ATLAS SkillTech University: India's 1st Urban Multidisciplinary University ATLAS SkillTech University

Our Globally Benchmarked Curriculum

Semester 1

Students learn to think critically through Critical Design, craft meaningful experiences in Experiential Design, and gain practical skills in both Digital and Analog mediums. Courses like Maker’s Studio and Design with AI encourage experimentation and future-focused thinking, while Design History provides essential context on how design has evolved and influenced society.

Critical Design

Critical Design uses design to question norms, provoke thought, and spark debate about society and technology.

Xperiential Design

Experiential Design focuses on creating meaningful, immersive experiences that engage users emotionally and sensorially through design.

Maker’s Studio

Maker’s Studio encourages hands-on creation, blending creativity and craftsmanship to bring ideas to life through prototyping and experimentation.

Designing with AI

Design with AI explores how artificial intelligence can enhance creativity, streamline processes, and enable smarter, data-driven design solutions.

Skill – Digital

Digital Skill builds proficiency in digital tools and technologies essential for modern design and communication.

Skill – Analog

Digital Skill builds proficiency in digital tools and technologies essential for modern design and communication.

MOOC - Design History

A quick, engaging journey through the evolution of design—exploring key movements, iconic creators, and the ideas that shaped today’s design landscape.

Semester 2

Semester 2 ATLAS Electives expand on sustainability, innovation, and real-world impact. Students design holistic systems, explore emerging technologies, gain industry experience, and develop professional portfolios to showcase their growth and creativity.

System Design

Systems Design focuses on understanding and designing complex, interconnected systems to create efficient and sustainable solutions.

Life - Cycle Design

Explore the design of experiences over time, focusing on the full lifecycle of products and services from creation to disposal

Innovator’s Studio

Innovator’s Studio fosters creativity and experimentation, encouraging innovative thinking to develop impactful design solutions.

Green Entrepreneurship

Green Entrepreneurship focuses on building ventures that balance innovation, profitability, and environmental responsibility.

Design for XR

Design for XR explores creating immersive experiences across extended reality platforms, blending virtual, augmented, and mixed realities through design.

DFu Internship (Post Year 1)

Students identify real-world problems and create bold, innovative solutions that challenge norms, push boundaries, and redefine possibilities.

MOOC - Portfolio Design

Learn how to craft a clear, compelling, and professional design portfolio that showcases your skills, process, and personality with impact.

Why our Year 1 outpaces every
other design school?

ISDI School of Design

Management course taught by Designers

A management course taught by designers that blends creative thinking with strategic leadership.

Unique industry requested course

A unique, industry-requested course designed to meet real-world professional demands.

Teaching Design Concepts via Management

A course that teaches design concepts through the lens of management and leadership.

Other Design Schools

Minimal Cross-Disciplinary Learning

Other design schools follow single-track, restricting students to one specialisation throughout the program.

Theory–Practice Gap

Often separates theory and practice, introducing research much later.

Limited Emerging Tech Exposure

Primarily emphasizes form and aesthetics, with limited focus on sustainability or systems thinking.

Semester 3 & 4

Students build a strong foundation in design thinking, management principles, and research. The semester focuses on human-centered design, strategic thinking, and business fundamentals, while developing creative and analytical skills through drawing, imaging, and financial statement analysis.

Industry pathway

Gain real-world experience through a year-long professional immersion that may lead to a Pre-Placement
Offer. Alternatively, undertake two industry or capstone projects, or freelance across diverse clients and sectors to build practical exposure.

Entrepreneurship pathway

Develop your own venture through in-house or external incubation programs. You may choose to launch a startup offering a unique product or service, or establish an independent design or strategy consultancy.

Making pathway

Focus on creating tangible outcomes by patenting original designs or technological innovations, or by developing and launching your own product line, be it furniture, lighting, garments, ceramics, or other design-oriented products.

Research pathway

Contribute to knowledge creation by publishing books, research articles, or papers in recognized journals,
magazines, and academic platforms.

Experimental pathway

Explore unconventional approaches through disruptive, exploratory projects that challenge industry norms from material innovation and filmmaking to craft documentation or social innovation initiatives.

Why our Year 2 outpaces every
other design
school?

ISDI School of Design

Management course taught by Designers

A management course taught by designers that blends creative thinking with strategic leadership.

Industry-Integrated Learning

Real-world projects, electives, and internships bridge theory and practice from the very first year.

Future-Ready Curriculum

Focuses on sustainability, innovation, and emerging technologies to prepare students for the future of design.

