The Institute of Design is an excellent place for academic, intellectual, personal, and social development. The students learn under the guidance of the best educationists in the country, many of whom come as visiting faculty, guest lecturers, and advisors. A hands-on, learning-by-doing approach is adopted in a studio setting to develop design skills, design concepts, design theory, and design thinking.
The Institute environment is robust and vibrant, created through a rich mix of co-curricular and extra-curricular activities leading to holistic development. Workshops, talks by eminent educationists and industry experts, industry visits, design fests, and cultural events create a rich learning culture.
Further, the Nirma University campus is abuzz with numerous activities in sports, adventure, and culture. Various art, music, and literary activities take place on campus to help students identify abilities for expression in non-academic areas. Each institute on the campus has a rich calendar of events, fests, sports, adventure, literary and cultural activities, many of which are open to all students.