The Department of Design was established in the year 2017 and traces its roots to the  Instrument Design and Development Centre (IDDC), which has been pioneering design education at IIT Delhi since 1994. Presently the Department has expert faculties in the three main Design domains of Industrial Design, Communication Design, and Interaction Design. The Department offers Doctoral (Ph.D.) and Masters in Design (M.Des.) programmes, and will start a Bachelors in Design (B.Des) programme from the 2022-2023 session. It also offers a Minor in Design for B.Tech students. Being an integrated part of IIT Delhi, the Department of Design offers multi-dimensional learning opportunities to all the students.