IIT Bombay Introduces e-Postgraduate Diploma in Interaction Design for Working Professionals

IIT Bombay's IDC School of Design has introduced an e-Postgraduate Diploma in Interaction Design (ePGD IxD) for working professionals. The self-paced program enables students to complete 36 credits within one to three years, with each course providing 6 to 12 credits. The first course, "Design of Interactive Products," starts on-campus on March 17, 2025.

IIT Bombay Introduces e-Postgraduate Diploma in Interaction Design for Working Professionals

The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT B) launched the ePostgraduate Diploma in Interaction Design (ePGD IxD) programme today. The ePGD IxD programme has been created for working professionals.

The ePGD IxD is an adaptable, self-paced programme. Students will not have to enroll for the entire programme in advance, but for the courses that they wish to pursue. They receive 6 to 12 credits for each course. After a student accumulates 36 or more credits (by completing 5 to 6 courses), they may use the credits to obtain the ePGD IxD from IIT Bombay. Alternatively, students may transfer the credits to the Academic Bank of Credits and use them elsewhere for other programmes.

"For more than 25 years, IIT Bombay's IDC School of Design has run short courses for working professionals on interaction design and human-computer interaction (HCI). Now it has significantly expanded its curriculum with a postgraduate diploma programme for working professionals," according to an official IIT Bombay statement.

IIT Bombay has incorporated the current Monsoon Course in HCI into the ePGD IxD course with the new title Design of Interactive Products for 12 credits.

The inaugural offering of this course will be offered in-person between March 17 and April 1, 2025, and is currently open for enrolment. In addition to seven other courses, there are numerous options available for students to choose from, including Qualitative Research Methods in Design, Quantitative Research Methods in Design, Human Factors in Interaction Design, Introduction to Virtual and Augmented Reality, Game Design Principles and Practice, Data Visualisation and Theoretical Perspectives in Design.

Some of these courses will be offered in-person, some will be offered online and some will be offered in both modes.