Is design at PES university is worth doing?

First of all, it is a new course offered by PES university however, the department is trying to have a new perspective of design for the students and faculty.

Program offered:

The faculty of design offered two design courses such as B.Des and M.Des (product design). There are three streams for B.Des, i.e. Product Design, Interior Design, Communication Design.

Course:

The course structure is similar to that of IIT IDC (design school) and is developed to cover all the relevant design subjects from many areas including arts, engineering, and sciences.

• 1st year of the B.Des and M.Des course is all about the introductory and conceptualized study which is common for all 3 streams.

• The most important and more usable part of these two design programs is an industrial internship and design project thesis.

Admission:

• The students are selected on the basis of the entrance examination (design aptitude test) followed by the personal interview conducted by the department of design and architecture.

• More preference is given to the students who have UCEED scores.

• The total course fee is around 13.21 lakhs for three of B.Des programs.

• Currently, the total intake for the B.Des program is 120.

Placement:

• Few of the companies visited the campus for placement to hire design students are ITC welcome group, Kingfisher airlines, landmark, and Oberoi.

• The average salary package of about 3-4 LPA and the highest salary package of 8.5 lakhs per annum was offered to the students.

As Design is among the newest streams offered by PES University, the facilities and placements provided are still improving. As for if it will be worth it to pursue or not, you should be the one to decide that.