Riidl Academy: Courses, Fees, Facilities

Mohith Kumar

Somaiya Vidyavihar University's Riidl Academy is an institution that has reinvented Design education through its 4-year undergraduate program - Bachelor of Design in Sustainable Product Design. Riidl Academy's model is based on student-centred project-based learning and a multidisciplinary curriculum. It is offering a program that is relevant to times focusing on values of Adaptability, Accountability, and Altruism. 

Riidl Academy is a startup incubator that has over the years built a strong community of makers, innovators, designers, and entrepreneurs globally. It has a thriving maker movement through its flagship events like MakerMela and Darwin. The institute brings fresh and inspirational ideas to its campus through TEDx SomaiyaVidyavihar. It takes pride in serving the curious minds of the campus and its programs, its laboratories FABLAB, SMAC LAB, BIO lab, XR lab, the network of mentors & investors, and Design challenges to help them build innovative solutions. Riidl Academy has assimilated learnings from its successes and failures as a startup incubator. 

Table of Contents

• Highlights
• Why Choose Somaiya School of Design?
• Courses
• Admission
• Partners
• Infrastructure Facilities

Somaiya School of Design Mumbai Highlights

The highlights of Somaiya School of Design are as follows.

Why Choose Somaiya School of Design?

Mentioned below are some of the advantages of choosing Somaiya School of Design.

• 4 years of experiential learning.
• Product design focusing on functionality, aesthetics, and sustainability.
• Build Tangible solutions, screen or graphical solutions & service-oriented solutions.
• Evolving curriculum based on design, Technology, Business, and Humanities.
• Block plan - unique model that facilitates deeper learning engagement.
• Diverse faculty from across the globe and experts who are passionate about teaching.
• World-class laboratories to build prototypes - FABLAB, SMAC lab, BIOLAB, XR LAB.
• Strategic partnerships, field visits, projects & internships for experiential learning.
• International student exchange programs at universities across Europe and the USA.
• Grants to support Innovation.
• Thriving Design and Innovation communities to stay connected & inspired.

Somaiya School of Design Courses

Given below are the courses offered by the university with their specializations.

Somaiya School of Design Admission

Somaiya Vidyavihar University's Riidl Academy Eligibility Criteria

The eligibility criteria for the B.Des course is mentioned below.

Somaiya School of Design B.Des Eligibility Criteria

Bachelor of Design in sustainable Product Design is a 4-year full-time undergraduate course offered by Somaiya Vidyavihar University's Riidl Academy, Mumbai.

Eligibility Criteria

• Candidates should have passed HSC (10+2) or its equivalent examination from any stream from any recognized board/ institution and obtained a minimum of 50% aggregate marks.
• And the candidate should have appeared for UCEED/ NID DAT/ NIFT/ PERA-CET/ NATA/ JEE main paper 2 Exam and should submit the scorecard of any of these qualifying examinations.
• The candidate should also have an interest in Design, Technology, Entrepreneurship and Humanities.

Somaiya School of Design Partners

Somaiya School of Design partners guide the students to make the program richer by providing them with experiential learning, internship/placement opportunities, and sharing their invaluable knowledge.

Somaiya School of Design Infrastructure Facilities

Riidl Academy offers its students with state of the art infrastructure and world-class Laboratories to build product prototypes.

• Labs:The labs provided at Somaiya Vidyavihar University's Riidl Academy, Mumbai are mentioned below.
• Digital Fabrication Laboratory- Fablab supported by Fab Foundation, is a US organization that emerged from MIT's centre for BITs & Atoms Fab Lab Program. It is an open and collaborative workshop space for computer-driven innovation, design, and fabrication is part of a global network of 1000 Fab Labs
• Bioriidl Lab- Bioriidl is India's First and only Do It Yourself Biolab and has a BioIncubator to support the growing biotechnological, global social movement of Do-it-yourself biology (DIY biology, DIY bio) in which individuals, communities, and small organizations, study biology and life sciences using the same methods as traditional research institutions.
• SMAC Lab- A place to design, develop, deploy and test software applications. It is an ideal place for Web, Mobile developers, App development, and App testing, we have mobile devices and computers/servers with different configurations.
• XR riidl Lab- A place to design, develop, deploy and test applications for XR developers where x means virtual/hyper / Augmented reality. For development and testing, the institute has equipment like VR headsets by Oculus Rift, Sony Playstation, HTC Vive, and Microsoft Hololens.
• Sports Facilities- Somaiya Vidyavihar is known for its state-of-the-art sports facilities. Some of the amenities include an Athletic synthetic track football pitch, a Badminton court, a Tennis court, Squash court, a Basketball court, Volleyball courts, and a well-equipped Gymnasium. Somaiya Sports Academy actively organizes events across the year and nurtures a thriving sports community.
• Canteens- The students are happy and healthy with the nutritious cuisines. The 3 canteens are constantly buzzing with life, food, and conversations. They also act as a good networking space, as they accommodate people from across colleges.

Hostel Details 

The institute provides separate hostels for girls and boys. Sandipani Hostel is dedicated to boys and Maitreyi Hostel is dedicated to girls. Some of the facilities offered at the hostels are mentioned below.

• Maitreyi Hostel consists of 5 floors with 373 girls residing on the basis of double and triple sharing. 
• Sandipani Hostel has a total of 683 boys on 11 floors. 
• Security Guards are stationed at hostel 24 X 7 Hrs TV - LCD TV is available in the activity/recreation room for all resident students
• Dining Hall with Mess Facility with service of Breakfast, Lunch, Evening Snacks & Dinner in the mess only for the students.
• Chilled and room temperature filtered drinking water coolers.
• Cleanliness is ensured through professionally trained housekeeping staff.
• Laundry Service is available for all on a payment basis.
• The gym is available to all resident students on the ground floor of the Sandipani building apart from the open gym on the campus. The in-house gym is on a payment basis.
• Recreation Room with LED TV.
• Table-Tennis, carom, and chess will be available on the ground floor of the hostel building.
• A fire extinguisher is installed in the polytechnic Hostel.