Course Title

MDes Visual Communication

Faculty / School / Department / Center offering the course

Industrial Design Centre (IDC)

Eligibility Criteria / Entry Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or equivalent in any branch
Bachelor's Degree in Architecture or equivalent
Bachelor's Degree in Design
GD Art (5 year professional course /Applied Art / Fine Art)
BFA (Applied Art / Fine Arts )
Professional Diploma of NID
Interior Design professional diploma of CEPT (5 year programme)
55% marks in their qualifying examinations.

About the Course

Visual communication in a developing country with its varied cultural heritage has a vital role to play in the national development. The emphasis is on meeting the unmet communication needs for the community, for which normally resources are not readily available.

The programme envisages developing graduates with better maturity in handling communication design problems, a deeper understanding of aesthetic aspects, and generating methods and methodologies for solving communication problems. The emphasis is to become a creative problem solver who can effectively use various design methods. The course is at an advance level to create visual communication designer with greater analytical and problem solving capabilities. The students are given opportunities to learn new skills and to advance their level of understanding. They can also specialise in one of the many areas of visual communication like typography, information visualisation, interaction design, video/film making, exhibition design, animation, photography, etc.

Design and research work are directed at improving and advancing the current state of visual communication in the country. The preference during the programme is for doing work of permanent value.

Mode of Admission

Admissions are made through an Common Entrance Examination for Design generally conducted between January/February every year.

Information about the courses provided here is partial and should not be treated as comprehensive. i.e The institution would be offering other course than those mentioned here. Students are advised to check with the intitution for the latest information in regard to the course.

The following is a partial list of courses similar to IIT Mumbai (IITM) Master of Design - Visual Communication offered by other Universities in India

• Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU) - Master of Fine Arts (PT) (MFA (PT)) - Photography and Visual Communication

Note: The above courses are picked automatically by the website for indicative purpose only and does not mean that the University treats the courses as equivalent or similar. Students have to check with the University for the similarity of the course or for any further information in this regard.