Industrial Design Centre - IIT Bombay

MDes at IIT Bombay is offered across numerous specialisations, including Animation Design, Mobility and Vehicle Design, Industrial Design, Communication Design, and Interaction Design. Eligibility varies slightly by specialisation but generally requires a 4-year bachelor's degree in Design, Engineering, Architecture, or equivalent, or a 4-year Professional Diploma in Design. Some specialisations also accept BFA, GD Art, MCA, or master's degree in Arts or Science.

You can get the IDC Mumbai brochure in PDF from the authentic IIT Bombay website. Go to the IDC phase and discover the “M.Des Admission Brochure 2025.”

Click on it to view or download.

It has all information like eligibility, charges, dates, and a way to follow.

It is the reliable and contemporary brochure.

The important date for admission at IDC and IIT BOMBAY the online application portal for M.Des and M.Des by Research programs opens on March 21st, 2025, with the last date for submission being April 5th, 2025. 

IIT Bombay offers MDes courses for two years in five specialisations i.e., Interaction Design (IN), Mobility and Vehicle Design (MD), Animation Design (AN), Communication Design (CD), and Industrial Design (ID). The scope after completing MDes from IIT Bombay is huge as it opens opportunities for various job profiles such as Fashion designer, Product Research Analyst, Graphic designer, Product Designer, Visual Designer, Design Manager, Game Designer and Industrial Designer.

Some of the top recruiters for M.Des. at the industrial Design Centre (IDC) of IIT Bombay include: 

It includes companies like Google, Microsoft, Tata, Apple, etc.

The placement season has included firms from sectors such as : Engineering, IT, Software programming, Finance Banking, and Services.

In 2023, The placement statistics for M.Des. at IIT Bombay were:

the highest international package : INR 3.6 CORE PER ANNUM.

the highest domestic package : INR 1.68 CORE per annum.

Average package : INR 21.82 LPA.

The placements are awesome. The average package offered is INR 19.5 LPA. Recruiting companies are good and famous enough. The placement record of the college is 95% and the highest package offered by the college was 36.9 LPA, while the lowest is INR 15 LPA.

Top recruiting companies are :

• Google
• Microsoft
• TATA
• Apple, etc.

Placements at IDC IIT BOMBAY In Bachelor in Design are quite nice. They provide you with an internship but it depends on one's skills. Almost 80-90% of students have got the placements. The highest package offered in 2024 was INR 24 LPA and the average package was around INR 10 LPA. Some top companies that visit the college for placement every year are TCS, Infosys, etc. There are a lot of industry tie-ups and in-house projects which some students opt in for.

No, one can not join IDC IIT Bombay without qualifying UCEED for B.Des. The eligibility criteria for getting admission into the college is that one should have passed the qualifying examination (Class XII or equivalent ) from the recognised Board/Examination.

UCEED is an exam of 300 marks. It has 3 sections. It is usually conducted in the January month and the results are declared in February. The examination is an MCQ-based question paper.