The Immersive Digital Environment Jindal Pathway @JSAA is the first-of-its-kind four-year undergraduate design program in India. Designed to train you develop immersive environments and craft impactful narratives using AR, VR, and MR technologies, this program will provide you expertise in advanced visual capture systems, hybrid virtual-physical immersion, and data-driven storytelling frameworks that enhance sensory engagement and support sense-making and placemaking.

Designed for students who want to work in areas spanning metaverse platforms, digital workplaces, robot-assisted surgeries, remote healthcare, gaming, films, smart city design, heritage preservation, and virtual tours, this program will help you redefine how we experience and shape the world today and in the future.

Upon the successful completion of this program, you will be awarded a Bachelor of Design (B. Des) degree.

Programme Highlights

1. Fabricate your idea in a State-of-the-Art facility space using both digital and analog techniques
2. Get customized training and mentorship from a faculty who are internationally trained and recognized.
3. Get multiple Personalized Career Mentorship and Opportunities through a vast network of industry partners and collaborations
4. Become an interdisciplinary and unique designer through a innovative and customizable major- minor curriculum

The coursework in the Immersive Digital Environment Jindal Pathway @JSAA is divided into two parts,

1. the Major area of Study and
2. the Open or Minor Area of Study.

Major Area of Study

Duration - 4 Years

In the Major area of study students of JSAA have to take courses across 4 categories

1. Atelier Courses: Studio and Project based courses
2. Skills and Abilities Courses: Workshop and Studio based courses
3. General Studies Curses: Seminars and Workshop based Courses
4. Pathway Course: Lectures and Seminars based courses

Open or Minor Area of Study

A minimum of 24 credits in the program is reserved as either open coursework for students to take any elective courses in the school or university as they desire or,

To use towards a preconfigured minor program of study within JSAA or the university at large. The minor program of study provides three major advantages to a JSAA graduate

1. It expands their scope of employability: by training in an additional area of work the minor program makes a student more attractive to prospective employers by increasing their capacities to work across multiple tasks but also across multiple sectors of the industry.
2. It expands their scope of further education: Since students have completed a minimum of 24 credits in that area of study they are also eligible to undergo graduate work in their minor area of study
3. The minor area of study expands the interdisciplinary orientation of a graduate allowing them to fashion themselves as unqiely trained professionals who are able to bring an additional skill set to any job they are asked to undertake.

Currently students of JSAA have the option to undertake minor program of study in the following areas

Tuition Fees*: 4,00,000 (INR per annum)

*The Tuition fee, accommodation charges and other allied service charges are subject to an annual increase of ten percent (10%).

**The security deposit will be fully refunded, subject to the completion of studies and/or receipt of a ‘No Dues Certificate’. The security deposit shall not carry any interest.

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Our graduates are future-ready to become:

This program makes you eligible for top master’s degree programs nationally and internationally, in and not limited to:

• Graphic Design & Animation
• Visual Communication & Interaction Design
• UI/UX Design & Metaverse Planning
• Film Making & Game Design
• AR/VR Designers
• Interactive Media Management

1. A minimum of 50% in any discipline in the 10+2 or equivalent board of examinations (CBSE, ISC, State Boards, IB, Cambridge, and other Government Recognized Boards).

2. A minimum of 50% marks in any of the following recognized design entrance examinations — JCAT / UCEED / NATA / SAT / ACT / NID / NIFT

3. A portfolio of works. To learn how to build your portfolio, please click here for more details.