Vision and Mission
SIU Vision
- Promoting International understanding through quality education.
SIU Mission
- To inculcate spirit of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ (the world is one family)
- To promote ethical and value-based learning
- To inculcate cross cultural sensitization
- To nurture creativity and encourage entrepreneurship
- To promote health and wellness amongst students, staff and community
- To produce thought provoking leaders for the society
- To contribute towards knowledge generation and dissemination
- To foster the spirit of national development
- To develop global competencies amongst students
- To enhance employability and contribute to human resource development
- To install sensitivity amongst the youth towards the community and environment
CAMPUS:
Symbiosis School of Planning, Architecture & Design is the eighth faculty lies under the umbrella of FoAD – Faculty of Architecture and Design. SSPAD Nagpur provides state-of-the-art infrastructure to its students. These
facilities go a long way in ensuring a productive campus life and providing a perfect backdrop for academic pursuits. SSPAD Nagpur’s all new residential campus has become the envy of other educational institutions.
The sprawling premises has a central library, auditorium, conference hall, canteen, health care centre, area for recreational activities, shopping area, guest house, as well as teaching & non-teaching staff housing. Also,
the campus has ATM facility, 24*7 WI-FI facility, CCTV surveillance, Security, Access for Differently abled people.
LIBRARY:
The design studios are enhanced by the presence of the design minds who come together to mix their talents and design a creation greater than the sum of its parts. These dedicated learners work with full enthusiasm that
reflects in the upshot of their design process.
Studios for the Design and drafting classes with well air conditioned space, equipped with top class comfortable furniture such as drafting tables, heighted stools, lockers for individual students, audio visual teaching
learning facility along with other high-tech facilities which creates a conducive learning atmosphere with creative thinking.
CLASSROOMS:
Classrooms for the theory classes with well air conditioned space, equipped with comfortable furniture, audio visual teaching learning facility along with other high-tech facilities which creates conducive learning atmosphere.
LABS & WORKSHOPS:
SSPAD has a high-end software equipped CAD/CAM Lab maintaining a host of intranet websites to assist students in their academic endeavours. Also various Architectural Labs like - Environmental, Climatology, Surveying, Model
Making, Carpentry etc. have been provided to students with modern equipments.
PROGRAMMES OFFERED:
Bachelor of design is a four-year degree programme offered by Symbiosis School of Planning Architecture and Design under the umbrella of FoAD – Faculty of Architecture and Design. The degree is awarded by the Symbiosis
International University (SIU), Pune, which is established under Section 3 of UGC Act 1956 vide notification No. 9-12/2001-U.3 dated 10th November 2006 of UGC, Government of India. This programme is aimed at creating
professionals who can contribute to the highly dynamic and competitive world of Design.
This programme is carefully designed to focus on the academic areas most useful in one's future study intentions. Students learn how to develop basic know-how and skills making effective use of the sketchbook, explore recording
methods, develop visual perception, acquire professional attitudes to set projects and show a critical, contextual and historical awareness in the areas of design. First year (Foundation) comprises of Semester 1 and
2 and is common for all disciplines of B. Des Programme.
B. Des. programme further branches out into two major disciplines which have been categorized in the following areas: Communication Design & Industrial Design
COMMUNICATION DESIGN:
Communication design is a media-oriented discipline where the students are trained by experts in advertising and media industry. The primary aim of our programme is to foster visual communication skills and design thinking
in the areas of socio – political, cultural and educational media through art and design. The students undergo carefully designed courses such as advertisement & packaging design, visual communication and
brand identity design.
The discipline of communication design further branches out in second year into two specializations which the student can choose based on their interest:
Specializations (Communication Design):
GRAPHIC DESIGN:
The discipline of graphic design enables their students to create professional opportunities for themselves in the dynamic and glamorous industry of brand communication and advertisement design, after a rigorous training
of four years by media professionals, graphic designers and artists.
USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN:
User experience design (UED) is a design centric approach towards understanding the human interaction with its environment. The course, popularly known by its abbreviations: UXD, UED, or XD is the process of enhancing user
satisfaction with a product / service by improving the usability, accessibility, and desirability provided in the interaction with a product.
It includes following
- User study
- Visual design
- Interaction design
- Human psychology
- Human factors
It is an end to end design process for any design solution which focuses on user-centred design. Through this process, students understand business goals, user needs, and challenges to perform the task. Ux designers are
responsible for integrating functionality and making product efficient and usable. Therefore, while interacting with such products overall satisfaction of the user increases.
Industrial Design
The Industrial design programme at SSPAD concentrates on developing skills, knowledge and a problem-solving attitude among students who graduate from Symbiosis not merely as designers, but also as a socially aware citizen
of India.
The students are encouraged to solve socially relevant problems during the course and interact with industries, institutions and social organizations during their project to understand, study, analyse and solve various
kinds of existing problems. The final degree projects are an amalgamation of their skills, intelligence and social awareness put together in the form a product or system design.
Specializations (Industrial Design):
Product Design:
Every product is the result of a process which begins with a concept or an idea and evolves into a design which can be manufactured. The product design team at SSPAD is enthusiastic about innovation and training students
with the latest softwares and technologies in the industrial design arena.
Interior Space Design:
From learning our historical past of art and architecture to designing modern living spaces with careful understanding of human ergonomics, interior space design emphasizes on the construction of functional and aesthetic
interior spaces. The course enables a student to enhance their visual understanding through site visits and develop their technical skills through training in computer aided drawings.
ELIGIBILITY
Bachelor of design (60 seats) divided as follows -
Communication design (30 seats)
Industrial design (30 seats)
A candidate must have passed 10+2 (any stream; e.g. Science, Commerce, Arts, etc.) or equivalent OR 10+3 diploma approved by State Board of Technical Education with minimum 50% aggregate marks (45% marks or equivalent grade
for Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribes) obtained in the final examination to be eligible for the above-mentioned program.
A candidate appearing for the final examination of 10+2 grade or 10+3 Diploma program may also apply provided the results of the examination should have been declared by June of the admission year or prior to be eligible
for the above-mentioned program.
The candidate should possess Creative Aptitude & Skills necessary to pursue Design Education as well as adaptability to the situations, which the profession demands. Candidates with the relevant portfolio would be preferred.
IMPORTANT DATES:
| Details |
Date |
| Online Registration (mandatory) for SEED 2020 & SSPAD at www.set-test.org begins |
Wednesday, January 22, 2020 |
| Last date for online registration and payment to SEED |
May 10, 2020, Sunday |
| Last date for online registration and payment to SSPAD |
May 10, 2020, Sunday
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The Symbiosis entrance exam for design (SEED) will not be conducted this academic year for more details visit https://sspad.edu.in/
