What should be the weightage of B. Design from IIT over B. Tech from Old IIT's core branches.

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The B.Des life is hectic but interesting. there will be lots of project works and assignments to keep you busy but the work will be fun. The exams scene for B.Des students is quite calm and relaxed whereas the rest of the institute goes frenzy over the exams. Campus life is enjoyable and B.Des students are most sought after when it comes to any cultural event or any artistic work.

Now let's relate B.Des degree and a B.Tech degree, for a B.tech degree basics of only particular discipline like ECE, ME, CE, CSE is required. On the other hand, in B.Des, there are finer disciplines like product design, user interface design or animation, and film design. B.Des comprises of courses which cover all these finer disciplines which give incredible creative freedom to a designer in his/her work.

This is the second year of B.Des from IIT-B hence no placement stats are available but as per the job offers given to the master students one can expect good placements for B.Des. For IIT Guwahati previous years record of placements was very good. The average package for B.Des graduates here has been nearly 16-17 LPA. Most designers create their career in the field of interaction design. Companies like Microsoft, Flipkart, Ola, Uber, Samsung RnD etc hire designers from IIT Guwahati mostly for the role of UI/UX designer.

Apart from this, after completing B.Des from IIT you'll also have opportunities for higher studies in excellent institutes like MIT, Stanford University, Harvard University, University of Michigan etc.

But a few things to be noted here are if you are a serious engineering aspirant and not much of an art person or don't have a passion for creativity and designing, then this field won't support you long.  This course should not be preferred just for getting into a good government college. You may crack UCEED with a good rank but may not be able to compete with the best of creative minds in your batch until you have a creative bent of mind.

Core branches from good IITs still have that charm. So if you are more into engineering subjects rather than design subjects better to go for B.Tech in core branches. So, choose wisely as what interests you more. You are the best person to decide for yourself!

All the best.