Design your own degree

UPES Empowers You To 'Design Your Own Degree'

At UPES, learning is flexible and personalised. Your degree is not one-size-fits-all.

As a multi-disciplinary university, UPES offers the Design Your Own Degree (DYOD) framework that enables students to customise their academic journey with the right balance of knowledge, skills, and industry exposure. Students can combine disciplines across technology, design, humanities, and business to build a degree that reflects their interests, strengths, and future ambitions. Whether it is technology with music, philosophy with game design, or vehicle design with innovation, possibilities are endless.

Through the School for Life, students further strengthen their profile with Signature and Life Skills courses that develop 21st-century competencies such as creativity, critical thinking, communication, leadership, design thinking, and personal branding. The curriculum is complemented by internships and industry engagement, ensuring valuable real-world exposure.

The wide range of combinations available ensures both academic depth and interdisciplinary breadth, empowering students to design a degree that aligns with their individual interests and long-term career goals.

How To Design Your Own Degree?

Overview

*Minor, Exploratory, and Specialization courses under the Design Your Own Degree (DYOD) framework are not available for Postgraduate programs or the School of Law.