Other Design Schools

Minimal Cross-Disciplinary Learning

Often focuses on static design principles, with minimal emphasis on storytelling or cultural narrative development.

Theory–Practice Gap

Separate theory and practice, offering limited exposure to real-world projects early on.

Outdated Curriculum

Often lack focus on sustainability, innovation, or emerging technologies.

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Design for Real Life,
Not Just Portfolios

Our classrooms are live labs. You’ll ideate, iterate, fail, restart, and refine in spaces designed for doing, not just thinking.

Design With A
Global Perspective

Curriculum shaped by Parsons,
New York — reimagined for today’s
Indian context.

Your Mentors Are
Also Makers

Learn from practicing designers, strategists, and studio founders —
the people who design the world
you interact with.

Everything is a
Studio Experience

Our classrooms are live labs. You’ll ideate, iterate, fail, restart, and refine in spaces designed for doing, not just thinking.

The Future is Cross-
Disciplinary

Work alongside fashion designers, product innovators, entrepreneurs, coders, and media artists — because good ideas don’t exist in silos.

Where concepts meet execution,
in and beyond the classroom.

At ISDI, every project becomes part of a career-ready portfolio. From hands-on labs and design sprints to brand collaborations, internships, hackathons, and industry showcases, you graduate with real-world experience and work that speaks for itself.

Entrepreneurial Marketing Bootcamp by Dr. Zubin Sethna

The Entrepreneurial Marketing Bootcamp, led by Professor Sethna, was an intensive five-day program exploring brand building through storytelling, entrepreneurial journeys, and the relevance of traditional marketing models in today’s dynamic landscape.

Workshop on Neurodiversity: Different Minds; Same World Hosted by Yash Charitable Trust and Atlas Skilltech University

The workshop promoted empathy, inclusion, and awareness around neurodiversity through interactive activities and real-life examples.

Welcoming of Dutch University Delegates - Erwin Sledgers and Bieneke Bennekers

ATLAS welcomed delegates Mr. Erwin Sledgers (HKU Utrecht) and Ms. Bieneke Bennekers (Amsterdam University), who spent a month engaging with students across design and management programs, inspiring meaningful exchanges and collaboration.

Masterclass on User Research in Industry Practices in Amazon for ISDI by Biju D. - Creative Catalyst Series

ISDI hosted Biju Damodharan, Director of UX at Amazon, for a masterclass on ‘Designing Consumer-Backwards,’ where he shared Amazon’s user-first approach and offered valuable portfolio feedback to students.

Global Design Collective with Carla Fernandez, Thomas Rau and Richard Van Der Laken

On March 5, 2025, ISDI and What Design Can Do (WDCD) hosted the Global Design Collective at the ATLAS ISDI campus, featuring global design leaders discussing sustainable innovation and highlighting the upcoming WDCD Delhi conference.

ISDI Career Connect 2025

Atlas ISDI Career Connect 2025, held from March 5–12, offered students interviews, networking, and career-building opportunities with top industry partners through placements, internships, and projects.

AI in Marketing 3 Day Bootcamp

Students completed a 3-day AI in Marketing bootcamp at ATLAS SkillTech University led by Prof. Rajesh Bhargave from Imperial College Business School, exploring AI’s role in marketing and developing StyleMate AI, a personalized fashion assistant.

Studio Day at ISDI

For the first time, ATLAS showcased postgraduate student work from the MBA in Design Management and Strategic Thinking and the Masters in Design of the Future, fostering interaction among students, faculty, parents, and industry partners like Shaaze Design.

Lunar Panels

Lunar Panels — A Critical Design project envisioning solar panels for sustainable living on the moon, challenging ideas of energy, survival, and design beyond Earth.

App for Pet socialisation and playdate finder

PetConnect — An Experiential Design project that creates an app for pet socialization and playdate discovery, helping pet owners connect, schedule meetups, and build a friendly community for their pets.

Usage of bio-mechanisms to create a unique product

Bio-Mechanica — A project exploring the use of biological mechanisms and natural systems to inspire and develop innovative, functional product designs that merge nature’s intelligence with human creativity.

Product visuals by using
AI to design

A project exploring the use of AI tools to generate product visuals, enabling rapid ideation, visualization, and refinement of design concepts through technology-driven creativity.

Poetry - Zine concept

A creative zine project that combines poetry with visual storytelling, exploring emotions, themes, and narratives through expressive typography, imagery, and layout design.

Student Projects in Motion

Where creativity meets momentum