Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology, offers a 2 Year Postgraduate Design Program with the option of choosing from four specialisations. The design postgraduate program invites graduates and experienced professionals from diverse fields to enhance their design knowledge through inquiry-based practice, incubation and making. The MDes program integrates fields of art, design, and technology focusing on transdisciplinary and cross-cultural approaches to learning.
The four specialisations offered under MDes are:
The Inquiry-based learning combined with interdisciplinary, collaborative and participatory approaches aims to foster creative practitioners. Each of the four specialisations with the MDes are interlinked and have an open-ended structure allowing the learner to navigate interdisciplinarity; developing their unique individual practice. The program encourages making, while critically reflecting on processes. The course includes research, studio based learning and incubation in complex real world scenarios as some of the approaches to learning.
Design and innovation have an undeniable synergy. Design can drive innovation by making products, systems, and services more valuable for organisations and society alike, resulting in a sustainable advantage. The Postgraduate Program in Design Led Innovation aims to train innovators to apply their critical and creative thinking abilities to explore human behavior, social and political context, environmental impact, business strategy, and technology.
The Postgraduate Program in Human Centered Design at Srishti Manipal fosters an independent, responsible, creative, and focused inquiry into human (and sometimes non-human) experiences with digital technology, both existing and emerging. This inquiry is driven by the activity of speculative and critical making with the digital material.
Information Arts reflects the role of art in the current information-driven age by breaking down disciplinary boundaries and initiating conversations about the impact of information on society. Information design, on the other hand, is about understanding and analysing information to craft meaningful experiences through and with design. At SMI, the Information Arts and Information Design Practices (IAIDP) program blends art and design, focusing on interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches to challenge, reposition, and reframe information.
Our program envisions a future where industrial arts and design seamlessly blend with research, fostering a deep understanding of complex ecosystems. By emphasizing a holistic approach, we aim to empower our learners to become adept problem solvers, capable of navigating the intricacies of contemporary issues with creativity and resilience.
Applicants should have successfully completed any ONE of the following minimum educational qualifications:
Applicants should have successfully completed any ONE of the following minimum educational qualifications:
Please note that all awarding bodies must be recognised by state and/or central government institutions. Attach two copies of relevant certificates.
Email : priya.joseph@manipal.edu
