MIT Institute of Design

MIT Institute of Design has worked at the forefront of design education in India since 2006, when it was set up within the MAEER’s group under design thinkers Prof. Kumar Vyas and Prof. Dhimant Panchal. It is now a constituent of MIT Art, Design and Technology University, created by the Government of Maharashtra through Act XXXIV of 2015, and reports 1,300-plus creative minds on campus and more than 1,000 alumni.

The institute occupies the hundred-acre Rajbaug campus at Loni Kalbhor on the Pune–Solapur highway. Study runs from Bachelor of Design through Master of Design to PhD and post-doctoral fellowships, across graphic, transportation, product, interior space and furniture, animation, film and video, user experience, fashion, AI-enabled design and immersive media.

Teaching is framed around three domains drawn from Indian philosophy: skill, or Sadhan; knowledge, or Sadhana; and formation, or Sadhya, the composite learning that turns a concept into a tangible solution. The Design Habitat concept extends this into a generalist ambience where mentors from design disciplines push students into new territory.

MITID belongs to Cumulus and the World Design Organization, collaborates with more than ten universities worldwide, and counts two Red Dot awards won by alumni and over twenty design registrations, with a dedicated Industry Relations Department for placements.