinary programme combining the strengths of technology and design and promotes a combination of learning processes – bringing together a systematic approach of engineering and creative leaps of design, the IIT prospectus detailed.
Jyoti Kumar Head of the Design Department said, “the idea behind this is to create new leaders in design who can see the big picture as generalists and can go into details as a design specialist
